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General
The telnet demo offers you an opportunity to explore the features of the telnet version of our wireless route sales software.
The demo will provide you with access to the same features and display a salesman with a handheld device would be using.
For a quick overview of the database content you could have a look
at our reports interface.
Before engaging in a demonstration, it would be a good idea to take a look
at some sample screens and tickets with instructions
on how to use the software to do the sample transactions.
To maintain the database tables you
will need authorisation, which we do not normally give out without good
reason.
For a demo you will need a telnet client capable of VT100 emulation, and you should have a printer attached and online during the demo for printing receipts.
We do not recommned the Microsoft Windows telnet program because its
emulation filters out printing commands.
Instead we suggest you download one of several telnet clients available on the
internet which offer full printing support.
An excellent telnet client can be found at www.anzio.com, and it is available for a free trial period.
For security reasons this demo can only be operated by prior arrangement.
If you would like to arrange temporary access to the demonstration area please
request a username and password
for this purpose.
Please note:
- this demo runs on our server
- the response rate you get may differ from what you would experience on
an actual wireless handheld - a fast dialup connection should respond very similarly to an actual wireless handheld
- the sales process screen displays are optimised to fit a PocketPC
- the invoice format is optimised for a 40 column POS printer
so that is how it will appear on your printer
- if you do not have a proper VT100 emulation then receipts will display on your telnet session rather than printing on your printer,
and the display will contain control sequences for printer management
(the demonstration will otherwise run properly)
- other people may be using the demo at the same time as you, so there may be gaps in the document sequence, and the settlement may exclude some of your transactions, or include transactions you did not generate
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Getting started
- Make sure your telnet session is set to bypass the Windows spooler
for printing purposes.
To do this with Anzio, select File>Print Level>Raw.
- Ensure your printer is on and ready, with paper loaded.
- Follow the instructions you received by email to start your telnet session and log in
- a valid rep code is 123 with the password "pass" (omit quotes)
- valid route codes include 143, 104 and 109
- choose an option from the menu (eg. 1 and [Enter] to start a sale)
Customers
- valid customers include 699990, 699023 and 699999
- 699999 will support automatic order generation and unordered product scroll
- 699023 will support automatic order generation only
- 699990 will neither generate nor scroll
- customers may also be identified by telephone number or scrolled by street
Products
- valid items are identified by SKU and include 7050-7061
- at the "Item (or 'q')" prompt, pressing [Enter] with no SKU will display the next item ordered (or to order) in an endless loop, allowing you to adjust your quantities
- more items and associated pricing and promotions can be identified using our reports page.
- none of the items or customers are flagged to permit price alterations
Payments
- payment options are determined by the type of customer
- for charge customers if a payment is not specified after invoicing then the balance is charged
- payments received as part of the post-invoice process are allocated to the current invoice
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