Bindo POS | Point of Sale

- Improved the connectivity between iPad, Customer Display, Payment Devices, and Octopus.

- Optimized the Cash Management System.

- Bug fixes.

- Improved the connectivity between iPad, Payment Devices and Octopus.
- Optimize the PMS and Cash Management System.
- Fine-tuned the content of some error messages.
- Bug fixes.

-Fine-tuned Table Management System
-Fine-tuned the reload-store mechanism
-Fine-tuned Octopus connection handling
-Fine-tuned the UI for iOS 13
-Supports House Account feature
-Supports comprehensive supplier purchase order
-Support multiple currencies
-Supports speed test function
-Supports printing Purchase Orders, Goods Received Notes, Stock Transfers through the thermal receipt printer
-Bug fixes

Improvement
1. Big order loading improvement
2. More accurate time segment judgement

Bug Fix
1. Show correct order total after credit card transaction

Bug Fix

- Fixed calculation bugs related to Advanced Discounts priorities and calculations
- Fixed calculation bugs caused by rounding in weighted or variable price item
- Quotation will not be calculated under Sales in Sales Summary Report
- "Edit Time Clock" is now controlled by Permission correctly
- Fixed a bug where PO "Expected Delivery Date" and "Payment Due" cannot be saved
- Fixed a bug which receipt printing options in Add-ons cannot be saved
- Fixed a bug which "At least" and "default option" function in combo doesn't work after increasing QTY by keypad
- Fixed a bug which Party names are repeated and wrong slips are printed after split check by item
- Now Serialized inventory are properly received through GRN
- For user using manual day-end, "Tap to Check" button should redirect to Register Sales instead of Invoice Sales
- Previous “Select All” button under Menu Setup is now replaced by “Select #”, where # is the actual number of item that is ready to be added to the menu section.
- Fixed a bug which Octopus payment can be voided
- Fixed a previous bug where Invoice with multiple payments are shown multiple times under Current tab
- GRN: Fulfill All button should fill in “Receive” instead of “Received” column
- Now can edit and save order quantity in the modifier popup correctly.
- Kitchen Slip/Receipt
- Fixed Kitchen Slip printing bugs
- Now kitchen slip will only print the first and last attempt log if connection failed during printing.
- Modifier price is now calculated correctly on receipt
- Support grouping like line items on receipt

New Features

- Added new permission control for the following actions: Overwrite Price, Sign out
- Added new permission control for the following features: Register - Inventory Search, Sales Amount under Store list
- Duplicate Menu: User can select a menu and its sub-menu and make another copy of it.
- Send kitchen slip after transaction is done: Kitchen slip will only be printed after the transaction is completed.
- External note for register sales: Supports instant messaging between customers and staffs
- Supports QR Code on receipt for expense claims
- Multiple currency checkout and Tender Report: Supports receiving cash payments of currencies other than the default currency. A summary of all received payments can be seen in Tender Report. Cash Management page has also been adjusted according to differentiate and record cash payment of default and foreign currencies.
- New Pickup Control: Revamp of Pickup Control, support multiple ways to enter pickup number.
- Opening Hours: Supports store Opening Hours to notify customer opening hours of the day.
- Store Waiting Time: Supports Store Waiting Time to notify customers of the estimated waiting time for new orders.
- Multiple Quantity: Made easier to order items of multiple quantity by press the number bar.
- Membership level for menus: Supports setting membership level specific menus.
- Split payment with Octopus: Supports Octopus as one of split payments.
- New Kitchen Printing options - Aggregate as per kitchen department/Aggregate as per kitchen department without grouping line item
- Added search function in Apply Discount popup
- Added Order Note search function in Register Sales/Invoice page
- Added date range picker in Invoice and Sales page
- Supports new Star mPOP printer and scanner

Improvement

- Made easier to press in wastage/void box and User UI
- Changed “Pickup ”to “Take-away”
- Corrected Chinese UI wordings
- In QSR mode, POS will not auto return to Register page if idle for 2 minutes
- Supports applying tax options to the whole order
- Supports creating invoice with negative order total
- Improved barcode scanning performance
- Now kitchen slip will only print the first and last attempt log if connection failed during printing.
- Add English keypad to input voucher number

- Time Clock Report now shows clock-in/clock-out time correctly
- Improved Kitchen Printer performance
- Now you can control whether to show tips box pop-up after swiping credit card
- Now you can control whether to show Cash Count Table when doing End Shift
- Fixed crash issue in Octopus Add-value transactions
- Reference number now resets correctly even if the Primary Terminal is off

