Hardware Station for LS Central is a service that communicates with the various devices LS Central needs to use. Most of the devices that are used in the standard product are OPOS devices.
The devices that Hardware Station currently supports are:
- Authentication Device
- Dallas Key
- Cash Drawer
- EFT
- Line Display
- MSR
- Printer
- Scale
- Scanner
- Serial Device
When it needs to use a device or send information to a device, the LS Central system starts a dialog with the Hardware Station. The Hardware Station then takes care of the communication with the device so that the LS Central system does not need to know how to do that specifically.
The image represents an overview of a possible setup scenario for LS Central and the Hardware Station:
How to set up Hardware Station?
There are two deployment options:
- All POSs connect to a centrally installed Hardware Station.
- Hardware Station is installed on all individual POSs.