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Tablets used for Registers

For Profitsystem Version 13 and newer

Switchboard: Main->Housekeeping->General Setup-> Register Setup
Menu: Setup->General Setup- > Register Setup

Action: REGSETP

Register setup includes two modes that Tablets Register Stations can utilize

1) Touch mode ( make screens easy to work with on touch monitors. Optionally use a ProfitSystem pop-up keyboard))

2) Tablet mode (tablet mode has access to fewer screens, thus cannot do all functions in the ProfitSystem). A concurrent user license for Tablet mode is less. Tablet licensed registers cannot access Purchase Order forms, Retail Inventory Forms or setup screens. Only customer functions as new sales, payments rental order ..etc.

Tablets my be Windows, IOS or Android based. ISO & Android tablets require the shop to use a MS Windows terminal server or BBL RocketProfit Server.

Tablets would access the ProfitSystem wirelessly running a Remote Desktop (RDP) program which may be downloaded from iTunes or Google Play.

Download Microsoft Remote Desktop here: iOS - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-remote-desktop/id714464092?mt=8 Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.rdc.android&hl=en_US

OR with the BBL RocketProfit Sever technology tablets may access the ProfitSystem via a HTML5 compatible browser like Chrome, Firefox or Sarfari.

Windows based tablets do not necessarily require the use of a MS Windows terminal server in a single store/user shop. ProfitSystem could actually run on the Tablet. When two or more users are needed then a Windows Terminal Server is needed.

Enable Tablet mode ... Optional (not required for Tablet access) This is a license description for limited Register / Front office functions access. Check to enable a tablet mode that will enlarge important forms and add Page Up and Page Down touch friendly buttons for scrolling data grids and other features to make tablet mode easy.

We also recommend the use of a specific tablet RDP (terminal client) software client on your IOS or Android device called Jump RDP and it's sister printing application which would be installed on the Windows server.

This is an excellent application and supports Apple CloudPrint allowing an IOS to print to any CloudPrint enabled printer via the Jump RDP on a IOS device. On Android, use Google Cloud print to print from a tablet. or via XPS on Android devices using a Android XPS print app. These are not needed with the BBL RocketProfit Server via HTML5 browser access.

For ProfitSystem version 12 and older.

For tablet use, it may help to increase the size of the menus and scroll bars to be better suited for finger touch.

To enlarge the menus: 1. Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Appearance/Personalization then Display icon. 2. Under Change only the text size, select a item you want to change the text size and bold settings of. In this case, select Menus. 3. Select the size you want for the item, such as 14 4. Repeat steps 2-3 for any other item you would like to change the text size and bold settings . 5. When finished, click/tap on Apply.

To enlarge the scroll bars: 1. Press Windows + R keys to open the Run dialog, type regedit, and click/tap OK. 2. If prompted by UAC, then click/tap on Yes. 3. In regedit, navigate to the location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics 4. In the right pane of WindowMetrics, double click/tap on ScrollHeight to be able to modify it. 5. Type in a data value between -120 to -1500, and click/tap OK. NOTE: The default value is -255. A higher value (ex: -1000) will give you a wider scrollbar, and lower value (ex: -100) will give you a thinner scrollbar. -512 works well for a tablet. 6. In the right pane of WindowMetrics, double click/tap on ScrollWidth to be able to modify it. 7. Type in the same data value you entered for 'ScrollHeight' in step 5 above, and click/tap OK. 8. Close regedit. 9. Sign out and sign in with your user account to apply.

If you're running regedit for a domain user, you'll need to use HKEY_USERS/[Security Identifier (SID)] instead of HKEY_CURRENT_USER in step 3 above. To get the the [Security Identifier (SID)] for the currently logged on user, go to a command prompt and type whoami /user.

Windows Surface Tablets

The default touch keyboard does not contain all the keyboard keys. To have a standard keyboard access PC Settings-> PC and Devices -> Typing-> Touch Keyboard Section-> Add the standard keyboard layout as touch keyboard option-> turn on Install the metro MS Windows RDP client from the Store.

Printing IPad: Use the paid Jump RDP client. On the Windows server or Windows PRO versions (Windows HOME not supported), install Jump RDP printer driver

Jump KB on Host Printer Driver:
https://support.jumpdesktop.com/hc/en-us/articles/216423703-General-Remote-Printing

Download: https://jumpdesktop.com/downloads/JumpDesktopPrinter.exe

Jump RDP for IOS:
KB: https://support.jumpdesktop.com/hc/en-us/articles/216423883-iOS-How-to-setup-up-Remote-Desktop-Gateway

ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jump-desktop-rdp-vnc-fluid/id364876095?mt=8

Android: Use TSPlus Android client with Google Cloud Print.

Windows: Use redirected printers or map printers directly on the server.