Hi Andrew:
Something one of my clients and I have been looking at:
The Google Chrome App platform. Not sure if this would work with an
RS232 interface, but with a USB device it is possible to write Chrome
Apps (using Javascript) to control the device and transfer data. Once
Chrome has hold of the data, it seems like an HTTP/S post, storage in
cookies and/or saving the data to an OFBiz aware/attached disk - could
allow OFBiz access.
Perhaps too simplistic for your application.
If interested, here is a link that I found really informative:
https://trenvo.com/blog/2015/01/interacting-usb-hid-devices-web-apps/
Just a thought.
Best Regards,
Ruth Hoffman
On 1/19/16 12:08 AM, Andrew Dent - CTCroydon wrote:
Hi
An existing customer of ours is looking to replace their Weighbridge
software.
I haven't used or implemented the OfBiz POS module before, but for
this customer it might be a good fit.
I'm wondering if anyone else has done this, and maybe like to assist
with this project.
There are two 60 ton Weighbridges on site.
Each Weighbridge has a PC in a local building with a RS232 connected
Rinstrum 5000 Digital Indicator box http://www.a1weighing.com.au/5000.htm
that the Load Cells of the Weighbridge terminate into.
My thoughts are that the data stream from the Rinstrum 5000 Digital
Indicator would be displayed to the user in OfBiz.
There are obviously lots of other requirements, but the data from the
RS232 is the main requirement that I do not know how to display in
realtime on the OfBiz or OfBiz POS UI.
I have a Rinstrum 5000 Digital Indicator that I can use for software
dev purposes, with some resistors arranged to pretend to be a Loadcell.
Regards
Andrew Dent
