Questions tagged [point-of-sale]

Point of sale is the place where a retail transaction is completed. It is the point at which a customer makes a payment to the merchant in exchange for goods or services.

Point of sale is the place where a retail transaction is completed. It is the point at which a customer makes a payment to the merchant in exchange for goods or services.

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How do I detect a powered off cash drawer using POS.NET?

I'm working on a point of sale (POS) application, at the checkout the terminals need to support various devices; scanners, magnetic swipe card readers and cash drawers. We're supporting all these using POS.NET and in normal operating situations…
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Integrate USB POS printer with app from Android tablet

My goal is to integrate a USB POS thermal printer with a small demo Android app that I will using from an Android tablet. I have two POS printers: Epson TM-T88III POS-5870 I also have a Sanei N10 tablet that I am connecting to the POS printer via…
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payment system intergration for custom epos software

I'm trying my hand in the food industry. I'm going to be developing my epos system in house. All the fancy touch screen systems cost an arm and a leg. I was wondering what are my options if I wanted to integrate a chip and pin device as well? Could…
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Locked Windows 8 For POS

I've developed a Windows 7 app using the Surface SDK for a POS application (ordering drink/food from your table using tactile screen). I'd like to start migrating to using a Metro App, as I fear the Surface SDK will die soon (and I'd like the app to…
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Ensure connection to a POSPrinter connected via COM

I need to make sure that the connection to a POS printer is successful before writing data to the database and then printing a receipt. The POSprinter is normally of type BTP 2002NP but may differ. The common thing is that they are all connected via…
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Architecture advice for C# web app that connects to POS system

I want to develop a C# web application that will allow customers to go online to view current inventory levels for a retail shop I have. The shop uses a POS system with a SQL Server backend. The app would be hosted outside the firewall on a…
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Open cash drawer connected to a computer's rj11 port

I've a software made in VB.Net which opened a cash drawer connected to a receipt printer. A few days before came up a problem, the model of printer has changed and i have to connect the cash drawer to a rj11 port in the computer. I know nothing…
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Events pile up during CashDrawer.WaitForDrawerClose

I'm writing an application for a POS and using POS for .NET. I've found that when I call the WaitForDrawerClose method, while the application will sit and wait unresponsively until the drawer is closed (as desired), any clicks elsewhere seem to pile…
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Configuring a POS printer using POS.NET

Is it possible to configure a POS printer service object (an Epson one) from a POS.NET application (such as configuring the IP address for a network connected printer)? It would be nice if it didn't need to be done separately through the…
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reduce the font size while printing using OPOS printer for receipt

How can we reduce the size of text/font while printing using an OPOS printer? I am using an Epson printer and the following softare components for making this work. OPOS ADK for .Net Microsoft POS for .Net command used for printing a line is…
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Point of Sale Application Architecture

I have been asked to build a POS Application for a Restaurant. I have experience creating POS application in VB6.0 and have always wanted to create one with UX. I am looking to create one with WPF as front end. I pretty much have the process picture…
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How Do I Create an Application For Ingenico 5100

i want to build application for ingenico 5100. It must download data from the link and print it. for example http://domain.com/data.txt or http://domain.com/data.xml this operation should be done at regular intervals. I created application for…
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How to program a POS Printer using USB on Visual Basic 6

How to program a POS Printer using USB on Visual Basic 6
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Communicate with POS terminal via PHP

Any idea how can PHP communicate with POS terminal? Communicate = read data, read status, write data (send amount that the customer have to pay). The main idea is at the end all that the customer have to do is writing his PIN and push the OK…
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How to integrate mobile application (restaurant menu) with micros pos developed using flash builder 4.6 and actionscript?

I have developed a restaurant menu app for samsung galaxy tab 8.9 .I want to send all ordered details to micros pos eg item name,table name qty ordered , item price to pos .I have deeveloped this application using flash builder 4.6 ie used flex 4.6…
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