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Hi Guys,
I have just started to use this softwear and find it excellent, however i can not get my cash draw to open! when i first turn on the computer it opens fine but then when i go to make a sale it will not open because wll i dont know why i have the following cash draw..
posiflex cr3104
it was working fine with windows me but now on xp nothing!!
please help
thanks
Angelo
angelo@kiteforce.co.uk

It all comes down to one thing... Windows XP. Windows XP just isn't real friendly about letting dos use serial ports... I'll see if I can work something else... maybe an aprint add on.

Jonathan Simpson

Hi Thanks for you reply,
I am using a com port and have a little phone type plug as well that the cash draw also plugs into
i have the posiflex cr3104 it opens fine on windows startup but not when i want to do a sale?
Thanks again
Angelo

Out of what appears to be a pretty big need, I threw together this little program last night. If you run it (just by double clicking), it should kick your drawer open. If it works ok, then open the serial1.bat file in you pos folder and empty it, replacing whatever is in it with "cdk.exe" You must also put cdk.exe in your pos folder. This will only work for com1, if you need a different port, let me know

http://return.no-ip.org/products/cdk.exe

Jonathan Simpson

Hi,
I done that and first it opened with i clicked on it!! but when i went into the program to do a sale it did not work?? when i click on the old serial1.bat file it opens the draw as well but when i am using the program in dos it will not open the draw? is there any thing i can do ?? is anyone else using dos in windows xp and have it working on a com port? if anyone can make a program thats works with this software it would be great because i do not want to have to change the pos software and load all my stock table in again.
Thanks all
Angelo

Angelo, right click the SERIAL1.BAT file - then click Edit

It should open in Notepad, remove everything that is in there and simply put:

cdk.exe

on the first line, save and close - now try POS, don't forget to set the cash drawer to COM1 in POSCONFG.

It works!!!!!!
thanks for all your help!!

Jonathan Simpson wrote:Out of what appears to be a pretty big need, I threw together this little program last night. If you run it (just by double clicking), it should kick your drawer open. If it works ok, then open the serial1.bat file in you pos folder and empty it, replacing whatever is in it with "cdk.exe" You must also put cdk.exe in your pos folder. This will only work for com1, if you need a different port, let me know

http://return.no-ip.org/products/cdk.exe

Jonathan Simpson

The connection was refused - has the file been moved?
Thx

Still appears to be working. Might have been a temporary issue, as I have been on the backup server for a couple days.