X-Cart:POS system for X-Cart - Revision history

Aim: You can enable the 'POS system for X-Cart' module without adding a POS operator in order to use UPC fields for products and variants.

2019-03-25T11:25:47Z

You can enable the 'POS system for X-Cart' module without adding a POS operator in order to use UPC fields for products and variants.

Dohtur: /* Using barcodes to find products */

2015-07-28T12:56:45Z

‎Using barcodes to find products

Dohtur: /* Using barcodes to find products */

2015-07-28T12:48:12Z

‎Using barcodes to find products

Dohtur: /* Printing receipts (Admin area) */

2015-07-28T12:47:47Z

‎Printing receipts (Admin area)

Dohtur: /* POS system module configuration settings */

2015-07-28T12:04:11Z

‎POS system module configuration settings

Dohtur: /* POS system module configuration settings */

2015-07-28T11:59:57Z

‎POS system module configuration settings

Dohtur: /* POS system module configuration settings */

2015-07-28T11:47:58Z

‎POS system module configuration settings

Dohtur: /* Overview */

2015-07-27T09:17:39Z

‎Overview

Dohtur: /* Getting started */

2015-07-27T08:10:15Z

‎Getting started

Dohtur: /* Adding UPC codes for products */

2015-07-27T08:08:32Z

‎Adding UPC codes for products

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	POS system for X-Cart is a module that allows you to use your X-Cart store both as an interface for web sales and a Point of Sale system. With this module, you can sell offline and online using the same software, which means you get a single inventory tracking and order management system for both your online and retail stores. Update inventory and product properties by using a barcode scanner that finds the product instantly. Scan the barcodes, accept payments, print receipts and barcode labels via X-Cart. It has never been so easy!		POS system for X-Cart is a module that allows you to use your X-Cart store both as an interface for web sales and a Point of Sale system. With this module, you can sell offline and online using the same software, which means you get a single inventory tracking and order management system for both your online and retail stores. Update inventory and product properties by using a barcode scanner that finds the product instantly. Scan the barcodes, accept payments, print receipts and barcode labels via X-Cart. It has never been so easy!
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		+	{{Note1\| You can enable the module without adding a POS operator in order to use UPC fields for products and variants}}

	==System requirements and installation==		==System requirements and installation==

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 # Click inside the '''UPC''' field so the focus is on this field when you use the scanner to read your product's barcode:<br />[[File:POS_search_upc_focus.png|border]]<br /><br />
 # With your scanner, scan the barcode. The UPC code corresponding to this barcode appears in the '''UPC''' field:<br />[[File:POS_search_by_upc.png|border]]<br /><br />
-# Click the '''Search''' button.
+# Click the '''Search''' button.<br />[[File:POS_search_button.png|border]]<br /><br />
 Once a product with the submitted UPC code has been found, it will be displayed in the list of search results:
 :[[File:POS_search_results.png|border]]<br />

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 When you have a product's barcode and need to find the product in your store's database in order to view or edit its details, you can do so quickly and easily by using your barcode scanner:
 # Go to the Products management section where the "Search for products" form is located and click the '''[+] More search options''' link to access the field that allows you to search by UPC:<br />[[File:POS_more_search_options.png|border]]<br /><br />
-# Click inside the '''UPC''' field so the focus is on this field when you use the scanner to read your product's barcode:<br />[[File:POS_search_upc_focus.png|border]]<br />
+# Click inside the '''UPC''' field so the focus is on this field when you use the scanner to read your product's barcode:<br />[[File:POS_search_upc_focus.png|border]]<br /><br />
-# With your scanner, scan the barcode. The UPC code corresponding to this barcode appears in the '''UPC''' field:<br />[[File:POS_search_by_upc.png|border]]<br />
+# With your scanner, scan the barcode. The UPC code corresponding to this barcode appears in the '''UPC''' field:<br />[[File:POS_search_by_upc.png|border]]<br /><br />
 # Click the '''Search''' button.
 Once a product with the submitted UPC code has been found, it will be displayed in the list of search results:

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 To print a receipt for an order via the store's Admin area, you must find the order, open its details page and click '''Print receipt (jZebra)''':
 :[[File:Order_details_print_receipt_jzebra.png|border]]
 ==Using the POS system module (Customer area)==

