It's a matter of modifying payCredit payment event so that it can parse the string correctly. POS isn't currently expecting all the details to come through in one go.
Rergards Scott On 20/11/2007, Vince M. Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We now have the swipe working on Windows but it isn't reading the card > number and expiration date properly. > > When we swipe the card it first displays a long string across the top of > the window that represents all information on the card including number, > name, expiration date, etc. Not good to have all this stuff displayed. > > Then POS appears to try and parse the string, but we end up with the wrong > characters for the card number and get "Invalid Card Number." > > The POS terminal is from Touch Dynamics and is model FS 100. It has an ELO > touch screen and the model number for the MSR is FS-MSR-LONG. I think it is > a generic device. I cannot find separate manufacturer information for the > MSR. > > Vince Clark > Global Era > The Freedom of Open Source > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (303) 493-6723 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "BJ Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:46:29 AM (GMT-0700) America/Denver > Subject: Re: POS and Credit Card Swipes > > what mfr and model of reader do you have. > most readers are serial, so is the baud rate and bits set properly. > some use the keyboard. > http://www.javapos.com/docs.html > > Vince M. Clark sent the following on 11/15/2007 8:01 AM: > > Is anyone using swipes successfully with POS? We are configuring some > terminals and have noticed the card isn't being read properly. It varies > from terminal to terminal so it may just be a configuration or driver issue. > > > > But I don't really understand how the swipe interacts with POS so not > sure if the issue is OfBiz or lower level OS or config issues. I looked in > jpos.xml and don't see anything related to a card swipe. > > > > Note that we are working with Linux, not Windows. > > > > Vince Clark > > Global Era > > The Freedom of Open Source > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > (303) 493-6723 > > >
