| Easily get name, address, age, and other pertinent | | | | uploaded. |
| information. | | | | Configuring the Focus scanner with EASY ID is a |
| Honeywell and Metrologic have teamed to create | | | | snap. There are actually 2 ways to configure the |
| an interesting new product kit to accomplish that | | | | EASY ID and the FOCUS. One way is through a |
| task. The EASY ID kit has the ability to scan the | | | | manual that comes with the unit. This works well, |
| State Drivers License, and pull literally anything | | | | but is typical in that once you set the unit up with |
| you want out of it. EASY ID is the software for | | | | scans you must scan it again to change the |
| making sense of the formatted drivers license | | | | configuration or to roll it out to other locations. |
| and is kitted with Firmware being a part of the | | | | The other way is preferable and much easier |
| FOCUS scanner. This kit or firmware is where the | | | | using Metroset. Metroset is a program that allows |
| magic is. | | | | you to pick and choose your delimiters for the |
| Reading and scanning the Drivers License 2D bar | | | | data and fields from the program visually. After |
| code has been possible for a while, if the license | | | | selecting what you want, you can then print a |
| bar code is not encrypted, but it required a lot of | | | | configuration bar code that can be scanned at any |
| programming updates and support in software to | | | | time to setup or configure the EASY ID/FOCUS |
| keep up with the ever changing bar code format. | | | | kit. |
| Eighteen states actually follow a specification for | | | | Uses for this product might include New |
| Drivers License. For those eighteen states, this | | | | Membership, Convention Access, Hospital |
| would not be a big issue, that is unless those | | | | Admittance, and Age Verification. The hospital |
| states decide to add something or change | | | | admittance process might be even more |
| something. For most of the other 32 states, | | | | interesting by adding a camera, zebra hc100 |
| where the license also includes the PDF417 bar | | | | wristband printer, Easy ID Kit, and software. |
| code, there is no specification followed. Honeywell | | | | Another application could log every entry into an |
| engineers have made the commitment to | | | | establishment that requires age verification. It |
| maintain the changing specification in most of the | | | | could be logged as to pass fail, and check expired |
| states. This update done by sending out a file to | | | | license and appropriate age. Oh we did that logging |
| EASY ID, that through the MS1690 or MK1690 | | | | app by the way just to test the unit, and the |
| FOCUS Scanner and EASY ID Kit, just have to be | | | | scanner made it simple. |