Chapter 5: Setting Up Your Cash Register - Advanced
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Alpha 600sc User’s Guide
To program a message
1
Put the PRG key in the Mode key slot and turn it to the PRG position.
2
If you are prompted for a Manager Password, type the password number
and then press the
Check
key. If you did not program a Manager
Password, go to the next step.
3
Using the round Number keys, press
6
, press the number of the message
you want to change, and press the
Return
key.
For example, to change the message that shows when you move the
Mode key to the Off position, press
6 1
Return
.
4
Type your message, using either the Alphanumeric keys or the special
codes. For more information about using the Alphanumeric keys to type
letters, see Setting Alphanumeric Descriptions on page 20.
Important
If you enter the wrong character, press the
Void
key to backspace and
delete that character. Now you can continue.
5
When you are done, press the
Check
key. You can program another
message by starting with step 3.
Programming Scrolling Message Display Times
After you have programed your scrolling message, you can set the length
of time you want the message to run.
After you are done, you can check your results. See Running the Program
Confirmation Report on page 73.
Setting the Off Message
To program the Off message time setting
1
Put the PRG key in the Mode key slot and turn it to the PRG position.
2
If you are prompted for a Manager Password, type the password number
and then press the
Check
key. If you did not program a Manager
Password, go to the next step.
3
Using the round Number keys, press
1
, press the number of seconds you
want to delay as 2 digits, and press the
Charge
key.
OFF message
Number of seconds after the register is
turned off before the message starts.
To stop the message after it starts,
press the
Feed
key.
Settings in
seconds: 00–99
Default=05