- We have introduced a new feature to allow you to process a refund or exchange from the register screen. This can be done either against a prior transaction (if you have a receipt or order number) or as a new transaction (with no prior sale or receipt).
- Chain stores may now edit customer information in any location, no matter where the customer was created originally.
- Introduced a customizable template engine for receipts, labels, and more. You may now build your own labels utilizing HTML and CSS.
- Added a new feature that allows you to split a sale among multiple sales associates without assigning each line item. With this change you can split a sale by percentage or dollar amount (Sales person A gets credited for 60% and sales person B gets credited for 40%, or sales person A gets credited for $120 and Sales person B credited for $80).
- “Sales” has been renamed to “Register Sales”. The “Register Sales” page now contains two tabs: “Current” and “Archived” with the Current tab displaying today’s sales and Archived displaying past sales.
- Added Support for new hardware including: Star Micronics mPOP, Star Micronics mC-Print3 receipt printer, Zebra/Motorola DS9208 Barcode Scanner (via Star Micronics hub), and Zebra GK420T Label Printer.
- Added an option to make the initial cash tender amount blank on the payment screen - on the add-ons menu the option is “Turn off auto fill-in tender amount”.
- Cost now supports 4 decimal places.
- Updated logic for offline mode: every store will now have an iPad defined as the “Primary Terminal”. If you have multiple registers then you will have a single Primary Terminal in your store, and all others will be a “Secondary Terminal”.
- Updated logic for modifiers: now you must confirm whether a modifier is a “Text Modifier” or “Combo Modifier” prior to creating it. “Combo Modifier” must include inventory items as options whereas “Text Modifier” options need not be linked to inventory.
- Updated workflow for voiding line items so that you have a choice regarding whether a voided item should be added back to inventory or not.
- Fixed a bug occurring in iOS 12 where the top part of receipts does not print.
- Fixed a bug where users who do not have permission to add new inventory could do so via scanning an unknown UPC at the register screen. Now if you scan an unknown UPC and you do not have permission to add new inventory, the system will tell you that the item is unknown and cannot be sold.

- We have introduced a new feature to allow you to process a refund or exchange from the register screen. This can be done either against a prior transaction (if you have a receipt or order number) or as a new transaction (with no prior sale or receipt).
- Chain stores may now edit customer information in any location, no matter where the customer was created originally.
- Introduced a customizable template engine for receipts, labels, and more. You may now build your own labels utilizing HTML and CSS.
- Added a new feature that allows you to split a sale among multiple sales associates without assigning each line item. With this change you can split a sale by percentage or dollar amount (Sales person A gets credited for 60% and sales person B gets credited for 40%, or sales person A gets credited for $120 and Sales person B credited for $80).
- “Sales” has been renamed to “Register Sales”. The “Register Sales” page now contains two tabs: “Current” and “Archived” with the Current tab displaying today’s sales and Archived displaying past sales.
- Added Support for new hardware including: Star Micronics mPOP, Star Micronics mC-Print3 receipt printer, Zebra/Motorola DS9208 Barcode Scanner (via Star Micronics hub), and Zebra GK420T Label Printer.
- Added an option to make the initial cash tender amount blank on the payment screen - on the add-ons menu the option is “Turn off auto fill-in tender amount”.
- Cost now supports 4 decimal places.
- Updated logic for offline mode: every store will now have an iPad defined as the “Primary Terminal”. If you have multiple registers then you will have a single Primary Terminal in your store, and all others will be a “Secondary Terminal”.
- Updated logic for modifiers: now you must confirm whether a modifier is a “Text Modifier” or “Combo Modifier” prior to creating it. “Combo Modifier” must include inventory items as options whereas “Text Modifier” options need not be linked to inventory.
- Updated workflow for voiding line items so that you have a choice regarding whether a voided item should be added back to inventory or not.
- Fixed a bug occurring in iOS 12 where the top part of receipts does not print.
- Fixed a bug where users who do not have permission to add new inventory could do so via scanning an unknown UPC at the register screen. Now if you scan an unknown UPC and you do not have permission to add new inventory, the system will tell you that the item is unknown and cannot be sold.

bug fixes

• Added option to void payments and sales on the Sales page (see more information and instructions here http://support.bindo.com/article/182-void-payment-and-sales)
• Added feature to allow gift cards to be reloaded
• New pending sales dropdown menu for Retail users allows easier access to completed and held sales
• Added support for the Brother QL820NWB Label Printer
• Added an option (under Add-Ons) to “Display discounted subtotal on register” which, when enabled will display a line item on the screen showing the pre-tax discounted subtotal.
• Improved store loading logic to make the process go much faster
• Fixed various issues causing the app to crash repeatedly unless deleted and reinstalled
• Fixed an issue where a generic server error displayed on declined credit card sales instead of the actual decline message
• Fixed an issue involving shortcut button ordering logic on the shortcut menu set up
• Fixed an issue involving transferring gift cards to a customer profile
• Fixed an issue where customer could not be removed from a sale
• Fixed a permissions issue that hid the time clock settings page display for some users

Bug fix.

bug fix.

