[GRLUG] GRLUG Social Tonight

[Michael Mol]

On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Mike Williams <knightperson at zuzax.com> wrote:
> On 11/02/2011 03:43 PM, Michael Mol wrote:
>> They've also already got a fully-working setup with Windows. They
>> don't *have* to switch to Linux; the Casino Kiosk project has been
>> largely about showing them, "hey, you can go this route, too!" It's an
>> evangelist project.
>>
>> Besides, if these touchscreens can be made to work properly on Linux,
>> especially by default, a number of possibilities are opened up.
>>
>> As for the cash receptor and printer, getting that thing working
>> properly under Linux opens up opportunities for others.
>>
> I guess, but we're looking at a whole system swap. With the lack of drivers
> for the bill acceptor we're looking at essentially writing a driver from
> scratch, and that could be a very messy hack job. To make the printer work
> is becoming fairly complicated also. The current version, if I'm deciphering
> the emails right, renders barcode in the software driver. The printer is
> capable of generating them with built-in templates, but the system that
> reads them and cashes out might not understand them if they're different
> from what the Windows software builds.

Barcodes are typically standardized.[1] What's the standard behind
these? I'll wager there's already Linux software somewhere to generate
the image data for the standard in question. If not, well, I imagine
this is how support for a lot of stuff gets added to the open-source
realms.

> True, we could replace the cash acceptor with something less weird, but it
> seems like the further in we dig the more complicated the project gets.

You're reaching the last 10%, sounds like. :)

[1] Yes, there are many standards to choose from.

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