Frequently asked questions.How do I get my products to print at specific printers? When you setup a product you need to tell the system which printer you want the product to print at, you can specify more than one printer if you wish. In this image you can see part of the product edit screen. The area that is circled [...]
Employee Setup.M-POS Point of sale has the ability to allow you to track who is doing transactions and also what a person is allowed to do on the system. The employee setup screens can be accessed by Clicking Manger on the Main Control screen, then select Settings and then Employee. The following Image shows the Employee setup screen On the [...]
Daily Reconciliation. (Z-Out)The Daily reconciliation function is for making sure that the amount of money in the till is the same as the amount that the system says that it has received since the last Z-out. Totals on the Z-out screen are not what has been taken during the day but in the complete time frame since the last Zout. [...]
Creating a Purchase Order.The program is capable of creating purchase orders for any stock that you have in the system. There are some criterion to making the purchase order creation easier, these are.. a)Product should have an order point set. b)Product should have an Order Qty set. c)Products should have a supplier(s) See the relevant sections of this document for setting up [...]
Changing Terminology.M-POS Point of sale has been setup to be of use to the majority of people and the wording in the program reflects a rather generic viewpoint. An example if this is the names for the modifiers when you are setting up a new product. I cannot think of any situations were Modifier 16 would be meaningful when setting [...]
Adding Pictures to ProductsThe sales screen has the ability to show both the name and image of the product for sale on the product button. To add images to the product button follow the directions below. Place the image you wish to use if the product into the pics directory (see file locations section of this document.) You can use [...]
Adding Pictures to Categories.Categories can also display images, the process to add an image is very similar to adding a picture to a product button. Unlike adding an image to the product button, you are unable to search the web from within the category screen nor are you able to navigate to the pics directory and select a file. You [...]
Adding a Logo to Receipts and Invoices.You are able to set the PowerPos system to print a logo instead of just the text business name on receipts and invoices. To do this you need to create a logo image and save it into the pics directory of PowerPos. (See file locations section of this document to determine where the [...]
Adding “Add-Ons” to Products.Add-ons are used to change a product so that it caters more accurately to your needs. Add-ons are multiple choice and multiple option meaning you can select more than one option per product. I.E in a coffee order you may wish to choose Extra Shot, Vanilla Flavor, and Sugar quantity. This would be done via add-ons. [...]
Adding a Supplier(s) to Products.A Supplier can be added to products, this feature can be used simply for informational purposes or more importantly is will make ordering of stock much easier. The systems allows up to 4 suppliers to be added to each product. Having more than 1 supplier can once again be used during the ordering process because it [...]