KDS Coursing Command Setup

KITCHEN_SENDTOKDS AND LOGOFF

There are two commands available that send courses and other items to the kitchen when Coursing is turned on. You link these commands to buttons in the Sales POS menu:

KITCHEN_SENDTOKDS
- The On Send to KDS field in the Hospitality Type Card, the KDS FastTab, controls what is sent to the kitchen when this command is used.
LOGOFF - the command that lets you exit the Sales POS panel.
- The On POS Exit/Posting field in the Hospitality Type Card, the KDS FastTab, controls what happens with kitchen printing when this command is used.

There are three ways of announcing the courses in the kitchen (also changes to course items) and sending other items to the kitchen:

Press an ORDER button (KITCHEN_SENDTOKDS). Press EXIT to send other items.
- Announces the coursing items in the kitchen and any changes that take place after announcing. 1 Coursing KOT.
- All other items are sent on EXIT (LOGOFF). 1 Normal KOT.
Press an ORDER button (KITCHEN_SENDTOKDS).
- Announces coursing items in the kitchen and any changes that take place after announcing. 1 Coursing KOT.
- It also sends all other items to the kitchen. 1 Normal KOT.
- Nothing is sent on EXIT (LOGOFF).
Press EXIT (LOGOFF).
- Announces coursing items in the kitchen and any changes that take place after announcing. 1 Coursing KOT.
- It also sends all other items to the kitchen. 1 Normal KOT.
- With this option, any changes and additions made are sent to the kitchen on EXIT.
  
  Tip: The staff does not have to remember to press an ORDER button.

On the Hospitality Type Card

For option 1:

Select Coursing Items in the On Send to KDS field.
Select Non-Coursing Items in the On POS Exit/Posting field.
Select At POS Exit in the KDS Display/Printing field.

For option 2:

Select Coursing and Non-Coursing Items in the On Send to KDS field.
Select Non-Coursing Items in the On POS Exit/Posting field.
Select Manual in the KDS Display/Printing field.

For option 3:

Select Not Used in the On Send to KDS field.
Select Coursing and Non-Coursing Items in the On POS Exit/Posting field.
Select At POS Exit in the KDS Display/Printing field.

If the Hospitality type is configured to Confirm Send to KDS, the Confirm panel opens when coursing and non-coursing item are sent to the kitchen, letting the user check the order and cancel, if there is something not correct. Coursing items and non-coursing items are combined in the panel.

Note: Items with no menu types and items with menu types that are not linked to menu courses are treated in the same way. They belong to a normal KOT (see Display Stations), while the items with menu course menu types belong to a Coursing KOT.

Note: You cannot send items that belong to a non-coursing menu type with the BOMMENTYPE command, if Coursing is used for the current hospitality type.

KDS-COURSE-OVERV-COU

This is the command to open the Coursing Overview panel. This command can be placed in the Sales POS and also in the Dining Table Pop-up menu for an occupied table and an occupied-paid table.

This panel opens if there is a Coursing KOT associated with the selected transaction or dining table. In this panel, the user can fire and serve courses and mark other course tasks and dining table tasks as completed.

The use of this command is required.

KDS-COURSE-FIRENEXT

This is the command to fire "Next Course". The caption of the command's menu button is supplied by the program where Fire is the To Do Description of the Fire coursing task and "Next Course" is the name of the next course to be fired manually. If the caption is blank, there is no course to fire next.

This command can be placed in:

the Sales POS
the Dining Table Pop-up menu for an occupied table and an occupied-paid table
the Coursing Overview panel.

This command lets the waiting staff fire the next course in the Dining table view with two clicks only: click the dining table, click the Fire "Next Course".

In the Sales POS and the Coursing Overview panel, the waiting staff fires the next course with one click only.

The use of this command is optional.

KDS-COURSE-SERVENEXT

This is the command to serve "Next Course". The caption of the command's menu button is supplied by the program where Serve is the To Do Description of the Serve coursing task and "Next Course" is the name of the next course to be served. If the caption is blank, there is no course to serve next.