LCD4Linux supports the serial cashier displays BA63 and BA66 made by WincorNixdorf.
There are two drivers for these displays: The WincorNixdorf (recommended) and the SimpleLCD driver.
Display Section
Display <name> {
Driver 'WincorNixdorf'
Model <string>
Port <string>
Speed 9600
SelfTest <0|1>
BarChar <number>
}
Parameters
| Driver | 'WincorNixdorf' |
| Model | 'BA63' or 'BA66' |
| Port | serial device the display is attached to (e.g.'/dev/ttyS2') |
| Speed | the baud rate from the display must match this value. WincorNixdorf displays usually run at 9600 baud. |
| SelfTest | set to 1 to trigger the display selftest on startup (will take about 15 seconds) |
| BarChar | ASCII value for the char used to draw bars. 219 looks like a big full block. |
Example
The following configuration works for a BA63 display.
Display BA63 {
Driver 'WincorNixdorf'
Model 'BA63'
Port '/dev/tts/0'
Speed 9600
SelfTest 1
BarChar 219
}