Projects:POS/Technical Specifications

Server side

Databases supported

• MySQL 5.0/MySQL Enterprise 5.1 or better (Certified by Sun)
• Apache Derby release 10.4.2 or better
• Oracle 10g release 2 (Express, Standard and Enterprise editions)
• PostgreSQL 8.1.4 or better
• HSQLDB 1.8.0 or better

Client side

Operating systems

• Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Vista.
• Linux.
  • Ubuntu.
  • Debian.
  • OpenSuse.
  • Red Hat.
  • Fedora.
  • CentOS.
• Mac OSX.

Stack required

• Java 2 Platform Standard Edition 6.0 or higher.

Supported POS hardware

• Touch screens. Configured to emulate a mouse.
• Bar code scanners. Configured to emulate a standard keyboard.
• Receipt printers. Configured as a standard printer, or with the ESC/POS protocol support, or with JavaPOS support. If the ESC/POS protocol support is used then must be connected to a serial or parallel port.
• Fiscal printers. With JavaPOS support.
• Customer displays. With the ESC/POS protocol support or with JavaPOS support, if the ESC/POS protocol is used, then must be connected to a serial or parallel port.
• Cash drawers. Connected to the receipt printer or with JavaPOS support.
• Data collectors. Metrologic Scanpal 2 connected to a serial port. This functionality is deprecated and not supported.
• Scales. With the Samsung protocol or the Dialog1 protocol support. Connected to a serial port of the POS terminal.
• Magnetic card readers (MSR). Configured to emulate a standard keyboard.

Technologies used

• Java / Swing.
• SQL.
• XML.
• Web services.

Supported regions / countries

Languages supported