PocketTouch

PocketTouch


Handheld Waiterpad Software


Free

1.6.55for iPhone, iPad and more
ICRTouch
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20.4 MB
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Jun 19, 2023
Update Date
Business
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About PocketTouch

Please Note: The PocketTouch application is to be used as companion software alongside ICRTouch TouchPoint, touch screen till EPoS software. It is designed to be configured by Authorised Partners of ICRTouch products and used by licensed businesses.



Users of TouchPoint who are not registered to use PocketTouch on the device on which they are installing this app, may use PocketTouch in demo mode only (NB. all PLUs are priced at £1).



If you would like to evaluate PocketTouch without connecting to a TouchPoint till, we have also included basic demo data for PLU keys and a floorplan.

Your Authorised ICRTouch Partner will be able to advise on configuration, licensing terms and methods, as well as supply documentation on using PocketTouch.



What is PocketTouch?



PocketTouch is an intuitive, hand-held order taking solution for the hospitality industry.



Allowing you to raise the bar on customer experience, PocketTouch provides an intelligent paperless solution to taking orders at the table or in the queue line. At the touch of a screen, orders are recorded and processed straight to the heart of your kitchen from the waiting teams’ hand-held ordering device.



Using PocketTouch on your Apple device will help you turnover tables quicker, increase order values and reduce mistakes.
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What's New in the Latest Version 1.6.55

Last updated on Jun 19, 2023
Old Versions
Features
- Added option to use a set EFT plugin.
- Added EFT Plugin specific Merchant options.

Bugfixes

- Fixed error when trying to lock table that was reset after being opened.
- Fixed partial tender would lead to incorrect sale total being displayed when used with service charge.
- Fixed Allergen prompt.
- Prevented Text message being added to discount lines.
- Fixed Socketerror retry issue that could lead to ped slowdown.
- Downscale will be applied to text if it collides with icon.
- PocketTouch fixed issues on iOS 16.3.
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Version History
1.6.55
Jun 19, 2023
Features
- Added option to use a set EFT plugin.
- Added EFT Plugin specific Merchant options.

Bugfixes

- Fixed error when trying to lock table that was reset after being opened.
- Fixed partial tender would lead to incorrect sale total being displayed when used with service charge.
- Fixed Allergen prompt.
- Prevented Text message being added to discount lines.
- Fixed Socketerror retry issue that could lead to ped slowdown.
- Downscale will be applied to text if it collides with icon.
- PocketTouch fixed issues on iOS 16.3.
1.6.44
Nov 23, 2022
Fixed issue that could stop PocketTouch resuming.
1.6.43
Nov 17, 2022
Added support for older versions of TouchPoint to the new price shift keys.
1.6.41
Nov 14, 2022
-Price @shift before PLU as function key. You can now add function keys to do before PLU @modifers.
-Price @shift before PLU as @shifts in Menu. By Default, product groups that contain PLU's with @Price Shifts will now automagically display modifier buttons for the shift at the bottom of the screen. Shift text is taken from the of first PLU with that shift so with change match the context of the product group displayed. Unused shifts on the menu will not show.
-Various Bug Fixes
1.6.30
Oct 10, 2022
PocketTouch 1.630

Modifications
Clerk Prompts at start. You can now set some of clerk feature prompts to occur at the start of a PocketTouch transaction. There is a clerk config menu for these options.
New icon size was tweaked for iOS devices.
Menu option has been added to busy reset remotely locked tables.
The PocketTouch Journal will now include the Lock and Unlock operations completed.

