Gasboy SCII POS - Manual (Page 8)

03/07/03 Gasboy CFN Series
1. Installation and diagnostics
INTRODUCTION
If necessary, begin by installing the shift-change package on the Site Controller. Follow the
instructions in the Installation section in this chapter.
Once the package has been installed on the Site Controller, the next step is to determine if the
Alter utility needs to be run. You need to run the Alter utility only if you want to change the
reports or the reports have not been configured. If you are upgrading the package and you are not
changing your reports, you don’t need to run Alter. If the reports have been preconfigured at the
factory you don’t need to run Alter. The instructions in the Installation section explain how to
determine if the reports have been configured. The Alter utility chapter takes you step by step
through the process of configuring the reports.
Once the reports are configured, you can start using the package. The Files, menus, and reports
chapter explains how to run the package on both the Profit Point and the Check Point. The default
package configuration prints reports on the receipt printer and saves ten days of journal log files on
the site. Refer to the Package configuration section in this chapter to change the defaults.
The information in the Command syntax chapter is useful for learning how to run the package
from the command line on the Site Controller. Normally, all of the commands are run from the
Profit Point or Check Point, so this portion of the manual is more of a reference for the advanced
user. This chapter is particular useful for users who dial into the site remotely to run scripts on the
Site Controller: this should only be done by personnel who understand the system at an advanced
level.
The information in the Report file formats chapter is useful for downloading the reports from the
Site Controller to a central office. This section of the manual contains both the file- naming
conventions and file formats
The information used to generate the reports is contained in files on the hard disk. The Disk
journal layout chapter provides the technical information for interpreting disk journal files. It is a
reference for the advanced user who needs to download information from the Site Controller that is
not included in the reports. Journal files can be very large and take a long time to download, so you
want to download them only when you can’t obtain the information you need some other way.
The PLU merge file format chapter contains information on transferring pricing information to
Profit Points. This transfer is useful in controlling pricing from a central office. A central operator
can remotely upload the price changes to each of the stores, transfer the file to each Profit Point
and rest assured that all stores are selling items at the correct price.
INSTALLATION
For CFN3, the standard reporting package is automatically installed.
For CFN2, the standard reporting package is released on a separate disk labeled Standard
Reporting Package.