Device Setup
Use this form to specify the physical devices that interface with the station, such as printers and cash drawers. Devices are set up as templates on the POS Device Maintenance form.
Click Add device to add each device to the station. The Point of Sale Station Device Maintenance form displays.
Options Reference
Each option and field on the form is described below. Mandatory options and fields are highlighted in red.
Device name
Select a device from one previously defined (as a template) on the Point of Sale Device Maintenance form. You can update the parameters for the device so they are specific to the station.
Device description
This defaults, in read-only format, to the description of the selected device.
Device type
This defaults, in read-only format, to the type of the selected device.
Default port
Enter the default output port — for example, LPT1 or COM1. For devices other than printers only physical local port addresses can be used, and the device must be connected to the workstation, as multiple workstations per device is not supported.
You can enter printer name as specified on the Processing System Status and Setup form.
Default init string
Enter the command that will activate the device when the transaction trigger occurs. This should be on the form of: nn,nn,nn,nn, if nn is an ASCII value of a character responding to the character that must be sent to the device to initialise it (for example, 27 = OPEN CASH DRAWER).
Default reset string
Enter the reset string for the device. This should be in the form of: nn,nn,nn,nn, if nn is an ASCII value of a character responding to the character that must be sent to the device to reset it.
Click OK to save the device details and add the device to the station. To edit the details of a device that has already been added to the station, double click the device line in the table, and the POS Station Device Maintenance form displays.
To remove a device that is previously added to a station, highlight the device line in the table and click Remove device.