POS screen buttons, button function settings

POS screen buttons, button function settings
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POS screen buttons, button function settings

The Shut down terminal button can now be assigned different functions.

Navigation buttons were added to the menu on the POS terminal. Using these navigation buttons you can go to the:

Modes for displaying selection buttons on the POS terminal were added for menu items and menu groups excluded from sale.

The Functions button now always has a context menu.

Shut down terminal button

No. 41058

You can assign different functions to the Shut down terminal button using the ExitAction parameter for the TilllypadPOS software module or the POS device.

Shut down terminal options:

ExitAction = Logoff logs out the user;
ExitAction = Quit exits the program;
ExitAction = Shutdown switches off the computer.

You can configure button functions on the Parameters panel in the TillypadPOS software module window or the controlled POS terminal device window.

Figure 2.139. Shut down terminal button settings configuration

If two or three parameters are set, the user can select a desirable option in the dialogue box, which appears after clicking the button. The following dialogue box will be displayed:

Figure 2.140. Dialogue box with shut down terminal options

If no settings are configured, the Shut down terminal button is not displayed on the screen.

Navigation buttons in the Menu

No. 45011

The functions of the Home , To the source group , Level up navigation buttons were changed in the menu on the POS terminal.

Figure 2.141. Navigation buttons in the menu

The button behavior depends on the settings of the source and root menu groups specified for the POS terminal in the Devices directory.

Navigation button functionality:

The Home button:
- is inactive if the root menu group is selected.
- is active if a group is selected that belongs to the root group directly or within another group, and also if a source group is selected that does not belong to the root group.
  After you press the Home button, the root group will be selected.
The To the source group button:
- is hidden if the source group is not specified or if the source group is specified, but it does not belong to the root group directly or within another group.
- is inactive if the source group itself is selected.
- is active if the source group is specified and belongs to the root group.
  After you press the To the source group button, the source group will be selected.
The Level up button:
- is inactive if the root group is selected.
- is active if:
  - a group is selected that belongs to the root group directly or within another group.
    After you press the Level up button, the parent group of the current group will be selected.
  - a source group is selected that belongs to the root group directly or within another group.
    After you press the Level up button, the root group will be selected.

No. 49850

You can hide or disable inactive navigation buttons. To do so, please use the MenuNavigationButtonsInactiveMode parameter of the POS terminal operation mode. To hide an inactive navigation button, the parameter must be assigned the Hide value, to make it visible – the Disabled value. The parameter is used in the following POS terminal operation modes: Administrator, Restaurant waiter, Restaurant cashier, Club waiter, Club cashier, and Sales exclusions.

No. 45011

Navigation buttons in the Menu

In the POS device window, on the Menu settings panel, the user can specify menu groups that can be accessed by pressing navigation buttons on the POS terminal.

Source group is a menu group that is opened by default when you start Tillypad XL POS. This group usually contains the most popular menu items (favourite menu items and groups).
The source group does not need to belong to the root group. You do not need to specify the root group.
Root group is a menu group combining all menu items and groups that can be selected on this POS terminal.
If the root group is not specified, all menu items and groups are available for selection.

Figure 2.142. Source and root menu groups settings

Assigning the Select report, Seating layout, and Special functions to the buttons

No. 44832, 44984, 49004

Now you can assign report selection and seating layout selection functions to the buttons in the design window of the software module screen form.

Necessary settings are made on the Software module screen form design panel of the Software module screen form setting window.

Figure 2.143. Configuring the Select report function of the button

Necessary settings are made on the Software module screen form design panel of the Software module screen form setting window.

Figure 2.144. Configuring the Select seating layout function of the button

This setting allows you to select a seating layout by pressing the button in the Restaurant waiter operating mode.

No. 48983

All functions available on the POS terminal were added to the selection window list.

Figure 2.145. Select special functions window

No. 48428

Visual properties of the screen form element

The Visual properties panel was added to the screen form element window.

Figure 2.146. Visual properties of the screen form element

No. 48052

Visual properties of the button

You can now edit the name, colour, and size (height and width) of the screen form button

These settings are made on the Visual properties panel in the button entry or editor window.

Figure 2.147. Visual properties of the button

No. 44352, 45037, 45674

Button display features on the POS screen for menu items and menu groups excluded from sale

We formulated principles of displaying buttons on the POS screen to denote menu items and menu groups excluded from sale.

Note

You can exclude a menu item or menu group from sale by one of the following ways:

by adding this menu item or group in the exclusion list (in the Sales exclusions directory or in the Sales exclusions mode of the POS terminal);
by assigning the Exclude from sale parameter to this menu item or group (in the Menu directory);
by selecting Not for sale option in price schedules (in the Menu or Price schedules directory);
by selecting No in the For sale field for a menu group (in the Menu directory).

If a menu item is assigned to any button on the screen form layout, this button is always available. However, if this item is temporarily not for sale (for example, out of stock), the button becomes disabled. If you do not want this button to be displayed at all, it can be hidden.

The button also becomes disabled in the list (either in button or table displaying mode) if the corresponding menu item or menu group is excluded from sale.

To determine when to make buttons disabled or hide them, the HideDisabledMenuItems parameter was added to the settings of service devices (POS terminal, PDA server).

Possible values: True, False (the default value is True).

 HideDisabledMenuItems = True // Hide excluded or unavailable menu items

If False is set, buttons are disabled.

Figure 2.148. The Cover charge button is disabled

If True is selected, buttons are hidden.

Figure 2.149. The Cover charge button is hidden

Note

Below you will find a list of exceptions (they do not depend on the HideDisabledMenuItems parameter):

A menu group with the Not for sale parameter is not displayed (its button or data grid row disappear).
A menu item or menu group is not displayed if the user has no access to it.
If all child items in a group are disabled (or hidden), the group itself will be disabled (hidden).
If an item does not have the proper concurrence (i.e. the concurrence assigned to the menu item is not included in sales settings for the POS terminal), the menu item is not displayed.

Functions button menu

No. 47536

If no functions are available, the data grid context menu or the Functions button menu is still opened and contains the following options: No enabled options and Close menu.

Figure 2.150. Context menu with no available functions