To enable the Home Screen, go to:

Setup > Yes/No Options > Home Screen

 

Depending on how you want the Home Screen to behave, you will need to enable the options that are applicable to the behaviour you require.

 

• Allow Home Screen - To enable the Home Screen, this option should be enabled. It will set the Home Screen as the main entry into the POS Screen.
• Fast Clerk Button changes sent to other Terminals - This option will trigger any changes to the Fast Clerk buttons to be sent to other terminals. Depending on how your Clerks use the terminals, this may or may not be required. E.g. If you have clerks that always operate specific POS Terminals, you may want to customise each terminal to only show the Clerks which use that terminal. If your Clerks use all terminals across the venue, you may want the same clerk buttons to appear on all terminals.
• Fast Clerk Buttons - Fast Clerk buttons are a group of buttons to the right of the Home Screen, where an image or Clerk Name can be displayed, to allow for fast clerk entry on each sale. If there is no image for a clerk saved, only the name will be displayed. Clerk images must be saved in the "C:\ProgramData\Idealpos Solutions\Idealpos\Pictures\Clerks" folder. When creating a Clerk Image, the File Name must be the same as the Clerk Code (image size is 61x61 pixels). The Clerk Code can be obtained by going to Setup > Clerks and viewing the column labelled "Code" which is shown on the left-hand side of the Clerks window.
• Fast Clerk Buttons cleared on End of Shift - There may be a large amount of clerks that use a terminal each shift. When an End of Shift function is performed, all Fast Clerk buttons are cleared and the next shift can be assigned.
• Home Screen Dark Theme - This option will cause the colour scheme of the Home Screen to be dark - suited more towards restaurants with dark lighting.
• Return to Home Screen after Each Sale - This option forces the Home Screen to show after each sale is finalised.
• Show Blackboard - This option will display the Blackboard to the left of the screen.

 

 

Setup > Yes/No Options > Miscellaneous

• Show Adult ID Date - When Show Adult ID Date is enabled, the Adult ID date will appear either at the bottom or top of the Home Screen (If Fast Clerk Buttons are enabled, the Adult ID will appear at the top of the Home Screen, if Fast Clerk buttons are disabled, the Adult ID will appear at the bottom of the Home Screen).
  The Adult ID date shows the minimum Date of Birth required for the customer to be classed as an Adult, as per the Adult ID Age that's configured in Back Office > Setup > Global Options > General > Adjust ID Age. The Adult ID age can be used to assist the operator to determine if the customer meets the required age criteria for the purchase of Alcohol, Tobacco or any other age restricted products.

 

Once the Yes/No Options have been adjusted accordingly, close the Yes/No Options window and go to: Setup > Global Options > Other Options

The top-left corner of the Other Options tab contains the following options relating to the Home Screen:

• Home Screen Graphic (pictures folder) - Setting an image in this field will cause the image to be displayed on the left-hand side of the Home Screen. For the Home Screen Graphic image to fit in the area designated for the image, the image may need to be created in a specific resolution. A table of various POS Screen Resolutions and the recommended Home Screen image is included below. This can be used as a guide when creating the Home Screen Graphic image.
• Last Transaction Timeout - This option will allow you to set how long the last transaction will be displayed on the Home Screen (number of seconds). In order to utilise this option, you will need to have the "Show Last Transaction" option enabled in the Yes/No Options. If you want the last transaction to be shown indefinitely, set the value to 0. It should also be noted that the last transaction will only be displayed on the Home Screen if the "Return to Home Screen after Each Sale" is enabled.
• Slideshow Start Time - This is the delay in seconds before the slideshow will be displayed on the Home Screen. Any images that are saved in "C:\ProgramData\Idealpos Solutions\Idealpos\Pictures\HomeScreen" will be displayed in the slideshow. If this folder location does not contain images, the Home Screen will not display any slideshow or prompt after the Start Time has lapsed.
• Seconds between images - This sets the number of seconds that each image in the slideshow will be shown on the Home Screen.

 

 

Suggested Home Screen Graphic - Image Resolution Sizes for each POS Screen Resolution

 

 

POS Screen Resolution	Home Screen Graphic - Image Resolution Size
1024x768	683x768
1024x600	683x768
1280x800	853x800
1366x768	911x768
1920x1080 (125% Scaling)	1027x865
1920x1280 (125% Scaling)	1025x865
1920x1280 (150% Scaling)	853x853

You may also want to create buttons on the POS Screen so that Clerks can either trigger the Home Screen (to prevent unauthorised use of the POS Terminal) or use the Employee Log function (to log in/log out).

To create the Home Screen button on the POS Terminal, go to: Setup > POS Screen > POS Screen Setup

Select the POS Screen Layout and press the button labelled "Buttons" on the bottom-left corner.

Click on the desired POS Screen tab where you want the button to be created, then locate a blank button, click on it, and select the "Home Screen" option from the list of functions. You can also customise the button as required:

 

 

To create an Employee Log button, select a blank button on the desired POS Screen tab, then select the "Employee Log" option from the list of functions. You can also customise the button as required: