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.NET Forum / Languages / VB.NET / July 2007POS Terminal
I wonder if I can write applications in .NET and then download it to a POS Terminal, like a Verifone terminal. Verifone has its own software called Verix to accomplish that, but I want to know if can I do that with some tool of Microsoft. Hi Raul. That's a very specific question; you may wish to seek out and speak with the POS manufacturer. What are you planning on building? A virus that opens any cash register based on an RPC call that you call from your cell phone? :-p Cheers, -Mark You're right Mark, the best would be seek out and speak with the POS manufacturer. The problem is that I've tried to get information about this with Verifone but they have a very bad service and I still got no answer. By the way, I am not trying to make a virus. I only want to make able gas stations to print receipts of sales. The concern is that this receipt must have a number of transaction stored in a main application that controls the gas pumps. So, I need communication between the POS terminal and the main application. > Hi Raul. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > -Mark On Jul 6, 10:52 am, Raul Moreno <RaulMor...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I only want to make able gas stations to print receipts of sales. Shucks, that's nowhere near as exciting. Sorry I can't be of more help to you... Happy Coding, -Mark Yeah, that's a pretty simple task. But once a can write programs and download them to the terminal, I could implement anothers more complicated. The central point was to make applications for the Verifone terminal with .NET... > On Jul 6, 10:52 am, Raul Moreno <RaulMor...@discussions.microsoft.com> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > -Mark Probably not. However, Microsoft Dynamics is a POS product, and it "might" work with your terminal -- this is up to VeriFone and Microsoft. I think security concerns makes programming for these devices a fairly "closed shop." Dick  SignatureRichard Grier, MVP Hard & Software Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, Fourth Edition, ISBN 1-890422-28-2 (391 pages, includes CD-ROM). July 2004, Revised March 2006. See www.hardandsoftware.net for details and contact information. BTW, this is http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/embedded/aa714298.aspx However, this is intended to be used by an OEM, not an end-user. SignatureRichard Grier, MVP Hard & Software Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, Fourth Edition, ISBN 1-890422-28-2 (391 pages, includes CD-ROM). July 2004, Revised March 2006. See www.hardandsoftware.net for details and contact information. Thanks Dick Maybe I have to consider another options like this, but indeed is intended to be used by an OEM. I only want to print receipts in gas station with this kind of terminals and maybe identify customers through bar codes, magnetic cards or smart cards. The main concern is that I have a main application that controls the gas pumps and stores a number of each transaction. When the customer wants a receipt, it must has that number. So, the POS terminal has to communicate with the main application and inform the number of hose wanted, and the main application should respond with the sale's information to be printed by the terminal. > BTW, this is http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/embedded/aa714298.aspx > > However, this is intended to be used by an OEM, not an end-user. The manufacturer should provide you with the communications protocol, so that you can extract exactly the information that you need. I'd think you'd need to write code for the terminal only if the data that you need are not provided in the default protocol. I haven't delt with POS manufactureres directly, but I've had clients who have, and these details were worked out as part of the process. Dick SignatureRichard Grier, MVP Hard & Software Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, Fourth Edition, ISBN 1-890422-28-2 (391 pages, includes CD-ROM). July 2004, Revised March 2006. See www.hardandsoftware.net for details and contact information. I think I will have to use the manufacturer's software to program a Verifone terminal. I guess I have no choice. Thanks Dick > The manufacturer should provide you with the communications protocol, so > that you can extract exactly the information that you need. I'd think you'd [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Dick Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. Simply choose a title, complete the application form and submit it. Read more ...
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