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Point of Sale Installation and Catalog File Setup

Point of Sale (POS) Installation​

The installation of Point Of Sale consists of a server component and a workstation POS component. Each of the processes are discussed in detail in the following articles. The initial installation will be performed on your server and workstation by Support, future upgrade setup files will be available as released.

Install POS

Follow the instructions outlined below to perform the installation.

  1. Download the POSSetup.exe file from the FTP site.
  2. Locate the folder where the file was saved to and open it to run the installation.
  3. When prompted answer Yes to perform an Install/Upgrade of the POS software.
  4. The install program will un-package the software and prompt to resume the installation. Click Next to continue
  5. When the install has completed click Finish.
  6. Locate the POS icon on the desktop and open the program.
  7. Point of Sale is installed and ready for register setup.

POS Catalog File Setup​

The Catalog file allows the System Administrator to create one or more catalogs that contain lists of item numbers. These catalogs are then utilized by clerks to quickly search for items that are sold at their register when there is a need to look up the item without having to search through the entire inventory file. There can be multiple catalogs defined as needed. Note the catalog file is static and will need to be regenerated on a regular basis when item data is updated. Note for ease of use, catalog files should not contain more than 1000 items. They can be larger of course if desired, but do not exceed 10,000 items.

MT Server Main Form

Exuma Server Manager Run Script Form

  1. Catalog File setup requires a valid list name for each catalog to create. Do not continue with this process if list names have not been created in report generator. Please contact support should you require assistance with creating lists in report generator.
  2. Starting from the desktop, click the start button.
  3. Select All Programs, My-Villages Inc, Server Manager, Server Manager.
  4. Once the Server Manager form opens perform the following steps,
    • Click the Run Script button.
    • Select the database in the dropdown field where the catalog is to be generated.
    • In the UserName field enter a valid user name. i.e. eX_SERVER. This is not the clerk id.
    • Ignore the User PW field.
    • Click the List Programs button, and select exuma.pos.createcatalog program from the dropdown.
    • In the Params text box enter catalog name, list name, and the word true in comma separated format with no spaces. i.e. catalogname,listname,true
    • Click the Run button.
    • Repeat item 3 for each additional catalog as needed.
    • Once all catalogs have been created click the Close button.
    • Catalog setup is complete.