Barcode scanner connecting to Arduino

Hello,

  1. We are trying to connect a barcode scanner (Fuzzyscan FBC3860) to Arduino Duemilanove or Uno. We have a usb - connector with 1 red, 1 black, 1 green, 1 white wire which should connect to the Arduino board. Somehow, it doesn't work as it should and we can not find any technical drawing.
    Any suggestions how to fix it?

  2. After that is done, we would like to read the codes that we scan. Any suggestions about that are welcome as well.

Thanks a lot!

We are trying to connect a barcode scanner (Fuzzyscan FBC3860)

Where does the barcode scanner normally connect? Is it a USB slave or a USB master?

If it is a USB slave, you can not connect it to the Arduino, because the Arduino is also a USB slave, and two slaves can not talk to each other. Slaves can only talk to masters.

There is a USB Host (master) shield available for the Arduino, but it requires that you develop the driver for the USB slave you are trying to talk to. Is the spec for that driver published?

Somehow, it doesn't work as it should

This implies that it does something, but that something is not entirely what you want. What does it do, and how does that differ from what you want?