Check and Posting

The Check and Posting Service insulates the POS clients from enterprise latency by providing transaction posting, check sharing management, and property reporting. When enterprise communications are disrupted, the CAPS queues transaction posting messages and sends them upon connection restoration.

Deploy a single CAPS for each property defined in the Simphony Enterprise Management Console. If a large physical property (such as a resort or stadium) is divided into multiple logical properties in EMC, there will be one CAPS for each logical property.

When splitting up a large property into smaller, virtual properties take into consideration the following:

• POS client reports only show data for the logical property, not the entire physical property

• Checks transfers only occur between revenue centers on the same CAPS

• The virtual properties appear as separate locations in Reporting & Analytics – create reporting hierarchies that combine the locations to get a single view of the property

• Creating a zone in EMC that combines the virtual properties allows makes it possible to configure common items (e.g., menu items, discounts, service charges) in one place

The CAPS and BUCAPS cannot exist on the same hardware.

Properties that use Cash Management, Labor Management, or Table Management may require additional hardware resources for CAPS.

The CAPS cannot run on a mobile device (that is, battery-powered hardware that you can move between wireless access points). You can install the CAPS on workstations such as the 610 and 620 which use wireless network cards but are not moved around. You can install the CAPS on a tablet that is locked into place on a counter. However, you cannot install the CAPS on a tablet that is moving in a server’s hand or on a wireless POS workstation that is moving about the property.