Author: Samir Obyed

Admin Menu Admin menu provides two types of settings. Restaurant tab Store Configuration Store details are exactly what you will see in Receipts and Reports. They should not be changed unless it’s necessary. Keep the length of the Restaurant name, Address lines 1, 2 & 3 less than 14 characters so that they print nicely…

Permissions The following Table illustrates  Access Control Lists( ACL) for Floreant POS. System ships with an Admin user type who can access all the features. Aside from those suggested ACLs there might be custom user types as a store may need. They are then applied to individual employees/staff, as needed. # Action Admin Manager Server Jr….

Floreant arranges menu items in a tree structure. In our menu system Categories stays at the top. Then comes groups to display an item in the sales window. Modifiers are dependent sub-items that we do not sell separately. They stay the same way under Modifier groups. Items may or may not have modifiers. Create Categories…

Adding Modifiers & Multipliers If you want to add supplements for your menu items, you can add them by adding modifiers. Sometimes customers may like their modifiers in half, extra or double in amount, and in this scenario, if you add multipliers for your modifiers it will make the job easier. 💡 Remember not every item…

Intro Floreant POS ships with Apache Derby database with sample menu items. This database is an embedded database and cannot be accessed from another computer. If you need to connect more computers to one central database you need to set up a database server. Server options We can use one of the 3 database systems….

Download source code You can either download the full source code as a tarball from here Or use subversion client to obtain full source code.  svn checkout svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/floreantpos/code/trunk floreantpos-code Setup Maven & Compile Get sure you have installed JDK latest version. Follow the famous 5 minutes maven tutorial  and install maven go to the floreantpos-code folder and…

Introduction Floreant (pronounced FLO-ree-ent, “to flourish, prosper or grow” in Latin) is an open-source POS solution for Small and Medium-sized restaurants, quick service, and retails. Floreant POS is founded, contributed, and maintained by OROCUBE LLC, and funded by the founder, and has a little contribution from donors. In 2009 the POS started its first instance…

Order Taking When the server initiates an order he first taps on Order type. There are 4 Main types of orders in our system.  Admin may create custom order types. Order Type Features   DINE-IN Table Service requires Table & optionally guest number. Customer pays after service has been fulfilled.   TAKE OUT Quick service system…

1. Installation Our latest stable release is 1.4 build 1707. You can obtain it from here To run this software you must have Java 8 installed on your Computer. You can download JDK 8 from here. Unzipping the floreantpos zip file you should find a folder with the following files. floreantpos.jar file contains the main application….

For adding Cooking Instructions go to the order type window and add one item, Add Cooking Instructions if needed If needed save the instructions for future use After pressing the Send button the Cooking Instructions will send to the ‘KDS’ and will be printed on the ‘Kitchen Receipt Printer’ For changing the color of Cooking…