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   Has anybody tackled capturing data from a signature pad? I'm just starting my research to see if it is feasible. My first question is, what is the data sent by the device?

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dynamic Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: June 28 2007 Status: Offline Points: 188	Post Options Post Reply Quote dynamic Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Signature Pad Posted: May 13 2010 at 2:37am
	Has anybody tackled capturing data from a signature pad? I'm just starting my research to see if it is feasible. My first question is, what is the data sent by the device?

mlucas67 Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: February 12 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 103	Post Options Post Reply Quote mlucas67 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May 14 2010 at 2:21am
	Depends on make and model of the device. How does it connect to the system? Network, serial, via the keyboard on a PC? I've connected a lot of different devices, just need more information to give a competent answer.

dynamic Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: June 28 2007 Status: Offline Points: 188	Post Options Post Reply Quote dynamic Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May 14 2010 at 5:01am
	I'm looking for advice on all of the questions you ask. I know nothing about signature pads. I didn't even know there was a keyboard wedge available. A customer called last week and asked if we could do it so I thought I'd take a shortcut and check here. Any recommendations on a good direction will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Andy

mlucas67 Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: February 12 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 103	Post Options Post Reply Quote mlucas67 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May 14 2010 at 5:17am
	ePadlink ePad II USB Electonic Signature Capture Pad - VP9851 I just looked at this one and it is under $200 for a unit. Since it is USB it most likely has software to store the signature as an image file. You could set it up to store the image in a given folder, then in the Accuterm app check that folder for new files and move it, link it into your DB, copy it, whatever. I would think this would be the easiest way to go. M><

dynamic Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: June 28 2007 Status: Offline Points: 188	Post Options Post Reply Quote dynamic Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May 14 2010 at 8:56am
	Thanks - I'll look into it. I'll post how it goes. I'm sure there are others out there that could use the help.

DMurdock Members Profile Find Members Posts Newbie Joined: July 27 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11	Post Options Post Reply Quote DMurdock Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September 20 2017 at 7:00am
	How did the signature pad work out?We are investigating the possibility of implementing the following process: 1. Within AccuTerm 7, we are creating a shipping Bill of Material as a .pdf and saving the unsigned document and printing it. 2. When the truck arrives to pick up the shipment, our staff will take the BOL printed in the previous step and gather the pallets together and load the truck while the driver counts the cartons being loaded. 3. After the truck is loaded the printed BOL bar code is scanned by an AccuTerm program running on a Windows 10 Surface tablet and… a. Program calls Adobe Reader DC (or some other appropriate program) and displays the BOL on the screen. b. Called program then displays an area where the truck driver signs the BOL as accurately reflecting what was loaded. c. The signed document is then saved and a copy of it is printed for the driver to take.
	Dave Murdock Westport Corporation

TonyG Members Profile Find Members Posts Beta Tester Joined: February 04 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 127	Post Options Post Reply Quote TonyG Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 24 2017 at 10:13am
	Gosh, I wish I had seen this - I wrote an interface like this years ago. Here's a blog describing it. The code is too old now and the device is outdated, so it would need to be re-written ... but it all worked.
	Tony Gravagno Nebula Research & Development TG@ Nebula-RnD . com http://Nebula-RnD.com/blog http://Twitter.com/TonyGravagno http://groups.google.com/group/mvdbms https://www.linkedin.com/groups/64935