SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13D
                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                               TRIDEX CORPORATION
                                (Name of Issuer)

                                  COMMON STOCK
                          (Title of Class of Securities

                                                    895906 10 5
                                 (CUSIP Number)


                          Stephen J. Carlotti, Esquire
                            Hinckley, Allen & Snyder
                                1500 Fleet Center
                         Providence, Rhode Island 02903
                  (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
                Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)


                                 March 14, 1997
             (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)


If the filing person has previously  filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the  acquisition  which is the subject to this  Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b) (3) or (4), check the following box [ ].

Note: Six copies of this statement, including all exhibits, should be filed with
the  Commission.  See Rule  13d-1(a) for other  parties to whom copies are to be
sent.

*The  remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting  person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for  any  subsequent   amendment   containing   information  which  would  alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The  information  required  on the  remainder  for this  cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed"  for the purpose of Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise  subject to the  liabilities of that section of
the Act but shall be subject to all other  provisions of the Act  (however,  see
the Notes).

CUSIP No. 895906 10 5

1)       Names of Reporting Persons and Social Security Number
                  Seth M. Lukash ###-##-####

2)       Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

                  (a)      N/A
                  (b)      N/A

3)       SEC Use Only

4)       Source of Funds

5)       Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items
         2(d) or 2(e).

6)       Citizenship or Place of Organization
                  USA

                      7)       Sole Voting Power         527,505 Common Shares
Number of Shares
Beneficially          8)       Shared Voting Power       N/A Common Shares
Owned by Each
Reporting Person      9)       Sole Dispositive Power    527,505 Common Shares
With
                      10)      Shared Dispositive Power  N/A

11)      Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
                  527,505 Common Shares

12)      Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares
                  N/A

13)      Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
                  9.9%

14)      Type of Reporting Person
                  IN

Item 1.    Security and Issuer
           a)       The title of the class of equity securities to which this 
                    statement relates is Common Stock.
           b)       The name and address of the principal executive officers of 
                    the issuer of such securities is:  Tridex Corporation, 
                    61 Wilton Road, Westport, Connecticut 06880

Item 2.    Identity and Background
           a)       Seth M. Lukash
           b)       c/o Tridex Corporation, 61 Wilton Road, Westport, 
                    Connecticut 06880
           c)       President, Tridex Corporation, 61 Wilton Road, Westport, 
                    Connecticut 06880
           d)       During the last five years, I have not been convicted in a 
                    criminal proceeding.
           e)       During the last five years I have not been a party to a 
                    civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative  body of 
                    competent jurisdiction with respect to, and I am not subject
                    to a  judgment,  decree or final rder  enjoining violations
                    of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, 
                    federal or state securities laws.
           f)       U.S.A.

Item 3.    Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
           The shares owned by the  reporting  person were  acquired by purchase
(either through the exercise of options and warrants or in the open market),  by
conversion or exchange of convertible  debt securities of the issuer and by gift
(upon  termination  of a trust).  The  exercise  price of certain  warrants  and
options to purchase 105,000 shares exercised on March 14, 1997 was provided by a
loan  from the  issuer  to the  reporting  person  in the  principal  amount  of
$801,375,  due June 30, 1998,  bearing interest at 6.08% and secured by a pledge
of such  shares and other  marketable  securities.  The full amount of such loan
remains  outstanding.  Interest  is  paid  quarterly.  Each  purchase  or  other
acquisition by the reporting  person has been reported on a Form 3, 4 or 5 filed
by the reporting person.

Item 4.    The Purpose of Transaction
           N/A

Item 5.    Interest in Securities of the Issuer

           a)       The aggregate number and percentage of the class of 
                    securities identified pursuant to Item 1 beneficially 
                    owned by me are as follows:


                   (1) Seth M. Lukash             Shares               Percent
                                                  527,505                9.9%

           b)       N/A

           c)       N/A

           d)       No other person has the right to receive or the power to 
                    direct the receipt of dividends from or proceeds from the 
                    sale of such securities.

           e)       N/A






Item 6.      Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with 
             Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

           There are no contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships
(legal or otherwise)  between or among myself and any person(s)  with respect to
any securities of the issuer, including but not limited to transfer of voting of
any  of  the  securities,   finder's  fees,  joint  ventures,   loan  or  option
arrangements,  put or calls, guarantees of profits, division of profits or loss,
or the  giving  or  holding  of  proxies,  naming  the  persons  with  whom such
contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships have been entered into,
and this includes such information for any of the securities that are pledged or
otherwise  subject to  contingency  the  occurrence  of which would give another
person voting power or investment payer over such securities.

Item 7.    Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

           (a)      $801,375 Promissory Note of Seth M. Lukash to Tridex 
                    Corporation.

