1 Introducing the PSS 5000
Description of the PSS
5000
The PSS 5000 enables you to control and monitor forecourt devices and inte-
grate a commercial Point-Of-Sale (POS) system (built for dry-stock sales) in
a petrol station environment, or to automate an unmanned site that does not
have a POS.
The PSS 5000 offers generic interfaces to the various types of forecourt devic-
es and their associated business logic. And with its modular design, the PSS
5000 can be tailored to almost any existing or new petrol station fore-
court/POS system. The modular concept also gives scalability. When changes
to a forecourt occur, then the PSS 5000 system adapts readily by the addition
or change of modules.
The PSS 5000 also offers unprecedented connectivity, including TCP/IP (via
both Ethernet or serial interface) as well as web server access for remote mon-
itoring, remote control and diagnostics of the forecourt devices and their oper-
ation. Using these features, it is possible to monitor stock levels remotely and
enable easy generation of wet stock reports and optimize distribution. It is also
possible to gather information and make diagnostics on the equipment remote-
ly, which saves on traveling costs and makes regular, planned maintenance
easier – reducing downtime and keeping maintenance costs to a minimum.
The diversity of the equipment types on the forecourt, the protocols they use
and their software versions require (sometimes rather complex) real-time con-
trol of the serial communication and a fast response to minimize customers’
frustrations and impatience. This is often difficult to achieve with the operat-
ing systems used by POS systems, but the PSS 5000 is built to handle such re-
quirements.
PSS 5000 generally provides the functionality and interfaces needed to inte-
grate Point-Of-Sale solutions for supermarkets or shops into a petrol station
environment. This enables fast time-to-market for POS suppliers, who may
not have the necessary resources for these special tasks.
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