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 # Adjust '''Printer settings''':
 #* Use the '''Barcode printer name''' and '''Receipt printer name''' drop-down boxes to select the printers that will be used to print out, respectively, barcodes and receipts. Failure to specify any of the said two printers will render the respective functionality (i.e., the buttons and sections of the user interface that control the respective printing operations) unavailable. For example, if you do not select a Receipt printer, you will not be able to print receipts.
-#* Use the '''Barcode line width (in dots)''' field to set the minimum line width in a printed barcode. The smaller this value is, the more lines of the barcode can be printed on a barcode label. The number of barcode lines depends on the number of characters in the product's UPC, a code added on the product details page (The greater the length of UPC, the longer the barcode). The recommended value for the ‘Barcode line width (in dots)’ field is "1" or "2", but, regardless of the value you specify, please make sure that your barcode scanner can recognize the barcodes printed with this line width. The images below demonstrate a barcode printed with two different values of the minimum barcode line width parameter:<br />[[File:barcode_line_width1.png]]       &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[File:barcode_line_width2.png]]
+#* Use the '''Barcode line width (in dots)''' field to set the minimum line width in a printed barcode. The smaller this value is, the more lines of the barcode can be printed on a barcode label. The number of barcode lines depends on the number of characters in the product's UPC, a code added on the product details page (The greater the length of UPC, the longer the barcode). The recommended value for the ‘Barcode line width (in dots)’ field is "1" or "2", but, regardless of the value you specify, please make sure that your barcode scanner can recognize the barcodes printed with this line width. The images below demonstrate a barcode printed with two different values of the minimum barcode line width parameter:<br />[[File:barcode_line_width1.png]]       &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[File:barcode_line_width2.png]]<br /><br />
-# Use the settings in the '''Orders department notifications''' and '''Provider notifications'''sections of the page to set your notification preferences.
+# Use the settings in the '''Orders department notifications''' and '''Provider notifications''' sections of the page to set your notification preferences.<br /><br />
 # Click '''Submit''' to save the changes.
 {{Note1|'''Important:''' If the system name of your Barcode printer or Receipt printer changes after the respective printer has been selected for use with the POS system module in the module settings, you will need to reload the module settings page in your browser, allow the QZ Print applet to obtain the new printer name, select the new printer name in the module settings and save the changes.}}

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 ===POS system module configuration settings===
 After installing the module, you must adjust the module's configuration settings. Do the following:
-# In the Modules section of your X-Cart store’s Admin area ('''Settings -> Modules'''), click the '''Configure''' button next to the name of the previously installed and enabled POS system module:<br />[[File:POS_configure.png|border]]<br />The Pos system for X-Cart module settings page opens:<br />[[File:POS_config_settings0.png|border]]
+# In the Modules section of your X-Cart store’s Admin area ('''Settings -> Modules'''), click the '''Configure''' button next to the name of the previously installed and enabled POS system module:<br />[[File:POS_configure.png|border]]<br /><br />The Pos system for X-Cart module settings page opens:<br />[[File:POS_config_settings0.png|border]]<br /><br />
-# Once the module settings page is fully loaded, allow a few seconds for the QZ Print applet to load (See [[X-Cart:POS_system_for_X-Cart#Notes on the QZ Print applet|Notes on the QZ Print applet]] for more info). Here the applet is employed to detect locally installed printers. We need this information so we can select which of the printers will be used to print barcodes and receipts for the POS system module. Once the applet discovers the presence of installed printers, the QZ Print Plugin status on the module settings page changes to "Printers are found", and the list of printers installed in the system is loaded in the '''Barcode printer name''' and '''Receipt printer name''' drop-down boxes:<br />[[File:POS_config_settings.png|border]]
+# Once the module settings page is fully loaded, allow a few seconds for the QZ Print applet to load (See [[X-Cart:POS_system_for_X-Cart#Notes on the QZ Print applet|Notes on the QZ Print applet]] for more info). Here the applet is employed to detect locally installed printers. We need this information so we can select which of the printers will be used to print barcodes and receipts for the POS system module. Once the applet discovers the presence of installed printers, the QZ Print Plugin status on the module settings page changes to "Printers are found":<br />[[File:POS_config_settings.png|border]]<br />When this happens, the list of printers installed in the system should be loaded in the '''Barcode printer name''' and '''Receipt printer name''' drop-down boxes in the '''Printer settings''' section.<br /><br />
-# Use the '''Barcode printer name''' and '''Receipt printer name''' drop-down boxes to select the printers that will be used to print out, respectively, barcodes and receipts. Failure to specify any of the said two printers will render the respective functionality (i.e., the buttons and sections of the user interface that control the respective printing operations) unavailable. For example, if you do not select a Receipt printer, you will not be able to print receipts.
+# Adjust '''Printer settings''':
-# Use the '''Barcode line width (in dots)''' field to set the minimum line width in a printed barcode. The smaller this value is, the more lines of the barcode can be printed on a barcode label. The number of barcode lines depends on the number of characters in the product's UPC, a code added on the product details page (The greater the length of UPC, the longer the barcode). The recommended value for the ‘Barcode line width (in dots)’ field is "1" or "2", but, regardless of the value you specify, please make sure that your barcode scanner can recognize the barcodes printed with this line width. The images below demonstrate a barcode printed with two different values of the minimum barcode line width parameter:<br />[[File:barcode_line_width1.png]]       &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[File:barcode_line_width2.png]]
+#* Use the '''Barcode printer name''' and '''Receipt printer name''' drop-down boxes to select the printers that will be used to print out, respectively, barcodes and receipts. Failure to specify any of the said two printers will render the respective functionality (i.e., the buttons and sections of the user interface that control the respective printing operations) unavailable. For example, if you do not select a Receipt printer, you will not be able to print receipts.
 # Click '''Submit''' to save the changes.
 {{Note1|'''Important:''' If the system name of your Barcode printer or Receipt printer changes after the respective printer has been selected for use with the POS system module in the module settings, you will need to reload the module settings page in your browser, allow the QZ Print applet to obtain the new printer name, select the new printer name in the module settings and save the changes.}}