Bugfixes
Latest PocketTouch Builds have odd Border on google pixel. Fixed
Improvements have been made where user licensing was not working on some devices.
Fixed tables showing the 'Printed' blue colour when bill was not printed.
Fixed addition table prompt. PocketTouch will not prompt for table when pressing 'Print Bill' when table has already been opened.
Fixed auto reopen not working when TouchPoint Check flag Tables are Checks = NO
1.6.22
Aug 17, 2022
Updated app branding & design
1.6.21
Aug 16, 2022
Added clerk prompts for order numbers, covers & Eat In/ Takeout
1.6.20
Aug 8, 2022
PocketTouch 1.620

Modifications:
- New button icons
- Reimplement device size based defaults

Bugfixes:
- Training clerks can do things to normal clerks checks
1.6.05
Jun 13, 2022
Improvement to Locking/Unlock when handling Cash sales and Cancellations.
Auto accept dialog prompt when auto reopening.
1.522
Nov 20, 2019
PocketTouch 1.522

Bugfixes:
Tables on the floorplan were not being drawn in the correct position (FS#3388)

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PocketTouch 1.521

Modifications:
Mix and match (requires TouchPoint 2020) (FS#3207)

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PocketTouch 1.520

Modifications:
Discount % (requires TouchPoint 2020) (FS#1141)
Local printer type is now a list (FS#2635)
Change value displayed when over tendering is that returned from the till if present (TouchPoint 2020) (FS#2989)
Changed how user licences show in the email logs email (FS#3099)

Bugfixes:
"Only allowed to open floorplan tables" setting didn't actually do that (FS#3078)
Change amount on over tendered check payments could be out by a penny (FS#2990)

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PocketTouch 1.511

Bugfixes:
Some comms jobs in a sync that ought to check protocol version were not checking it
This update is only required over 1.510 if you want to sync to a 2011 or 2012 version of TouchPoint.

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PocketTouch 1.510

Modifications:
Support for alphanumeric check numbers (TouchPoint 2020)
Journal

Bugfixes:
Floorplan levels above 9 resulted in runtime errors in the middle of the sync and and hung application

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PocketTouch 1.504

Modifications:
Exposed "Sidebar button width" in screen config
If a sidebar contains only one button that can now be shown directly on the toolbar

Bugfixes:
Buttons in the menu editor after the removed -% key were out by one
Print bill button didnt properly detect which sidebar is active when it shows the floorplan

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PocketTouch 1.503

Modifications:
KP redirect options in the menu extended to KP12 (TouchPoint 2020)
Selling a condiment with a message selected now attaches it to the parent PLU instead of telling you that you can't attach it to the message

Bugfixes:
It was possible to enter empty text messages
Selling a condiment with nothing in the sale displayed the wrong error message
Certain patterns of dragging the selected item in the sale window could result in scary error messages being spewed to the log file
If you had multiple open priced condiments attached to the same parent the price prompt dialog got very confused about what you were entering the price for
Retry message for local printers was not being retrieved from the language file
1.5
Dec 17, 2018
1.5
Added drawer out totaliser settings for finalise keys
Table toolbar button wasn't unpressing properly when the floorplan was displayed
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1.470
iPhoneX safe screen area support
changed the layout of icon files to latest layout and added new bigger icons
Poke EHP before sync didn't work
Empty list PLUs broke due to some debug logging not being careful enough when writing the name of the list to the log
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1.466
allowed to open other clerks' checks didn't work properly connected to old versions of TouchPoint
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1.465
Added only allowed to open checks on the floorplan
Added "allowed to open other clerks checks" checking
Added force waiting for the floorplan to sync (to support the above on orderman)
added flags to clerks from till
addded default to floorplan at signon
finalise keys not prompting for tender didn't support service charge
error correcting set menu items didn't always clean up condiments on child items
import/export buttons weren't very well protected
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1.464
Made floorplan font sizes user settable
sequential PLUs with attached lists in a set menu were presented to the user in the wrong order
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1.463
condiments in lists couldn't attach to skipped items
skipping list items could cause subsequent items to be out of order
added drawer firing from printer with the receipt turned off
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1.462
errors on check payments leave it stuck
null text on in drawer totals breaks things
price level schedule dies if tis' only got one day of changes
stupid default numbers for the floorplan level do stupid things
skipping options in lists can cause strangeness if you have multi level list PLUs
toggle doesn't like things that don't have a price
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added keyboard entry support
attaching messages to things could behave strangely if there was a check open
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1.460
modifications
poke ehp before sync
new activation keyboard
tidied up config menu scroll region size
fixes
attached lists can be drawn out of sequence if they are set to stay til esc
0 price prompt for price PLUs in set menus drew the price prompt out of sequence
text messages didn't attach to the selected item
- amount could be by -0.01
discounts could be out by a penny
list prompts from the till did not accoutn for some options being empty
tendering 0 wasn't allowed
condiments on the keyboard didn't attach to the selected item
when things were inserted into the sale the selected item might not be the one you expected
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1.440
Modifications
Revised the way timeouts work on the comms with the till
Sync progress dialog now shows what it's doing
PLU random code key supports keyboard input
Keys with similar text and background colours now override the text colour
Minor tweaks to the autosizing key text to work better with very long words on small screens
More consistant behaviour when prompting for signon and an option to not do that
Merged tables on the floorplan are now shown at their merged sizes (requires TouchPoint 2017)
Bugfixes
Some configurations of products in Set Menus could result in products appearing in the wrong order
Price level schedule stopped working if it tried to change the price whilst no clerk was signed on
It was possible under some circumstances to select *nothing* in the sale and the add/sub item buttons would then behave strangely
1.420
Dec 20, 2016
Version 1.420
check payments now send sale header information
activate button could be pressed during comms with the till
tendered amount for a check payment if no amount was entered did not inclue add on tax or service charge

