Kitchen VDU

1. Open the Back Office.
2. Click the Settings icon.
3. Click System Settings.
4. Click the Interfaces tab.
5. Click the Kitchen VDU tab.
   

VDU Type
Displays the VDU type that has been configured in System Devices. If no VDU has been configured, None will be displayed.

 

Slow Order Warnings
Allows the user to choose the minutes to wait before flashing and beeping alerts about items ordered.

 

Don't Display Seat/Togo Number Lines
Omits the seat and to go number information from the kitchen display.

 

Show Employee Name in Order Heading
Displays the server that is in charge of the order on the screen.

 

Show Order Type in Order Heading
Displays the order type on the order screen.

 

Don't Expand to 10 Columns when Pending Orders Exceeds 8
Ensures that a readable amount of columns are on the screen.

 

Make VDU Beep when New Orders are Displayed
Sends a beep alert to the kitchen staff when a new order comes onto the screen.

 

Large Orders "Wrap" to the Next VDU Display Column
The text of the order automatically moves to the next line so the staff doesn't have to scroll.

 

Pressing the Order Number Bumps the Order
Keeps all orders consecutive by the time they were processed.

 

Send End Transaction
Displays a tendered line when the check has been settled.

 

Process Modify Item Messages (when available)
Always use this selection. It allows the user to modify items that have already been sent to the VDU.

 

Do Not Store History
Removes orders from the PrintJob table as the order is bumped on the Logic Controls VDU. When this option is enabled, the store will not be able to recall a bumped order.

 

Order Heading Info
Displays heading information by Elapsed Time and Order Terminal.The user can select Check Number or Table Number, as well.

 

Voided Items
Select the Don't Display Voided Items radio button or the Display Voided Items radio button. Voided Item colors can be set in the VDU Colors Section.

 

VDU Output Method

Items Are Only Sent to the VDU When the Order is Printed:
Sends orders to the printer when the Send Order Macro button is used on the Front End.

 

Items Are Sent to the VDU "On The Fly":
Items are sent to the VDU as they are added to the order/check.

 

Show Elapsed Order Time In
Select the radio button for either Seconds, Minutes, or Minutes:Seconds.

 

VDU Colors section
Choose which color you want to print in for Void Color, Comment Color, Header Color, and Footer Color (if enabled).

VDU’s are run from a single point of sale terminal off of a designated serial communications port.  The serial port of the POS terminal then connects to a Master VDU controller, which allows daisy chaining of multiple VDU Slave controllers for each VDU unit needed.  The Future POS VDU software must be running on the POS terminal that is meant to drive the VDU system.  This file can be found in the FPOS BIN folder as VDUDVR.EXE.  System Settings configures the POS to recognize which terminal is connected to the VDU system as well as how the VDU system behaves.  Options here include flashing orders, beeping orders, employee name displays, and VDU on the fly or whole order at once.  Once the VDU has been configured System Devices will need to reflect each VDU as an Order Printer.