Re: [WebERP-developers] POS

[Phil D. <ph...@lo...>]

Thanks Chris I'll check it out.

Phil

Chris Franks wrote:
> Hi Phil,
> 
> I agree with you, Java is way too complicated syntax-wise.
> 
> Have you ever heard of xTuple (http://www.xtuple.com/xtpos)?  They have 
> a POS extension to their xTuple ERP function.  I have not used this but 
> I have looked at the ERP functionality before and it appears to be quite 
> complete.  It is open source though certain functionality requires 
> license purchase.  It is definitely easier on the eyes than the synPOS 
> you mentioned.
> 
> Back when I was in college, I used to work for an American retail chain 
> called RadioShack.  We used to have small servers in the store that were 
> the main data repository for the store POS terminals.  In the same sense 
> you could have a small linux server serving up your webpages on site and 
> run a PHP-based POS.  Or you could actually run the entire mySQL/PHP 
> server on every POS and have a sync process to the main server offsite. 
>  There are many options, I am not sure of the constraints of the project 
> you are working on and what device communication you may need (serial or 
> otherwise) that may preclude the PHP-based solution even if you could 
> remove the remote server issue.
> 
> Cheers
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 13, 2010, at 5:32 AM, Phil Daintree wrote:
> 
>> I've been trying to learn a bit of java so I can modify a java POS to
>> work with webERP data .... I tried to get synPOS going but couldn't
>> figure out why it didn't work.
>>
>> I have found a very steep learning curve getting going with Java - I
>> have netbeans IDE installed. I installed openbravoPOS too - at least
>> this seems to work but I just can't get into the logic of the
>> application is so abstract it is unbelievable the amount of knowledge
>> you need to start off is mind blowing - I've been reading for two days
>> solid!!
>>
>> Has anyone got a good open-source desktop POS - that works with local
>> hardware ideally USB printers, cash drawers and barcode scanners.
>> Unfortunately, PHP based POS is a non-starter as far as I can see
>> because the web-server is potentially remote from the hardware?
>>
>> Phil
>>
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