Re: [WebERP-developers] POS

[David L. <da...@ra...>]

 From memory when I used to play with such things - The cash drawer was 
connected to the receipt printer and you just printed a special escape 
sequence and the drawer popped open.

HTH,
David

Phil Daintree wrote:
> Ah reading a little more about this ...to use this solution to open cash 
> drawers and link to printers the php extension PHP-GTK needs to be used.
> 
>  From the PHP-GTK FAQ at http://gtk.php.net/faq.php
> 
> Why is it not working with the browser/web server?
> 
>      PHP-GTK is not meant to be used in the Web environment. It is 
> intended for creation of standalone applications (run via command-line, 
> user's desktop, etc.).
> 
> Interesting - maybe this is a way to leverage PHP knowledge to write a 
> client side POS that works on any platform... could be opening up a 
> whole new field!!
> 
> Phil
> 
> 
> Moxx Consulting wrote:
>> Hi Phil - 
>>
>> Barcode scanners could work with WebERP - all that is needed is to ensure
>> the cursor is on the field that receives input (just like a keyboard), and
>> configure the barcode scanner to end its input with a carriage return or a
>> tab. 
>>
>> We have set up a few pages to accept orders and print sales receipts -
>> though they use Javascript, they are built on WebERP, so may be easier to
>> integrate. A few features: 
>>
>> - Customer if not explicitly selected, defaults to a "anonymous customer"
>> - Faster data entry - scan barcode or autocomplete on product name 
>> - Quantity defaulted to 1 
>> - on entry of sales order, invoices are automatically created with delivered
>> qty = ordered qty 
>> - page to receive cash (cheques/Credit cards could be added if needed) -
>> total received and change to be provided back is displayed. 
>> - on receipt of cash, create customer payment receipt, update stock. 
>>
>> The sales receipt would be a PDF - it may be possible to use a
>> window.print() to print quickly or use background printing. Let me know if
>> you need the code - it may need some tweaking and then be ready to use with
>> WebERP. 
>>
>> One solution to the cash drawer interface (I haven't tried this) can be
>> found here: http://bit.ly/6ITAON
>>
>> Regards, 
>> Nagaraj
>> ______
>> http://weberp.moxx.in 
>>
>>
>>
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