*New Features*
-New more flexible shortcut menu layout with various new options - read more about this here: https://bindopos.com/blog/breakdown-bindo-pos-retail-menu-migration/

-Custom Payment Buttons: Add custom/other payment type buttons to the main payment page. To do this enable the option "Display as shortcut in payment screen” under Settings > Payments > Payment Type

-Decimal inventory: Allows you to sell partial units and track partial inventory, with up to four decimal places. This works automatically with weight based inventory as long as you enable the setting “Allow decimal inventory quantity” on your Add-Ons page. We also now support the ability to scan price embedded barcodes for weight based items. See more information about weight based inventory and tracking partial inventory units here: http://support.bindo.com/article/160-weight-based-inventory

-Option added to prevent sale of sold out items (quantity less than or equal to zero)

-Option added to view current product quantity in the shortcut menu

-Deposits: Create a Deposit to pre-sell products or services. Deposits are similar to Store Credit but they can have an expiration date. Read more about Deposits here: http://support.bindo.com/article/159-using-deposits

-Combo Item: Sell a product that consists of multiple SKUs from your inventory.

-Set Modifier Order: You may now set the order in which modifiers appear for a given product. See more here: http://support.bindo.com/article/123-modifier-sets

-New Filter: Price filter on register and inventory page - filter to find items equal to, greater than, less than, within a certain range or set as variable price using the new price filter

-Delivery Notes / Good Received Notes

-Invoice Template: Create a fully customized invoice using HTML and CSS

-Customer Code: Bindo now supports the ability to scan a barcode or swipe a card to add a customer to a sale. Supported when you open the customer lookup screen. This means that you have the ability to offer barcoded customer loyalty cards

-Stock Transfer on iPad: Manage stock transfers within your iPad on the new “Stock Transfer” page (applies for only for stores set up as a chain). This function was previously available only on the Bindo Dashboard

*Improvements / Fixes*
-Show Tax in Price Total on Printed Receipt

-Removed “N/A” from sales page

-Added Timestamp back to sales page

*Bindo POS Restaurant / QSR:*
-Modifier Prefix: Allows you to quickly choose common prefixes for modifiers. The default options for the Modifier Prefixes are: “Add”, “Less”, “More”, “Change”, “With”, “No”, and “Side”. You can use these to indicate customer specified preferences for an order. For example a sandwich may have “Honey Mustard” as an existing modifier option. The customer may order the sandwich with Honey Mustard on the side. The modifier prefix allows the employee to easily enter this information by tapping on the word “Side” before tapping on the “Honey Mustard” modifier.

-Change Product Name at Checkout: “Overwrite Name” checkbox on inventory page allows product name to be changed at checkout.

-Split Check functionality

-Kitchen Alias for alternate menu item names with kitchen printing

-Automatically add a service charge to all dine-in orders

-Added option to show item price on kitchen slips

-Added option to apply modifiers on an order level

-Added “Day End” functionality to check for unpaid tabs

*Improvements*
-Added “Advanced Settings” on Settings page for multi-terminal configuration

- +/- buttons added to the matrix screen

- “Send App Log to Bindo” option

Inventory
-Introduced a new quantity filter on the Inventory page. Use this filter to quickly identify products that have a certain quantity on hand (options include "Equal to", "Larger than", "Smaller than", and "Between X & Y". Access this filer by tapping on the small blue arrow just below the search bar on the Inventory page.

Discounts
"-Introduced Advanced Discounts which are highly flexible discounts that introduce many new configuration options to allow for significant customization. Read more about the Advanced Discount here: http://support.bindo.com/article/154-advanced-pos-discounts
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-Adjusted the way that "Amount off" discounts can be applied to support multiple applications of the same Amount Off coupon.
"-Introduced Discount Codes: Add a Code to a discount to associate it with a specific barcode. Scan the barcode on the register screen to apply a specific discount. Note that if you check ""Apply Discount Automatically"" a discount will be applied automatically. If you leave ""Apply Discount Automatically"" unchecked the discount can be applied by scanning a barcode that matches the Discount Code.

