POS Pole Display Manual
Hardware Parts, setup and cable connections:
Software Setup
The “POS-X XP8200” has a USB connection. Simply plug the USB cable into an open USB port on your computer. Windows will automatically recognize that a new device has been attached.
Windows should install it automatically. If not, you will be prompted with the Found New Hardware Wizard. Select the option “Yes, this time only” and select “Next”.
Continue through the wizard until it is completed. If Windows is unable to install the driver automatically, you can insert the “driver disk” that came with the package Once the driver is installed, this will create a “Com Port” in your computer’s Device Manager.
Go to Device Manager, Click on “Start”Right Click “My Computer”
Select “Hardware” then “Device Manager”.
Note the COM Port number on the Prolific USB-to-Serial Com Port (in the below example it is "COM2"). This will be use to configure the Pole Display in AccuPOS.
Configuring Pole Display (POS-X XP8200) to AccuPOS
- First, open “POS Settings”. There are two ways to do this:
Using AccuPOS Management:
a. Open AccuPOS Management
b. Click on “Setting” in Management
Or using AccuPOS Point of Sale:
a. Open AccuPOS Point of Sale
b. Login with a user that has Admin rights.
c. Press Ctrl + Alt + s
- Select “Epson”, using the drop down selection under “Customer Display Type / Port”. Enter the port number that has been created during the Software setup in the box to the right (COM2, for example).
- Create a Generic/Text Driver Printer
Click “Start”
Select “Printers and Faxes”
Select “Add a Printer” in the “Printer and Faxes” window.
Click “Next”
Select “Local Printer” and uncheck the “Automatically detect Printer”. Click “Next”.
Select the “COM Port” that was used during the Software setup. Click “Next”.
Select “Generic” for the Manufacturer and “Generic/Text Only” for the Printers. Click “Next”.
Select “No” to use the printer as a default question and Click “Next”.
Do not share the printer. Click “Next”.
Select “No” on print test page and Click “Next”.
Click “Finish”
Once the Generic/Text driver printer has been added, open the “Properties” of this printer. Right click the “Generic/Text Only” printer and select “Properties”
Select the “Advanced” tab and set the Priority to “99” and select “Print directly to the printer”. Click “Apply” and “OK”.
The pole display is now setup and ready to use.
