Barcode Scanner using Ionic/ngcordova, not getting data

I've got a controller:

.controller('BarCodeScanCtrl', function($scope, $cordovaBarcodeScanner) {

    $scope.scanBarcode = function() {
        $cordovaBarcodeScanner.scan().then(function(barcodeData) {
            // Success! Barcode data is here
            console.log(barcodeData.text);
            alert('barcode scanned:' + barcodeData);

        }, function(error) {
            alert('Error');
            console.log(error);
            // An error occurred
        });

    };
});

I'm using the QR code generator: http://www.qr-code-generator.com/ but I can't seem to retrieve any of the data I'm inputting. It's returning the barCode object the values of text & format properties are empty. The cancel property is true.

{
  "cancelled": true,
  "text":"",
  "format": ""
}

Any ideas?

Thank you