Configuring KDS to Run as a Windows Service

To configure KDS to run as a Windows service on a workstation:

1. Create an Enterprise Service Host:
   1. Select the Enterprise level, click Setup, and then click Service Hosts.
   2. Insert a new Service Host record, and then double-click it to open in form view.
   3. In the Host Name field, enter the host name of the workstation.
   4. Enter the Subnet Mask and the Default Gateway of the workstation.
   5. Select Is Windows Service to run the Service Host as a windows service.
   6. Click Save.
2. Add a new KDS Controller and associate it with the Service Host created in Step 1:
   1. Select the property level, click Setup, and then click KDS Controllers.
   2. Insert a new KDS Controller record, enter a record name, and then click OK.
   3. Double-click the new record to open it.
   4. Click the Service Host tab.
   5. Click Select adjacent to the Service Host field, select the service host you created in Step 1, and then click OK.

      Select Any Property from the Property drop-down list to view the service host configured at the Enterprise.

   6. Click Save.
   7. Configure the KDS Controller. Configuring a KDS Controller contains more information and instructions.
   8. Select the property, click Setup, and then click RVC Configuration.
   9. Double-click the revenue center for which you want to assign the KDS Controller.
   10. On the General tab, select the KDS Controller from the drop-down list.

       This is the KDS Controller you created in Step 2-b.

   11. Click Save.
3. Configure the KDS Display, selecting the KDS Controller that you created in Step 2. Configuring a KDS Display contains more information and instructions.
4. Configure the KDS Display as an order device. Configuring a KDS Order Device contains more information and instructions.

   Select the KDS Display created in Step 3 as the Device Number.

5. Enable the KDS Display created in Step 4 as the order device for a workstation. (This can be any workstation within the property that is running POS Operations.)
   1. Select the property level, click Setup, and then click Workstations.
   2. Double-click the workstation record for which to assign the order device.

      If a workstation is not present, create a new workstation, install and configure CAL to post checks to the KDS Display.

   3. Click the Order Devices tab, and then select the KDS Display order device created in Step 4 as the Order Device Output for the workstation.
   4. Click Save.
6. Add the CAL Deployments for the Enterprise Service Host created in Step 1. Configuring the Deployment Schedule to Install CAL on KDS contains more information and instructions.

   When selecting Service Host during CAL deployment, select Any Property in the Property drop-down list to view the Enterprise service hosts.

   When selecting the workstation during the CAL process, enable Show Service Hosts to view the Enterprise service hosts.

   After the CAL process is complete, the menu items appear on the KDS Display (that runs on the Enterprise service host created in Step 1). The orders are from the workstation that is running POS Operations (from Step 5).