Scan mode

Scanner

With the scan mode you may use a barcode scanner or the camera of your computer or tablet using e.g. bcWebCam to search for a specimen. To work with the scan mode select the Scan mode in the Query menu. The query part will be hidden and the field for the scanned identifier will be accessible for the entry via the scanner. As possible identifiers you can choose among the accession number of the specimen , the ID of the specimen ID, the accession number of the part or the identifier of the organism . If the field for the entry of the identifier is not activated, move the mouse to the field to activate it. Once you scan the barcode the program will start the search for the specimen in the database. To return to another query mode deselect the Scan mode.

If the results captured by the scanner do not correspond to the scanned codes, the timer intervall may need an adaption to your scanner. To set the timer interval of the scanner, click on the button. The default is set to 200 ms. Change it until the results captured by the scanner correspond to the codes.

The second scan mode for collection codes (stable identifier for collections) or the name of the collection will list all specimen within a collection. For the query of collection names these must be unique within the database. The query for collections may include depending collections. By default only specimen of the selected collection will be shown. Click on the button above the button to change to the mode including specimen in depending collections.