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  • Checkout Scanner Configuration

    One of the price scanners at Stop & Shop was already lit up when I arrived:

    Price Scanner - Baud Rate Selection
    Price Scanner – Baud Rate Selection

    Let’s take a closer look:

    Price Scanner - Baud Rate Selection - detail
    Price Scanner – Baud Rate Selection – detail

    Can it be that S&S, having outsourced the scanning & bagging operations to its customers, now expects sysadmin skills?

    Given our previous experience, I didn’t even think of fiddling with it…

    And, yes, I know that “baud rate” is an oxymoron.