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Vi-POSCON Installation Guide
4 System
Components
The following illustration shows the components of a typical Vi-POSCON System for a single register
installation. Vi-POSCON can monitor up to four cash registers with a single DVR and video monitor.
Depending upon the specific needs of each installation, the system setup will vary from site to site.
The Vi-POSCON components required for a single cash register installation are described below. The
printer is optional, but is typically included.
Camera
Provides video of the register scene or, if using a programmable
dome, other locations in the store.
Cash register
The EPoS or electronic cash register system used to execute sales
related transactions. In this guide, the term register is used
interchangeably with EPoS.
Monitor
Displays the live register scene, an overlay of the register receipt on
the register scene, and Vi-POSCON menus.
Mouse
A pointing device used to control and program the Vi-POSCON
System.
Printer
(optional)
Prints a record of exception events as they occur, and prints
summary event reports.
Vi-POSCON Controller
Controls the Vi-POSCON System for up to four registers and
cameras, including the switching of a time-lapse DVR.
It can also control the monitoring of up to four external switch events
(alarms), such as door switch or panic button.
Printer Port Interface (PPI)
Connects a register to the Vi-POSCON controller; it converts the
register data into Vi-POSCON-understandable data.
DVR
Records (in time-lapse mode) the register scene. When an exception
occurs, the DVR records (in real-time mode) the register scene along
with an overlay of the register receipt.
