@ friend+help+kiosk i don't think you need a POS solution, but rather a cash tray.
For a better investment (if you or me had that kind of money), you could look at a demographics tool/software, locate strategic points in UG/East Africa, look for the relevant licenses, place vending machines in each of those spots, each one having an attendant with the relevant change she/he throws in it on behalf of clients with big notes so it dispenses the coke cans, water bottles, etc and you make sure there is no fake bottled water in there :) The vending machines can be inter-connected using any TCP/IP based network provider, items loaded into them overnight, stokes taken everyday via your POS solution, etc (of course this does not come free, there are bumpy roads in K'la for high distribution costs, power may be an enemy to you in terms of timely delivery, but you can always leverage Solar Thermal, coz Solar PV may not do what you want, yet it also works and i think the cheapest internet package in Uganda costs almost $10 for 500MB of bandwidth) Once set up properly, you are on your way to becoming a rich man (want to discuss further you can contact me off list) > Barcode scanners usually (but not always) identify themselves as standard > HID input devices, in effect emulating an ordinary keyboard, so these pose > no problems to Linux. Thermal printers with a serial port interface are > trickier, but it is usually fairly trivial to Google some documentation on > the DIP switches and figure out the correct byte sequences for > initialisation and paper cutting and so on. Not sure about the (slightly) > newer USB ones, but I couldn't imagine why they wouldn't work perfectly > fine. > > On 8 February 2013 11:43, Daniel Bwente <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Guys, >> >> I am helping someone put together a Point of Sale setup for a Kiosk >> being >> on budget am looking to leverage any open source options that might be >> out >> there, Has anyone attempted the same and has it working? Any preferred >> Linux distribution that would work easily with any off-the-shelf, >> Barcode >> Scanner and Thermal Printer? >> >> Or can anyone recommend someone in Kampala that does this? >> >> Cheers >> >> -- >> >> /Daniel >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >> [email protected] >> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them >> in >> any way. >> > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
