[YLUG] Possible Project

[Gaffer.]

Hi Peter,


On Tuesday 18 November 2008 20:29, Peter Hawkins (Home) wrote:
> Hi Derrick,
>
> It doesn't even need to be that sophisticated. It just needs to be
> a means of identifying whether the holder is entitled to a
> discounted price on items purchased at the bar. The location is a
> community centre and the need is to distinguish between prices for
> those who might use the bar on a fairly regular basis, and who
> would be 'members' of the scheme, from those who are using the bar
> on a one-off basis because they are on the premises using one of
> the function rooms or the main hall for a party, reception or
> similar event.
>
> In many cases, the 'members' will be known to the bar staff and
> there will only be a need to check the card through the system when
> the membership renewal comes around to ensure that they have paid
> their membership fee and that has been recorded on the system. The
> cards don't need to hold any personal information, just something
> which enables the database to recognize who they are and be able to
> flash up a Yes or No on the screen to indicate whether or not their
> card is valid in the current membership year.
>
> I would think a relatively low cost till could be set up with 2
> buttons for each item, one at 'standard' price and one at the
> discounted price so the bar staff can simply press the appropriate
> button for members and non-members after swiping the card (if they
> didn't already know that the purchaser was entitled to the discount
> prices) but there would not be a need to link the card system to
> the till.
>
> I guess I am looking to confirm that something like this is
> feasible at a cost which is somewhat lower than the price I have
> been quoted for a full EPOS system but, assuming it is, I would
> then be looking for someone to put the package together on a
> commercial basis.
>
> Peter

In that case why not simply print the required data as a bar code !  
Scanners are quite cheap and will plug into a PC via the keyboard.

A few years ago I did just that using "Paradox" for the database to 
keep track of client insurance details.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: york-bounces at lists.lug.org.uk
> [mailto:york-bounces at lists.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Gaffer. Sent:
> 18 November 2008 20:09
> To: york at lists.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [YLUG] Possible Project
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> On Tuesday 18 November 2008 18:13, Peter Hawkins (Home) wrote:
> > I wonder if anyone on this list would have the necessary skills
> > to design a swipe card reader system to facilitate a membership
> > scheme.
> >
> >
> >
> > The system would need to be able to read a swipe car to confirm
> > the identity of a member who would be entitled to discount prices
> > in a bar. The idea would be that the barman would swipe the card
> > and the system would answer yes or no as to whether the card was
> > valid. The system would need to be able to cancel each individual
> > membership at a fixed point in the year by ceasing to recognise
> > the card until recognition was restored manually following
> > payment of a membership fee.
> >
> >
> >
> > It would also be good if the system could ‘write’ the necessary
> > information to the card in the first place to create a unique
> > identity for the member but I believe it is possible to buy
> > stand-alone machines which do this.
> >
> >
> >
> > If anyone would be interested in this project, I would be happy
> > to discuss details off list.
> >
> >
> >
> > Peter Hawkins
>
> This sounds very much like one of IBM's point of sale systems !
>
> I vaguely recall a cafeteria system I saw in a school once.  The
> pupil put money on the card and the cashier keyed in the value of
> the meal before swiping the card, thus deducting the cost from the
> value of the card.
>
> It must have been attached to a database because I was given a card
> to use for my meals.  Only I never had to put any money onto the
> card. They never asked for it back either.
>
> --
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>              Derrick.
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