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A PHP package developed by ETAP INC for communicating with vending devices over a serial port.

📦 About

ETAP Payment Device is a PHP library designed to communicate with payment terminals (like POS devices) over a serial port. It provides a structured interface to send and receive commands, making it easier to integrate hardware-based payment systems into your applications.

🔧 Features

• Serial port communication support
• Send/receive raw commands to/from payment terminals
• Easy integration with Laravel or other PHP frameworks
• EExtensible structure for different terminal models

Use Cases

• Retail POS systems
• Kiosk or self-service machines
• Any hardware integration requiring payment device communication

🛠 Requirements

• PHP 8.1+
• php-serial or equivalent extension for serial communication
• Compatible OS with access to serial ports (Linux/Windows)

Installation

    user@ubuntu:~/$: composer require etapdmf/php-payment-device