JP2528506B2 - POS system monitor-device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a plurality of satellite ECRs and a master ECR.
The present invention relates to a POS system monitoring device, and more particularly to a POS system monitoring device capable of displaying cashier sales registration operation information in each satellite ECR on a display screen by a master ECR.

[Prior Art] In a store in which a plurality of ECRs (electronic cash registers) are installed, each ECR is controlled by one file control unit (F
C) to configure a POS system.

In each ECR that constitutes this POS system, this EC
Prior to starting the sales registration business of the sale product using R, the cashier N of the cashier operating each ECR
After registering o. in ECR, sales registration can be done by the corresponding cashier. In this way, by registering the cashier number that executes the sales registration operation in advance, it is possible to easily perform sales totals for each cashier and to identify the person in charge of sales of the product when a product returns, etc. It

Also, of the multiple ECRs, one is the master ECR and the other is the satellite ECR. And the Master ECR is
As with other satellite ECRs, you can execute sales registration for each product you sell, as well as perform [Master] operations unique to Master ECR. For this [master] work, for example, the function as a remote control device of the file control unit that sets the product code in the product master file of the file control unit and prints out the sales data collected in the product master file. Besides, each ECR including self
There is also a function to send various setting data to.

As one of the [master] operations having such a function, there is a function of designating one Saralite ECR from this master ECR and monitoring the sales registration operation information carried out by the corresponding ECR. Therefore, if necessary, the master ECR can grasp the sales registration operation status of each satellite ECR.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the monitor device in the conventional POS system, by specifying the ECR No. of the ECR to be monitored by the master ECR, the sales registration operation status of the corresponding ECR is grasped. Therefore, in order to specify a specific cashier and grasp the sales registration operation status of the cashier, the sales floor manager goes through each ECR in the sales floor and confirms the ECR No. operated by the cashier. It is necessary to key in the ECR No. confirmed by the master ECR.
Therefore, it takes a lot of time and labor to confirm which ECR the corresponding cashier is performing the sales operation. In particular, in large stores where many ECRs are installed, one cashier uses the floating cashier system, in which the ECR is not fixed. Checking the ECR executed in is a very complicated task. Moreover, the ECR in charge is often changed in a short time.

Moreover, in the conventional monitor device, a plurality of
We could not monitor each sales registration operation status in ECR.

The present invention searches for the ECR that this cashier is currently in charge of with the cashier number keyed in to the master ECR, and only specifies the cashier number. Each sales registration in the ECR that the corresponding cashier is in charge of is registered. It is an object of the present invention to provide a monitor device for a POS system in which operation information is displayed on a display device and the required cashier's sales registration operation status can be immediately confirmed.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a monitor device for a POS system that can simultaneously grasp the sales registration operation status for multiple cashiers.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above problems, according to the present invention, a plurality of satellite ECRs and a master ECR are connected to a file control unit via a transmission line, and a cashier N is used in each ECR.
In the POS system in which after the registration of o., the sales registration work for the sale product can be executed, the master ECR has an ECR search means for searching the ECR corresponding to the cashier number of the monitor target that has been key-input,
Monitor command sending means for sending a monitor command to the ECR searched by this ECR search means and each sales registration operation information sequentially sent for each sales registration operation executed by the ECR cashier receiving the monitor command in real time The display device is provided with monitor display means for displaying a plurality of lines in the order of operation.

In still another invention, an ECR search means for searching each ECR corresponding to a plurality of keyer-operated cashier numbers to be monitored and each EC searched by this ECR search means.
Monitor command sending means for sending a monitor command to R,
Equipped with monitor display means for displaying each sales registration operation information sent in sequence for each sales registration operation executed by the cashier from each ECR that received the monitor command in real time on the display device in order of operation for each cashier. It is a thing.

[Operation] According to the monitor device of the POS system configured as described above, for example, in the master ECR, when the cashier No. of the cashier to be monitored is keyed in, for example, the corresponding cashier No. from each ECR or the file control unit.
The ECR in which is registered is automatically searched. And
A monitor command is sent to the retrieved ECR. Whenever the ECR that receives the monitor command executes one sales registration operation, the sales registration operation information corresponding to the sales registration operation is sent to the master ECR. The master ECR that has received the sales registration operation information displays the sales registration operation information on the display device in a plurality of lines in the order of input.

