Barcode Scanner produces Chrome error

Using a 'Tera 2D Barcode Scanner' to scan QR codes into the url space of a browser. Each QR code is a unique URL used by employees to find parts in a system. The scanned QR codes are properly outputting (checked in a .txt file) the url. However when it is scanned into the browsers url space the page becomes, "Object reference not set to an instance of an object." Even if the code is scanned into a .txt and copy pasted into the url it returns the same error. What does this error mean in this context? Is the issue with the url or chrome?

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