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Add a Cash Drawer

This topic explains how to set up a new cash drawer and assign it to one of your stations. Click the links to see instructions for each task.

To Add a Cash Drawer

1.Go to Settings> Hardware> Cash Drawers. icon_cashDrawers

2.Select a drawer in the list, or to add a new cash drawer, click the Add button bAddText at the bottom of the screen, and then enter the name of the new drawer.

3.Select the Active check box.

4.In the Connection Type list, select the connection for your drawer. Click the links below to see examples of settings for the most popular connection types:

USB connection

Serial connection (Posiflex)

Printer connection

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Note Cash drawers with a printer connection type will not open if the printer fails.

Serial connection (Signal Activated)

OPOS

To Determine an OPOS Device Name:

a.Run the SpeedLine OPOS Utility, found in the C:\Installers\SpeedLine\Utilities folder.

b.On the Cash Drawer tab, select the first name from the Device Name list.

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Note Computers may use more than one type of OPOS device, so it may require some trial and error to determine the device name of the drawer you are adding.

c.Click Open Drawer. After a slight delay, the drawer should open. If it does not, repeat step b with the next device name.

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Note The Is Drawer Open button can be used to test whether the drawer state (open or closed) sent by some drawers is correct; however, state information is not used by Terminal, so drawers sending an incorrect state can still be used.

d.After determining the correct device, copy (CTRL + C) the device name to the Windows clipboard.

e.Click the Close button to relinquish control of the device.

f.Exit the OPOS Utility.

g.In the Store Manager Device Name field, paste (CTRL + V) the device name you copied from the utility.

6.Once you have added and activated a drawer, you must assign it to one of your tender stations. See To Assign a Drawer to a Station, below.

To Assign a Drawer to a Station

1. Go to the Settings> Hardware> Station Options icon_stationOptions > Register tab.

2.Select the station you want to assign the drawer to from the list on the left.

3.Select the Register Station check box and then select the following options:

a.Station Type. If you will be putting tender into the cash drawer at this station, select the Tender Station option. For information on the other options, see Set Station Cash Drawer Options.

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Note The Tender button will not be available in Terminal unless the Tender Station option is selected.

b.Cash Drawer Mode:

i)If you do not want to assign specific employees to use the drawer (many people will be able to open it), select the Open option.

ii)If you want to assign one or more people to use the cash drawer, select the Server Assigned option. Only assigned employees will be able to open the drawer.

•Select Assign Users on Open Bank to be prompted to assign users to the cash drawer when a bank is opened for this station.

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Note The server assigned cash drawer mode can be very effective in increasing accountability for shortages if only one employee is assigned per drawer. This often requires that multiple cash drawers be used at a station.

4.If the station will be used exclusively for “Quick Service,” where customers pay for their order before it is sent to the kitchen, select the Force Tender before Completion check box.

5.Assign the cash drawer to the station: in the Cash Drawers area, select the boxes beside the cash drawers that will be connected to the station.

6.On the Edit menu, click Save Changes.

7.Refresh Terminal to implement your new settings.