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TITLE: Let's develop open source POS for eComStation!

DATE: 2010-11-07 16:54:11

AUTHOR: eCo Software

Point of sale based on eComStation

What is the structure of Shop?

Every shop/restaurant has a network of computers which includes:

• several Points Of Sale
• Database PC
• Accountant PC

All computers are equipped with Ethernet/WiFi adapters.

How to build UserInterface of POS

You can use PM means,

(John Urbaniak: I use VisPro Rexx. It is an excellent GUI development platform. And I use Object Rexx as the underlying language - also excellent)

Example:

Recommendations:

• Don't use many colors if many buttons.

Help us to collect recommendations, examples.

Drivers

• Touchscreen (supported touchscreens, scan-readers)
• card-reader driver
• CCD scaners
• cheque printer
• Fiscal stripe (memory) -- required to certify the complex.

The information is provided by Igor Vaskov

Discussion

• os2world.com forum (2009/11)

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