I think a POS interface module is a great idea as many POS systems are very 
specific to their markets, ej. restaurant touch-screen.

I believe the module should take sales data from the POS system (ideally every 
transaction rather than a summary) and use this data to adjust stock levels, 
etc. Data required is:
* DateTime
* ProductReference (something that can be matched with the OpenERP product 
definition)
* Quantity
* Value
* Taxes (could be complicated...)
* Form of payment (currency, credit card, customer account, etc.)
* CustomerReference (Optional)

For a restaurant, this has the complication that ideally it would tie into the 
production module, so that if you sell a Cappuccino, for example, Open ERP 
would:
1. Register a sale of that product.
2. Reduce stock levels of milk and coffee, according to the size of the drink.

Ideally the module would allow the incoming format to be defined, so as to 
increase the posibility of being able to interface with an existing output 
report from the POS systems. Acceptable input formats should be XML, CSV, and 
FixedWidth.

Just FYI, in case anyone is using the same software, our company uses 
PixelPoint POS. Very open to change, however, especially if there is an 
interface to OpenERP! An option we have been evaluating is SelbySoft SP-1.




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