Microsoft Windows Embedded for Point of Service 1.1 was launched with worldwide support from more than 50 retail and hospitality industry system partners, helping address the industry`s short-term challenges, maximizing their use of legacy peripherals, and helping retailers plan for long-term investments. Windows Embedded for Point of Service version 1.1 provides updated support for the UnifiedPOS retail peripheral standard version 1.9 and expanded support for legacy device peripherals such as Coin Dispenser, Keylock, Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR), POS Power, Scale, Signature Capture and Tone Indicator. This enables retailers to continue using existing retail peripherals while point-of-service systems are upgraded.

1. WEPOS 1.1

1) Includes Microsoft POS for .NET 1.1
2) Pre-post Setup command file functionality
3) Expanded support for mass storage devices

2. Microsoft POS for.NET 1.1

1) Support for UPOS 1.9

· POS for .NET in WEPOS 1.0 supported UPOS 1.8
· POS for .NET 1.1 supports UPOS 1.9, which adds:
  New API to support device firmware updates
  Page Mode Printing
  Credit Authorization Terminal (CAT) with electronic money
  Check Scanner contrast adjustment
  Scale “live weight”
  Updates to POS Power for battery-powered POS systems

2) anded support for legacy peripherals

· Allows interop between .NET applications and legacy, COM-based OPOS COs/SOs
· POS for .NET previously supported interop for 8 device classes
· POS for .NET 1.1 adds:
  Coin dispenser
  Keylock
  Magnetic Inc Character Recognition (MICR)
  POS Power
  Scale
  Signature Capture
  Tone Indicator

3) Support for .NET Framework 2.0

· POS for .NET 1.1 supports:
  Applications which target the 2.0 framework
  SOs compiled for the 2.0 framework
· .NET Framework 2.0 does not ship with WEPOS
  Customers/partners will need to obtain and install it separately
· Pre-post setup command file functionality
  Allows command files to be executed prior to and after setup
  Enables more robust disk partitioning functionality than setup in WEPOS 1.0
· Expanded support for mass storage devices
  In WEPOS 1.0, some mass storage devices were not fully supported
  This is fixed in WEPOS 1.1
· Expanded support for mass storage devices
  In WEPOS 1.0, some mass storage devices were not fully supported
  This is fixed in WEPOS 1.1

4) Pre-post setup command file functionality

· Allows command files to be executed prior to and after setup
· Enables more robust disk partitioning functionality than setup in WEPOS 1.0

5) Expanded support for mass storage devices

· In WEPOS 1.0, some mass storage devices were not fully supported
· This is fixed in WEPOS 1.1

6) Available as a free download for installation on Windows XP Professional-based POS systems