Version 1.41
compulsory table
prompt for tender flags
auto full bill
local currency DP setting are now respected
Show back button setting from old config file is ignored
bugfixes
If you synched the program from the till whilst on a keyboard that didn't exist in the new program data then the back button wasn't redrawn when the keyboard rebuilt itself and you had to restart the application to get out of your now empty keyboard.
Note that TouchPoint 2016+ allows you to reorder external product groups, so that you can effectively reorder your PLU menus in PT.

Version 1.4
User Licensing (TouchPoint 2016)
Configurable toolbar and sidebars
All new in app menu editor for the above
Configurable toolbar button heights
Added a setting to disable main menu button icons (the text will resize itself larger) for small screens
New Sale Window with gesture based functionality
Configurable swipe left/right actions on items in the sale window; current options are price shift and quantity adjust
(Config > Screen Options > Swipe Actions... Options are Quantity Adjust and Price Shift)
Added seat numbers, where set, to PLU items in the sale window. It's just to the left of the price column.
New improved info area (the top bar) -- Recommended setting for the font size on this is ~14, this setting will not be overridden on an upgrade:
sign on/off from the clerk name in the info area
open/send table from the table number in the info area
price level button in the info area
PLU barcode scanning with the device camera
Replaced the native keyboard (so that it's the same across all platforms, notably windows)
'Dynamic' keyboard font... if the font size you choose for the PLU keyboard would cause its text to overlap the button, it now resizes automagically... within reason!
(If your fonts are drastically different sizes and it looks a bit jarring... change your Keyboard Font Size in Screen Config, or increase your button height!).
language support
Check payments/Table payments
If there are no tables on the floorplan open/send keys will work by number.
Added PLU number key to toolbar
Added "use floorplan" setting to allow always opening tables by number
Added 'Auto Open' toggle for floorplan
Settable password on the email logs button
list plus directly on the keyboard now support stay until esc (requires TouchPoint 2016)
Tidied up config menus and removed some unnecessary options
Unicode support (TouchPoint 2017)
TouchPoint 2017 compatibility
Various bug fixes, including tidying up various UI elements on re-orientating the rotating version.
Note that TouchPoint 2016+ allows you to reorder external product groups, so that you can effectively reorder your PLU menus in PT.
1.270
Mar 31, 2016
1.270 changes

mods:
improved price level schedule handling
improved touch handling on salewindow to allow double tapping on the empty bit as well as the items

bugs:
Scroll drag threshold was a: wrong and b: not adjusting with the things that should affect it


Version 1.269

bugfix:
Fixed a timer leak that could cause exponential decay in performance.


