Olivetti ECR 5900 manual Foreign Currency Descriptors, Decimal Point Position

Example: Program the first exchange rate as: 1 GBP = 1.471 EURO.

Type/Press:

Dec. point position of

Exchange rate exchange rate

ID number

Dec. point position of converted amount

Exit

Exchange rate (1.471 Euro)

Foreign Currency Descriptors

You can define a currency descriptor of up to 10 characters long for each of the four exchange rates programmed. The descriptor of the foreign currency used will be printed on the customer receipt during sales transactions that are finalized with payment in foreign currency, and on the management reports.

1. Control lock key position: PRG.

2. Press until displaying the message indicating the

first of the four possible foreign currency exchange rates.

3.To jump to a specific foreign currency to identify, type the currency number [1 to 4] on the numeric keypad and then

press .

4. Enter the letters or characters of the string you wish to

define and then press . You are now prompted to

identify the following foreign currency.

5.Repeat steps 3 and 4 if you wish to assign a descriptor to the remaining foreign currencies, if defined.

6. Press to exit.

Example: Name foreign currency 1 "EURO" by using the CAPS character table.

Switch to foreign currency definition mode

Type/Press:

Exit

Confirm entered

New descriptor entryforeign currency descriptor

Rounding Option for Swiss, Danish, Swedish and EURO Currencies

For the Swiss franc, Danish krone, Swedish krona and Euro currencies, you can program the machine to so that the amount of a transaction is automatically rounded accordingly

whenever the , or a [tender] key is

pressed. The rounded result will be displayed on the operator and client displays, printed on the customer receipt and journal report. The total adjustments are indicated on the financial reports.

Setting the Rounding Option

With reference to the section "System Options", by setting Machine Condition 20 to the related value (1, 2, 3 or 4), you can program the machine to round off the subtotal or tender values of the related currency.

Decimal Point Position

1.Control lock key position: PRG.

2.Type the status number [0, 1, 2 or 3] to select the desired format as indicated in the following table:

Status Number	Format
0	x
1	x.x
2	x.xx (default setting)
3	x.xxx
3. Press	to set the new format.

Example: Program the cash register so that three digits are left after the decimal point.

Type/Press:

Status number

Fraction Rounding for VAT Calculation

Fraction rounding is used to round figures with decimals up or down to the nearest whole numbers and is used for percent tax and percent discount calculations.

Choose from the following three options to select the round- ing as needed:

Status Number	Fraction Rounding
0	a fraction of a pence is rounded down
	one pence
50	a fraction under one-half pence is
	rounded down one pence, a fraction
	above one-half pence is rounded up
	one pence (default setting)

99a fraction of a pence is rounded up one pence

1.Control lock position: PRG.

2.Type the status number [0, 50 or 99] to select the desired fraction rounding.

3. Press to store the new setting.

Example: Program the rounding code so that a fraction under one-half pence is rounded down one pence, a fraction above one-half pence is rounded up one pence.

Type/Press:

Status number

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