POS MSR problems on WinXP

[Jeff Burton-2]

I'm having a problem with using Mag Stripe Readers on a Windows XP
deployment of the OFBiz POS.  While I can observe the proper behavior
on other platforms, on WinXP it seems the data isn't getting captured
and waiting when paymentEvents.payCredit is run.  I can swipe a card
in a text editor and various MSR's give the correct data, and the
same readers work in Linux or MacOSX.

I 'm using both an ID Tech USB MSR using ID Tech's JavaPOS driver and
a Magtek USB device with the GenericMSR driver.  When installed on
Windows they show up as HID's and Keyboard's in the Windows Device
Manager.  I suspect there's some setting in WinXP/Java/OFBiz I'm
missing which allows the data to flow through to the Msr object.

[Jeff Burton-2]

For the record (and anyone using a POS terminal as slow as the one  
I'm using), the problem was solved by increasing MaxWaitKeyboard in  
jpos.properties.  The complete string from the MSR wasn't received in  
a single event so the logic wasn't recognizing it as an MSR swipe.

On Dec 3, 2007, at 6:12 AM, Jeff Burton wrote:

> I'm having a problem with using Mag Stripe Readers on a Windows XP  
> deployment of the OFBiz POS.  While I can observe the proper  
> behavior on other platforms, on WinXP it seems the data isn't  
> getting captured and waiting when paymentEvents.payCredit is run.  
> I can swipe a card in a text editor and various MSR's give the  
> correct data, and the same readers work in Linux or MacOSX.
>
> I 'm using both an ID Tech USB MSR using ID Tech's JavaPOS driver  
> and a Magtek USB device with the GenericMSR driver.  When installed  
> on Windows they show up as HID's and Keyboard's in the Windows  
> Device Manager.  I suspect there's some setting in WinXP/Java/OFBiz  
> I'm missing which allows the data to flow through to the Msr object.

[Jacques Le Roux]

I put your tip in http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBIZ/POS+System

Thanks

Jacques

De : "Jeff Burton" <[hidden email]>
À : <[hidden email]>
Envoyé : lundi 3 décembre 2007 23:11
Objet : Re: POS MSR problems on WinXP

> For the record (and anyone using a POS terminal as slow as the one
> I'm using), the problem was solved by increasing MaxWaitKeyboard in
> jpos.properties.  The complete string from the MSR wasn't received in
> a single event so the logic wasn't recognizing it as an MSR swipe.
>
> On Dec 3, 2007, at 6:12 AM, Jeff Burton wrote:
>
> > I'm having a problem with using Mag Stripe Readers on a Windows XP
> > deployment of the OFBiz POS.  While I can observe the proper
> > behavior on other platforms, on WinXP it seems the data isn't
> > getting captured and waiting when paymentEvents.payCredit is run.
> > I can swipe a card in a text editor and various MSR's give the
> > correct data, and the same readers work in Linux or MacOSX.
> >
> > I 'm using both an ID Tech USB MSR using ID Tech's JavaPOS driver
> > and a Magtek USB device with the GenericMSR driver.  When installed
> > on Windows they show up as HID's and Keyboard's in the Windows
> > Device Manager.  I suspect there's some setting in WinXP/Java/OFBiz
> > I'm missing which allows the data to flow through to the Msr object.
>

[Sam Benz]

Jeff Burton wrote:

> For the record (and anyone using a POS terminal as slow as the one I'm
> using), the problem was solved by increasing MaxWaitKeyboard in
> jpos.properties. The complete string from the MSR wasn't received in a
> single event so the logic wasn't recognizing it as an MSR swipe.
>
> On Dec 3, 2007, at 6:12 AM, Jeff Burton wrote:
>
>> I'm having a problem with using Mag Stripe Readers on a Windows XP
>> deployment of the OFBiz POS. While I can observe the proper behavior
>> on other platforms, on WinXP it seems the data isn't getting captured
>> and waiting when paymentEvents.payCredit is run. I can swipe a card
>> in a text editor and various MSR's give the correct data, and the
>> same readers work in Linux or MacOSX.
>>
>> I 'm using both an ID Tech USB MSR using ID Tech's JavaPOS driver and
>> a Magtek USB device with the GenericMSR driver. When installed on
>> Windows they show up as HID's and Keyboard's in the Windows Device
>> Manager. I suspect there's some setting in WinXP/Java/OFBiz I'm
>> missing which allows the data to flow through to the Msr object.
>
>

You may want to try setting up the usb device to emulate a seriel device
ie COM2 and changing the settings in jpos.xml to reflect the changes in
the device settings.

