The till, your PIN and your shift
You will be able to: Explain what the POS Terminal is and how a sale posts; Sign in with a POS PIN and open a shift with an opening float; Describe what a LOCAL SHIFT is and why a shift keeps its opening date.
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The POS Terminal is the cashier's full-screen till. It sits outside the normal menus: the sidebar and search bar disappear and the whole screen is given to selling. Every finished sale posts at once as a POS receipt, which is a simplified tax invoice. Money, sales, VAT and stock all move in that one step, so there is no separate invoicing job at the end of the day.
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1. The till asks for an opening float 2. Type the float, then press Open Shift 3. Tap items to add them to the cart 4. Change a quantity with the plus button 5. Press Pay 6. Choose how the customer pays: Cash 7. Press Finalize: the sale is posted 8. End of the shift: press Close Shift 9. Count the drawer by note and coin 10. Press Close Shift: expected against counted is posted
Signing in with a PIN
A cashier does not need the full password at the till. On the sign-in screen open the POS PIN tab and enter three things.
- Username: the cashier's normal Zeyto user name.
- PIN: digits only, set on the user in Settings ▸ Users & Permissions (Security section). Its length follows the Security Policy.
- Terminal name: the name of this till, such as POS-01. You choose it once and the PC remembers it.
Then press Open POS. A manager who approves refunds also needs a POS PIN, and both the cashier and the manager need the matching permissions or the Admin role.
Opening a shift
A shift is one cashier's session on one terminal, from Open Shift to Close Shift. A terminal can have only one open shift at a time. On the Open Shift screen check the Terminal name, type the Opening Float (the cash you put in the drawer to start) and press Open Shift.
What the top bar shows
| Item | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Terminal | The name of this till, for example POS-01. |
| Shift | A short reference for the open shift (the first 8 characters of its id). |
| Cashier | The signed-in user. |
| Waiting to send | How many sales are saved on this PC and not yet on the server. It turns red if the last attempt failed. |
| Customer display | Opens a second screen for the customer, showing the cart and total. |
| Back office | Leaves the till but keeps the shift open. |
| Close Shift | Starts the end-of-shift cash count. |
A shift keeps the date it opened
When the server cannot be reached
If you press Open Shift while the server cannot be reached, the till opens a LOCAL SHIFT so selling can continue. It is only a placeholder on this PC: closing it records no cash count on the server and it has no Z report there. Open a normal shift as soon as the server is back so waiting sales can post.
Try it in the demo
- Open the demo, go to the sign-in page and choose the POS PIN tab. Sign in with user admin and PIN 1234, terminal POS-01.
- On Open Shift type an Opening Float of 200 and press Open Shift.
- Look at the top bar and find Terminal, Shift, Waiting to send and Close Shift.
- Press Back office, then open POS ▸ Shifts and find your open shift in the list.
Public demo company, sign in as admin / demoAdmin123. Data refreshes nightly.
- POS posts every sale at once as a simplified tax invoice.
- Sign in with username, PIN and terminal name; one open shift per terminal.
- A shift keeps its opening date, so close it every night.
- A LOCAL SHIFT is a temporary placeholder with no server cash count.
Check yourself
4 questions on this lesson. Not timed, not the exam, and you can try again. Score 60% or more, and read the lesson, to complete it.