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The Cash Drawer tab is for configuring the OMS Point-of-Sale interface to work with a physical cash drawer.
Stone Edge Technologies Inc. has only internally tested the program with the APG Series 100 Cash Drawer sold at our web site. While the program may work with other cash drawers, it is the responsibility of the user to obtain and review the manufacturer's documentation to determine which method to use and what the appropriate settings are for the device(s). Stone Edge Technologies Inc. is not familiar with other vendor's hardware.
The cash drawer can be opened by the use of an executable trigger file (recommended) or when a receipt is printed, depending on the installed hardware and how it is attached to the workstation.
Other parameters determine whether the POS interface shows the "Open Drawer" button (depending on the hardware in use) and the default starting amount of cash in each drawer at the beginning of a shift, to name a few.
To make changes, click Edit. When you are in edit mode, click Save to retain your changes or click Cancel to exit edit mode without saving your changes.
To configure the Cash Drawer settings for the Point-of-Sale system go to:
Main Menu > Settings > Order Functions > Point-of-Sale Setup > Cash Drawer Tab
POS Setup: Cash Drawer Tab
1. Go to Main Menu > Settings > Setup Functions > Point-of-Sale Setup to open the Point-of-Sale Setup screen.
2. Before configuring the cash drawer settings, make sure that the Cash Registers list on the Store Info tab has at least one entry, as this list of workstations is used to populate the Select Workstation drop-down list on the Cash Drawer tab.
3. Select the Cash Drawer tab, and click Edit to unlock the screen and make changes to the settings.
4. If all workstations will use the same model of cash drawer/printer hardware, skip to step 5 and enter the cash drawer settings for all workstations.
Otherwise, select the Configure Single Workstation check box to enter settings for a specific workstation(s). Choose the workstation name from the Select Workstation drop-down list and complete steps 5-10 to choose the settings for an individual workstation's cash drawer.
5. Select whether to show the "Open Drawer" button on the Keypad of the POS screen. If checked, the cash drawer can be opened without a making a sale. If this option is unchecked, the button is not displayed on the Keypad tab and the cash drawer can only be opened when the user completes a sale, quote, layaway or return.
6. Select Open the Cash Drawer Automatically at End of Sale, if desired.
7. If using a printer to trigger the cash drawer to open, skip to step 8. I f the cash drawer is connected to the PC via a Serial Port or USB port it requires a Trigger File. The Trigger File is an executable file that prompts the cash drawer to open. It should have a .exe, .bat. or .sys file extension. Consult the cash drawer documentation for the file name, how to obtain it, and how to install it.
Manually enter the path to the file in the Trigger File field or click the Browse… button to navigate to its location. OMS executes the file to open the cash drawer after the receipt is printed. Skip to step 9.
Note: If the cash drawer is triggered by a printer driver, this setting is irrelevant and is ignored.
8. If the cash drawer will be connected to and opened by a printer, there are two possible scenarios:
The printer driver triggers the drawer to open, as is the case with the Epson TM-88IV receipt printer that is sold at our web site. In this scenario, there is a tab on the Printer Properties form of the Windows printer definition that allows the user to specify if the drawer should open before or after the receipt is printed. Proceed to step 9.
the printer uses a special character and font that is programmatically assigned to an invisible control which causes the drawer to open when the receipt is printed. Enter the appropriate values in the Drawer Open Character and Drawer Open Character Font fields provided. Refer to the printer’s documentation to determine the correct values that should be entered in these fields.
Note: These fields are ignored if the cash drawer is opened by a trigger file.
9. Enter a default amount of cash that is contained in the cash drawer at the start of a shift in the Drawer Start Amount field. This value should not be changed from shift to shift; it is used by the Daily Audit system for drawer reconciliation.
The value entered in this field will set the Main system parameter DrawerStartAmount. Use the workstation based Special Parameter DrawerStartAmount in the POS group to set different starting values for each register.
10. If a single workstation is being configured, click the Apply Changes button to save the settings for that register; return to step 4 and configure another workstation, if desired. Otherwise, click the Save button to retain the settings that were made for all workstations and lock the Cash Drawer tab.
Note: It is imperative to click the Apply Changes button before selecting another workstation from the drop down list, or the Save Changes button before exiting the dialog box, otherwise all changes that were made will be lost.
11. The Test Drawer button can be used to test the functionality of the cash drawer settings. Click Apply Changes or Save before testing any new drawer settings or else the drawer's original settings will be tested.
Do not click the Test Drawer button to see if the drawer is configured properly unless the device is physically connected to a printer or the workstation.
12. Click the Close button to exit the POS Setup screen.
Created: 1/19/12
Revised: 3/28/12
Published: 04/14/16