Recently I purchased a 1D barcode scanner, on setting it up as USB-HID mac detects it as a keyboard and asks to press the button right to shift.
What I have tried when on the key detection screen:
In windows and Linux this works just fine. Please help me with it
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.2
I've worked with a variety of barcode scanners on many computer types. On the Mac, you scan a barcode when you see the Keyboard setup assistant asking to press the key to the right of Shift. You then typically want to select a US Keyboard. Then it should just work. Most barcode scanners come with a configuration book full of barcodes where you scan the codes in the book to program the behavior of the barcode scanner. It will beep after scanning each configuration barcode and won't really do anything except change that setting internally. You should test that your chosen options are working.
It doesn't matter what code you scan and you don't need to scan key codes to simulate pressing z to the right of the left Shift key. Scanning any code should move to the next step when you need to select a US keyboard.
I've worked with a variety of barcode scanners on many computer types. On the Mac, you scan a barcode when you see the Keyboard setup assistant asking to press the key to the right of Shift. You then typically want to select a US Keyboard. Then it should just work. Most barcode scanners come with a configuration book full of barcodes where you scan the codes in the book to program the behavior of the barcode scanner. It will beep after scanning each configuration barcode and won't really do anything except change that setting internally. You should test that your chosen options are working.
It doesn't matter what code you scan and you don't need to scan key codes to simulate pressing z to the right of the left Shift key. Scanning any code should move to the next step when you need to select a US keyboard.
Barcode scanner macOS monterey
