On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 09:11, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > > You say that drawer devices do not have USB interfaces.
No I was planning to use one with a USB interface. > If you have a drawer device using the Parallel port, you do not have to > have a printer on that port. I will have to look into that. Off hand do you know off or recommend a cash drawer with a parallel port interface that works with Linux. Originally when I inquired about the ones with a parallel port interface I was told it was printer specific. If a printer was not being used then I should go with a serial port one. However the current PC only have a single onboard serial port. Instead of adding an addition serial port I figured I would just use the USB ports. Bottom line at this point I just need a cash drawer that I can use with Linux. Or one that has Linux drivers, which I have yet to be able to find. With regard to having to write a driver for a cash drawer. I am not sure if using a serial or usb interface would make it harder or easier? > I would think that all POS devices would need a printer, in order to > print the receipt for the customer. It's for a night club. So at the front door and bars receipts are rare. Most receipts are used for things that will be done via the back end management software. It has been discussed and considered. However the expense verse the use is not there. Maybe for the credit card aspect. However we plan to use a pad to capture the signature, and most customers are not concerned with a receipt. Since there is a reflection of the charge on their card. > If you have a USB POS device, then implementing a usb kernel driver > module should be quite easy. I would think so, but the manufacture said 120 days maybe. Others have said it's not a trivial task. Then again I am not an expert in C. Much less kernel level C. I was thinking about starting with the usb-skeleton.c and working on from there. > Can you give more details on which drawer you intend to use, and what > interface it has etc. It a APG Vasario USBProII http://www.totalbarcode.com/product.asp?productID=360 http://www.apgcd.com/main/products_drawers_std.php?PHPSESSID=558dada566be68f9c27f547f65990f5e > If it has a USB interface, please send me the output of "lspci -v" It's still on order and should have been here by now. Once it does I will ASAP. Unless for some reason the option to use a different interface presents itself. A cash drawer that works with Linux is the last thing I need so I can deploy the POS app. I figured I would have more problems with a touch screen than a cash drawer. Very wrong on that one. -- Sincerely, William L. Thomson Jr. Support Group Obsidian-Studios, Inc. http://www.obsidian-studios.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware With VMware you can run multiple operating systems on a single machine. WITHOUT REBOOTING! Mix Linux / Windows / Novell virtual machines at the same time. Free trial click here:http://www.vmware.com/wl/offer/358/0 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
