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Connect to the Main POS (after pairing)

The screen a Sub or Waiter POS shows once, straight after pairing, while it looks for its Main POS on your own network. Searching, Linked to…, Search again, Enter the Main POS's IP address and Continue without the link, and how kitchen displays, order boards and kiosks find their Main POS instead.

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A Sub terminal or a Waiter POS works with a Main POS. When the Main POS's link is on, the Sub or Waiter finds it on your own network: the cables and Wi-Fi of the restaurant. Straight after pairing, it shows Connect to the Main POS once, while it looks.

When the Main POS works On your own network only, everything on the Sub or Waiter goes through the Main POS, so this link is what lets it work at all. With Through the internet, the link only shows whether the Main can be reached, and brings the menu through it when the Sub's own internet is down.

Before you start

  • The Main POS is on, with FooodPos open, on the same network as this device. A guest Wi-Fi keeps devices apart: use the restaurant's own.
  • In the back office, this POS is linked to that Main POS (Edit, Operation, Linked main terminal). See General and Operation.
  • The Main POS's setting is chosen on its own Edit screen: Through the internet or On your own network only. See Through the internet, or On your own network only.

What you do

Usually nothing. The POS looks for its Main POS by itself and, once linked, goes on to Sign in by itself.

  1. Pair the device. See Set up this POS.
  2. Connect to the Main POS opens and starts looking at once.
  3. When it finds the Main POS, it says Linked to T01 at 192.168.1.20. and goes on to Sign in a moment later.
  4. If it does not find it, it says why. Check the Main POS, then press Search again, or type its address with Enter the Main POS's IP address.

The screen, part by part

The screen is drawn in the same frame as the pairing and sign-in screens: the FooodPos logo on one side, a card on the other.

On Windows
Connect to the Main POS on Windows, while it looks.
  1. This POS belongs to T01 · Counter.: the Main POS the back office linked this POS to, by its code and name. The POS looks for that one device only, and shows nothing else it finds on the network.
  2. The line of progress: Looking for T01 on this network…, then what it is trying: Trying the address it used last, Trying the addresses it reported, Searching this network.
  3. Search again: looks once more. Grey while a search is running.
  4. Enter the Main POS's IP address: opens a box to type the Main POS's address. See Type the Main POS's address.
  5. Continue without the link: goes on to Sign in now. The POS keeps looking behind the scenes.
On Android
Connect to the Main POS on an Android tablet.
  1. This POS belongs to T01 · Counter.: its Main POS.
  2. The line of progress, with a turning circle beside it while it looks.
  3. Search again: looks once more.
  4. Enter the Main POS's IP address: opens a window to type the address.
  5. Continue without the link: the blue one. Goes on to Sign in now.

On a phone, or a tablet held upright, the three buttons are one under another, the whole width of the card.

When it is linked

Linked: a moment later the POS goes on to Sign in by itself.
  1. Linked to T01 at 192.168.1.20.: found, and proved to be this POS's own Main POS. On Windows the buttons go. The POS moves on to Sign in by itself.

The address it was linked at is remembered, and tried first next time.

When it is not found

When a search ends without the Main POS, the card says why, in amber on Windows (red on Android), and under it: Check that T01 is switched on with FooodPos open, and that this device is on the same network as it. A guest Wi-Fi keeps devices apart.

Not found (Windows): the reason, what to check, and the three buttons.
  1. The reason: one of the messages under What if….
  2. What to check: the Main POS is on, FooodPos is open on it, and both devices are on the same network.

Type the Main POS's address

If the search does not find the Main POS, tell the POS where it is. The Main POS shows its address at the bottom of its screen, in the status bar, after LAN or Wi-Fi.

  1. On the Main POS, read its address at the bottom of the screen, for example 192.168.1.20.
  2. On this POS, press Enter the Main POS's IP address.
  3. Type the address in Main POS IP address.
  4. Press Connect. The POS searches again, at that address first.
The address box: inside the card on Windows (left), a window of its own on Android (right).
  1. Main POS IP address: four numbers with dots between them, such as 192.168.1.20. On Android only digits and dots go in.
  2. The hint: where to find the address.
  3. Cancel: back to the search, nothing typed is kept.
  4. Connect: searches again at the address typed. Connect on Android works once something is typed.

An address that is not four numbers with dots is refused: Type an address like 192.168.1.20.

Continue without the link goes on to Sign in at once. The POS keeps looking for its Main POS behind the scenes, and links by itself when it finds it.

  • With Through the internet, nothing depends on the link: the POS works through its own internet as before.
  • With On your own network only, the POS cannot take orders or payments until it reaches its Main POS, and says so on its screens. See Sub and Waiter POS working through the Main.

Later, the link's state is in the status bar at the bottom of the table screen. Tap it to open the Main POS link panel, with Search again and Enter the Main POS's IP address again. See The Main POS link panel.

Kitchen display, order board and kiosk

These three never show Connect to the Main POS. Each one's link to its Main POS is chosen on its own tab in the back office, and each opens straight on its own screen after pairing and finds its Main POS by itself.

DeviceSet in the back officeWhat it shows while it cannot reach its Main POS
Kitchen displayFrom a Main POS on your own networkTickets from T01 · your own network while linked; Cannot reach T01 on your own network. New tickets show when it is back. while not.
Order boardFrom a Main POS on your own networkCannot reach T01 on your own network. The board shows orders again when it is back.
KioskTo the Main POS on your own networkOrdering is paused. Please order at the counter., with the reason for staff, such as Cannot reach Main POS T01 on the shop's network.

See Kitchen display, order board and kiosk on the Main.

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