Re: POS integration

Tommy wrote:
Matt Ion <soundy106@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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I know on the Vigil systems, you simply enable the data-capture function, and tell it what sort of POS system you're using. Gilbarco
is one of the options; as I recall, there are no different models
listed for it, so they apparently use the same format for all their
POS systems. Basically, whatever you're feeding the data to simply
needs to know the Gilbarco format, and be configured for that option. The data itself SHOULD just be plain ASCII text, at least it has been
on the Gilbarco systems I've dealt with - it can be viewed in
HyperTerm on the receiving machine.

Connection-wise, it typically is just an RS-232 cable (wired as "null-modem") between a serial port on the POS computer, and one on
the DVR (at least for PC-based DVRs). The POS will probably have to
be configured specifically to output its data on the desired port
(I've seen some with RS-232 expansion boards with eight ports, in
addition to the one or two on the computer itself, for interfacing
various things).

Thanks,

That is what i was looking for. I was hoping that it was something like that. but it is nice to have confirmation. Like i told Roland, Gilbarco was not very helpful.

So what's the status of your quest? Any luck yet?

Dunno if you tried Gilbarco's website, but they do have an area where you can sign up as a third-party developer and receive all kinds of information on the interface... might help, although they may not accept you if you're not actually a developer (they have an NDA you have to agree to as well).

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