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2.5 Connectivity – IV: centralising configuration
In this step you will be asked if at some point you would like to save the system configuration
(including created products and prices) in a local network machine (hereinafter, 'central
repository') should you wish to connect it to the equipment in the future.
It is important to point out that the central repository does not make back-up copies of each of
the units connected to the network; the content of the repository is made up of all the
configuration data that is common to all of said units. For this reason, if at any time you
decide to update the central repository data from one of the units in the network, this data will
also change for any other unit that at any time requests updating (always manually).
Should you decide to work in this way, the necessary data will be requested in order to
connect to the central repository. When you press 'Apply', a connection test will be made,
verifying the existence of paths and data files in the central unit. If the verification is correct,
the 'Import' button will be activated. This means that you can import the data from the central
repository to the current unit (if the former already exists) at that precise moment.
2.6 System information – I: machine name and 'Alias'
The name of the machine must be typed in below. This will change the machine name in the
operating system and it will also identify the machine in the Flexilab system (licences for
software extensions, connection and register in our servers, etc.).
These instructions must be followed carefully:
Three characters are shown by default in the machine name field. You only need to add 5
digits more, which will be the serial number found on the label at the back of the unit.
The 'Alias' should be a short name that you can use to easily identify this machine in settings
screens, for monitoring order production, etc.
This name will also be used to identify the unit's Bluetooth® device: It is important that each
Kiosk in the store has its own ID to avoid confusion when a customer sends photographs from
his or her mobile device via Bluetooth® to the Kiosk he or she is working with at that time,
and not to any other Kiosk in the network.
A simple name is suggested by default followed by the Kiosk number that has been typed in
at an earlier stage. The name could be maintained as 'Kiosk1', 'Kiosk2', etc.