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 ==Overview==
-POS system for X-Cart is a module that allows you to use your X-Cart store both as an interface for web sales and a Point of Sale system. With this module, you can sell offline and online using the same software, which means you get a single inventory tracking and order management system for both your online and retail stores. Update inventory and product properties by using a barcode scanner that finds the product instantly. Got a new product? Add it to the database and decide if it should be available in the online storefront, or if you want to sell it in your retail store only. Scan the barcodes, accept payments, print receipts and barcode labels via X-Cart. It has never been so easy!
+POS system for X-Cart is a module that allows you to use your X-Cart store both as an interface for web sales and a Point of Sale system. With this module, you can sell offline and online using the same software, which means you get a single inventory tracking and order management system for both your online and retail stores. Update inventory and product properties by using a barcode scanner that finds the product instantly. Scan the barcodes, accept payments, print receipts and barcode labels via X-Cart. It has never been so easy!
 ==System requirements and installation==

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 #* [[X-Cart:POS_system_for_X-Cart#Notes on the QZ Print applet|Notes on the QZ Print applet]]<br /><br />
 # To get a feel of how your X-Cart store works with the POS system module installed, try using the module features in both the store's Admin/Provider back end and Customer area. To begin with, while being logged in to the store as administrator (in X-Cart PLATINUM edition - as provider), add some products to your store's catalog (or edit your existing products) and add UPC codes for them. You can provide your own UPC codes or scan the existing barcode labels of your products so the UPC codes are "scanned" into the system from these barcodes. In the long run, all the products that you are going to sell via POS will need unique UPC codes.
-#* [[X-Cart:POS_system_for_X-Cart#Adding UPC codes for products|Adding UPC codes for products]]<br /><br />
+#* [[X-Cart:POS_system_for_X-Cart#Adding UPC codes for new and existing products|Adding UPC codes for new and existing products]]<br /><br />
 # Make sure that all the product items that you are going to sell via POS have barcode labels attached to them. For product items that do not yet have barcode labels, print your own barcode labels based on UPC codes.
 #* [[X-Cart:POS_system_for_X-Cart#Printing barcodes|Printing barcodes]]<br /><br />

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 ==Using the POS system module (Admin area)==
-===Adding UPC codes for products===
+===Adding UPC codes for new and existing products===
 To create a barcode for a product, X-Cart's POS system module uses the value of the UPC (Universal Product Code) field in the product's details.
 This means that, before generating a barcode for any of the products in your store, you must add a UPC for this product. A UPC code for a product can be added via the product's details page:
 :[[File:UPC_field.png|border]]
-If the product you are editing does not already have a barcode provided by the manufacturer, you will have to create your own UPC for it. To do so, type in the desired UPC code manually into the UPC field and save the product details. If the product already has a barcode that you want to use in your store, you can automate the process: simply place the cursor inside the UPC box and scan the product's barcode label with your Barcode scanner. The scanner will read the UPC code from the barcode, and it will appear in the UPC field. After this you will only need to save the product details.
+If the product you are creating or editing does not have a barcode provided by the manufacturer, you will have to create your own UPC for it. To do so, type in the desired UPC code manually into the UPC field and save the product details. If the product already has a barcode that you want to use in your store, you can automate the process: simply place the cursor inside the UPC box and scan the product's barcode label with your Barcode scanner. The scanner will read the UPC code from the barcode, and it will appear in the UPC field. After this you will only need to save the product details.
 {{Note1|'''Important:''' UPC codes must be unique per product.}}