After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.


2-16-98
Date


Seth M. Lukash
Signature



Name/Title - SETH M. LUKASH



                                   Exhibit A

#186610v1
                                    TERM NOTE

$801,375.00                                                       March 14, 1997

         For value received,  Seth M. Lukash (the "Borrower"),  with a residence
at  404  Harvest  Commons,  Westport,  CT  06880,  promises  to  pay  to  Tridex
Corporation,  a Connecticut  corporation  with an executive  office at 61 Wilton
Road,  Westport,  CT 06880  ("Lender"),  or order, the principal amount of eight
hundred one thousand three hundred seventy five Dollars ($801,375.00) (the "Loan
Amount") on or before June 30, 1998 (the  "Maturity  Date").  This Note shall be
repaid as follows:  Borrower shall make quarterly payments in arrears consisting
of  interest-only  to the Lender  commencing on June 30, 1997 and  thereafter on
September  30,  1997,  December  31,  1997,  March 31,  1998 and June 30,  1998.
Interest  on the unpaid  principal  balance  of this Note shall  accrue at a per
quarter  rate equal to 6.08% [being the Fleet  Commercial  Paper rate on the day
preceding issue plus one percent (1%)]. The entire principal  balance,  together
with all unpaid interest,  fees, expenses and other charges, if not sooner paid,
shall in any event be paid on the Maturity Date.

         Principal and interest shall be payable at Lender's executive office as
noted above,  in lawful money of the United States of America  without  set-off,
deduction or  counterclaim.  Interest shall be calculated on the basis of actual
days elapsed and a 360-day  year.  This Note may be prepaid  without  penalty in
whole or in  increments  of at least  $1,000.00 on prior  written  notice to the
Lender.

         This Note is secured by a pledge under a Pledge and Security  Agreement
between  the  Borrower  and  the  Lender  of even  date  herewith  (the  "Pledge
Agreement").  If the value, based on the average closing sale price for the last
ten (10) trading days (the "Collateral  Value"),  of the stock pledged under the
Pledge  Agreement is at any time less than two times the sum of the  outstanding
principal  amount plus  interest  accrued under this Note,  the Borrower  shall,
within ten (10) days of receipt of a written  request  from the  Lender,  pay an
amount  sufficient  to reduce  the sum of the  principal  amount  which  remains
outstanding  plus interest,  so that the  Collateral  Value is not less than two
times such sum.

         At the option of the holder, this Note shall become immediately due and
payable  without  notice or demand upon the occurrence at any time of any of the
following events of default:  (1) the death of the Borrower;  (2) failure by the
Borrower to pay in full and when due any amount of  principal  or interest  when
due under the Note;  (3) if the  Borrower  is no longer  employed  by either the
Lender,  TransAct  Technologies  Incorporated  or a  consolidated  subsidiary of
either of them; (4) a petition or application by or against the Borrower for the
appointment  of a  trustee  or  receiver  of the  estate  or  assets,  or of any
substantial  portion  of  the  estate  or  assets  of  the  Borrower;   (5)  the
commencement of any  proceedings  relating to the Borrower under any bankruptcy,
reorganization,  arrangement,  insolvency,  readjustment of debt, dissolution or
liquidation law of any  jurisdiction,  and such proceedings  shall not have been
dismissed within sixty (60) days  thereafter;  or (6) failure by the Borrower to
perform,  observe  or comply  with any of the  covenants,  agreements,  terms or
conditions set forth (i) in this Note (other than payment), (ii) in




the  Pledge  Agreement  (including,  but not  limited  to,  Section 6  regarding
maintenance  of adequate  collateral),  or (iii) in any other loan  documents or
instruments  executed in connection  herewith,  which failure  continues without
cure for thirty (30) days.

         Any  payments  received  by the Lender on account of this Note prior to
demand shall be applied first to any costs, expenses or charges then owed to the
Lender by the Borrower,  second to accrued and unpaid interest, and third to the
unpaid principal balance hereof.  Any payments so received after demand shall be
applied in such manner as the Lender may determine.

         Any and all cash, securities, instruments or other property at any time
due to the Borrower from the Lender shall at all times  constitute  security for
all of the  liabilities and obligations of the Borrower to the Lender under this
Note or the  Pledge  Agreement  and  may be  applied  or  set-off  against  such
liabilities  and  obligations,  at any time,  whether  or not such are then due,
whether or not demand has been made and whether or not other  collateral is then
available to the Lender.