Then, the store manager who operates the master ECR can monitor the sales registration status of the required cashier with a simple key operation.

In still another invention, a plurality of cashier numbers can be designated at the same time, and the sales registration operation status of the designated cashiers is displayed on the display device for each cashier.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the entire POS system in which the monitor device of the embodiment is incorporated. Multiple satellite ECR1
And one master ECR2 are connected to the file control unit (FC) 4 via the transmission line 3 in a closed loop state.

Each satellite ECR1 is installed in each sales floor and executes sales registration work for sales products. In addition, the master ECR performs sales registration work in the same way as each satellite ECR1, and remotely operates the file control unit 4 and
Send various setting data to ECR1,2. File control unit 4
Product code for all products sold in each department,
A product master file and the like shown in FIG. 9 (a) for aggregating product data such as product name and unit price, and sales data such as sales points and sales amount are formed. Then, each time the individual product sales data is generated in each ECR 1, 2, this single product sales data is transmitted to the file control unit 4.

FIG. 3 is an external view of the master ECR2. A keyboard 6 including control keys 7 is arranged on the front surface of the housing 5, and a CRT display unit 8 as a display device is attached adjacent to the keyboard 6. A receipt issuing port 9 is provided on the upper surface of the housing 5, and a customer display unit 10 is mounted on the top. A drawer 11 for storing cash, two FDDs (Floppy disk drive devices) 12 for temporarily storing various data, and a power switch 13 are provided at a lower position of the housing 5.

The control key 7 of the keyboard 6 is to select the [master] work mode dedicated to this master ECR2 in addition to the normal work modes common to other satellite ECR1s such as [Registration], [Check], [Clear], etc. Is possible.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the master ECR4. Via the bus line 16 to the CPU 15 for executing various information processing, the ROM 17 for storing the control program, the RAM 18 for storing various variable data, the HDC connected to the transmission path 3
L (high-level data link controller; communication control unit) 19, keyboard control circuit 20 for keyboard 6, CR
The display control circuit 21 of the T display unit 8 and the display unit 10, the printer control circuit 23 of the printer 22 for printing the sales amount and the total amount of money on the receipt shown in FIG. 11, the FDD control unit 24 of the FDD 12 and the like are connected. .

In the RAM 18, as shown in FIG. 5, a totalizer 18a for calculating the total amount of money for one customer, a reception buffer 18b and a transmission buffer for performing data transmission with the file control unit 4 and each satellite ECR1. 18c, a print buffer 18d for printing on a receipt, a CRT display buffer 18e for storing data to be displayed on the CRT display unit 8, a display buffer 18f for storing display data for the customer display unit 10, and this master ECR2
Cashier to perform sales registration work in
Cashier No. memory 18g that stores the No., T / M No. (terminal No .; ECR No.) assigned to this master ECR2
A T / M No. memory 18h, etc. for storing the data are formed.

Further, in the RAM 18, the first CRT display unit 8
A monitor setting memory 18i for storing T / M No. and cashier No. corresponding to each sales operation information to be displayed is formed in the area A on the left side and the area B on the right side of the display screen 8a shown in the figure. .

In addition, each satellite ECR1 is the function of the master ECR2 except for the [master] work.
A normal display unit is attached instead of the display unit 8,
FDD12 is not equipped either.

Each satellite ECR1 is constructed as shown in FIG. That is, to the CPU 25 via the bus line 26, a ROM 27 that stores a control program, a RAM 28 that stores various variable data, an HDCL 29 that is connected to the transmission path 3,
A keyboard control circuit 31 of the keyboard 30, a display control circuit 33 of the display unit 32, a printer control circuit 35 of the printer 34, etc. are connected.

In the RAM 28, as shown in FIG. 7, a totalizer 28a,
A reception buffer 28b and a transmission buffer 28c for performing data transmission with the file control unit 4 and the master ECR2,
A print buffer 28d, a display buffer 28e for storing data to be displayed on the display unit 32, a cashier No. memory 28g for storing the cashier No. of a cashier who carries out sales registration work with this satellite ECR1, and a T assigned to this satellite ECR1. A T / M No. memory 28h for storing / M No. is formed.

Further, in the RAM 28, a flag memory 28i that stores a monitor flag that stores that the satellite ECR1 is designated as a monitor is formed.

