Re: POS integration

["Roland More" <NoSpamroland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>I know on the Vigil systems.
Since there are hundreds of DVR manufacturers it is no surprise I have never
heard of this brand. What is their strong point in the market place?

"Matt Ion" <soundy106@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:rvusi.24988$fJ5.19556@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Tommy wrote:
>> "Roland More" <NoSpamroland@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>> news:46b098d9$0$30657$4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>>> Are you looking for a simple POS overlay into the video or making the
>>> metadata available as part of the searchable video?
>>> There are guys that have the POS schema integrated into their machine
>>> already and some just have an SDK they throw at you. The one I'd bet
>>> that would have all that built in would be Electronic Lines. Example
>>> below. The ETV Enterprise Systems are specifically designed with the
>>> retail environment in mind to provide complete solutions for POS
>>> (Point of Sale) and Retail Loss Prevention. The ETV POS software
>>> allows you to set a variety of parameters for a Manual Search Query.
>>> For instance, you can monitor the sale of Lottery tickets with any
>>> assigned search criteria including, Item code, value, quantity,
>>> cashier, register number, and receipt number to quickly retrieve data
>>> and related video. Enter your search criteria into the Predefined
>>> Custom Search section to save and repeat the same search without having
>>> to re-enter the information.
>>>
>>
>> I have a system with a geovision data capture built in for this job but i
>> am unsure of the data coming from the gilbarco. I know what i have on my
>> end. I am wondeing what to look for coming from the gilbarco.
>
> 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).