This will open the Foreign Currency setup form.
Multiple Foreign Currencies can be setup to be used for payment on the software based Lanes.
(Only the Local and one other currency can be used in any one transaction however.)
- To set up a currency, give it an entry in the form and set a Buying (POS) rate for it.
- (The Selling Rate is not used anywhere in the program at this point in time and is fro reference only)
- The 'Rate' is the value of the Foreign Currency worth 1 Unit of Local Currency. e.g $0.95 US = $1.00 CAD if Canadian Dollars are the local currency.
- If any other specification than 'Cdn' is used in the Local Currency Abbreviation then the Lane will show Change Due in the Foreign Currency as well as Local currency.
- The Lanes will then perform the appropriate calculations when Foreign Currency are then tendered at the time of sale.
To select a Currency to edit, click on it's record on the left hand side of the form.
- Click on the 'Save' button to Save the record.
- To add a new record, click on the 'New' button and fill in the new Foreign Currency description.
- Click 'Save' to save the new record.
To remove a Currency, first make it inactive.
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The 'Active on POS' option has to be checked OFF.
Send the configuration to the POS before deleting a record.
Finally, click on the 'Delete' button.
- System ID - Assigned by the system.
- Currency Name - A short description for the Reports.
- POS Short Name - Use the International Abbreviation for the currency
- Buying (POS) Rate - Use the current market quoted rate.
- Selling Rate - (Optional) The rate that would be used to sell the local currency.
- Cash Drawer 1/2 - Select this option if you want payments tendered with a specific currency to open a specific cash drawer.
- Active on POS - If this is checked it shows as an option in the currency screen at the POS.
- Local Currency Abbreviation (Global Setting) - used on the Receipts and Exchange messages on the screen.