Further, the file control unit 4 is constructed as shown in FIG. That is, bus line 3 to CPU35
A file memory in which a ROM 37 for storing a control program, a RAM 38 for storing various variable data, and a product master file 39a for storing product data and sales data of each sales product shown in FIG. 39, HDCL40 and FDD41 connected to this file memory 39 and transmission line 3
DMA to perform direct data transfer with FDD control circuit 42
C43 etc. are connected.

In the RAM 38, as shown in FIG. 9 (b), when each cashier working in this store is currently conducting sales work at each ECR 1,2, the T / M No. of that ECR 1,2 is displayed. A cashier table 38a for storing is formed. That is, when the cashier executes the sales operation with any one ECR1,2, his / her cashier No. is registered in the corresponding ECR1,2 prior to the start of the sales operation (sign-on). Then, the registered ECR 1 and 2 send their own T / M No. and the registered cashier No. to the file control 4 as sign-on information. Upon receiving the sign-on information, the file control unit 4 stores the T / M No. in the corresponding cashier No. area of the cashier table 38a.

When the cashier finishes the sales operation,
When the sign-off operation is executed with ECR1 and 2, the sign-off information is transmitted to the file control unit 4, and the T / M No. of the corresponding cashier number in the cashier table 38a is cleared.

Then, the CPU 15 of the master ECR 2 is programmed to execute the cashier monitor display processing according to the flowchart of FIG.

Make sure that the flow chart is started and that the control key 7 is set to the [master] work mode. Next, when a monitor specifying code for specifying the cashier's monitoring work is input by operating the combination key of the numeral keys and the function keys, the cashier's monitoring work is started.

Then, when the cashier No. is keyed in by operating the combination of the numeric keypad and the person in charge key of the keyboard 6 at P1, the entered cashier No. is either A or B of the monitor setting memory 18i of RAM18. One empty cashier No.
Store in the area. Then, the corresponding cashier number is transmitted to the file control unit 4. The file control unit 4 displays the EC corresponding to the corresponding cashier number from the cashier table 38a.
Search T / M No. of R (ECR search method).

When the T / M No. is searched, the T / M No. is sent to the master ECR2. The master ECR2 stores the retrieved T / M No. in the corresponding area of the monitor setting memory 18i. In addition, the corresponding cashier N of the cashier table 38a of the file control unit 4
If T / M No. is not registered at o., it will be an error when trying to monitor because Cashier is not currently performing sales operations with ECR1 and 2.

In addition, when the T / M No. is entered by the key combination of the numeric keypad and the function key of the keyboard 6 on P2, the entered T / M No. is displayed in the RAM 18 monitor setting memory 18i.
Store it in the empty T / M No. area of either A or B. Then, the corresponding T / M No. is transmitted to the file control unit 4. The file control unit 4 selects the corresponding T / M No. from the cashier table 38a.
Search for the cashier number corresponding to. Cashier N
When o. is searched, it is sent to the master ECR2. Master
The ECR 2 stores the retrieved cashier number in the corresponding area of the monitor setting memory 18i. The file control unit 4
If the corresponding T / M No. is not registered in the cashier table 38a of No. 2, it is an error because the sales operations are not currently being carried out in the ECRs 1 and 2 of this T / M No.

If the key operation indicating the end of setting is not performed on the keyboard 6 at P3, the process returns to P1 and waits for the registration of the second cashier number to start.

When the setting end key operation is executed in P3, a monitor start command is sent to each satellite ECR1 of each T / M No. set in the monitor setting memory 18i in P4 via the file control unit 4 (monitor Command sending means).

Each satellite ECR1 that received the monitor start command is RAM2
The monitor flag of the flag memory 28i of 8 is set to 1.
Then, when the monitor flag is set to 1, for each sales registration operation executed by the cashier, the department, the amount of money, the points, the subtotal amount, the total amount of money generated by the sales registration operation,
Each sales registration operation information such as cash receipt amount is printed out on the receipt 44 shown in FIG. 11 and is also transmitted to the master ECR2 together with its own T / M No.

When the sales registration operation information data is input from the corresponding satellite ECR1 at P5, it is determined which area of the monitor setting memory 18i the input data corresponds to. Then, if the interpretation result in P6 is the data in the A area, the input sales registration operation information data is entered into the A area on the left side of the CRT display unit 8 one line at a time from the top as shown in FIG. Display together (monitor display means).

