Surepos 300 with Windows Embedded for Point of Service Offers a Competitively Priced Alternative for the Retail Environment
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Hardware Announcement August 16, 2005 SurePOS 300 with Windows Embedded for Point of Service offers a competitively priced alternative for the retail environment Overview Key prerequisites At a glance A select IBM SurePOS 300 Customer review of the licensing Terminal, the SurePOS E3H (33H terms for the Microsoft Windows The IBM SurePOS 300 Model E3H base unit), may be ordered with a Embedded for Point of Service offers: Microsoft Windows Embedded for operating system. • Point of Service pre-load. The Intel Celeron processor at Microsoft Windows Embedded for Highlights of the License Terms: 2.0 GHz with 400 MHz front-side Point of Service operating system is bus • Limited use of office applications licensed for use in a store (that is, browsers, databases, • 256 MB double data rate (DDR) environment, running retail point of spreadsheets, e-mail and word memory standard, expandable sale applications on the SurePOS processors) is provided for store to 2 GB Terminal. management operations only. • Shared video memory, 64 MB The SurePOS 300 has been designed • The ability to overwrite the maximum to meet the rigors of the retail installed image is limited to the • 40 GB Serial ATA HDD standard environment, while providing a same Windows operating system competitively priced alternative to with Windows Embedded for release. Customers are not Point of Service pre-loaded other POS models. authorized to install a different version of a Microsoft Windows • One PCI slot, half-size operating system. • One 24 V USB, two 12 V USB, A recovery CD is available via two PC USB ports feature number that can be ordered • Two standard, four powered with the initial purchase or later as RS-232 ports an MES. To order the recovery CD as an MES you must provide an • 10/100 Ethernet entitled machine type model and serial number. The recovery CD is • PS/2 keyboard and mouse not transferable between hardware ports and should be used only on the • SVGA machine type model serial number that it is ordered for. Planned availability date August 26, 2005 This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your IBM representative. IBM Canada Ltd. IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. A05-1121 a distributed configuration, where the system unit is Description placed under the counter and the input/output devices are placed on the checkstand at the retailer′s discretion. The The SurePOS 300 system features outstanding benefits in compact size is usually better for portable carts, such as these areas: those used in amusement parks and garden centres. • Industry-standard design • Product flexibility and customer choices Investment protection • Potential Investment protection • Basic functions Because the SurePOS 300 system supports DOS, many existing proven applications can be easily ported to this Industry-standard design industry-standard system. Retailers typically expect to keep their POS terminals at A point of sale terminal must be able to run standard PC least five to seven years after purchase, so it is important applications and attach standard PC and point of sale to allow for technology enhancements whenever possible. peripherals and software. The SurePOS 300 system uses The SurePOS 300 has socketed memory so that memory industry standards throughout its design, including: can be added as needed in the future and a socketed • processor to allow for upgrades as the application grows Standard socketed memory DIMMs and needs more horsepower. • Socketed processors using P4 architecture The half-size PCI feature card slot helps enable easy • RS-232 ports, USB ports, a parallel port and an SVGA upgrading for future function requirements. With 10/100 video port Ethernet on the planar, bandwidth is available for network-centric deployments involving graphics and • PC keyboard and mouse ports multimedia that are becoming more popular. • 3.5-inch HDDs The system also has USB ports for possible attachment Because it is a retail-hardened PC, the SurePOS system of future PC I/O devices. The addition of powered USB runs most standard operating systems such as DOS, ports allows you to attach many of the latest peripherals Windows and Linux . Retail industry standard UPOS as well as existing ones. (OPOS and JavaPOS) drivers are available. Recognizing the need for remote management, the SurePOS 300 Standard function system supports TCP/IP DHCP/bootp and Intel PXE protocols and System Management Basic Input Output Every SurePOS 300 system has both Ethernet and SVGA System (SMBIOS) 2.3. video on the planar, 256 MB of memory, two PC USB ports, one PS/2 keyboard port, one PS/2 mouse port, four Enabling remote systems management RS-232 ports, two 12 V powered RS-232 ports, audio, one PCI half-size slot and one 3.5-inch bay that can be used IBM Retail Store Solutions provides an in-store and for an HDD or Compact Flash. remote systems management solution that can help midsized retailers meet store uptime objectives, Product positioning potentially reduce IT maintenance times and costs and deploy new technologies. The IBM Remote Management The SurePOS 300 system is a good fit for the specialty Agent solution helps retailers quickly deploy basic segment and part of the grocery segment. This store-level software distribution, configuration, alternative to high-end POS provides more function and monitoring and event management and asset information flexibility at an exceptional value. management using IBM Remote Management Agent. When IBM Remote Management Agent is installed on new Trade-marks or existing SurePOS 300 systems, it automatically discovers the system, but also enables store-level SurePOS is a trade-mark of International Business Machines systems management and scales up to enabling Corporation used under license by IBM Canada Ltd. enterprise management using the IBM Tivoli PS/2 and Tivoli are registered trade-marks of International Business Machines Corporation used under license by IBM Automation solutions. IBM Remote Management Agent Canada Ltd. has a standards-based, open architecture implementation Intel is a trade-mark of Intel Corporation. that can also support most third-party retail management Celeron is a registered trade-mark of Intel Corporation. applications and enterprise systems management tools. Microsoft and Windows are trade-marks of Microsoft This allows midsized retailers to manage the SurePOS 300 Corporation. at a store level more efficiently than using manual Linux is a trade-mark of Linus Torvalds in the United States, operations and more easily add new technologies to meet other countries or both business demands. Other company, product and service names may be trade-marks or service marks of others. Flexibility and choices The SurePOS 300 system provides many choices for storage and peripherals. You can choose an HDD or Compact Flash, whichever suits your environment, with a range of peripheral choices for printer, display, cash drawer and keyboard. One PCI half-size slot is available for expansion. The new form factor (12.8 x 10.0 x 4.4 inches) accommodates added function while maintaining a compact size that takes up little valuable counter or checkstand space. The SurePOS 300 system is ideal for A05-1121 -2-.