[Jacques Le Roux]

From: "Sam Benz" <[hidden email]>

> Jeff Burton wrote:
>> For the record (and anyone using a POS terminal as slow as the one I'm
>> using), the problem was solved by increasing MaxWaitKeyboard in
>> jpos.properties. The complete string from the MSR wasn't received in a
>> single event so the logic wasn't recognizing it as an MSR swipe.
>>
>> On Dec 3, 2007, at 6:12 AM, Jeff Burton wrote:
>>
>>> I'm having a problem with using Mag Stripe Readers on a Windows XP
>>> deployment of the OFBiz POS. While I can observe the proper behavior
>>> on other platforms, on WinXP it seems the data isn't getting captured
>>> and waiting when paymentEvents.payCredit is run. I can swipe a card
>>> in a text editor and various MSR's give the correct data, and the
>>> same readers work in Linux or MacOSX.
>>>
>>> I 'm using both an ID Tech USB MSR using ID Tech's JavaPOS driver and
>>> a Magtek USB device with the GenericMSR driver. When installed on
>>> Windows they show up as HID's and Keyboard's in the Windows Device
>>> Manager. I suspect there's some setting in WinXP/Java/OFBiz I'm
>>> missing which allows the data to flow through to the Msr object.
>>
>>
> You may want to try setting up the usb device to emulate a seriel device
> ie COM2 and changing the settings in jpos.xml to reflect the changes in
> the device settings.

Hi Sam,

Did you try it ? If it's the case, I will put this information in the POS "doc".

Jacques

[Christopher L]

In my limited but firsthand experience, MSRs that emulate a keyboard work with ofbiz.  I have not tried HID mode with my MSR, however, having read the MSR related code I see no reason that a HID MSR would work, unless windows translates HID events to keyboard events.  Maybe if you have a vendor jpos driver that would work.  I haven't seen any for MSR devices.

If you look in jpos.xml, you will note that there are not "device settings" such as serial port, usb port, etc.  Here is the relevant section from jpos.xml.
=======================
    <!-- Generic Keyboard Wedge MSR Device (included w/ OFBiz) -->
    <JposEntry logicalName="GenericMsr">
        <creation factoryClass="org.ofbiz.pos.jpos.factory.OfbizJposServiceFactory" serviceClass="org.ofbiz.pos.jpos.service.MsrKybService"/>
        <vendor name="The Open For Business Project" url="http://ofbiz.apache.org"/>
        <jpos category="MSR" version="1.7"/>
        <product description="Generic Keyboard Wedge Msr" name="KybMsr" url="ofbiz.apache.org"/>

        <!--Other non JavaPOS required property (mostly vendor properties and bus specific properties i.e. RS232 )-->
    </JposEntry>
=======================

I'm using the magtek sureswipe myself, and I had to use magtek's device programming software to put it in keyboard emulation mode.  I'll also say that magtek kind of hides this software, you have to poke around for a while to find it on their website.

Chris Lombardi

> From: [hidden email]
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: POS MSR problems on WinXP
> Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 13:05:34 +0100
>
> From: "Sam Benz" <[hidden email]>
> > Jeff Burton wrote:
> >> For the record (and anyone using a POS terminal as slow as the one I'm
> >> using), the problem was solved by increasing MaxWaitKeyboard in
> >> jpos.properties. The complete string from the MSR wasn't received in a
> >> single event so the logic wasn't recognizing it as an MSR swipe.
> >>
> >> On Dec 3, 2007, at 6:12 AM, Jeff Burton wrote:
> >>
> >>> I'm having a problem with using Mag Stripe Readers on a Windows XP
> >>> deployment of the OFBiz POS. While I can observe the proper behavior
> >>> on other platforms, on WinXP it seems the data isn't getting captured
> >>> and waiting when paymentEvents.payCredit is run. I can swipe a card
> >>> in a text editor and various MSR's give the correct data, and the
> >>> same readers work in Linux or MacOSX.
> >>>
> >>> I 'm using both an ID Tech USB MSR using ID Tech's JavaPOS driver and
> >>> a Magtek USB device with the GenericMSR driver. When installed on
> >>> Windows they show up as HID's and Keyboard's in the Windows Device
> >>> Manager. I suspect there's some setting in WinXP/Java/OFBiz I'm
> >>> missing which allows the data to flow through to the Msr object.
> >>
> >>
> > You may want to try setting up the usb device to emulate a seriel device
> > ie COM2 and changing the settings in jpos.xml to reflect the changes in
> > the device settings.
>
>
> Hi Sam,
>
> Did you try it ? If it's the case, I will put this information in the POS "doc".
>
> Jacques