POS

Review & spec change

POS

Agenda

• POS System

• GV POS integration products

• DEMO

• USB dongle info & SW spec change

• FAQ

POS

• What is a POS machine/unit?

PC POS Software

+POS machine

=Printer

+

POS

• What is a POS system? – The “Back-office”

Shop

Sales data

Sales data

Inventory Control,

Purchasing, product transfer, buying

analysis

HQ

Shop owner

Sales, inventory reports

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• Known POS System OS:

Windows Linux Apple

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• Physical ports of POS system

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• Possible printer connections– USB port

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• Possible printer connections– USB port– Serial port (DB9)

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• Possible printer connections– USB port– Serial port (DB9)– Parallel port (DB25)

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• Possible printer connections– USB port– Serial port (DB9)– Parallel port (DB25)– Ethernet port (RJ45)

POS

• Possible printer connections– USB port– Serial port (DB9)– Parallel port (DB25)– Ethernet port (RJ45)

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• Data Capture Box V3/V3E

• POS Data Sender

• POS Text Sender

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• Data capture box V3/V3E spec– Serial “Text” data grabber– Serial & parallel printer support– 4 POS systems maximum with RS232

serial (From data capture box to DVR)– Maximum 16 POS systems with TCP/IP.– RS232 + TCP/IP combination: 4 * RS232 +

12 * TCP/IP = 16

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• Data Capture Box V3/V3E– Input (From POS)

• Serial (DB9 & DB25)• Parallel (DB25)

– Output (To DVR)• Serial (DB9)• RS485• TCP/IP

– Output (To Printer)• Serial (DB9 & DB25)• Parallel (DB25)

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• When to use data capture box? – Software installation on POS is “not” allowed.– External device connection is allowed. – Data output to printer using serial port (DB9 &

DB25)– Data output must be “text”

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• Data capture box connections– Serial port (RS232/DB9)– Parallel port (DB25)

• Data capture box integration flow.

POS

Before AfterDVR

Serial/Parallel

Serial/Parallel

Serial/Parallel

Serial/RS485/TCPIP

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• POS Data Sender

POS

• POS Data Sender Spec:– Additional USB dongle at DVR– RS232 cross-over cable– 4 POS systems max (RS232 spec)

POS

• POS Data Sender New(V8330) Spec:– Additional USB dongle at DVR– RS232 cross-over cable + TCP/IP– 4 POS systems max (RS232 spec)– 16 POS system max (TCP/IP)

TCP/IP

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• POS Data Sender V8330 UI Change– TCP support

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• How POS Data Sender works– Install into POS system

POS Data Sender Software

POS System

Install

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• How POS Data Sender works– POS system must have a valid Printer

driver

POS

• POS Data Sender work flow

POS Software

Printer Driver

Printer

POS Data Sender

Monitor & grab printer commands

DVR

Serial & TCP

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• When to use POS Data Sender: – Software installation is allowed on POS machine. – External device connection is “not” allowed– Data output using printer driver– Serial port or TCP/IP connection available

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• POS Text Sender

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• POS Text Sender Spec:– Additional USB dongle at DVR– RS232 cross-over cable or TCP/IP– 4 POS systems max (RS232 spec)– 16 POS system max (TCP/IP)

POS

• How POS Text Sender works– Install into any PC

PC

InstallPOS Data Sender

Software

POS

• How POS Text Sender works– Install into any PC

POS machine

InstallPOS Data Sender

Software

POS

• How POS Text Sender works– Install into any PC

DVR

InstallPOS Data Sender

Software

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• How POS Text Sender works

POS machine

Text file

DVR

POS Text Sender

Monitor & grab data updateSave transaction data to text file

Sender sends the new data update to

DVR

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• When to use POS Text sender: – Software installation on POS unit is “not” allowed.– External device connection is “not” allowed.– POS unit supports data output to text file– POS unit has network connection

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• Demo: – No software installation required on POS

machine using POS text sender.

1. POS output data to text file

2. DVR PC Maps a network drive

3. Text sender Monitors the file through network

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• USB Dongle spec

POS

• POS Data Sender USB Dongle spec– POS-to-DVR Software USB dongle

• 1, 2, 3, 4 port

POS

• POS Data Sender is out in v8.4!

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• POS Data Sender Phase out– Most POS machines do not allow

additional software installation.– ?

POS

• POS Text Sender USB Dongle spec– V8330

• Only 1 * 16 port POS text sender USB available

– V8400• 1,2,4,8,12,16 port POS text sender USB

available

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• Most frequently asked questions:– Does GV support my POS system?

• Find out if the POS machine supports text file output

• If POS has physical ports, test with data capture V3E

– Is it possible to integrate my POS without data capture box?

• POS text sender software