Developing a Restaurant Billing System
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i am thinking of developing a restaurant billing system.
here is how my set up going to be.
1 desktop PC(SQLServer) to run SQL server. OS windows server.
2 desktop PCs(Cashier1,Cashier2) for cashiers.SQLServer, Cashier1 and Cashier2 will be connected to local network(wired)
5 Tablet for waiters to take orders (enter orders to SQLServer). These Tablets will have wifi connections to enter customer orders into SQLServer
bills will be printed from Cashier1 and Cashier2
5 Tablets will be using unique user logins to take orders.
now my question is. will it be too slow or the system will hang when staffs use tablets to take orders?
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i am thinking of developing a restaurant billing system.
here is how my set up going to be.
1 desktop PC(SQLServer) to run SQL server. OS windows server.
2 desktop PCs(Cashier1,Cashier2) for cashiers.SQLServer, Cashier1 and Cashier2 will be connected to local network(wired)
5 Tablet for waiters to take orders (enter orders to SQLServer). These Tablets will have wifi connections to enter customer orders into SQLServer
bills will be printed from Cashier1 and Cashier2
5 Tablets will be using unique user logins to take orders.
now my question is. will it be too slow or the system will hang when staffs use tablets to take orders?
Meax wrote:
now my question is. will it be too slow or the system will hang when staffs use tablets to take orders?
Should work without problems, even on a slow network. It's not like you will be downloading a lot of data for placing an order.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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i am thinking of developing a restaurant billing system.
here is how my set up going to be.
1 desktop PC(SQLServer) to run SQL server. OS windows server.
2 desktop PCs(Cashier1,Cashier2) for cashiers.SQLServer, Cashier1 and Cashier2 will be connected to local network(wired)
5 Tablet for waiters to take orders (enter orders to SQLServer). These Tablets will have wifi connections to enter customer orders into SQLServer
bills will be printed from Cashier1 and Cashier2
5 Tablets will be using unique user logins to take orders.
now my question is. will it be too slow or the system will hang when staffs use tablets to take orders?
Are you going to integrate it with your kitchen and bar ? Once the order is taken, it should notify the kitchen and bar. When the server picks up the order, it should perform a timestamp on pickup so you can see how long an order takes to process. Just a thought. :java:
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Meax wrote:
now my question is. will it be too slow or the system will hang when staffs use tablets to take orders?
Should work without problems, even on a slow network. It's not like you will be downloading a lot of data for placing an order.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
my client having doubts. saying that tablets will hang and slow. currently they are using ipads and running the application by remote desktop. billing system is installed in a PC and waiters are using ipads via remote desktop to make entries. at the moment they are facing lot of problems. every now and then their ipads remote access connections gets disconnected. and sometimes even wifi connections are getting lost. so, i proposed my methodology(explained in the original post). but my client having doubts. saying tablets will face same issue as ipads.
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Are you going to integrate it with your kitchen and bar ? Once the order is taken, it should notify the kitchen and bar. When the server picks up the order, it should perform a timestamp on pickup so you can see how long an order takes to process. Just a thought. :java:
kitchen and bar also will be notified. my client having doubts. saying that tablets will hang and slow. currently they are using ipads and running the application by remote desktop. billing system is installed in a PC and waiters are using ipads via remote desktop to make entries. at the moment they are facing lot of problems. every now and then their ipads remote access connections gets disconnected. and sometimes even wifi connections are getting lost. so, i proposed my methodology(explained in the original post). but my client having doubts. saying tablets will face same issue as ipads.
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my client having doubts. saying that tablets will hang and slow. currently they are using ipads and running the application by remote desktop. billing system is installed in a PC and waiters are using ipads via remote desktop to make entries. at the moment they are facing lot of problems. every now and then their ipads remote access connections gets disconnected. and sometimes even wifi connections are getting lost. so, i proposed my methodology(explained in the original post). but my client having doubts. saying tablets will face same issue as ipads.
Don't run it as a remote desktop application. Either have a native app on the tablet, or use a web application. And if the wifi connections are getting lost, you need to install some wifi boosters. Nothing you can do in your code will solve that.
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my client having doubts. saying that tablets will hang and slow. currently they are using ipads and running the application by remote desktop. billing system is installed in a PC and waiters are using ipads via remote desktop to make entries. at the moment they are facing lot of problems. every now and then their ipads remote access connections gets disconnected. and sometimes even wifi connections are getting lost. so, i proposed my methodology(explained in the original post). but my client having doubts. saying tablets will face same issue as ipads.
Sounds your client already made up his mind about it, but should be as fast on a tablet as loading the average webpage.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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kitchen and bar also will be notified. my client having doubts. saying that tablets will hang and slow. currently they are using ipads and running the application by remote desktop. billing system is installed in a PC and waiters are using ipads via remote desktop to make entries. at the moment they are facing lot of problems. every now and then their ipads remote access connections gets disconnected. and sometimes even wifi connections are getting lost. so, i proposed my methodology(explained in the original post). but my client having doubts. saying tablets will face same issue as ipads.
Only one client can use "remote desktop" at a time, AFAIK. Use wi-fi with the tablets. "Food orders" are trivial compared to "side-loading" apps over wi-fi (which works fine). It should be trivial to arrange a demo of a PC, router and tablets.
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