Communications
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14.8 Local mode
14.8
Local mode
If you see the message No Server followed by Local Mode ? when you try to:
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select a PLU
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assign transactions
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print a label
it means that the client cannot operate on the network because there is a communication
failure between that client and the server.
Switching a client to Local Mode
You can set the machine to operate independently of the network when it cannot
communicate with the server.
When you switch the client to Local Mode any transactions that have been entered but
not printed will be lost. You must re-enter any uncompleted transactions.
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Press
to switch the client to Local Mode.
If you do not want the client to operate in Local Mode
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press any other key just to clear the message.
Label machines only
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Press
to select the PLU and print one label.
The message is repeated next time you select a PLU.
There will be no totals for that label.
Note: If the server is faulty you will see the message No Server at whichever client
machine you are using.
If you see the message Local Mode at the end of the start up routine when you switch on
a machine then that machine is operating in Local Mode.
If you see the message Local Machine(s) at the end of the start up routine when you
switch on the server, there is at least one client operating in Local Mode. Go to the
Network Dump to check which machine it is.
Operating in local mode
If you use a client machine in Local Mode you will not be able to store totals as these are
collected and stored by the server.
Audit buffer
The audit buffer can operate in linear or circular mode.