Configuring a KDS Display

  1. Select the property, click Setup, and then click KDS Displays.
  2. Insert a new record, enter a name for the KDS Display, and then click OK.

    If you are configuring a Windows 32 KDS Display, append the prefix WSKDSD to the KDS Display name (for example, WSKDSDISPLAY1). Do not include a space in the display name.

  3. Double-click the new KDS Display record.
  4. Select the KDS Controller from the drop-down list.
  5. Enter the IP Address of the display.
  6. Select a KDS Tool Bar, a Bump Bar, or both from the drop-down lists.
  7. Select the appropriate display platform from the Platform Type drop-down list:

    • 0 - PC-based: Select this option if the KDS is PC-based. That is, an industry standard PC using either a color touchscreen monitor or a color monitor and a bump bar.

    • 1 - SEI OASYS: Select this option if you are using a Select Electronics, Inc. OASYS platform based KDS Display.

  8. If you selected 1 - SEI OASYS in Step 7, select the Card ID or slot number of the SEI card in the OASYS box and the Video ID to identify the KDS Display.
  9. From the Display Orientation drop-down list, select the orientation type for the display.
  10. To enable kitchen staff to select items on the chit, select 1 - Enable Item Select.
  11. To prevent other KDS Displays from remotely viewing orders on this display, deselect 7 - Allow Remote View.

    When remote view is disabled, remote actions are also disabled.

  12. To enable other KDS Displays to remotely view orders, but prevent them from performing any actions on this display, select 7 - Allow Remote View, and then deselect 8 - Allow Remote Actions.
  13. If using DOM Mode Fire On Fly or Fire On Next, to have the KDS chit timer restart when the check is service totaled in the first service round, select 9 - Reset KDS Chit Timer. The chit timer does not reset when the check is picked up at the workstation and then service totaled.

    Dynamic Order Mode (DOM) contains more information.

  14. To show the mouse cursor on the KDS Display, select 10 - Show Mouse Cursor.
  15. If the display is a Speed of Service (SOS) Display, select the appropriate options as described in the following table:

    Table 3-6 SOS Display Options

    Option Description

    2 - Only Active Tables

    Select this option to show only tables that have an open check on the display.

    3 - Dynamic Display

    Dynamic Display and Kitchen Zones contains more information.
  16. Click the Display tab.
  17. Configure the Display Screen Options as described in the following table:

    Table 3-7 KDS Display Screen Options

    Field Description

    Display Type
    Select the type of KDS Display:

    • 1 - SOS

    • 2 - Expo

    • 3 - Prep

    Tool Bar Position

    If you selected the Platform Type 0 - PC-based in Step 7, select the location of the tool bar on the display.

    When you select Left or Right for a KDS display at a property that is using Simphony version 2.8.3 or earlier, the toolbar appears at the top of the KDS display.

    Panel Layout

    Split Order Screens contains more information.

    Table Detail Toolbar

    If you selected 1 - SOS from the Display Type drop-down list, you can optionally select a toolbar from the Table Detail Toolbar drop-down list to use when viewing Table Detail mode on a Speed of Service (SOS) KDS display.
  18. Configure the order chit appearance in the display as described in the following table:

    Table 3-8 KDS Chit Display Options

    Fields Description

    KDS Chit Layout Style

    Select the type of layout for the order chits on the display. Depending on the chit layout style that you select, the Order Type Font drop-down list becomes active.

    Some KDS Chit Layout Styles are only intended for use with certain Display Types. For example, a Chit Layout style of 107 - Chit-Std. w/Item Status is intended to be used with Expo and SOS displays only.

    To preview the chit layout styles, click the Help link adjacent to the KDS Chit Layout Style drop-down list, and then select the chit style. KDS Chit Layout Styles contains a detailed list of the chit layout styles available for standard Kitchen Display Systems.

    Order Receipt Layouts also contains more information.

    Serpentine Mode
    Select the arrangement of order chits on the display:

    • 0 - TSR: Select to arrange the KDS with the number of vertical columns set in the Chit Columns drop-down list. Incoming orders appear starting from the top left corner, filling the first column, then spilling into the top of the next column, and so on. TSR Mode only works on PC-based KDS Displays.

    • 1 - Horizontal: Select to arrange the KDS with the number of horizontal rows set in the Chit Rows drop-down list. Incoming orders appear from left to right, row by row, starting from the top left corner and moving across.

    • 2 - Vertical: Select to arrange the KDS with the number of vertical columns set in the Chit Columns drop-down list, and using the Chit Rows drop-down list set the number of rows to appear. Incoming orders appear starting from the bottom right corner, moving up and then moving to the left.

    Menu Item Font

    Select the font size for menu items to appear on the display.

    Combo Item Font

    Select the font size for combo meal items to appear on the display. This setting only affects chit view.

    Order Type Font

    Select the font size for the Order Type text to appear on the display.
  19. If the display is an SOS Display:
    1. In the Table Columns field, enter the number of columns to use to present table numbers for the SOS Table Display (allowed values are between 5 and 99). When setting a SOS Table Column count that is more than a KDS Display device can show, fewer SOS table columns are actually displayed on that device. The number of columns that can be shown is based on the physical KDS display panel dimensions and/or resolution settings.
    2. In the SOS Timeout field, enter the amount of time the kitchen staff can view a table in the regular Expo Display screen before the display returns to the SOS Table Display.
  20. To set each column on the KDS Recall and Review list, click the Recall/Review List tab, select the Column Type to display on Column 1 to Column 6, and then enter the Width for each column relative to the total screen width.
  21. Click Save.
  22. Select the Enterprise, property, or zone, click Configuration, and then click Theme Assignment.
  23. Click the Configuration tab.
  24. From the Default Kitchen Display Theme drop-down list, select the default theme for KDS Displays. The default theme applies to the KDS toolbar, toolbar buttons, status bar, and all KDS dialogs, including List View, error message dialogs, Cook Summary dialog, Remote View List dialog, Production Item Summary dialog and so on.

    • Classic (gray)

    • Ocean (blue)

    • Hornet (moss green)

    • Leaf (green)

    • Rose

  25. Click Save.

Related Topics

Parent topic: Basic Kitchen Display System (KDS) Configuration