Price Embedded Barcodes in BlueBox ePOS

Newly added to our BlueBox ePOS Module is the ability to read price embedded barcodes.

This feature is added as a plugin, and can be configured to read as many different styles of price embedded barcodes as required.

The normal standard for price embedded barcodes is to embed a EAN barcode (13 digits including checksums) with a product barcode (or sku_code) and price. The purpose for these barcodes is to allow for dynamic pricing at point of sale, embedded in a quickly scannable barcode.

The syntax for the barcode is normally something along the lines of:

TTBBBBCPPPPPC (eg 2000017000336)

where TT is the trigger number for the price-embedded barcode (eg 20) and
BBBB is a 4 digit barcode (or sku_code) (eg 0001) and
C is a checksum digit (ignored) and
PPPPP is a 5 digit price in cents (eg 00033 = 0.33)

To add plugin to BlueBox ePOS simply add as many plugin statements as required for the number of price embedded barcode styles you require eg:

{price_embedded_barcode|string_length|prefix|sku_start_pos|sku_end_pos|price_start_pos|price_end_pos|conversion_ratio}

becomes

{price_embedded_barcode|13|20|3|6|8|12|1000}

These can be repeated next to eachother in the plugins areas, as required, eg:

{price_embedded_barcode|13|20|3|6|8|12|1000}{price_embedded_barcode|13|27|3|6|8|12|0}