POSSUM is a Spring Boot framework Java project designed to present the functionality of all USB-connected POS peripherals that follow the JavaPOS spec (scanners, printer, lane light, line display, cash drawer, check reader, scale, etc.) as web services.
Functionality provided by POSSUM will enable use outside of localhost for use by mobile applications, kiosks, and sharing between point of sale systems to create modern point of sale user experiences.
POSSUM was created by Target Tech as an enterprise scale product to abstract point of sale peripheral hardware into discrete capabilities without regard to the differences between peripheral manufacturers and the implementation of their device drivers. This enables point of sale software developers to create point of sale software without hardware specific knowledge by calling simple web APIs for functions in a consistent manner.
POSSUM enables the following:
✅ Creates operational efficiencies
✅ Simplifies configuration management of retail peripherals
✅ Increases flexibility in the hardware lifecycle events
✅ Promotes competition through the commodification of peripheral devices
✅ Enables software developers to create modern point of sale experiences
Add origins to environment CORS_ORIGINS
variable separated by a comma (,)
`CORS_ORIGINS=http://localhost:8100,http://localhost:7777`
- Click the “Code” dropdown
- Copy the link to the project
- Go to your terminal, then enter "git clone (project link)"
- Enter your credentials (if prompted)
- Once cloned, go to your development environment and click open, and navigate to the project in your finder/folder.
- Ensure the project is configured to build using Java 17
- Once opened, build the project using Gradle commands
- To run POSSUM on your local machine will require spring profile environment variable
export SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE=local
- To run simulator use
./gradlew run -DuseSimulators=true
Requirements:
- Java 17
- POS Hardware drivers (provided by the manufacturer)
- Note: ensure all dependencies for physical POS devices are installed (i.e. libusb for Honeywell scanners)
Verified Supported OS:
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CentOS 7
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Ubuntu
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NOTE: this is a Java application and can run many OS.
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Follow Running POSSUM Locally to ensure you are able to compile and run POSSUM (NOTE: this does not need to be done on a POS computer)
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Install the OS on the POS computer (refer to the Supported OS list above)
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Install Java 17 on POS computer
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Make the following directories:
sudo mkdir /opt/target
sudo mkdir /opt/target/possum
sudo mkdir /opt/target/possum/externalLib
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Compile POSSUM to create a jar file
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Copy jar file and following src/main/resource files from the development machine to the POS computer /opt/target/possum directory
devcon.xml
devicestarter.sh
ECIEncoding.csv
IHSParser.csv
LabelIdentifiers.csv
PossumDeviceManager-1.0.jar
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Install necessary libraries and JPOS drivers for your hardware (i.e. Honeywell scanners require libusb)
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For devices not already supported, update the devcon.xml file
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Launch POSSUM:
- Navigate to /opt/target/possum
- To run use
sudo domenv=labs sh devicestarter.sh
Scanner
URL | Description | Parameters | Response |
---|---|---|---|
🟢POST /v1/scanner/reconnect |
Reconnects scanners | None | None |
🔵GET /v1/scanner/healthstatus |
Reports scanners status | None | DeviceHealthResponse |
🔵GET /v1/scanner/health |
Reports the health of both scanners | None | DeviceHealthResponse |
🔵GET /v1/scanner/health/{scannerType} |
Reports the health of one scanner | HANDHELD, FLATBED, BOTH | DeviceHealthResponse |
🔵GET /v1/scan |
Retrieve barcode data from connected scanner | None | Barcode |
🔴DELETE /v1/scan |
Cancel previously requested scan | None | None |
🔵GET /v1/scan/{scannerType} |
Retrieve barcode data from one connected scanner | HANDHELD, FLATBED, BOTH | Barcode |
Scale
URL | Description | Parameters | Response |
---|---|---|---|
🟢POST /v1/scale/reconnect |
Reconnects scale | None | None |
🔵GET /v1/stableweight |
Retrieves stable weight from scale. Use for selling weighted items. | None | FormattedWeight |
🔵GET /v1/scale/healthstatus |
Reports scale status | None | DeviceHealthResponse |
🔵GET /v1/scale/health |
Reports scale health | None | DeviceHealthResponse |
🔵GET /v1/liveweight |
Retrieves current weight from scale. For informational purposes only - DO NOT use for selling. | None | SseEmitter |
Printer
URL | Description | Parameters | Response |
---|---|---|---|
🟢POST /v1/printer/reconnect |
Reconnects printer | None | None |
🟢POST /v1/print |
Sends entities to attached printer | Receipt Entities* | None |
