I then added an activeX container the the VI front panel and selected the OPOS Scanner Control. (easist way is to install their TESTSCAN App as the COM (Componet Object Model ) needs registering). To configure the scanner I had to Scan the IBM HAND HELD USB barcode and install the OPOS drivers on the PC.
So it has an event structure with "OK", "Cancel" and "Key down" (To filter user input - eg discard letters) and a dynamic "barcode scan" user event. I have a dialog that prompts the user to enter or scan (if enabled) a barcode, & checks the data before returning.
It claims applications developed with BeanStore can continue trading even when a retailer’s network goes down.I have successfully used a Symbol (Now Motorola) LS2208 USB barcode scanner with events. Datafit says BeanStore, which costs around $500 per terminal, was developed from the ground-up as a toolkit and development environment. It claims BeanStore’s JavaPOS competition, such as Cornerstone Retail Solutions’ Retail Foundation and Gateway Data Sciences’ Intelligent Store both started life as a set of Java tools looking for an application development environment. It started out supplying OPOS application development software but believes its future lies with JavaPOS. The privately-held 80-person company, which has just opened a US office in Burlingham, Massachusetts, claims to have turned over the equivalent of $7m last year. Datafit claims Sun CEO Scott McNealy was bowled over at how the company had managed to create such an advanced environment using JavaStation technologies. The JavaStation NC BeanStore was running in conjunction with a new POS device Sun has designed to drive multiple POS peripherals supporting a printer, cash drawer, customer display, scanner and credit card reader. It also delivers POS peripheral management from within the Java environment. Datafit says it will offer the bridge OEM. The JavaBean-based BeanStore uses Sun’s JDK 1.1.3 and 1.1.6 software and HotJava interface but its big advantage – at least until Sun creates a device driver model or registry system for Java – has written native Java drivers for Sun JavaStations and IBM Network Stations plus a bridge which maps JavaPOS interfaces running on Windows POS terminals to Microsoft Corp OLE point-of-sale (OPOS) drivers. UK company Datafit Ltd is leading the charge to supply development software for creating Java point-of-sale (JPOS) applications and this week had its new BeanStore application environment running in a host of demonstrations at the National Retail Federation show in New York.
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