IEC 61406 QR Code Generator

Table Of Content

• Table Of Content
• Description
  • IEC 61406-1 QR Code Generator
  • IEC 61406-2 QR Code Generator
• Installation and Usage
  • Runtime Dependencies and their installation
• License
• Acknowledgments
  • Author of the original project

Description

Script for generating IEC 61406 compliant QR codes.

IEC 61406-1 QR Code Generator

For QR codes with respect to IEC 61406-1 🔗

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IEC 61406-2 QR Code Generator

For QR codes with respect to IEC 61406-2 🔗

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Installation and Usage

$ git clone https://github.com/seicke/IEC_61406_QR_Code_Generator
$ cd IEC_61406_QR_Code_Generator

IEC 61406-1 QR Code Generator

$ chmod +x IEC_61406-1_QR_Code_Generator.sh
$ ./IEC_61406-1_QR_Code_Generator.sh [-options] <uri> <file>

IEC 61406-2 QR Code Generator

$ chmod +x IEC_61406-2_QR_Code_Generator.sh
$ ./IEC_61406-2_QR_Code_Generator.sh [-options] <uri> <file>

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Runtime Dependencies and their installation

• optget, for parsing command line options
• mktemp, for creating temporary picture file
• qrencode, for generating the "pure" QR code with white border
• ImageMagick, for applying black rim and triangle at the bottom right

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Linux (Ubuntu 22)

# getopt: already installed with Ubuntu
# mktemp: already installed with Ubuntu
$ sudo apt-get install qrencode
$ sudo apt-get install imagemagick

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MacOS (Ventura 13)

First installation of package manager Homebrew:

$ /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

$ brew install gnu-getopt
# mktemp: already installed with MacOS
$ brew install qrencode
$ brew install imagemagick

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Windows (11 and WSL)

First prepare Windows for running Shell Scripts

1. Go to Settings > Update & Security > For Developers. Activate the Developer Mode radio button.

2. Search in Settings for "Windows Features", chose "Turn Windows features on or off".

3. Scroll down to "Windows-Subsystem for Linux" and check the corresponding box to install (WSL).

4. BASH will be now available in the Command Prompt and PowerShell

5. Open https://aka.ms/wslstore and install one of the Linux distributions, continuing here with "Debian" as an example

6. If necessary, open https://aka.ms/wsl2kernel, download and install the Linux kernel update package.

7. Maybe you have to active Hyper-V (Command Prompt):

   $DISM /Online /Enable-Feature /All /FeatureName:Microsoft-Hyper-V

8. Maybe you have to set the WSL version (Command Prompt):

   $ wsl --set-default-version 1

9. Maybe you have to setup a Linux username and password (Powershell):

   $ wsl -d Debian -u root
   $ passwd root

10. Install dependencies (WSL)

    # getopt: already installed together with Ubuntu
    # mktemp: already installed together with Ubuntu
    $ sudo apt-get install qrencode
    $ sudo apt-get install imagemagick

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License

This program is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPLv3).

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Acknowledgments

Author of the original project

Dr. Michael Rudschuck, DKE Deutsche Kommission Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik (further information: https://github.com/DIN-DKE)

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