Proxis Store Manager Classic

To ring up an item as layaway in Store Manager classic, please follow these steps:

1. Click Actions, then click Transaction Layaway.
2. Press F3 to select a customer.
3. When you tender your transaction, enter in the customer's down payment as a regular payment type (cash, credit card, etc.). Enter the remainder of the balance in the In-store Credit field.

When a customer wishes to make a payment on their layaway item, select the customer by pressing F3, and enter pay as the product code. This will allow you to enter the amount the customer wishes to pay. To see the balance of a customer's account, press F3, then press F6.

To resolve this:

1. Go to Windows Control Panel
2. Language and Regional Settings
3. Customize (or Region > Change date, time, or number formats)
4. Formats > change the Short Date Format to mm/dd/yy

1. Install Store Manager on the first station as a Server.
2. Copy the POSdata folder from C:WinPOS40 to the network drive
3. Install Store Manager on all the other PC´s as a network client.
4. Use the Network setup program to direct all Store Manager installations to the net.id in the POSdata folder on the network drive.

To configure your POS-X XP8200 USB pole display to work with Proxis Store Manager Classic, follow these steps:

1. Download and install the Prolific USB-Serial driver.
2. Once this driver has been installed, open a Run dialog by holding the Windows key and pressing R. In this dialog, type devmgmt.msc, then press Enter to access Device Manager.
3. In Device Manager, double-click Ports to expand, and locate the Prolific USB-to-Serial adapter. It will have a COM port number listed next to it (i.e. COM3). Make note of this port.
4. Download and extract the VFD Configuration Utility. Double-click VFD_Setup to run the utility.
5. Select the correct COM port (as noted in step 3) from Com Port Select, then click Get Setting From VFD. From Command Mode, select CD5220. Click Download Setting to VFD, then click OK when prompted. Close the VFD Setup utility.
6. Using the power button located underneath your pole display's screen, turn the display off, then back on.
7. Open Proxis Office. Click Setup, then click Equipment Setup.
8. Select the Pole Display tab. Under Pole Display Type, select CD-5220, then select the correct COM port under Serial Port. You may specify a between-transaction message under Between Transactions, if you desire. Click OK / Save
9. Restart Proxis Cash Register, if necessary.

First off in the Proxis Office, under the setup menu go to the sales tax setup.

1. Office
2. setup
3. sales tax setup
4. activate tax one with a value
5. Set minimum tax to zero

The second place needed to configure in order for sales tax to work is the product database. In the product database make sure your items have a tax code of *1* assigned to them. After those two settings are set, open up the cash register program and verify the tax is being applied.

• Make a copy of the posdata folder which is located in the WinPOS40 folder located on the C:\\ drive of the computer.
• Then paste that folder into the corresponding directory C:\WinPOS40\ of the machine you wish to copy the inventory into.

There is no setting to prevent the register from allowing negative quantities. The software itself only has a warning alarm that can be set when a given product equals zero or less. To set the software so that the alarm is enabled, go into the Proxis Office then into:

1. Setup menu
2. System Setup
3. Choose the setting, *Notify when inventory equals zero*

• Open Proxis Office
• From the Setup menu, select System Setup.
• Click More Settings
• Enter the desired starting cash drawer totals in the Clear Cash Drawer Totals field.

• Open Proxis Office.
• Select the File menu -> Open Database Table -> Transaction Log
• Select the Report Query menu -> Build New Report Query

Construct the following report

• Select: SELECT * FROM [Transaction Log]
• Where: WHERE [Transaction Date]=#mm/dd/yyyy#
• Order by: ORDER BY
• Click OK

To reset the log, select File then Reset [Read More]

1. Enter Proxis office
2. Click on setup
3. System setup
4. More settings
5. Under the identify customer option, choose always remind.

1. Go to File
2. Open Database Table
3. Products
Then enter a *C* in the Kit/Carry Along field/column for the primary item to notify the system that a carry along is associated with this product.

1. File
2. Open Database Table
3. Kits
and enter the items to carry along into the appropriate fields/columns:

• Product Code, 010223123456 (sodas product code)

• Show, Yes (Yes or No--all Carry alongs show on receipts)

• Product 1, DEPOSIT001 (product code for carry along item)

• Qty 1, 1 (quantity to carry along)

Updated: 12/6/2007 1:49:14 PM JD [Read More]

1. Go to Office
2. Click File
3. Open database table
4. Products
5. report queries menu
6. load saved reports
7. select "Day Sales by Item rpt"

1. Setup
2. System setup
3. Use credit limit option

• In the Proxis Store Manager Office, select the SETUP option at the top of the software window.
• From there, select SYSTEM SETUP.
• After selecting System Setup, click on the MORE button at the bottom right.
• This will open another window, and in the LAST TRANSACTION NUMBER field, you can manually set the transaction numbers for future sales, after modifying the number count. [Read More]

Please note that if you don't back up your data, the information may be lost!

Make sure to write down your last transaction number, you'll need it later.

After backing back your folder, you'll want to uninstall Store Manager from you system by using Add/Remove Programs.

• Start Menu > Control Panel > Add/Remove programs (or Programs and Features)
• Scroll through the list and find Proxis Store Manager
• Select Proxis Store Manager and click Uninstall

• Run proxis46.exe
• During the installation, choose Single User or Network Server (Install New Empty Data Files)

Now you'll want to copy the data from your old installation back into the updated one.

• Go to your old WinPOS40 folder that was copied earlier and copy the 'posdata' folder from inside.
• Then navigate to the new installation folder (C:\WinPOS40) and paste the posdata folder there.
• If prompted to merge or overwrite existing files, click yes to all.
• After the files are in place, go the the Proxis Office application.
• In Proxis Office, navigate to Setup > System Setup > More
• Type your last transaction number that was copied earlier into the 'Last Transaction Number' field.
• Click Close
• Click OK/Save

Your software may need reactivation after the upgrade. Please contact support if this is the case.

Support Email: [email protected]

Support Phone: 800-903-6571 Ext. 302 [Read More]

If you get the following error when trying to access the P1 folder of Store Manager Office: “The Microsoft Jet database engine cannot open the file '\Register1\posdata\products.mdb'. It is already opened exclusively by another user, or you need permission to view its data.”

You may be getting this error due to a permissions issue trying to access the folder where the database is located. Try disabling the Windows Firewall on the computer or any anti-virus software first. Also, if you are also running multiple computers in your location, power off or restart the workstations in order to release any hold on the database files, and try again.

If you are still having issues trying to access the database, you may need to reach out to POSGuys.com Technical Support for further assistance. They can be reached at 800-903-6571 ext 302 or by email at [email protected]