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DIY QR Code Ticketing Anyone?

By Roger ⋅ September 19, 2009 ⋅ Email this post ⋅ Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

Sumlung Tech have a great little mobile barcode scanner for e-ticketing enthusiasts. Reading Datamatrix or QR Codes from paper or a mobile device, it comes with a USB connection and easy to integrate windows software. Costing only $220 for a single unit of the QR Code version (the Datamatrix version is $50 more), e-ticketing is now within reach of the DIY enthusiast. All details in this specification sheet (PDF).

 

 

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8 comments for “DIY QR Code Ticketing Anyone?”

  1. It is interesting but why would someone pay for this more than 200$ when he can buy cheap mobile phone, install free datamatrix decoder and connect it to computer?

    Posted by Prokka | September 22, 2009, 2:07 pm

  2. @Prokka The answer to your question is in the number of ticket holders per minute that can be processed and the robustness of the device.

    Posted by Roger | September 22, 2009, 2:54 pm

  3. These guys aren’t the only people trying it. Access IS have made a larger commercial application. Shows that there is a market for these devices.

    http://www.retailtechnologyreview.com/absolutenm/templates/retail_epos.aspx?articleid=751&zoneid=4

    Posted by Liam Burden | September 23, 2009, 2:17 pm

  4. We have a PHP web application that enables you to run your own mobile ticketing. Ticket buyers get their 2D barcode tickets delivered to them via SMS. We used Clickatell for the SMS gateway. The tickets can either be in Aztec, Datamatrix, or QR Code formats.

    You can find further information from either of these links
    https://www.ventipix.com/2d_barcodes/archives/275 or
    https://www.ventipix.com/2d_barcodes/archives/199

    Posted by Victor Apollo | October 12, 2009, 5:51 pm

  5. Do Airports allow this? Do you still need to have your ticket present?

    Posted by patrick | December 14, 2009, 5:16 pm

  6. This barcode reader is essentially a webcam built in the plastic box.

    We’ve evaluated it to see if it would work for a 700-guest event earlier in the year but decided that the speed and reliability for scanning 2D QRCode on the mobile LCD screen not good enough to work on all phones.

    Decided to go the Denso-Wave wedge hand held scanner instead - cost twice as much but works 10 times better.

    Posted by Duc Ngo | December 15, 2009, 11:50 pm

  7. Thanks for the heads up Duc…

    Posted by Roger | December 16, 2009, 5:37 pm

  8. To Duc from JMango:

    What’re difference between TFT?TFD?STN?CSTN and UFB?

    Does the size matter?
    Or resolution?

    Posted by Alice | December 23, 2009, 6:48 am

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