Re: POS integration

[Tommy <tommy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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.