Dispenser type

The program description deals with the following:

Remarks on Program function
Remarks on Entry fields
Use Index to find the field details required.

Remarks on program function

The (drinks) dispensers in use in the company not only have to be physically connected up they must also be included in the program. Links to article, POS and drinks dispenser must also be established to allow an article to be recorded at each POS terminal.

Four programs define the functioning.

A dispenser type no. and a name (normally the name of the dispenser type) are assigned in program Dispenser type. The type no. functions as an index.
A Dispenser table is then linked to a branch and a POS terminal with the program of the same name. Several dispenser tables can therefore be programmed per company, per branch and per POS terminal.
The drinks dispensers are described in program Dispenser description which is called up from the Dispenser table (connection to system, unit, interface, etc.).
The drinks articles are linked to a type of dispenser with update Article.

The graphic Dispenser shows the program interconnections.

Note:

This interconnection is not necessary if the drinks dispensers are self-service.
Self-service dispensers imply that all articles can be removed from the dispenser without any limitations as soon as the waiter is signed on. Please note that any waiter-related restrictions (e.g. table nos., etc.) are not relevant to drinks dispensers.
Supervised dispensing implies that liquids can only be removed from the dispenser after the article has been recorded.

The dispenser type no. and the name are assigned with program Dispenser type. Types of dispensers are linked to a company. Several types of dispenser can be linked to one company. The article accesses the number(s) entered here.

New programming

A new data record is programmed by entering a free no. in field Disp(enser).Type.

Changes

Call up the appropriate data record with entry of a number in field Disp(enser).Type. The data is shown in the screen mask. Make the appropriate changes and save them

Clear

Mark the data records to be cleared and click onto button Delete. The query "Delete?" should then be confirmed with OK. Abort means that the entry will not be cleared. Please note that clearing is only possible if all prerequisites for this operation match.

Remarks on entry fields

The following description deals with all available options for update of this basic data.

As with nearly all programs the following also applies here:

Thee entry mask for this program may differ in your MICROS Retail OSCAR POS program. Some fields may be missing
There may be defaults for some entry fields. These cannot be updated in the current program.
Fields with enforced entry defined are to be found in the entry masks as are fields where entry is optional.
If the data record is updated over several pages of entry masks, the dialog fields are reached by clicking onto the appropriate button with <Mouse key 1>.
The same procedure also applies to call up of another update program from this program.
In some cases you may find so-called "Switches" which are activated or deactivated by the user with <Mouse key 1>, depending on the setting. Activated switches have a dark top, deactivated switches are lighter.

Company

Entry range permitted: numeric 1 - 9999

Enter the number of the company to which the dispenser is to be linked. This entry is not necessary if the program is called up from Company update.

Disp(enser).Type

Entry range permitted: numeric 1 - 99

If a new dispenser type is to be programmed, enter a unique number under which the dispenser is to be stored. Several drinks dispensers per company are permitted. The dispenser type no. functions as an index, i.e. articles which are sold at the drinks dispenser and those which have been assigned the same index in Article access this number. The system then recognises which articles are sold at which dispenser.

Name

Entry range permitted: alphanumeric max. 20 pos.

Enter a name if a new dispenser is to be programmed. If changes are necessary, call up the dispenser type from entry of the appropriate no. and then make the necessary amendments to the name.

Device article group

Entry range permitted: numeric 1 - 99

Enter the number of the linked device article group. If the number is not known, the data record can be selected with the search function. The device article group are updated with program Device article groups (-> program Article -> Devices).

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