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A messaging facility has now been added to Venta PRO. The purpose is to allow messages to be 

sent to individual POS/Servers. In addition printer failure messages can also be sent to individual 

servers or Tills. 

 
Due to the complexities of this function ALL settings are in S2001.INI. These should be 

customised at installation. There should only be a limited requirement to change these settings so 

they will remain in S2001.INI 

 

It is also possible to send messages from the POS using a new function. 

 
It is possible to send messages to individual Tills or Servers or multiples of.  

 

 

POS Sent Messages – These can be activated and read using  the new function Keys (F93 – 

View Message and F94 Compose Message). They can also be sent from an external device using 

the structure in  

 

These keys can be added to the List so that messages can be read and written. The “Compose 
Message” could be put on one machine only. Both keys can also be under management control. If 

the Compose Message key is pressed the following screen is displayed. 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 
The destination of the message can be set as :- 

 

Till – All – System Wide Message 

Till – Single – Till Specific Message 

Till – Range – A Range of Tills 

Handhelds – Single – Handheld specific message 
Handhelds – Range – Range of Handhelds 

Servers – Single – A specific server – The server MUST be logged on at the time of send. This is 

primarily designed for HHT Operation 

After selection a numeric value can be input from the QWERTY keyboard into the specific input 

boxes next to the message destination selections. 

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A message can then be typed and sent to the relevant area using the “Send” button. 

 

When a message arrives for the relevant recipient the following will be displayed :- 
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

The message arrival indication will flash to show message receipt. 

 
If the “Message Button is selected the following is displayed :- 

 

 

 

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It is also possible to send messages from an external source (i.e Back Office PC) using the 

following procedure :- 

 

1.  Any txt file received in the \VAPP\DATA\MESSAGES will be processed if in the following 

format. 

2.  File formats should be as follows :- 

 

Header lines 
$TARGET defines POS tills as destinations 
 
Examples: 
 

$TARGET 

1 

 

 

Send to till 1 

 

$TARGET 

* 

 

 

Send to all tills 

 

$TARGET 

3-6 

  Send 

to 

3,4,5,6 

 $TARGET 

1,2,9-12 

 

 

Send to 1,2,9,10,11,12 

 

etc.

 

 
$TARGETX defines HandHeld devices as destinations 
 
Examples: 
 

$TARGETX  1 

 

 

Send to HH ID 1 

 

$TARGETX  1-19 

 

 

Send to all HH 1-19 (note * not permitted) 

 

etc.

 

 
$TARGETS defines servers as targets (

Note:

 it is currently only possible to direct a message to the till where the desired 

server is 

currently logged on

) 

 
Examples: 
 

$TARGETS  2 

 

 

Send to server 2 

 
$SOURCE gives a header line for display with the message 
 

Example: 
 $SOURCE 

from 

Fred 

 
$EXPIRY determines how long the message will remain before being automatically deleted, 

 

 
Example: 
 

$EXPIRY 30M  

Expiry after 30 minutes 

 

$EXPIRY 4H   

Expiry after 4hours 

 

$EXPIRY 2D   

Expiry after 2 days 

 
At least 1 target must be defined. £SOURCE and $EXPIRY are optional. 
 
Sample: 
 
$TARGET 1-10 
$TARGETX 1-20 

$SOURCE The Boss 
$EXPIRY 12H 
$START 
Fire Alarm test is at 14:00

 

 

This contained in a file called message.txt deposited in the C:\VAPP\DATA\MESSAGES folder will 
send the message “Fire alarm test is at 14:00” to Tills 1-10 and Handhelds 1-20 from operator 

“The Boss” and the message will stay active for twelve hours. 

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Printer Messages - On Venta PRO V2 and V3 these settings are in S2001.INI. They are 

designed to notify specific areas when printers are off line or out of paper. 

 

The settings in S2001.INI are as follows :- 
 
:: =============Messaging============  
:  
:: This section describes how to setup the messaging function  
:: on Venta PRO. Messaging can be sent from the Venta PRO  
:: Application or from an external source. Messages can be sent  
:: to Tills, Handheld Devices or Servers or multiples of  
:  
:: The messaging service is also used for "Printer Alerts" this can  
:: be set as follows :-  
:: Using the "TARGET" statement the following can be set  
:: Remove the # below and set n and m as listed below  
:    
#PRT_TARGET.n=m  
:  
:: Where n is the Till Number with printers connected and  
:: m is the location of the alerts examples are listed below  
:   
:: PRT_TARGET.3=2 for printers on till 3, send alerts to till 2   
:   
:: PRT_TARGET=5 all other printers to till 5  
:  
:: PRT_TARGETX.2=1-9 for printers on till 2, send to HH 1 to 9  
:  
:: PRT_TARGETS.4=1 for printers on till 4, send to Server 1  
:

 

 

The setting PRT_TARGET is used to direct the messages as follows 

 

PRT_TARGET.n=m  -  Sets printers on individual tills “n” to have messages sent to m 

PRT_TARGET=m 

-  In conjunction with PRT_TARGET. Sets all remaining Tills to message to m 

PRT_TARGETX.n=m  -  Sets printers on individual tills “n” to have messages sent to HHT m 

PRT_TARGETS.n=m  -  Sets printers on individual tills “n” to have messages sent to Server m 

 

Where  

n=The Till Number and 

 

m= Till/Serve/HHT Device Number 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

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