Synetouch Kitchen Display Getting Started

Document History
Version Release date Editor Changes
V 2.0 10/28/2016 Peter Szilagyi Kitchen display files chapter added, auto-
update feature added
V 3.0 11/09/2016 Peter Szilagyi kd.bat has been renamed to kd_sysjava.bat,
kd_buildin.java has been renamed to kd.bat,
update.bat has been deleted.
V 4.0 12/08/2016 Peter Szilagyi Final cleanup of utility files. kd.bat runs the
kitchen display client skipping the auto update
mechanism. kd_update.bat runs the auto
update mechanism and starts the kitchen
display client.

Table of Contents
Document History ............................................................................................................. 1
Installation ....................................................................................................................... 1
Kitchen Display Files ................................................................................................................. 1
Running ............................................................................................................................ 2
Setup & Usage .................................................................................................................. 2
Auto-update System ......................................................................................................... 2
Testing the Auto-update System ............................................................................................... 2
Preparing to the test ....................................................................................................................... 2
Running the Test ............................................................................................................................. 3
Update Kitchen Display Manually ............................................................................................. 3
Usage of non-released Kitchen Display version .................................................................. 3

Installation
 Unzip the file
 Edit the settings.properties
o Set the host to the Synetouch server IP with PORT e.g.:
http://192.168.144.187:8080
o Set the path to the Synetouch server application, e.g.: lxr

Kitchen Display Files

 jre directory – build-in java environment. DO NOT MODIFY THIS DIRECTORY!

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  tools directory (wget.exe, libeay32.dll, libiconv2.dll, libintl3.dll, libssl32.dll,
wget64.exe and unzip.exe) – binaries required to the auto-update mechanism
 kd.bat – run kitchen display using the KD’s build-in java environment
 kd_update.bat – Update from Synetouch server and run kitchen display using the
KD’s build-in java environment
 synetouchkitchendisplay.jar – Kitchen Display client application
 settings.properties – Synetouch server configuration

Running
 Run kd.bat (just run) or kd_update.bat (update and run)
 Use application in full-screen mode
 Application can be closed with ALT+F4 combination, like any windows application

Setup & Usage

To have orders displayed, you have to add a Kitchen Display in Back Office, and assign it to
one or more categories the items of which you would like to have displayed. Follow these
steps:
 Run Back Office
 Go to ‘Printers’
 Add a printer, set type to ‘Kitchen Display’
 Go to ‘Menu Editor’
 Chose a category and add the Kitchen Display to the category’s printer list. From now
on the items of this category will be displayed on KD when they are ordered.

General usage of Kitchen Display:

 Once you launched KD and you have your iPad with Synetouch ready you may start
using KD. Make sure Back Office server is running as well.
 Order a few items from the category, to which you added a kitchen display as printer.
 After you place your order, the relevant items will show up on your KD screen.

Auto-update System
Kitchen Display comes with an auto-update mechanism:
 Latest KD client distributed in the server’s .war file
 The KD installation contains the required scripts to perform the auto-update
 Stop the running Kitchen Display client
 Run the kd_update.bat that perform the auto update
 To update the system the settings.properties file has to be configured properly
because server url in this file will be used during the update process

Testing the Auto-update System

Preparing to the test
 Stop running Kitchen Display client application

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  Always use the latest server version
 Check your settings.properties configuration
 Check your tools directory
 Check your kd_update.bat
 Remove your synetouchkitchendisplay.jar file

Running the Test

 Run kd_update.bat
 If KD client downloaded, the KD client should start automatically

Update Kitchen Display Manually

If auto-update process cannot perform the update or you want to perform the update
manually:
1. Download the file available from the
a. <server url with port>/<application path>/kd-bin/kd-bin.zip
2. e.g.: http://192.168.144.187:8080/lxr/kd-bin/kd-bin.zip
3. Unzip the file and copy the synetouchkitchendisplay.jar manually to your KD client
directory

Usage of non-released Kitchen Display version

It is possible to use Kitchen Display client distributed not in the .war file. To do this:
1. Copy and override the synetouchkitchendisplay.jar file
2. Use the kd.bat to start this version
3. Be careful! Running the kd_update.bat will override this version with the latest
available version from the Synetouch server.