Hi, this is lammi87

I would like to suggest barcode scanners as a new hardware category. They are really handy when paying bills. I have one which works with free software. I just plug it in to the usb port and star using it right away.

I tried to see the information about my barcode reader with lsusb but it seems that it is not recognized correctly/completely. Here's the output:

lsusb -v

Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0000:0001  
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               1.10
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0 
  bDeviceProtocol         0 
  bMaxPacketSize0         8
  idVendor           0x0000 
  idProduct          0x0001 
  bcdDevice            1.00
  iManufacturer           1 ZEBEX Industries Inc.
  iProduct                2 Barcode Scanner
  iSerial                 0 
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           34
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0 
    bmAttributes         0xa0
      (Bus Powered)
      Remote Wakeup
    MaxPower              200mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           1
      bInterfaceClass         3 Human Interface Device
      bInterfaceSubClass      1 Boot Interface Subclass
      bInterfaceProtocol      1 Keyboard
      iInterface              0 
        HID Device Descriptor:
          bLength                 9
          bDescriptorType        33
          bcdHID               1.01
          bCountryCode            0 Not supported
          bNumDescriptors         1
          bDescriptorType        34 Report
          wDescriptorLength      64
         Report Descriptors: 
           ** UNAVAILABLE **
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0008  1x 8 bytes
        bInterval              10
Device Status:     0x0000
  (Bus Powered)

The vendor and product IDs (VendorID:ProductID) look strange, I can't find a name or vendor for the product in idVendor and idProduct (that is where the wiki tells me to look them for) and it is recognized as a keyboard. What's wrong?

What do you think? Should these be added as a category?