How to use Abacre Restaurant Point of Sale in network?

Five steps to setup ARPOS in your restaurant's network:

1. Know your DB file name.

Please lookup which database file do you use: start ARPOS and in Login window you should press [More] button. In path to DB you will find file name of your DB. Normally it's arpos.mdb or arpos-test.mdb.

By default DB file located in: C:\Program Files\Abacre Restaurant Point of Sale\

2. Create a folder for DB file.

For network security reasons we recommend you to create a new folder and place there DB file. For example you may create C:\ARPOS\ folder. If you use arpos.mdb as DB file, move it into C:\ARPOS\ folder.

3. Share the folder.

Right-click on C:\ARPOS\ folder and on "Sharing" tab click on: "Share this folder on network"

then click on "Allow to network users change my files" (this options will give "write" permission to the folder. That's why it's better to create a separate folder C:\ARPOS\ for sharing containing only DB file).

4. Specify location to DB file in ARPOS.

Start ARPOS on computer. In Login window press More button and then press [...] button in order to specify path to DB file. In Open File window press on "My Network Places" - "Entire Network" -"Microsoft Windows Network" - "Your domain or workgroup" - "name of your computer" - "arpos" -"arpos.mdb"

You may find the DB file more quickly: if network name of your computer is MyComputerName then in Open File window press on "My Network Places" and then you should normally see "arpos on MyComputerName" click on that folder and you will directly locate DB file.

After pressing OK in Open File dialog you should see complete path to DB file in Login window:
\\MyComputerName\arpos\arpos.mdb

That's all, your server computer is ready.

5. Setup other computers in the network.

Start ARPOS on all other computers in network. In Login window repeat only step 4.

Note: instead of computer name (MyComputerName in this example) you may also use IP address of computer. Ask your system administrator for details.

See also:

Getting started | Creating an order | Taking payment | Menu items configuration | Bill configuration | Payment methods configuration

What people are saying:
"For years we used one MS DOS restaurant POS system until we finally found a good Windows-based replacement: Abacre Restaurant Point of Sale. I compared it with many other programs and I stopped on ARPOS, because it's well-done and well-priced. So we bought touch screen monitors, new computers and ARPOS. The change from the old MS DOS system into new Windows-based system was dramatic: in ARPOS we use images for menu items for faster navigation, reports are amazing and the program itself is quite configurable and handy. Since that time I am a definitive fan of ARPOS and I recommend it to my business friends."

Bob Emerton
GrandCanion
NY, USA
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