Geert, Thanks for your reply. It's great that you have experience with this!
I suppose I should purchase a cash drawer and experiment with this information before going further (is Epson the best brand?). > My connect.bat (in the Windows startup folder) Is there an advantage to running POS under Windows instead of under native DOS? > a reprogramable and relegendable POS keyboard That's a great idea! I might try to use with my library automation DP app! Can you recommend a keyboard brand? > > Do not hesitate to contact me directly per mail Thanks. When I get time to seriously do a POS app I will. Right now I'm just putting out feelers to see if this is something possible with DP (and I see that it is!). Thanks again, Larry Neuton On 6/18/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > I do, Larry... > > A cash drawer works exactly like a printer: > > Basically, I set up a startup batch (connect.bat) to re-direct LPT3 output > to COM1, or to any other port your drawer is connected to. (Epson > POS-printers and drawers are serial, others may be parallel.) > > My connect.bat (in the Windows startup folder) includes: > > mode COM1:9600,n,8,1,P > mode lpt3=com1 > > Second - once again for Epson POS - I would create a "print ticket" report > that includes the proper escape code. You can even put the code in a > conditional RV, that opens the drawer only if the ticket is OK and that > blocks opening if something is wrong (ticket balance > 0, for example). > > Here is a list of different printer ESC codes: > pages.prodigy.net/daleharris/popopen.htm > > I have a complete POS-application with many options, that is used in > combination with a reprogramable and relegendable POS keyboard. Nearly all > necessary DP-commands are accessible with just one keystroke (ex : > [F10][F10][Alt][F7][Y][Enter], for "Save the record and print the default > report"). > > Do not hesitate to contact me directly per mail if you want to take a look > at it :) > > > Regards, > Geert De Baets > > > On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:54:15 +0200, Larry Neuton <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Greetings, > > I was asked about creating a Point of Sale application with DP. > > There are similarities with my library automation application to work > > from - single editable field panels to enter data via barcode scanner, > > etc. > > But I have no idea how to interface with a cash drawer . > > Does anyone have experience using DP with a cash drawer or using DP to > > create a POS application? > > Best regards, > > Larry Neuton > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf
