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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1996
Walter E Warn, Knightdale, NC (US);
Fred K Carr, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Progressive International Electronics, Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a fuel dispenser control console which is interfaced to a cash register for down-loading sales information to the register when the sale is paid out on the console. The control console includes a programmable data processor which processes commands for controlling the dispensers. Commands to the dispensers are initiated through input keys on the console. Sales information is down-loaded to the cash register through a serial connection to the console. Sales information is transferred from the console to the register in a command format (character string) which mimics a cash register keyboard entry. The system uses a communication protocol translator to configure the command logic signals from the console into a format readable by the dispensers such that the system can be used with various dispenser brands.