GCM Client Manual for
v3.7
1. Getting
started: installation of GCM Client
2. Client's main window
3. Prepaid accounts: introduction
4. Account history and settings
5. Menu opened by administrator's password |
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Installation of Golden Cafe Manager
Client
1. Server's IP Address or its Network Name. The word
"Server's" implies the computer where GCM Server is installed.
If you are trying the Demo version at home, enter '127.0.0.1' - local host
IP address and run GCM Server and Client on the same computer.
2. Ordinal number. This number corresponds to the row's number in the
column 'PC' of the server's main table.
This row will be used to control the station. The ordinal number is also
used as a default PC name of the station, which can be changed in the 'PC
groups' window.
3. When GCM Client starts, it will display a question about automatic
startup of the Client. If you
choose 'Yes', Client will be used as Windows shell instead of Explorer.
You will be able to change everything back by choosing 'Remove GCM Client from automatic startup' in the menu opened by
administrator's password.
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Client's
main window |
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When
inactive, the Client is locked with the protection mask. There is
no activity that can be done until:
(1) an employee starts a postpaid
or immediate prepaid session on that station, or
(2) a customer enters a timecode
(3) a customer enters
prepaid account login and password.
Then Server starts a session on this station and the mask is removed. |
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As
soon as a session starts, Client's main window
appears on the screen. It displays the time elapsed or the remaining
prepaid time and the charge for that. It also displays the icons of
applications specified in the "Available
programs" window of GCM Server. |
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Prepaid accounts
If a customer logs into his or her account, the following window appears: |
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There are three
possible ways of opening a time session:
1. 'Pay-per-minute.' If a customer chooses this mode, the prepaid account is
being charged continuously during the time of the
computer usage.
2. In order
to open a session using 'Enter a period of time' mode, a customer needs to enter
the number of hours and minutes (e.g. 1:39) he or she wants to use
the workstation. Then the program automatically calculates and displays the session's
price.
3. In order
to open a session using 'Open a time session till' mode, a customer needs to
enter a moment of time (e.g. 5:35p). GCM Client automatically
calculates and displays the session's price until that moment. The
software accepts 'PM', 'pm' and 'p'. The same
thing applies to 'AM'.
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Account history and settings
'Account history and settings' button opens the following window: |
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In
the report, 'Spent' means the amount of money that the person spent using
his or her account.
'Change user name' is
used to change the user's name. This name is used to welcome customers in the
account's main
window.
'Change password' is used to change the account's password.
Accounts'
passwords can be reset in the "Prepaid
accounts" window of GCM Server. |
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Menu opened by administrator's password
An
administrator's password opens a menu that can be used to close, restart
GCM Client or remove it from automatic startup, which means resetting
Windows shell back to Explorer. It also allows launching
computer programs.
If GCM Client is closed using this menu, the computer will not be
automatically rebooted. Otherwise the computer will be immediately
rebooted after GCM Client is closed using Task Manager.
To enter these
passwords that are specified in the "Staff
accounts" window, double click on the gray key of the
protection mask, or if a time session is open, on the clock with the
current time. After entering a correct password, GCM Client opens
a special menu. This event is recorded into the financial report
with the login name of the employee whose password was used.
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The open menu is shown on the picture.
'Launch a program' allows to run any computer application. After clicking on
'Other...', you can enter a path to the .exe file of the program that you want to
run.
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We hope
you've found the information provided above complete and useful; however,
if you have any questions feel free to write us at support@gcmnow.com
We will answer your
inquiries in a few hours.
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