Re: Help Controlling a Serial Based Cash Drawer
Re: Help Controlling a Serial Based Cash Drawer
- Subject: Re: Help Controlling a Serial Based Cash Drawer
- From: Bryan Vines <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 13:42:47 -0600
Jim,
I needed the same sort of function for a microcontroller project I was
experimenting with. After a lot of looking, I found SerialPort X, a
scripting addition from <http://mysite.verizon.net/vzenuoqe/
MacSoft.html>. You can push a single byte out the serial port with it,
if you want. It's freeware, and universal binary.
Troi Automatisering also makes Troi Serial Plug-in 3.0.2, a plugin for
FileMaker, which is located at <http://www.troi.com/software/serialplugin.html
>. It costs just under $1,000.00 USD.
I'd go with the freeware solution myself, since you can call
AppleScript from within FileMaker.
--
Bryan Vines
email@hidden
On Nov 9, 2007, at 10:19 AM, email@hidden
wrote:
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:25:29 -0500
From: Hankinsbay <email@hidden>
Subject: Help Controlling a Serial Based Cash Drawer- Sending a single
character serially via applescript
Greetings All,
I have a Serial Cash drawer I picked up from macpos.com. I need a
simple
script that sends a character out serially via my keyspan serial port.
What's the best way to do that? While the drawer didn't come with
docs, I
have discovered that it opens with pretty much a single character
being sent
to it serially.
How I'm doing that now is via terminal
screen /dev/tty.KeySerial1 9600
Then typing any key and the drawer opens.
My end goal is to have an applescript that fires drawer open which
I'll call
from filemaker most likely.
I presume this is a simple one but it's eluding me at the moment.
I'm green
with applescript so any help appreciated.
Regards,
Jim
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