24 Apr 2010

In Running Betting

bizTech Software are pleased to announce in-running betting is now available in arkle bet POS.

  • Display in running on arkle betting screens in your shop.
  • Edit in running bets on arkle ePos, and view full price change history, in your ePos and online.
  • Prices automatically update and suspend in real time.

Sports Available

  • Football
    • Match betting, next goalscorer, correct score, match handicaps.
  • Snooker, Tennis, Golf (and more sports coming soon).

23 Apr 2010

Cleaning Cyberview Scanner

Scanner Cleaning

Perform the following cleaning procedure periodically every week, whenever black lines appear on the scanned image or scanning errors occur.
1. Grab the Scanner Cover by the tips of the input and output guides, or alternatively, by the Front and Back borders on each side.
Grab
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2. Either use one or two hands
i.
Grab
Grab
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3. Lift-up the Scanner Cover.
Lift-Up
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i.
Lift-Up
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4. Place the Scanner Cover away from the scanner.
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5. Locate the two Feed Roller Lock-Levers as shown (only right side shown).
Right Side Lock-Lever
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Feed Roller
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6. Place both thumbs on the Feed Roller Lock-Levers grooves and push-backward to rotate them.
Rotate Backward
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7. Rotate the two Lever-Locks until the Lever-Tail is oriented upward (only right side shown).
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Lock-Tail oriented upward
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8. The Feed-Roller will be released when the 2 Lock-Tails are in the upward position
9. Grab-up both Lock-Tails.
i.
Grab-up
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ii.
Grab-up
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10. Lift the Feed Roller straight up by holding the two Lock-Tails.
i.
Lift straight up
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ii.
Lift-up
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11. Take-away the Feed Roller.
Take-away
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12. The Glass of the Image Sensor will swing up and be fully exposed.
13. Open a new Cleaning Wipe bag provided and gently swipe the impregnated wipe over the entire glass surface from side to side.
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Swipe
Glass
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14. Examine closely the surface of the Image Sensor Glass for cleanliness and rub with a fingernail on difficult-to-remove spots.
15. Put-back the Feed Roller by holding the Lock-Levers Handles vertically, then engaging them into their slots. Ensure the toothed gear wheels mesh correctly.
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Put-back in
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16. Once engaged in their slots, turn the Lever-Locks toward the front.
i.
Turn toward Front
Turn toward Front
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17. Pushdown the two Lever-Tails until they reach the horizontal position.
Push-down
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18. The two Lever-Tails should be pushed-down toward the front; otherwise, the Feed Roller will pop off during operation of the scanner.
19. Replace the Scanner Cover.
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Push-down
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5 with one hand
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5 or alternatively, with two hands
20. The scanner is now ready to operate.

22 Apr 2010

Arkle ePos Datafeeds

bizTech are pleased to announce we can now provide data feeds from various sources, for use with Arkle ePos*
  • Super Soccer (all markets, including results)
  • Bruce Betting (all markets, including results)
  • Bet Byrne (all markets, prices only, no results at present)
Betting from other bookmakers also available (contact us for details).


* Please note you will need to sign up with the odds provider and a cost may occur.
Also for each shop connecting there will be a charge of £10 per month, to cover bizTechs cost of hosting the data.

6 Apr 2010

Disable Close Button .NET WinForms

Just seen some really neat code for doing this at: http://addressof.com/blog/articles/232.aspx

I've also put a copy down below of the bit I used.  I modified Cory Smiths code a little, so you don't have to remember to handle the resize event (a maximise or minimise for some reason renables the close button).  On my modification I automatically add a handler for this in the Class CloseButton.


Public Class CloseButton

    Private Declare Function GetSystemMenu Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Integer, ByVal revert As Integer) As Integer
    Private Declare Function EnableMenuItem Lib "user32" (ByVal menu As Integer, ByVal ideEnableItem As Integer, ByVal enable As Integer) As Integer

    Private Const SC_CLOSE As Integer = &HF060
    Private Const MF_BYCOMMAND As Integer = &H0
    Private Const MF_GRAYED As Integer = &H1
    Private Const MF_ENABLED As Integer = &H0

    Private Sub New()
    End Sub

    Public Shared Sub Disable(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        ' The return value specifies the previous state of the menu item (it is either
        ' MF_ENABLED or MF_GRAYED). 0xFFFFFFFF indicates   that the menu item does not exist.
        Dim frm1 As Form
        frm1 = sender

        Select Case EnableMenuItem(GetSystemMenu(frm1.Handle.ToInt32, 0), SC_CLOSE, MF_BYCOMMAND Or MF_GRAYED)
            Case MF_ENABLED
            Case MF_GRAYED
            Case &HFFFFFFFF
                Throw New Exception("The Close menu item does not exist.")
            Case Else
        End Select


    End Sub


    Public Shared Sub Disable(ByVal form As System.Windows.Forms.Form)
        ' The return value specifies the previous state of the menu item (it is either
        ' MF_ENABLED or MF_GRAYED). 0xFFFFFFFF indicates   that the menu item does not exist.
        Select Case EnableMenuItem(GetSystemMenu(form.Handle.ToInt32, 0), SC_CLOSE, MF_BYCOMMAND Or MF_GRAYED)
            Case MF_ENABLED
            Case MF_GRAYED
            Case &HFFFFFFFF
                Throw New Exception("The Close menu item does not exist.")
            Case Else
        End Select

        AddHandler form.Resize, AddressOf CloseButton.Disable

    End Sub

End Class

FAO Cory Smith, if you don't want your code on here contact me and I'll remove it.