Version 1.268

Changes:
Added support for user licencing (2016)
Keyboard levels that fit are magically drawn one row longer so you can always scroll enough to easily press the bottom right button
Dropped target framerate to 30 as the faster screen drawing was causing some devices to stop sending touchpanel input to PocketTouch (aka freezing)
Replaced activity indicator on the sync with a message display dialog
minor ui tweaks

Fixes:
Pressing the tablenumber button on the floorplan whilst it was redrawing with new table data from the till could cause things to be drawn in the wrong order
Floorplan buttons worked even when there was a number dialog on the screen
1.267
Feb 9, 2016
Bug Fixes:
Fixed an issue where the font size for config menu items was related to plu keyboard size, meaning that depending on user setting, you could be prevented from scrolling to the bottom of the menu.
Fixed an issue where PT was not respecting the TouchPoint Till setting for 'Use Price Level 1 When No Price'.
Fixed an issue where leaving the config menu access password blank prevented you from accessing the menu at all.
1.265
Jan 27, 2016
Numerous feature updates and bug fixes.

New Features:

Demo data is now included.
Now works in Landscape or Portrait Mode.
Internal Debug Logging.
Email Logs to Support direct from app.

Floorplan UI overhauled.
Gesture controlled floorplan (zoom, rotation, position).
'Live' floorplan data - checks live status from TouchPoint Till.
Colour Coded Floorplan. (Blue for Bill Printed, Red for Open but No Bill Printed)
Table Summary includes: Clerk Name, Table Number & any entered text/Number of items in current order/Total amount of current order/Number of covers/Bill Printed status
If the currently signed on Clerk is the same as the clerk who opened the table, the clerk name is green. If the clerks are different, the clerk name is red.
Adds settings for Portrait and Landscape mode to config options.
Adds 'Allow Price Level Change?' to config options.
Adds 'Auto Signoff Clerk' to config options.
Adds 'Auto Signoff Time (seconds)' to config options.
Adds 'Auto New Check' Mode.
Adds 'Import' and 'Export' PocketTouch Settings function.
New Config Screen - Floorplan Config.
Adds 'Allow Rotate - (yes/no)' to Floorplan config options.
Adds 'Allow Zoom - (yes/no)' to Floorplan config options.
Adds 'Auto Sync Floorplan' to Floorplan config options.
Adds 'Fix floorplan to level - (yes/no)' to Floorplan config options.
Adds 'Fix to Level Number' to Floorplan config options.

UI consistency tweaks
PLU Button options for Rounded Corners, Gradient Fill
Massive speed improvements to multiply,add and subtract keys
Massive speed improvements to products that had multiple lists
Replaced all native alert dialogs with PocketTouch ones

Defers and substitutes now show the list name in the sale window
No Defer and No substitute options on set menu list items now supported (requires TouchPoint 2016)

4th@ support (requires TouchPoint 2016)
Support for the list 6 zero price flag on PLUs
Support for KP Category shift (requires TouchPoint 2016)
Support for auto setting location to floorplan level (needs TouchPoint 2016)
Added a current comms state indicator


Modifications & Bug fixes:

Line correcting/Adding/Subtracting leaves the menu 'sticky' for further edits.
Stopped auto-signoff happening if you're on the floorplan screen, since that tends to indicate you're opening a table.
Improvements to clerk auto signoff options
Tidied up and standardised the behaviour of the + and - item buttons
Tidied up some of the sale window scrolling
Set menu items were all tagged as condiments to simplify the opeation of the + - X and line correct keys, this has now been implemented properly
Extensive changes to the way background comms jobs (eg. updating the floorplan) are started and stopped
Unexpected items in an open check could insert gaps into the sale window
Some buttons on the floorplan were not hiding the floorplan correctly resulting in unpredictable behaviour on orientation changes
Some dialogs were not behaving properly under some circumstances
Get Number replies to the till were not respecting the max length specified in the request
Line correct could do strange things to items other than PLUs in the current sale
Line correcting set menu items with attached lists could result in the list items becoming detached from their parents
Line correcting set menu items with attached lists could result in the list dialog being drawn *behind* the sale window
Line correcting set menu items then deferring them would cause the defer to become attached to the previous item
Network problems whilst updating the floorplan could affect sales being sent to the till if you sent them whilst it was redrawing
1.0
Aug 6, 2014

PocketTouch FAQ

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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of PocketTouch.
iPhone
Requires iOS 8.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 8.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 8.0 or later.
PocketTouch supports English

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