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linux cash register software, i.e, a simple point of sale?
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Nick Lidakis
Jul 23, 2012, 1:10:01 AM7/23/12
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I'd like to transition our medium sized coffee/shop bakery to some kind of
open Linux cash register. I say register because I don't need the advanced
features of a POS, i.e., inventory control, invoices, etc. I'd like to
replicate what we have now which is this:
http://www.cashregisterstore.com/xcart/product.php?productid=77&cat=23&page=1
Flat PLU buttons for drinks and pastries, electronic reporting, VAT tax,
i.e., our prices include sales tax and are rounded off to the quarter. We
program a flat key for $2.25 and the Casio takes care of adding the tax to
the total price, reporting the taxes at the end of the day on the Z
report and breaking it down on a customer's receipt.
With a ton of professional IBM POS terminals (all x86 based, infrared touch
screens) available on eBay, I thought I could recycle some old hardware and
run a Linux ncurses based simple cash register. Something configured with a
text file. But I can't find anything in the Debian repos or via Google.
The closest was Kvark but it's written in Russian and seems abandoned:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/kvark/
The Casio has no network capabilities; is very difficult to program; writes
the Z reports to a compact flash which must be physically pulled from the
machine at the end of the night or get a paper Z report; has cryptic error
codes when one of the baristas does something it doesn't like; is very
closed hardware and software wise.
I'd like to stay away from proprietary systems if I can. iPad POS systems
(Shopkeep; Square register) are all the rage these days amongst espresso
shops like ours but I don't do Apple and the hardware is not up to snuff
(consumer grade; wireless only; delicate ports) behind a bar with hot
liquids and food, in my opinion.
Any simple Linux cash registers out there?
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open Linux cash register. I say register because I don't need the advanced
features of a POS, i.e., inventory control, invoices, etc. I'd like to
replicate what we have now which is this:
http://www.cashregisterstore.com/xcart/product.php?productid=77&cat=23&page=1
Flat PLU buttons for drinks and pastries, electronic reporting, VAT tax,
i.e., our prices include sales tax and are rounded off to the quarter. We
program a flat key for $2.25 and the Casio takes care of adding the tax to
the total price, reporting the taxes at the end of the day on the Z
report and breaking it down on a customer's receipt.
With a ton of professional IBM POS terminals (all x86 based, infrared touch
screens) available on eBay, I thought I could recycle some old hardware and
run a Linux ncurses based simple cash register. Something configured with a
text file. But I can't find anything in the Debian repos or via Google.
The closest was Kvark but it's written in Russian and seems abandoned:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/kvark/
The Casio has no network capabilities; is very difficult to program; writes
the Z reports to a compact flash which must be physically pulled from the
machine at the end of the night or get a paper Z report; has cryptic error
codes when one of the baristas does something it doesn't like; is very
closed hardware and software wise.
I'd like to stay away from proprietary systems if I can. iPad POS systems
(Shopkeep; Square register) are all the rage these days amongst espresso
shops like ours but I don't do Apple and the hardware is not up to snuff
(consumer grade; wireless only; delicate ports) behind a bar with hot
liquids and food, in my opinion.
Any simple Linux cash registers out there?
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Andrei POPESCU
Jul 23, 2012, 2:40:02 AM7/23/12
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On Lu, 23 iul 12, 01:03:42, Nick Lidakis wrote:
>
> Any simple Linux cash registers out there?
My brother tested several POS programs for his restaurant, but found
>
> Any simple Linux cash registers out there?
nothing that matched his needs (he needed a software that could do
recipes as well), but in his opinion LemonPOS was quite good.
Unfortunately there is no Debian package :( (but there is an Ubuntu PPA
package that worked on squeeze).
Kind regards,
Andrei
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Richard Owlett
Jul 23, 2012, 10:00:02 AM7/23/12
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Nick Lidakis
Jul 24, 2012, 11:30:02 PM7/24/12
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The POS terminals are standard x86. Any other reason to ask that list?
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Nick Lidakis
Jul 24, 2012, 11:40:02 PM7/24/12
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Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>My brother tested several POS programs for his restaurant, but found
>nothing that matched his needs (he needed a software that could do
>recipes as well), but in his opinion LemonPOS was quite good.
>Unfortunately there is no Debian package :( (but there is an Ubuntu
>PPA package that worked on squeeze).
I found this interesting piece of software called DHPOS:
>My brother tested several POS programs for his restaurant, but found
>nothing that matched his needs (he needed a software that could do
>recipes as well), but in his opinion LemonPOS was quite good.
>Unfortunately there is no Debian package :( (but there is an Ubuntu
>PPA package that worked on squeeze).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHPOS
It's for DOS and written in QuickBasic. Closed source and no price look
up "buttons" for infrared touch screens. Though, it has a ton of
features for small and medium businesses. It works under dosemu when I
played with it today.
I can't believe something like this has not been written for Linux. A
simple ASCII/ncurses cash register that is GPL. Ugh.
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Richard Owlett
Jul 25, 2012, 2:50:03 PM7/25/12
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Nick Lidakis wrote:
> Richard Owlett wrote:
>>You might ask on debian-...@lists.debian.org ?
>
> The POS terminals are standard x86. Any other reason to ask
> that list?
>
I was thinking that "embedded" can be more tied to "thought
> Richard Owlett wrote:
>>You might ask on debian-...@lists.debian.org ?
>
> The POS terminals are standard x86. Any other reason to ask
> that list?
>
pattern" than "power of hardware". My post was triggered by
something I had seen when browsing the group's archives for
something else. Someone was asking about using 64 bit dual
core processor with 1G RAM and 80G hardrive in an "embedded
system".
(http://lists.debian.org/debian-embedded/2012/06/msg00017.html).
HTH
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