Update Software Version

Changing the deployment package version causes the new version to immediately start deploying to the POS client workstation device. Depending on the Action To Take (Install or Skip), the system may begin immediate deployment.

1. Select the Enterprise, click Setup, and then click CAL Packages.
2. Expand the Simphony subgroup in the left pane, and highlight the CAL package to deploy.
   You need to deploy the following packages in the order listed:

   1. CAL Client

   2. Service Host Download

   3. Service Host

3. Click the Deployment Schedules tab.
4. Highlight the CAL package.
5. Click Change Package Version.
6. In the Choose CAL Package to upload drop-down list, select the appropriate package version for deployment, and then click OK.
7. In the Deployment Type drop-down list, select the type of deployment:

   • 1 - Property/Enterprise: Click the ellipsis point (...) button and select one or more properties where the package downloads.

     If you select this deployment type, the CAL package deploys to all service hosts at the same time.

   • 2 - Specific Service Host: Click the ellipsis point (...) button, and then select one or more service hosts or POS client workstations where the package downloads.

8. In the Action To Take field, select 0 - Install.

   You can configure multiple deployment schedules for the same CAL package. Simphony Essentials uses the most granular deployment when given multiple deployment schedules. For example, if you configure a deployment schedule for a workstation and for the property, Simphony uses the workstation device deployment. If you configure a CAL package deployment for a property with 0 - Install and a deployment for a workstation device with 1 - Skip, the CAL package is not installed on the workstation device.

9. (Optional) In the Effective From field, select the start date when the CAL packages automatically stop installing, and select the stop time (in 24-hour format).

   You can use this field to schedule Simphony Essentials upgrades.

10. (Optional) In the Effective To field, select the date when the CAL packages automatically stop installing, and select the stop time (in 24-hour format).

    To keep the installations perpetual, do not set an Effective To time.

11. Click Save.