Also for John & many other customers :
A simple installation with 1 or more licence key & 1 or many POS systems or backoffices
Firstly - remember that 4POS requires a licence for very PC that will connect to the 4POS database.
So :
1. Simply register the main pc with the 4POS voucher/s of all the terminals / backoffices that you will be using.
2. Share the harddrive & ensure that the option “Allow network users to change my files” is selected (Win XP). On Win7/Win8/Win10 - Go into Security & ensure that "Everyone" is added & has Full Read / Write privileges under security! (See full networking FAQ's in the 4POS Manual)
3. Do a 4POSBackup!
4. On the 2nd & all other pc’s – Install 4POS as a POS & not as server!
4.1. If you have accidentally installed it as a server as well :
4.1.1. Run Control Panel - All Control Panel Items - Administrative Tools - services & stop Sql server & Sql Server Browser
4.1.2. Once stopped - delete c:\4posserver folder (On the terminal / 2nd / 3rd pc only!)
4.1.3. Start the services again
5. Open up 4posbackoffice & point to server pc eg \\server\c\4posserver\db.ini
6. Open up 4POSBackoffice again to confirm it opens & you can log in
7. Now do a 4POS Update POS.
8. Ensure that the 4POS Controller on the main pc shows all terminals & as ACTIVE & CONNECTED !
9. On the POS machines, open up 4POSScan to ensure it shows the company name & all products that you have created.
Do NOT use mapping!
