Description: A comprehensive tool for managing retail sales and quickly creating orders, optimized for use with POS (Point of Sale) peripherals and fiscal printers.
What is it for? (Practical examples)
Use the Guided Cash Register module to:
- Speed up order creation: Add products to the cart intuitively by navigating through predefined categories and items, ideal for fast-paced sales environments like stores or restaurants.
- Manage complex products: Configure and sell items that require selecting optional ingredients or variants, with automatic calculation of any free components included in the base price.
- Issue fiscal documents: Print receipts and invoices directly on compatible fiscal printers (such as Epson and RCH), linking the sales order to the issued fiscal document.
- Automate logistics: Enable automatic printing of receipts for orders received online, improving workflow.
Main features
The module offers a set of tools to manage the entire retail sales process.
- Fast Sales Interface: The interface is divided by categories and products, allowing quick addition of items to the cart.
- Ingredients/Variants Management: When adding a configurable product (such as a dish or a customizable item), a dialog window opens to select optional ingredients and manage their quantities.
- Interactive Cart: Allows modifying quantities, removing items, applying coupons, and adding custom products directly from the cart summary.
- Manual Receipt Printing: It is possible to generate and send the print command for the receipt of an existing order directly from the order management tab.
- POS Peripherals Support: The system is prepared for integration with various hardware devices, including:
- Fiscal printers (Epson and RCH).
- Card readers (CAT).
- Cash drawers (Cash Changer).
- Customer displays (Display).
- Dedicated POS keyboards (POSKeyboard).
- Fiscal Data and Reporting: Tracks the type of fiscal document issued (receipt or invoice) for each transaction, feeding the centralized reporting system.
How to configure
The configuration is divided into three main areas: Cash Register, Items, and Automatic Printing.
1. Cash Register Settings (General and Fiscal)
| Option | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Cash Register Name | Identifying name of the cash register terminal. | |
| Device | Select the model of fiscal printer or POS device in use (e.g., RCH Print! F, EPOS). | Determines the format of print commands. |
| VAT Departments | Associates each VAT rate used in the system with a numeric Fiscal Department. | Required for correct fiscal issuance (e.g., VAT 22% -> Department 1). |
| Payments | Associates the system's payment methods (e.g., Bank Transfer, Cash) with the fiscal payment codes of the device (e.g., Cash -> Code 1). | |
| Promotional Message | Text to be automatically printed at the end of the receipt. | Maximum 200 characters. |
| WebServer URL | IP address or URL of the connection server managing communication with the physical printer. | Mandatory for connection. |
2. Items Management (Cash Register Interface)
This section defines which products are visible and purchasable through the Guided Cash Register interface.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Included Categories | List of product categories that will appear in the cash register interface. |
| Excluded Categories | List of categories that will not be visible in the interface. |
Note: Categories can be managed via drag-and-drop.
3. Automatic Printing
This feature allows the system to periodically check (every 8.5 seconds) for new orders to automatically print on the configured peripheral.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Enable automatic printing | Enables or disables automatic order checking. |
| Device | Select the printing device to use for automation. |
| WebServer URL | IP address or URL of the connection server for automatic printing. |
Automatic integrations
Order management
Every transaction handled by the Cash Register module is recorded in the sales system. If an order has been completed and saved, it is possible to access the "Receipt" tab within the sales details to:
- Check if the receipt has already been issued.
- Manually print the receipt later.
Advanced reporting
The module adds a specific data source in the Reporting panel, named Cash Register. This source allows analyzing cash register transactions, providing metrics such as:
- Total amount and average receipt.
- Number of transactions.
- Grouping by payment method.
- Grouping by type of issued document (Receipt or Invoice).
API for external systems
The system exposes programming interfaces (APIs) that allow external systems (such as mobile applications or other POS software) to access cash register data in real time, including:
- List of available product categories.
- List of products within a specific category.
- Details of ingredients and options for a product.
Automatic calculation of free ingredients
When a configurable product is added to the cart, the system automatically manages the logic of optional ingredients, ensuring that the user is not charged for ingredients that fall within the configured free limit for that product.
