Developer Resources, a must for device manufacturers
POS Devices arrived! We borrowed POS machines and peripherals from a
taiwan based manufacturer but has local distributor here in the
Philippines. We're in a rush to port the Circulation module of my
project in to POS terminals. Basically the requirements:
Support Touch Screen displays
Support LineDisplay devices and Pole Displays
Support POS Receipt printers
Optionally support scanners and magnetic stripper readers
As developer the first thing I did is to look for APIs Documentation
and sample applications. As expected the companion disk contains COM
objects and VB6 sample programs, samples that does not work, yes all
samples does not work! Feeling disgusted, I logged into the
manufacturer's website to look for some resources to play on. Too bad,
I found nothing but those downloadable PDF manuals.
FYI, IBM has IBM DeveloperWorks, Epson has EpsonExpert, Microsoft has
MSDN and Symbol has Mobility Learning Center but this manufacturer do
not have any. Perhaps that's why their devices are not so popular in
the marketplace.
The last time I checked their site, it was down. ;(