Re: POS. Cash Register on AS400.

A company named Ultimate Technologies used to (5 years or so ago) sell a
line of cash registers that where 5250 devices. Sending a special set of
characters to line 24 of a display file would be redirected to the pole
display or open the cash drawer. We use some wasp hardware to run a POS
operation in our Student Activities office that just uses client access
and a green-screen app that we wrote in house. The receipt printer is
just setup as a windows default printer and so printing to a client
access printer session goes to the receipt printer. We used one of the
wasp programmable keyboards and just set the keys to send the function
keys that POS app wanted. (e.g. F12 for PAY, F3 for Cancel sale, etc).
No pole display in use and no cash drawer but I think most POS cash
drawers daisychain off the receipt printer and printing a special code
will fire the drawer. If may take some tinkering to let the special
codes thru client access without being translated. 

GSegal@xxxxxxxxxx 10/30/2006 2:27:26 PM >>>

Hi guys, 


I need some advise on "Point of Sale" hardware. 


We have a store with two POS(Wasp) systems that are using Wasp software
and
hardware. We have to upload/download inventory, convert data, etc....
It does
not work smoothly....... 

we have 2 stand a long Wasp Quick store systems: 
(http://www.waspbarcode.com/point_of_sale/quickstore_pos_bundle_p.asp
<http://www.waspbarcode.com/point_of_sale/quickstore_pos_bundle_p.asp>
)    

We would like to write Cash Register software that will work directly 
with our inventory files and merge into our existing applications. 


1.      Is there any POS software with open source? 
2.      What hardware is the best to use? 
3.      How can I make iSeries(model 9406 V5R2M0) to communicate with a
Wasp
cash register? 
4.      Is there a special API's to open the cash drawer? 


Thank you in advance 
Gary

Gary Segal
Goebel Of North America 
609-730-8929 Direct
609-737-1980 Ext 8781
609-737-8685 Fax
215-431-7294 Mobil
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