         No delay or omission on the part of the holder in exercising  any right
hereunder  shall operate as a waiver of such right or of any other right of such
holder, nor shall any delay,  omission or waiver on any one occasion be deemed a
bar to or waiver  of the same or any other  right on any  future  occasion.  The
Borrower  and every other maker and every  endorser or  guarantor  of this Note,
regardless of the time, order or place of signing,  waives presentment,  demand,
protest and notices of every kind and assents to any  extension or  postponement
of the time of payment or any other indulgence, to any substitution, exchange or
release of  collateral,  and to the  addition  or release of any other  party or
person primarily or secondarily liable.

         The  Borrower,  and each  endorser and  guarantor  of this Note,  shall
indemnify, defend, and hold the Lender and its directors,  officers,  employees,
agents and attorneys  harmless  against any claim brought or threatened  against
the Lender by the Borrower, by any endorser or guarantor, or by any other person
(as  well  as  from  reasonable  attorneys'  fees  and  expenses  in  connection
therewith)  on account of the  Lender's  relationship  with the  Borrower or any
endorser  or  guarantor  hereof  (each of which  may be  defended,  compromised,
settled or pursued by the Lender with counsel of the Lender's selection,  but at
the expense of the Borrower and any endorser and/or guarantor).

         The Borrower and each endorser and guarantor of this Note agree to pay,
upon demand,  costs of collection of the principal of and interest on this Note,
including without limitation reasonable attorneys' fees. Upon default,  interest
shall accrue at a rate per annum equal to eighteen (18%) percent. If any payment
due  under  this Note is  unpaid  for ten (10)  days or more  after the due date
thereof,  the  Borrower  shall pay, in addition to any other sums due under this
Note (and without  limiting the holder's other remedies on account  thereof),  a
late charge equal to five (5%) percent of the amount of such payment.

         This Note shall be binding  upon the  Borrower  and each  endorser  and
guarantor  hereof and upon their  respective  heirs,  successors,  assigns,  and
representatives,  and  shall  inure  to  the  benefit  of  the  Lender  and  its
successors, endorsees, and assigns.

         A photographic  or other  reproduction  of this Note may be made by the
Lender,  and any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence with the same
effect of the  original  itself in any  judicial  or  administrative  proceeding
whether or not the original is in existence.

         This Note is  delivered  to the  Lender at its  office in  Connecticut,
shall be governed by the laws of Connecticut,  and shall take effect as a sealed
instrument.

         Borrower, and each endorser and guarantor of this Note each irrevocably
submits to the non-exclusive  jurisdiction of any federal or state court sitting
in Connecticut over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to
this Agreement. Each Borrower, endorser or guarantor, irrevocably waives, to the
fullest extent it may  effectively do so under  applicable law, any objection it
may have or hereafter  have to the laying of the venue of any such suit,  action
or  proceeding  brought  in any such  court and any claim that the same has been
brought  in  an  inconvenient  forum.  Each  Borrower,   endorser  or  guarantor
irrevocably  appoints the Secretary of State of  Connecticut  as its  authorized
agent to accept and  acknowledge  on its behalf any and all process which may be
served in any such suit,  action or  proceeding,  consents to such process being
served  either (i) by mailing a copy thereof by  registered  or certified  mail,
postage prepaid,  return receipt  requested,  to such Borrower's,  endorser's or
guarantor's address shown below or as notified to the Lender and (ii) by serving
the same upon such agent and agrees that such service  shall in every respect be
deemed effective service upon such Borrower, endorser or guarantor.

         EACH  BORROWER,  ENDORSER AND GUARANTOR  AND LENDER  HEREBY  KNOWINGLY,
VOLUNTARILY  AND  INTENTIONALLY,  AND AFTER AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL,  WAIVES  ANY  AND ALL  RIGHTS  TO A TRIAL  BY  JURY  IN ANY  ACTION  OR
PROCEEDING  IN  CONNECTION  WITH THIS  NOTE,  THE  OBLIGATIONS,  IN ALL  MATTERS
CONTEMPLATED  HEREBY  AND  DOCUMENTS  EXECUTED  IN  CONNECTION  HEREWITH.   EACH
BORROWER,  ENDORSER AND GUARANTOR  CERTIFIES  THAT NEITHER THE LENDER NOR ANY OF
ITS REPRESENTATIVES,  AGENTS OR COUNSEL HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE,
THAT THE LENDER WOULD NOT IN THE EVENT OF ANY SUCH  PROCEEDING,  SEEK TO ENFORCE
THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

         THIS LOAN IS  PAYABLE  IN  FULL AT MATURITY.  BORROWER  MUST REPAY THE 
ENTIRE  PRINCIPAL  BALANCE OF THE LOAN AND UNPAID INTEREST THEN DUE.

         EXECUTED as an instrument under seal as of the day first written above.


WITNESS: George T. Crandall                           BORROWER: Seth M. Lukash