Self-service and auto-pay point-of-sale (POS) systems are becoming increasingly
popular for a wide variety of industries from point-of-sale event ticket
machines, to remittance payment kiosks, healthcare kiosks, and public
transport ticketing systems.
While these POS kiosks
are implemented using a broad range of hardware and software platforms,
they all have one thing in common--a need for a large number of serial
ports to connect essential devices such as:
- kiosk
touch panels
- card
readers/MSRs
- receipt
printers
- ticket
dispensers
- pin
pads
- change
dispensers
- cash
slots
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Quatech serial adapters
are the most reliable way to expand connectivity in
POS kiosks.
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The embedded or single board PCs in point of sale ticket machines and
other interactive kiosks often have insufficient serial ports, or no serial
ports at all. In addition, customizing out-of-the-box kiosks for added
functionality often requires adding additional serial ports.
What is the most reliable way to expand connectivity for point-of-sale
kiosks? Quatech USB Serial Adapters are an ideal solution for adding serial ports to ticketing systems and
other kiosks because they supply up to 8 independent serial ports via
a single USB port. The small port-powered adapters provide standard COM
ports and can be easily incorporated into any kiosk enclosure without
any re-engineering of hardware design or application software. To network
enable a point-of-sale kiosk, Quatech Ethernet
serial device servers are integrator friendly solutions, even in systems
with a native Ethernet port, since most kiosks use software packages designed
to communicate only through a serial port.
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Expanding Kiosk Connectivity: Strategies for incorporating multiple
serial-based peripheral devices into self-ticketing and other point-of-sale
kiosk applications
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This paper provides strategies for expanding serial connectivity options in POS kiosks. It begins by discussing the technologies involved, then provides several real-life application examples of how this technology is currently being used in the field. The paper concludes with a list of key features to consider when purchasing serial connectivity expansion products for POS kiosk systems.
Gateway Ticketing
Systems Chooses Quatech USB Serial Adapters: Quatech provides robust connectivity for the wide variety of serial peripherals required for full service ticketing application
Gateway Ticketing Systems announced that it has chosen Quatech USB to Serial Adapters to connect vital peripherals in its newest POS system release, Galaxy 2. Gateway chose Quatech for its proven ability to ensure seamless integration of serial-based POS and ticketing hardware into systems limited by USB-only expansion options. More
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