This can be used for generating a discount barcode to print on a coupon."
-Introduced a new "Variable" discount option to allow for a discount amount to be defined at checkout.

CRM
-Created new Membership Level feature to group customers and assign discounts to groups of customers. Create Membership Levels on the Bindo Dashboard, add customers into a specific Membership group on the Customer profile, and create discounts that are tied to Membership Level on the Advanced Discounts page. Read more about Membership Level here: http://support.bindo.com/article/155-setting-up-using-membership. Also added a Membership Level column into the Customer Report.

Restaurant / QSR
-Introduced a faster way to create new Pick up and Delivery orders
-A new table number filter has been added to invoice tab allowing you to filter invoices by table number
-Added support for the sold out function for items in matrix

Bug fixes
-Fixed a bug preventing users from removing a Customer Specific Discount from a customer profile.

New features:
• Exempt Item from Discount: There’s a new checkbox for each inventory item called “Exempt Item from Discount”. Select this for an item to prevent it from being discounted. When this box is checked no discounts will be able to be added to the item.

• Invoice Effective Date: Set an “Effective Date” when creating an invoice, the sale will not show on your reports until that effective date.

• Invoice Discounts: Apply discount to a whole invoice using new Invoice “Options” button.

• “Advanced Reports”: A new sidebar menu item called “Advanced Reports” gives you access to all Bindo Dashboard reports on your iPad. For reports that are available in both the “Reports” and “Advanced Reports” section (such as the Sales Summary Report), it is recommended to continue to access the report via the “Reports” page.

• Decimal inventory quantity: You may now enter decimal inventory quantities for an item, such as 7.5 units. While Bindo will not yet track partial units of an item sold (currently all sales are counted as -1, even for weight based items), this feature is part of a change coming where you will be able to sell and track partial units.

• Rounding Optional: Removed “Rounding” from the receipt for stores that are using the default rounding option (2 decimal places, round to nearest cent)

Bindo Restaurant/QSR Specific Features
• Split check: Split check among multiple diners, you may split evenly or with custom amounts

• Build a "Combo" Item: Create a menu item that consists of multiple items in your inventory. Apply modifiers to all items in a combo using a single modifier screen. Set modifier prices to items in a Combo as regular "Fixed" price, or "Variable" price where you define the price at checkout.

• Receipt content options: Option to show/hide modifiers and notes (default setting is on), as well as Signature line and tip line on printed check (default setting is off)

Bug Fixes
• Fixed a bug causing problems with label printing from the purchase order page

• Addressed an issue with tax calculation in the Product Sold Breakdown Report

• Fixed an issue where deleted or users from other stores within a chain were showing on the “Lock” screen when logging back in

Bug Fixes.

Optimize retail offline transaction.

• Auto Sign Out: Set the POS to sign out automatically after 90 seconds by enabling the screensaver. Users can also sign out by tapping the lock button in the top right corner and then sign back in by entering their password or PIN (no need to enter username or email address).
• Tax Options: Add multiple taxes to a sale, create a luxury tax, bottle deposit, and more. Manage your taxes from Dashboard > Settings > Tax Options.
• Permissions: Customize permissions for Manager, Associate and Junior Associate via Dashboard > Settings > Permissions.
• Separate Sales and Invoice screens: The Sales and Invoices screens were previously merged. This release continues our work to split them apart and keep them separate.
• “Decimal Keypad”: You now have the option to enter all number values as whole dollar amounts. So if you want to add a $5.00 charge to a sale, you can just tap 5 (currently you have to tap 5, 0, 0). This can be toggled on/off on the iPad in Settings > Add-ons > Use decimal keypad.
• New Reports: Gift Card Report and Discounts Report are now available on the iPad. (Discounts Report is also available on the Bindo Dashboard).
• Tax on Purchase Orders: You may now apply tax to Purchase Order.
• Kitchen Printing: Print kitchen slips to a kitchen printer. Set up printing based on department.
• New Modifier Functionality: Additional flexibility with modifiers as explained here: http://support.bindo.com/article/123-modifier-sets
• Negative Sale: Create a return without the original receipt. Create an invoice, select the customer, add the product and set the quantity to -1. When you save the invoice, you'll be prompted to process a refund.
• Improved stability.
• Bug fixes.

Please visit our Support and Learning Center at http://support.bindo.com/

Bug fixes.

Bug fixes.

Bug fixes.

• Separate Sales and Invoices screens
• Label printing improvements
• Bluetooth receipt printer connection improvements
• Multiple registers may use a single LAN receipt printer

Bug fixes.

Bug fixes.

- Improve sync connection