SurePOS 500 4846-XX5 Technical Reference

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2.4Supported Devices

The following industry standard devices have been tested for use subject to restrictions defined in the Operating System support section. Other industry devices may be supported using standard interfaces; however, no testing has been done to insure functionality in all aspects.

Device

Comments

4610 Printers (RS232 or USB interfaces)

All models. RS232 models can powered via USB Plus power

port using 4810 Power cable (feature code 3912 or 3913)

 

4820 Surepoint Display (RS232 or USB interface)

All Models. Touch models provide dual touch in addition to

dual display.

 

Compact Retail A/N Keyboard

Keyboard MSR not supported if system MSR installed

PC Cards

Refer to IBM RSS Knowledgebase for latest listing of tested

devices

 

2.5Operating System/POS Driver Support

SurePOS 500 Models 545 and 565 supported operating systems

 

Support for Point of Sale application drivers

Operating system

(MSRs, customer displays, cash drawers,

 

tone)

PC DOS 2000

Hardware direct interface only

Windows 2000, XP

 

Windows Embedded

 

Point of Service (WEPOS)

 

Power management via ACPI

IBM UPOS Drivers for Windows, Version

Notes:

1.9.2 or later. (Includes JavaPOS drivers for

Only DOS full screen mode

Windows and OPOS drivers.)

supported due to touch screen

 

alignment requirements.

 

Windows DBCS versions

 

supported.

 

Linux

Via RPQ only

IBM Retail Environment for SUSE

Ask IBM sales representative regarding

Linux

availability

Note:

1The standby and hibernation modes are not supported with WEPOS.

Application Driver Notes

Driver updates are required from previous SurePOS 500 models. MSR and Scanner in Wedge mode is not supported.

2.6System management

This section describes the types of system management available with the SurePOS 500.

2.6.1System management programs

The SurePOS 500 Series supports the following system and power management programs:

Desktop Management Interface

The SurePOS 500 Series supports System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) v2.4, supporting a DMI-compliant agent such as Tivoli(R). This allows access to low-level information. Examples of information that can be accessed are the BIOS level, processor type, speed, manufacturer, system-board information, and detailed memory information.

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500 specifications

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