Notes on the Parameter "PCDivisor"

The parameter P[rofit]C[enter]Divisor can be used

if drinks are to be booked (tapped) for two or more profit centers at one drink dispenser (DD) and
if no profit center number is transferred by the DD
if the first digit of the transferred table number is the profit center number.

The default value of the parameter PCDivisor is 0.

If the PCDivisor = 0, all incoming DD bookings will be booked on the tables of the profit center to which the DD is connected.

If the PCDivisor is greater than 0, the profit center number of the incoming table booking will be calculated.

· PCDivisor: 100

· Table no. transferred by the DD: 234

Calculation for the identification of the profit center on the table of which the drink is to be booked:
234 / 100 = 2,34. The digit before the comma is the profit center number.

Example:

At a DD, the drinks for the table 127 of the profit center 1 and the table 307 of the profit center 3 are to be booked.
Table number input at the drinks dispenser: 127 and 307.

If a DD booking cannot be ascertained (client is offline, the calculated profit center is not valid etc.), the booking transaction will be booked on the profit center to which the DD is connected.

Configuration:

Process Unit
Configure an MICROS Retail OSCAR POS client in the window System -> Process Unit for the monitoring of the DD (DD Master Process): [Database Y, Graphic N (for test purposes only Y)]. Parameter settings see above.
Device
Assign the DD to the DD Master Process (e.g. WMF Hogatron) in the window Device. The drink dispenser must be assigned to one process unit (client) only. Parameter settings see above.
Process Unit
Configure several MICROS Retail OSCAR POS clients ( one for each profit center) in the window Process Unit. The clients adopt the table bookings from the DD master process and book them (DD Slave-Processes): [Database Y, Graphic N (for test purposes only Y)]. Parameter settings see above.
Do not assign a device to these clients. They have to be operated on the same system unit to which the DD is connected.
Terminals
Configure POS terminals with profit center assignment in the window Terminals. Assign terminal records to all DD processes (master and slave processes). By this, the profit center assignment is being established. Assign the profit center in which the drink dispenser is located to the DD master process. For all terminal records, the option Drink Dispenser Terminal is to be activated. Per profit center, there must be only one terminal for which this option is activated.
Drink Dispenser Param.
Define drink dispenser parameters for every terminal of which the option Drink Dispenser Terminal is activated in the sub-window Terminals -> Drink Dispenser Param.

Notes:
If the SALESDEBUG is activated, you can see the following:

The booking coming from the DD is for the profit center to which the DD is connected (here: Profit center 1)

13.08.1997 17:57:15 Unit 11: checkAutorization: waiterExit State: Waiter-doBookingOnGC
13.08.1997 17:57:16 Unit 11: Preselektion: 0 /
13.08.1997 17:57:16 Unit 11: BookingDate is 13.08.1997
13.08.1997 17:58:08 Unit 4: checkAutorization: handleDrinkDispEv State: theDefaultMachine-INITIAL
13.08.1997 17:58:08 Unit 4: Data : waiter :001 table :00013 count :00006 art :00001
13.08.1997 17:58:08 Unit 4: WAITERn mit :1
13.08.1997 17:58:08 Unit 4: checkAutorization: keyedInWaiter State: WaiterInput-INITIAL
13.08.1997 17:58:08 Unit 4: ServerDataBase is available
13.08.1997 17:58:08 Unit 4: FGL Global elements are set!!
13.08.1997 17:58:08 Unit 4: ServerDataBase is available
13.08.1997 17:58:08 Unit 4: checkAutorization: signOn State: POS_Terminal-INITIAL

The booking coming from the DD is for another profit center (here: Profit center 2), i.e. there is an internal transfer from ProcUnit 4 to ProcUnit 11.

13.08.1997 17:55:48 Unit 4: BookingDate is 13.08.1997
13.08.1997 17:55:58 Unit 4: op :1 from :9 to :25 authorised now
13.08.1997 17:55:58 Unit 4: checkAutorization: uiEntry State: UiMisc-INITIAL
13.08.1997 17:56:12 Unit 4: checkAutorization: handleDrinkDispEv State: theDefaultMachine-INITIAL
13.08.1997 17:56:12 Unit 4: Data : waiter :001 table :00021 count :00006 art :00001
13.08.1997 17:56:12 Unit 4: wrong profitcenter 2 searching other ProcessUnit
13.08.1997 17:56:12 Unit 11: checkAutorization: handleDrinkDispEv State: theDefaultMachine-INITIAL
13.08.1997 17:56:12 Unit 11: Data : waiter :001 table :00021 count :00006 art :00001
13.08.1997 17:56:12 Unit 11: WAITERn mit :1
13.08.1997 17:56:12 Unit 11: checkAutorization: keyedInWaiter State: WaiterInput-INITIAL
13.08.1997 17:56:12 Unit 11: ServerDataBase is available
13.08.1997 17:56:13 Unit 11: FGL Global elements are set!!

Attention!

If the bookings of the DD do not appear on the guest check (table), the report ”Open Guest Check Position" should be printed in order to check whether bookings have been booked on the default table or waiter.

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