Talk to Fieldpine Mesh Interface

Index

Handling Events. Details about receiving and processing events generated by the POS engine. An event occurs in realtime while the sale is being processed and allows you to make adjustments and control the operation. This provides an easy level of advanced customisation in a controlled fashion.

Event List Reference. Reference list of all events in the system. Not all events in the reference list can be processed by TTF.

Objects Commonly used

Saleline

Definition of how a single saleline is represented.

Follow these steps to setup and create your first Hello World application to interact with your Fieldpine POS system

Prepare your compiler environment

The TTF interface is a programming interface. You need a programming language that is capable of dynamically loading a DLL and calling functions inside it. In this example we will walk you through using C++, but if you are familiar with other languages and prefer to use them, skip this step. Don't worry, you don't need to know C++

Download and install the "Microsoft Visual Studio Community Edition". This is a few C++ compiler and has all the options you need to create simple interfaces. If you prefer, you can purchase and use use professional or universal versions of the product.
When installing make sure you select the C++ option - it is pre selected, but do not untick it. You may install any other Visual Studio options you wish.

Download SDK

Create Hello World App

Start Visual Studio
Create a new C++ project
Call the program "ttf_helloworld". Tip, always start your TTF projects with 'ttf_' as then the POS will automatically start them.
Add the file(s) .... and .... from the SDK to you the project
Locate the main function inside the HelloWorld project - it looks like this
```
void main(int argc, void**argv)
```

Add the following lines shown in blue -

void main(int argc, void**argv)
{
	
	HelloWorld();
	return;
...

Launch it

Each packet sent from POS to TTF uses the following standard header.