If possible you should try to insert a carriage return after the card number. I'm pretty sure that is what pos is expecting.
Regards Scott On 20/11/2007, Vince M. Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We found the manufacturer of the card swipe. It is ID Tech. We are now > playing around with the configuration utility that came with the device so > I'll update this thread with any helpful info. > > Vince Clark > Global Era > The Freedom of Open Source > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (303) 493-6723 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Gray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 12:43:33 PM (GMT-0700) America/Denver > Subject: Re: POS and Credit Card Swipes > > 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 > > > > > >
