Setting up floor plans

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Before you start

• Access to the PowerEPOS Management Console.
• Your service modes already configured.
• Any background or decoration images loaded into the Graphics Library.

Creating the floor plan

Step 1

Open the Floor Plan module

From the Management Console, select the Floor Plan tile, then New in the control panel at the bottom of the screen.

Step 2

Name it

Give the floor plan a name — Restaurant in this example — in the name field at the top left of the screen and under Settings.

Step 3

Give it a background

For a plain colour, make sure Page Settings is selected in the control panel, then pick the colour in the Properties panel.

For an image instead, click into the Background field to open the Graphics Library and double-click the image, or use the buttons in the control panel.

Adding the tables

Step 4

Drag a service mode onto the plan

The service modes you have already configured sit in the Service Mode panel at the top right. Drag Table onto the floor plan and the Table Range window opens. Select Insert to add the whole range — 15 tables here — or use the slider or the list first to add fewer.

Step 5

Place and format each table

Drag the tables into the positions they stand in. Select one and use Properties to change its size, shape and number, add seats and change the text, until the plan matches the room.

Adding shapes and images

Step 6

Draw the fixed parts of the room

From the shapes panel at the bottom right, drag a rectangle onto the plan and use the handles to resize and reshape it — two rectangles make the swim-up bar in this example. Properties changes a shape's colour and adds text to it.

Step 7

Add images

Select Insert Image in the control panel to open the Graphics Library, find your image and double-click it, or use the control panel buttons. Once it is on the plan you can resize and move it.

Table management colours

Step 8

Set a colour for each stage of service

Select Plan Settings in the control panel to open the Table Management properties. Choose the colours that mean unoccupied, an open order, an inactive order, and a printed receipt with the table ready to be cleared.

Step 9

Preview and close

Select Preview to see the colour scheme on the plan. When you are happy, select Save and Close to leave the floor plan builder, then Close to leave the module and return to the Management Console.

Assigning the plan to a POS terminal

Step 10

Find the terminal

From the Management Console select the System tile. Choose the outlet — Leederville here — then POS Terminals, find the terminal (Pool Bar) and select Edit.

Step 11

Set its floor plan

In the POS Terminal Configuration window, find the Floor Plan drop-down, choose your plan and select Save. Then Save and Close to leave the System module.

Step 12

Publish to that outlet

Select Publish at the top right of the screen, check the changes, and make sure only the outlet you mean — Leederville here — is ticked. When it finishes you get a Complete message with a revision number, which the Revision Management Tool can wind the change back by.

Step 13

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