Need a barcode and keyboard to work separately

Question

Is there a way to read a barcode reader from a USB device in one interface and at the same time use a keyboard and mouse to write data in an application with a different interface? My application works as a web application. Can it also work under Unix?

Answer 1

On Linux, this is easy; configure Xorg so that the reader is not the primary input device, and then use the event subsystem to read input events directly from the reader.