Toshiba MA-1650-4 Credit Card No. Inquiries to the Negative Check File, Cashier Occupy Inquiries

8. INQUIRIES

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8.3. CREDIT CARD No. INQUIRIES TO THE NEGATIVE CHECK FILE

8.3.CREDIT CARD No. INQUIRIES TO THE NEGATIVE CHECK FILE

When the “Negative Card Check” feature is selected by program option, each terminal inquires to the Master Terminal whether the entered Credit Card No.is acceptable or not. The Master Terminal, thus inquired, searches the Card No. in the Negative Card File.

When the applicable Card No. exists in the Negative Card File, the Master Terminal responds to the inquiring terminal the response message “CALL MANAGER” (standard program; programmable) displayed in the Dot- display Windows with the Error Status Code (programmable) in the 7-segment Windows on the inquiring terminal to indicate that the Card No.is not acceptable.

8.4.CASHIER OCCUPY INQUIRIES

When the “Floating Cashier” feature is selected and a Cashier Code is entered on a terminal, the terminal inquires the cashier code corresponding to cashier code entered to the Master Terminal. The Master Terminal searches the Cashier Table of the Cashier No. in the Cashier File.

When the the Cashier No. exists and its table is not occupied by any other terminal, the Master Terminal makes the cashier in the occupied status and sends the cashier table to the inquiring terminal.

When the Cashier No. does not exist in the Master Terminal’s Cashier File, the Master Terminal responds the message “CODE ERROR” (standard program; programmable) to the inquiring terminal. When the Cashier Table is occupied by another terminal, the message “OCCUPY” (standard program; programmable) is responded instead.

AFFECT

When a sale entry is determined (i.e. finalized) on a terminal, the terminal sends AFFECT text to the Master Terminal (and Backup Master Terminal) and updates the sales data (in the Cashier Table) of the Master Terminal (and Backup Master Terminal).

CASHIER CANCEL INQUIRES (OCCUPY CANCEL)

When a Sign-OFF is operated on a terminal, the terminal inquires a CASHIER CANCEL to the Master Terminal. The Master Terminal cancels the occupied status of the applicable cashier.

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