POS for .NET

POS for .NET addresses the needs of Point Of Service market, which include devices such as Kiosks, ATM machine, self service check out scanners, fuel pump stations, security entry terminals, and of course point of sale systems. POS for .NET is an implementation of the UPOS specification for C# and VB.NET developers. POS for .NET supports the idea that applications can be written once to support many POS devices. Below you will find sample service objects, applications, articles, and various links for POS for .NET.

POS technology and information is continuously changing. Please let me know of any information that could be added to keep this page up to date.

POS for .NET Articles

Article: Implementing POS for .NET MSR for the TabletKiosk® eo a7330D

Step-by-step guide for creating a POS for .NET application for a handheld PC platform. - VB.NET and C# Source Code

Service Object Manager Utility

The ability to setup and manage service objects are an important part of developing, installing, and maintaining POS for .NET applications. Service Object Manager (SOM) is a graphical implementation of POSDM.EXE that simplifies the management of service objects on systems locally or remotely.

Note: SOManager needs to run as Administrator in Windows Vista and Windows 7.

The tool is free for download. Please see below or click on the picture.

Sample Applications, Tools , Utilities, and SDKs

The table contains some different tools and utilities as well as a link to the latest POS for .NET SDK. Please let me know if you find other utilities that working with POS for .NET.

Microsoft POSReady/ POS for .NET Links

Official POSReady / POS for .NET Website: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/products/readyproducts/posready/default.mspx

POS for .NET Forum Website: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/posfordotnet/threads

POSReady Forum Website: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/posready

POSReady / POS for .NET Team Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/pointofservice/

MSDN Channel9 WEPOS Video: http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=170597#170597

Arts / UPOS Spec: Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS) - UPOS specification can be found here.

Verification Testing and Compliance - LioNBRIDGE

POS Device Vendors - AvailableService Objects / OPOS Drivers

In order to write POS for .NET applications, Service Objects and/or OPOS drivers are needed to interface the application to the hardware. The biggest challenge is finding devices that have Service Object or OPOS drivers. Many devices come as keyboard wedges. These keyboard wedge devices will work in a POS of .NET application, but PosExplorer will not handle data events from them. The following table is to help locate devices with service objects and OPOS drivers. The table is supplied as is and there is no guarantee that the various OPOS and SO drivers will work.

Please let me know if you find a POS vendor that has a service object or OPOS driver for their POS device. Also, if you have any of these device and have any results to share, please let me know.

Other SO and OPOS driver information can be found at these sites:

http://www.yortondotnet.com/2009/09/pos-net-and-opos-service-object-links.html

http://monroecs.com/oposvendors.htm