Can I operate a back office computer without a dongle?

Posted by Charlesjohnson0 on January 2, 2006, 8:50 am

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Can I operate a back office computer without a dongle? In quicksell I was
able to use the quicksell manager on the back office computer (not networked)
by making a backup of the database file on the register and restoring on the
back office machine... this allowed me to do invoicing, run reports, etc..
without taking the register out of service???

Posted by POSable Solutio on January 2, 2006, 11:46 am

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I've done similar for customers with laptops for home but the software will
show a license problem and allow you to run in eval mode. RMS is designed to
run with a network. You can set it up on a WAN connection if you want to use
a system remote. If you are able to figure a way around this, let me know.

"Charlesjohnson00" wrote:

> Can I operate a back office computer without a dongle? In quicksell I was

> able to use the quicksell manager on the back office computer (not networked)

> by making a backup of the database file on the register and restoring on the

> back office machine... this allowed me to do invoicing, run reports, etc..

> without taking the register out of service???

Posted by Jeff on January 2, 2006, 10:16 pm

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Charles,

Yes, you can do the same thing.

I'm curious as to why you are not networked between the two. If both
machines have network cards in them, as most computers have built within the
last 5 years, a simple network can be created for less than $100! If its
just two machines, only about $20 for a cable!

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> Can I operate a back office computer without a dongle? In quicksell I was

> able to use the quicksell manager on the back office computer (not

> networked)

> by making a backup of the database file on the register and restoring on

> the

> back office machine... this allowed me to do invoicing, run reports, etc..

> without taking the register out of service???

Posted by Roxanne on January 26, 2006, 1:12 pm

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I can tell you why this is needed. Just this weekend. Had handwritten
inventory pages to add about 500 new items to database. Rather than sitting
in the store and doing it - want to go home and input the data, export that
department data, put on jump drive to go back to store and import into the
database.

No need for store ops POS at all. Just back office data. Anyone who knows
how to do this without having to network, let me know because the eval runs
out in just a few days then its a real pain. Being from QS days, I of course
sell the system as being able to use back office for just what I described.
Going to be in trouble at some point.

Mahalo

"Charlesjohnson00" wrote:

> Can I operate a back office computer without a dongle? In quicksell I was

> able to use the quicksell manager on the back office computer (not networked)

> by making a backup of the database file on the register and restoring on the

> back office machine... this allowed me to do invoicing, run reports, etc..

> without taking the register out of service???

Posted by Glenn Adams [MVP - Retail Mgmt on January 26, 2006, 4:07 pm

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What did you do in QS days? Copy the Access database file, take it home and
edit it than bring it back and save it over the old version? Was there more
import and export available in QS?

If you are doing the file copy and overwrite thing, you can still do it -
it's just a lot harder than a simple file copy ; lots of backups and creates
and chances to mess things up but good.

Much easier for bulk editing would be to create an Excel spreadsheet for the
user to enter data at home. Save the item data as CSV, then use QSImport or
some other tool to load it. If you know the format of the spreadsheet, you
can save the layout so that it doesn't have to be remapped everytime.

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>I can tell you why this is needed. Just this weekend. Had handwritten

> inventory pages to add about 500 new items to database. Rather than

> sitting

> in the store and doing it - want to go home and input the data, export

> that

> department data, put on jump drive to go back to store and import into the

> database.

> No need for store ops POS at all. Just back office data. Anyone who knows

> how to do this without having to network, let me know because the eval

> runs

> out in just a few days then its a real pain. Being from QS days, I of

> course

> sell the system as being able to use back office for just what I

> described.

> Going to be in trouble at some point.

> Mahalo

> "Charlesjohnson00" wrote:

>> Can I operate a back office computer without a dongle? In quicksell I

>> was

>> able to use the quicksell manager on the back office computer (not

>> networked)

>> by making a backup of the database file on the register and restoring on

>> the

>> back office machine... this allowed me to do invoicing, run reports,

>> etc..

>> without taking the register out of service???