🔵GET /v1/printer/healthstatus |
Reports printer status | None | DeviceHealthResponse |
🔵GET /v1/printer/health |
Reports printer health | None | DeviceHealthResponse |
*Includes any combination of BarcodeContent, ImageContent, and TextContent
Line Display
URL | Description | Parameters | Response |
---|---|---|---|
🟢POST /v1/linedisplay/reconnect |
Reconnects line display | None | None |
🟢POST /v1/linedisplay/display |
Displays text on 2x20. To clear out a line, omit it from the request. | LineDisplayData | None |
🔵GET /v1/linedisplay/healthstatus |
Reports line display status | None | DeviceHealthResponse |
🔵GET /v1/linedisplay/health |
Reports line display health | None | DeviceHealthResponse |
Device Availability
URL | Description | Parameters | Response |
---|---|---|---|
🔵GET /v1/peripherals |
Reports list of attached peripherals | None | DeviceAvailabilityResponse |
🔵GET /v1/health |
Reports health for all devices | None | DeviceHealthResponse |
🔵GET /v1/deviceerror |
Reports errors for all devices | None | SseEmitter |
Check
URL | Description | Parameters | Response |
---|---|---|---|
🔵GET /v1/check |
Read data from a check or slip | None | MicrData |
🟢POST /v1/check |
Print data on a check or slip | CheckPrintData* | None |
🔴DELETE /v1/check |
Cancel get check data call and/or eject the check from the MICR | None | None |
🟢POST /v1/check/reconnect |
Reconnect MICR | None | None |
🔵GET /v1/check/healthstatus |
Reports MICR status | None | DeviceHealthResponse |
🔵GET /v1/check/health |
Reports MICR health | None | DeviceHealthResponse |
*Includes any combination of BarcodeContent, ImageContent, and TextContent
Cash Drawer
URL | Description | Parameters | Response |
---|---|---|---|
🟢POST /v1/cashdrawer/reconnect |
Reconnect cash drawer | None | None |
🟢POST /v1/cashdrawer/open |
Opens the cash drawer and waits until the cash drawer is closed before returning | None | None |
🔵GET /v1/cashdrawer/healthstatus |
Reports cash drawer status | None | DeviceHealthResponse |
🔵GET /v1/cashdrawer/health |
Reports cash drawer health | None | DeviceHealthResponse |
Schemas
DeviceError
{
code string
description string
}
BarcodeContent
{
type string (enum)
[ TEXT, BARCODE, IMAGE ]
data string
barcodeType string (enum)
[ UPCA, UPCE, JAN8, EAN8, JAN13, EAN13, TF, ITF, CODABAR, CODE_39, CODE_93, CODE_128, UPCA_S, UPCE_S, UPCD1, UPCD2, UPCD3, UPCD4, UPCD5, EAN8_S, EAN13_S, EAN128, OCRA, OCRB, CODE_128_PARSED, RSS14, RSS_EXPANDED, GS1DATABAR, GS1DATABAR_E, GS1DATABAR_S, GS1DATABAR_E_S, PDF417, MAXICODE, DATAMATRIX, QRCODE, UQRCODE, AZTEC, UPDF417, OTHER ]
barcodeAlign string (enum)
[ LEFT, CENTER, RIGHT ]
textLocation string
[ NONE, ABOVE, BELOW ]
height integer ($int32)
width integer ($int32)
}
ImageContent
{
type string (enum)
[ TEXT, BARCODE, IMAGE ]
data string
imageFormatType string (enum)
[ BMP, JPEG, GIF ]
}
PrinterContent
{
type string (enum)
[ TEXT, BARCODE, IMAGE ]
data string
}
TextContent
{
type string (enum)
[ TEXT, BARCODE, IMAGE ]
data string
}
PrinterError
{
code string
description string
}
LineDisplayData
{
line1 string
line2 string
}
CashDrawerError
{
code string
description string
}
SseEmitter
{
timeout integer ($int64)
}
ScaleError
{
code string
description string
}
FormattedWeight
{
weight string
}
DeviceHealthResponse
{
deviceName string
healthStatus string (enum)
[ READY, NOTREADY ]
}
Barcode
{
data string
type string (enum)
[ UPCA, UPCA_S, UPCE, UPCE_S, UPCD1, UPCD2, UPCD3, UPCD4, UPCD5, EAN8, JAN8, EAN8_S, EAN13, JAN13, EAN13_S, EAN128, TWO_OF_FIVE, INTERLEAVED_TWO_OF_FIVE, CODABAR, CODE39, CODE93, CODE128, OCRA, OCRB, RSS14, RSS_EXPANDED, GS1DATABAR, GS1DATABAR_E, CCA, CCB, CCC, PDF417, MAXICODE, DATAMATRIX, QRCODE, UQRCODE, AZTEC, UPDF417, OTHER, UNKNOWN ]
source string (enum)
[ HANDHELD, FLATBED, BOTH ]
}
DeviceAvailabilityResponse
{
possumversion string
confirmversion string
devicelist DeviceConfigResponse
}
DeviceConfigResponse
{
devicename string
vidpid string
usbport string
manufacturer string
model string
config string
firmware string
serialnumber string
isFunctional boolean
attached boolean
}
MicrError
{
code string
description string
}
MicrData
{
account_number string
bank_number string
transit_number string
raw_data string
sequence_number string
}
POSSUM as a project leverages JavaPOS standards and service objects. To learn more about JavaPOS follow the links below.
https://www.omg.org/retail/unified-pos.htm
https://github.com/JavaPOSWorkingGroup
https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/javapos/javapos/1.14.1/
Flatbed Scanner
- Datalogic 2300 Scanner
- Datalogic 3550 Scanner
- Datalogic 8200 Scanner
- Datalogic 8400 Scanner Scale
- Datalogic 8400 Scanner
- Datalogic 8405 Scale
- Datalogic 9400 Scanner
- Datalogic 9400 Scanner Scale
- Zebra MP7000 Scanner
- Zebra MP7001 Scanner Scale
Handheld Scanner
- Honeywell 1900/1950 Scanner
MICR
- NCR 7167 MICR
Line Display
- NCR 5975 Line Display Serial
- NCR 5976 Line Display Serial
- NCR 5976 Line Display USB
- NCR 5977 Line Display USB
Receipt Printer
- NCR POS Printer F309
- NCR POS Printer 7167
- NCR POS Printer EPIC 7199
- NCR POS Printer USB 7199
Cash Drawer
- Cash Drawer ELO Computer
- Cash Drawer NCR Computer
- Cash Drawer NCR via printer port