Delphi and Cash Registers

[Dave Hatzenbuehler]

I have a client that wants us to implement a POS system into his current
Acct. System that is home grown with Delphi. Can someone recommend a
company that sales Cash Registers that can integrate with a Delphi
Application. And if you can give me the pros and cons of trying to
implement this solution?

Thanks,
Dave Hatz

[David]

Dave,

I don't know of any Cash Registers designed to integrate with a Delphi
application. What you probably need is a PC Based Delphi POS system (like
the ones we write, of course :) ). The main peripheral hardware
components of a PC based POS system are the Cash Drawer, POS Receipt
Printer, barcode scanner and perhaps a pole display. The Cash Drawer comes
in two flavors: (1) com port driven or (2) printer driven. Type (2) is the
most common. The Cash Drawer plugs into a port provided on the Receipt
printer for that purpose. You would then send a passthrough string (Usually
the Bell (#7)) to the printer which triggers the solenoid to pop the Cash
Drawer. The com port driven cash drawers will usually take any string
output to pop the drawer. The Pole Display is controlled via code sent
through the serial port. The trick here is to make sure you use the correct
command set for the Pole Displays you want to support, Logic Control command
set being the most common.

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[Joe Real]

Dave Hatzenbuehler <da...@insynclh.com> wrote in message
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> I have a client that wants us to implement a POS system into his current
> Acct. System that is home grown with Delphi. Can someone recommend a
> company that sales Cash Registers that can integrate with a Delphi
> Application. And if you can give me the pros and cons of trying to
> implement this solution?

There is a company in the Bay Area of California, they are called Lotus
Pacific. They assemble touch-screen flat panel monitors which have
Pentium-based PC's attached to the cash registers. They use Delphi and
MS-SQL for all types of POS. I lost their calling card. I used to interact
with them when I was doing some POS programming for the same client. Maybe
you can search for the keywords: Lotus Pacific California.

Good Luck.

[Art Metz]

There is also a company in Irvine, CA, called ComCash. I don't
have a phone book handy, but the area code is 949. I believe
the web site is www.comcashpos.com .

Art Metz
AM...@navco.com

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[Ilya Andreev AKA Andre]

Well, any Cash Drawer with OPOS drivers for Win98/NT (IBM, e.g.)

OPOS - Ole for Point Of Sale. www.microsoft.com :)

Ilya Andreev aKA Andre
DelphiCity Team
www.delphicity.net

"Dave Hatzenbuehler" <da...@insynclh.com> wrote in message
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> I have a client that wants us to implement a POS system into his current
> Acct. System that is home grown with Delphi. Can someone recommend a
> company that sales Cash Registers that can integrate with a Delphi
> Application. And if you can give me the pros and cons of trying to
> implement this solution?
>

> Thanks,
> Dave Hatz
>

[Wayne Herbert]

We recently bought a computer based, POS system that uses touch screens...
touch screens not mandatory, but nice. Cash drawer, scanner, customer
readout, and slip printer are all hooked to serial and parallel ports... in
toher words, this is a stock machine running stock software that just
happens to emulate a cash register.
It uses databases that can be readily exported to other systems. The system
is national is scope but sold by local dealers... called PC Register... from
AIM Systems... let me know if you want more info.

Dave Hatzenbuehler wrote:

> I have a client that wants us to implement a POS system into his current
> Acct. System that is home grown with Delphi. Can someone recommend a
> company that sales Cash Registers that can integrate with a Delphi
> Application. And if you can give me the pros and cons of trying to
> implement this solution?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave Hatz

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[Jeff Butterworth]

Check out http://drs.com.au. Full POS, back office, head office, inventory,
communications package, creditors and debtors. Exports to third party
accounts also available. All written in Delphi.

Jeff

Dave Hatzenbuehler wrote in message <38F26211...@insynclh.com>...

[Dave Hatzenbuehler]

Wayne,
Thanks for the info. I would like to get more information on the HW from AIM
Systems. Do you have a contact or web site?

Dave Hatz

Wayne Herbert wrote:

> We recently bought a computer based, POS system that uses touch screens...
> touch screens not mandatory, but nice. Cash drawer, scanner, customer
> readout, and slip printer are all hooked to serial and parallel ports... in
> toher words, this is a stock machine running stock software that just
> happens to emulate a cash register.
>
> It uses databases that can be readily exported to other systems. The system
> is national is scope but sold by local dealers... called PC Register... from
> AIM Systems... let me know if you want more info.
>
> Dave Hatzenbuehler wrote:
>

> > I have a client that wants us to implement a POS system into his current
> > Acct. System that is home grown with Delphi. Can someone recommend a
> > company that sales Cash Registers that can integrate with a Delphi
> > Application. And if you can give me the pros and cons of trying to
> > implement this solution?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dave Hatz
>

[David]

Our company writes similar software. There really is nothing magic about
touch screens... just provide buttons big enough to touch. The rest is
pretty stock. What makes a PC based POS system work is the perriphial
equipment, ie Cash Drawer, scanner, Receipt Printer and Pole display. The
scanner is not big deal but the rest need to be part of the POS design to
make sure they work properly. Most POS receipt printers were designed for
the character based world of DOS and Unix and not all have Windows drivers.
Depending on the POS system you may be able to use Generic Text drivers.
The think to remember with a PC based POS system is that not all of these
components will work on all systems. If not writing the program yourself it
is important to get a hardware recommendations list from the vendor. We
have been developing POS and Accounting systems for 12 years and do have
full systems available with hardware ready to plug in. All of our systems
are now written in Delphi. We do not, however sell the source code.

I do think, however, that the original question was if there are any Cash
Registers (I am assuming non- PC) units that will interface with Delphi and
the answer is still no, not any that I am aware of, however some will
produce a text export file that can be then intercepted by your Delphi App
and processed.

Wayne Herbert <wher...@keymaps.com> wrote in message
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[David]

I am so shameful but you can view our products or download a demo at
http://www.orcasoftware.com
All applications were written in Delphi. A POS demo is availabe for
download.

Dave Hatzenbuehler <da...@insynclh.com> wrote in message
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[Wayne Herbert]

Try:

http://www.aimsystems.com/

Dave Hatzenbuehler wrote:

> Wayne,
> Thanks for the info. I would like to get more information on the HW from AIM
> Systems. Do you have a contact or web site?
>
> Dave Hatz
>
> Wayne Herbert wrote:
>