MICROS Retail OSCAR POS Installation with an empty server
database
The installation of the MICROS Retail OSCAR POS application
usually happens by use of an installation program. Alternatively, the
installation can be carried out manually, i.e. the MICROS Retail OSCAR POS
program files exist in the form of a *.zip file.
Note!
As from version MICROS Retail OSCAR POS 4.3 installation and licence files will
be supplied as exe files. More information can be found in the documentation MICROS Retail OSCAR POS Version check.
The configuration required for the MICROS Retail OSCAR POS
application can be carried out manually or with a wizard and the appropriate
configuration files.
Installation advices for certain operating systems, e. g.
""Windows
7 / Windows Server2008" are described in the
document Installing
MICROS Retail OSCAR POS.
The
configuration by use of a wizard is described in the documentation MICROS Retail OSCAR POS Wizard.
The following program description will inform you about how
to carry out the installation and configuration manually.
Note:
The following procedure assumes a manual
installation, i.e. that the MICROS Retail OSCAR POS application files exist in
the form of a *.zip file or as an exe file (as from version MICROS Retail OSCAR
POS 4.3).
With the installation with the help of an installation
program, many of the steps described below will be carried out
automatically during the installation procedure.
When carrying out the manual installation and
configuration of a new MICROS Retail OSCAR POS program for WIN-NT, you have to
adhere to the following order of actions:
- The signed on user must have the
administration rights for the installation.
- The network service must be set up with a
valid TCP/IP no.
- The processor name (hostname) must be
know to allow it to be linked to the system unit during the installation
procedure.
- Create a directory (e.g. \usr\oscar3) by
decompressing the program files with the command unzip
Archivname*.zip.
- As from version MICROS Retail OSCAR
POS 4.3 the exe file is unpacked with command "–x" entpackt.
- Change to directory \usr\oscar3\work\
- Enter command "oscar
installOCX"
- Enter command " oscar
installService username password"
(e.g. if you are programmed as administrator with user name "Anker"
and password "test" the command "oscar
installService Anker test" must be carrid out so that the
Oscar Daemon service with administrator rights can be started.
- Enter the command "oscar
addAscFiles" to select the language for the database texts
(DbText) and the texts for the user interface.
- Then enter commands "oscar
init DbText" and "oscar init UiText"
and the texts for the selected language will be loaded from the database..
- Edit in directory ..\bin die Datei oscar.ini
(lines at the beginning of a line with underline will be
deactivated)
- [paths]
bmppath="..\bmp\"
helppath="D:\usr\oscar3\" (directory of MICROS Retail OSCAR POS
program files)
helppath2="..\help\"
[environment]
MICROS Retail OSCAR POS_SERVER=132.147.160.224 (TCP/IP processor
address of server database)
__MICROS Retail OSCAR POS_BACKUP=bbw
MICROS Retail OSCAR POS_INSTALLATION=1 (number of installation)
MICROS Retail OSCAR POS_PORTBASE=6100
MICROS Retail OSCAR POS_ASCPATH=..\asc
OSCAR_FGLPATH=..\fgluser:..\fgl
OSCAR_FSMPATH=..\fsm
OSCAR_VERSION="V 3.0"
OSCAR_LANG=1 (number of language set 1 =German; 2=English; 3 = Francais
etc.)
__OSCAR_HOSTNAME=
__OSCAR_SQL=oscar
__DLLDEBUG=Y
__SALESDEBUG=Y
__EVDEBUG=Y
__DBDEBUG=Y
__FGLTRACE=Y
__DEVDEBUG=Y
__RPCDEBUG=Y
__KEYBDEBUG=Y
UIDEBUG=1
__SRVQDEBUG=Y
__NETDEBUG=111111
__ODBCDEBUG=Y
__OSCAR_CONSOLE=Y
__UIDLGUNIT=1.0
OSCAR_HOSTNAME=processor name
- Create a directory \usr\oscar3\work.srv
- Create an empty server database with
command ..\work\ oscar init eine leere
Server-Datenbank
- Enter command ..\work\ oscar
dofgl.fgl Deutsch
Note:
As from MICROS Retail OSCAR POS version 2.1 the
multi-document user interface will be standard. A conversion is no longer
necessary as this will be initiated with command oscar dofgl.fgl
Landessprache. If the old standard user interface is to be used
for any reason, the command oscar dofgl2.fgl Landessprache
is required.
- Start the MICROS Retail OSCAR POS
application with command ..\work\ oscar singleuser
Then program the following basic data to
start the MICROS Retail OSCAR POS application in multi-user operation.
14 Company
15 Price List
16 VAT
17 Installation with license data
18 System unit with descriptor) (ATTENTION!!! The computer name must be
spelled exactly like the hostname).
19 Process Unit (Server, Daemon, Client)
Use the following number ranges for the appropriate
processing units:
- 1-999
OSCAR POS-CLIENT processing units for POS
terminals drink disp. ASCII-COM etc.(autostart).
- 1000-1999
OSCAR POS-CLIENT (Login
unit) processing units for administrative terminals (user login).
- 2001-2999
OSCAR POS-DAEMON processing units for process
supervision of a system unit.
- 3000
OSCAR POS-SERVER processing unit.
- 3001
OSCAR POS-BACKUP processing unit.
- 3002
OSCAR POS-DEVICE processing unit for remote
devices
- 4000
SUBSERVER processing unit for parallel
processing of POS transactions.
- Branch
- Profit center
- Terminal
- Operator (additional data, price list)
End the MICROS Retail OSCAR POS application and start the
program in multi-user mode using of the command ..\work\ oscar
start.
All other basic data will be
created in multi-user mode.
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