Topic: POS Module
roger wrote:
What are your estimates on developing a reasonable POS module?
I may be willing to share some of the costs if I can participate in the design of the same.
Regards, Roger
Alvin Martin wrote:
Hello Roger
Sorry I am late with my mail.
I will do some work on this, this week. Have you downloaded openbravoPOS yet, it will run standalone, let me know what you think about it, we will go from there. Joe has some java experience, we may be able to get him to look at it for us, but will no doubt need to hire a java developer...
More later
AM
Hello RK
RK wrote:
> Hi Alvin,
> This system look pretty good. What is your idea on the integration?
It needs to be changed to work with FA
> Would it operate online against the Frontaccounting database over the net
The pos program, the module, will run on the client.
> or would it operate more in a store and forward mode?
It would operate in real time, it would work like your browser does for other transactions, you will need to be online.
> If in store and foreward mode I would expect products, stocks etc. are >updated from Freebooks and no changes should be made on the POS end?
Everything is done server side, there is no need for update, or to save anything client side.
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> My doubt is in that I would preferre not to have any piece of SW installed on
> the client PC.
I do not think we can get by without running a small program for pos, Java seems to be the best, it will be needed to run things like bar code scanners, receipt printers, scales, pole displays, cash drawers, etc.
> The idea I have is to have soe similar functionality but in PHP running on the > Frontaccount server.
I do not think php will drive those pos prifeals.
> One big missing item is the possibility to recieve payments in multiple
> currencies (E.g. tourists).
I see, I will also need this feature, if it is something that the folks over at openbravo will also need, then we get them to do it for us. I will look more at it later.
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> Regards
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> Roger
Regards, Alvin