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The product code box will be highlighted ready for you to enter the
code.
This code can be 8 characters long and ideally it should end in a zero.
This is because the system uses modifiers and the end digit of the
product code looks at a modifier I will discuss the modifiers in more
detail later.
Basically they allow a half or double or any other measure of a product
to be sold.
You are probably familiar with this concept on other models but these
machines have 9 of these modifiers per product, giving much more
flexability.
  
The main advantage of these modifiers is to save on keyboard pre-sets.

Now enter a new code for example 10. Pressing the enter key will take
you to the next field
The description area will now be highlighted.
Up to 15 characters can be entered for each code.
The bar-code area is next, here you can assign one or more bar codes
to this product. Each time the bar-code is scanned or entered, this
product code will be sold.
If f2 is pressed, than all the bar-codes that have been programmed into
the machine will be displayed ready for your selection.
The modifier field is next, this will automatically  be completed by the
EPoS, depending on the last digit of the product code you have just
entered.

Next you allocate a department number that this code will be assigned
to, this is used for report purposes only, as there are no departments
keys on the keyboard.

Once you enter the department code the text for that department will
appear on the screen, informing you that you have made the correct
selection.

You will notice therefore, that the departments have to be set up before
the product codes, and also the groups must be set up before the
departments.

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After you have allocated the code to a department, the vat code has to
be selected, this can be any code between A to F, the value of these
rates will be set in a later screen.

You will now be in the field to set the prices against this product. Each
products can have Up to 4 prices set against it, these can be accessed
by the Server in a number of ways.
One way could be by a price change key, or another way could be set to
change the price band automatically by time. We will cover this in a later
section.

After you have allocated the price for each level the discountable field
will be highlighted. By pressing your space bar the selection will change
between,  All, Staff Only   and   No.

Let me explain the differences....  All means that when this product is
sold as part of a transaction, that has had a discount applied to it, then
this product will be discounted.
Where as if No is selected and the product is sold as part of the same
transaction, then this particular product will not be discounted.

So where as on some other models where the discount is calculated on
all the products sold at subtotal, these machines offer much more
flexibility.

The Staff Only selection refers to a magnetic card swipe system. The
Staff card is swiped at the beginning of the transaction and discount is
calculated on each product as it is sold.

The next area that is highlighted is the commission group this is not
used at present.

Price flag   is next, pressing the space bar will change the selection
between, Pre-set, Non-Priced and Price  Check.

Most of the products will be set as pre-set.
If the product is set as non-priced then when this product is entered
the display will prompt the Server to enter an amount.
This would be similar to an open department on some other models.

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If price check type is selected, the price will be displayed when the
product is entered, but the Server must then confirm this price or
override it.

The next area of programming for the product is known as the TYPE.
Once this area is highlighted  the space bar can be pressed to change
the types between the following:-

GENERAL
EXTRA
CONDIMENT
QUALIFIER
and finally DUMMY

incidentally wherever the space bar is pressed, as a short cut you can
enter the equivalent numeric value, for example pressing the space bar
4 times will bring up qualifier, as a short cut enter the numeric 4 this will
have the same affect.
This numeric short cut applies whenever the space bar is used.

The general type would be for the majority of products.

The extra would be set for a product such as extra portion and would
be chargeable.
When this product is sold it will be sent to the kitchen printer. Also this
product will not appear on the customers bill and receipt.

The qualifier type would Be non chargeable product.
The most common use of this would be for messages to the kitchen
printer, such as rare, medium, well done and so on The qualifier can be
printed in red, at the kitchen, to stand out for kitchen staff, and will not be
printed on the on bill and receipt.

The condiment and dummy are used together.
The condiment type product would be used for a set meal consisting of
a number of courses when the condiment type product is entered a
chain of lists will be displayed,for example starters, mains and so on,
but instead of these products being sold at there programmed price,

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there price will be ignored and only the condiments product price would
be charged.
Another advantage of using condiments is that on the customers bill or
receipt only the £12.99 set meal will be printed not the individual
products.
If however you wanted individual products to be printed you would set
up the lists in another way.
The dummy type product would be something like a dessert or coffee,
this will allow the Server to return to the customer who has ordered the
set meal and then add the dessert at a later time at no extra cost. So the
condiment and dummy work together.

This feature is ideal for set priced menu’s

The next area to be highlighted is the analysis, again pressing the space
bar will change the types between:-
drinks
other products
starter
main
dessert
and other food

These analysis types are used for the printing categories.
Depending on which product is sold, the analysis field of the product is
used as a header for kitchen printing, so if the product sold is a starter
then the product name such as soup, will appear under a header called
starters. These categories can also be used to be printed on the
customers bill or receipt, if consolidation printing is required.

These analysis fields are also used for discounts.
As well as being able to select individual products to be discountable, in
a later section you will see that you can choose by analysis type. This
would allow the Server to give discount on all food but not drinks, with
the minimum of programming for yourselves and again offering more
flexibility.

The next area is titled Order this is used for outputting this product to a
Kitchen Printer.