POS Configuration

Go to POS Settings

Go to System > POS Settings.

Add a POS device

Click Add to enter the POS adding interface.

Select POS name

Select a POS from the drop-down list.

Enable

Check Enable.

Figure 12-1 POS Settings

Select POS protocol

Select the POS protocol to Universal Protocol, EPSON, AVE or NUCLEUS.

• Universal Protocol

  Click the Advanced button to expand more settings when selecting the universal protocol. You can set the start line identifier, line break tag and end line tag for the POS overlay characters, and the case-sensitive property of the characters. You can also optionally check the filtering identifier and the XML protocol.

  

  Figure 12-2 Universal Protocol Settings

• EPSON

  The fixed start and end line tag are used for EPSON protocol.

• AVE

  The fixed start and end line tag are used for AVE protocol. And the serial port and virtual serial port connection types are supported.

  1. Click the Custom to configure the AVE settings.
  2. Set the rule to VSI-ADD or VNET.
  3. Set the address bit of the POS message to send.
  4. Click OK to save the settings.

  

  Figure 12-3 AVE Settings

• NUCLEUS

  1. Click the Custom to configure the NUCLEUS settings.
  2. Enter the employee No., shift No., and the terminal No. in the field. The matching message sent from the POS device will be used as the valid POS data.
  The NUCLEUS protocol must be used in the RS-232 connection communication.

Select connection mode

Select the connection mode to TCP Reception, UDP Reception, Multicast, RS-232, USB-to-RS-232 or Sniff, and click Parameters to configure the parameters for each connection mode.

• TCP Connection

  1. When using TCP connection, the port must be set from 1 to 65535, and the port for each POS machine must be unique.
  2. Set the Allowed Remote IP Address of the device sending the POS message.

  

  Figure 12-4 TCP Connection Settings

• UDP Connection

  1. When using UDP connection, the port must be set from 1 to 65535, and the port for each POS machine must be unique.
  2. Set the Allowed Remote IP Address of the device sending the POS message.

• USB-to-RS-232 Connection

  Configure the port parameters of USB-to-RS-232 convertor, including the serial number of port, baud rate, data bit, stop bit, parity and flow ctrl.

  

  Figure 12-5 USB-to-RS-232 Settings

• RS-232 Connection

  Connect the device and the POS machine via RS-232. The RS-232 settings can be configured in Menu > Configuration > RS-232. The Usage must be set to Transparent Channel.

• Multicast Connection

  When connecting the device and the POS machine via Multicast protocol, set the multicast address and port.

• Sniff Connection

  Connect the device and the POS machine via Sniff. Configure the source address and destination address settings.

  

  Figure 12-6 Sniff Settings

Go to POS Settings

Go to System > POS Settings.

Open Channel Linkage and Display tab

Click Channel Linkage and Display tab.

Select linked channel

Select the linked channel to overlay the POS characters.

Set characters overlay

Set the characters overlay for the enabled POS.

• Character encoding format: currently the Latin-1 format is available.
• Overlay mode of the characters to display in scrolling or page mode.
• Font size and font color.
• Display time (sec) of the characters. The value ranges 5–3600 sec.
• Timeout of POS event. The value ranges 5–3600 sec. When the device has not received the POS message over the defined time, the transaction is finished.

In the Privacy Settings, set the POS privacy information to not display on the image, e.g., the card number, or the user name, etc.

Result: The defined privacy information will be displayed in *** on the image instead.

(optional) Check the checkbox to enable the Overlay POS in Live View. When this feature is enabled, the POS information can be overlain on the live view image.

Figure 12-7 Overlay Character Settings

Apply settings

Click Apply to activate the settings.

Set arming schedule

Go to Storage > Recording Schedule.

Set the arming schedule of the POS event.

Open POS Settings

Go to System > POS Settings.

Open Event Linkage tab

On the POS adding or editing interface, click the Event Linkage tab.

Select normal linkage actions

Select the normal linkage actions: full screen monitoring, audio warning or send Email.

Select alarm outputs

Select one or more alarm output(s) to trigger.

Select trigger channels

Select one or more channels to record or become full-screen monitoring when POS alarm is triggered.

Figure 12-8 Set Trigger Cameras of POS

Save settings

Click Apply to save the settings.