IBM 4694-207, Configuration Manual

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Chapter 1. Common configuration procedures
This chapter presents configuration procedures that are common to all supported Linux operating
systems, for the indicated IBM Point of Sale hardware devices.
RS-232 serial port configuration
You can automatically configure the RS-232 ports on a system using the posIBM_setserial utility. On
supported systems, the configuration matches port (tty) assignments to the labeled alphabetical order.
You can download the utility at http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=pos1R4000245.
The posIBM_setserial utility only supports these IBM POS and AnyPlace Kiosk systems certified for SLES
11, SLED 11, and SLEPOS 11:
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IBM 4694-207/247/307/347
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IBM AnyPlace Kiosk 4836-132(12")/135(15")/13V(volume control)
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IBM AnyPlace Kiosk 4838-xxx/132 (12")/135 (15")/13V (volume control)/137/1Z7 (E37/EZ7
preload)/3yz (y=1 [depot] or 3 [onsite], z=0 [no preload] or E [preload])
v IBM SurePOS 100 4613-108(mono)/118 (color)
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IBM SurePOS 300 4810-32H/33H/340 (E40 preload)
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IBM SurePOS 300 4910-E4D/E4F/E4S/E4T
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IBM SurePOS 500 4840-563/573
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IBM SurePOS 500 4846-565/545 (E65/E45 preload)
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IBM SurePOS 500 4851-514
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IBM SurePOS 500 4951-514 (Express)
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IBM SurePOS 700 4800-721/722/723/741/742/743/781/782/783/C41/C42/C43
SLED 11 and SLES 11 installation procedures
The posIBM_setserial utility comes in an RPM Package Manager (RPM) package and follows the normal
RPM installation procedure:
1. Download the package from the IBM support site.
2.
Copy the package to the system onto which you want to install it.
3. On the command line, enter the following command:
rpm –ivh posIBM_setserial. xxx .rpm
Where xxx is the release number of the RPM package.
4. Reboot the system. The package will run the posIBM_setserial service.
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