On the other hand, if the interpretation result is the data in the B area, the input sales registration operation information data is converted into CR as shown in FIG.
The data is displayed in the B area on the right side of the T display unit 8 in order from the upper row one by one.

If the image stop key is not operated in P7 and the end key is not operated in P8, the process returns to P5,
Wait for the next sales registration operation information data to be input from satellite ECR1. Then, when new data is input, the new data is displayed on the line below the last line data currently displayed. Then, for example, if the number of lines that can be displayed at one time on the CRT display unit 25 is 25, when new data is input after the number of displayed data reaches 25, each data currently displayed is One line is scrolled upward, and the input data is displayed on the last line.

When the image stop key is operated at P7, the display state of each data currently displayed on the CRT display unit 8 is fixedly held.
Then, when the re-execution key is operated in P9, the fixed holding state is released, the process returns to P5, and waits for the next data input.

Further, when the end key is operated at P8, a monitor end command is sent to each satellite ECR1 corresponding to each T / M No. set in the monitor setting memory 18i via the file control unit 4. And monitor setting memory 18i
Clear each T / M No. and each cashier No. Each satellite ECR1 that has received the monitor end command clears the monitor flag of the flag memory 28i to zero.

According to the monitor device of the POS system configured in this way, when the cashier registers his / her cashier number at each satellite ECR1 (sign-on operation) and starts the sales registration business, the cashier table 38a of the file control unit 4 The T / M No. of the corresponding ECR1 is registered in. Then, when the cashier executes the normal sales registration operation for each sale product in the satellite ECR1, as shown in FIG. 11, the cashier No. (person in charge No.) T / M No. is displayed on the receipt 44.
Then, the department, the amount of money generated by each sales registration operation,
Data such as subtotal amount, total amount, and cash amount are sequentially printed out.

Then, after setting the [Master] work mode in the master ECR2 and keying in the cashier number of the cashier you want to monitor, the satellite ECR1 currently in charge of this cashier is specified and the monitor flag of the corresponding ECR1 is set to 1. Is set. When the corresponding cashier specified in this state executes each sales registration operation described above, the department, the amount of money, and the
Data such as subtotal amount, total amount, and cash amount are sequentially printed out on the receipt 44, and the CR of the master ECR2
The T display portion 8 is sequentially displayed in either area A or B of the display screen 8a shown in FIG. Then, when the sales operation for one customer is finished and each sales registration operation for the next customer is started, each data for the previous customer is not erased,
After each of these data, each data of the next customer is displayed. Then, as described above, when the display data exceeds 25 lines, each data is scrolled upward by one line, and the latest data is displayed on the last line.

Further, when two cashiers are designated at the same time, as shown in FIG. 1, each data by each sales registration operation described above is sequentially displayed in both areas A and B.

Then, by operating the image stop key, the display screen 8a
Since the scrolling operation in is stopped, the administrator can check and examine each displayed data in detail.

Then, by operating the re-execution key, the stopped state is released. Further, by operating the end key, the monitor for the corresponding cashier is released.

As described above, in the master ECR2, each data of each sales registration operation information of the corresponding cashier is displayed on the display screen 8a of the CRT display unit 8 in real time only by specifying the cashier number of the cashier to be monitored. Therefore, the store manager can confirm the unfamiliar cashier's sales registration operation, point out an instruction such as an operation error, and can warn and manage misconduct of the cashier.

Also, which satellite is the cashier you want to monitor
Since it is not necessary to confirm in advance whether you are in charge of ECR1,
You can immediately check the sales registration operation status of the required cashier.

Furthermore, since the sales registration operation statuses of a plurality of cashiers can be simultaneously displayed on one display screen 8a, the above-mentioned monitoring work can be carried out more smoothly.

In this embodiment, not only the cashier No. but also the T / M No. can be specified to confirm the sales registration operation status in the corresponding ECR1.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the monitor device of the POS system of the present invention, the ECR currently in charge of the cashier with the cashier number keyed into the master ECR.
Are searching for. Therefore, by simply specifying the cashier number, each sales registration operation information in the ECR that the corresponding cashier is in charge of is displayed on the display device, and the sales registration operation status of the required cashier can be immediately confirmed.

Also, the sales registration operation status for a plurality of cashiers can be grasped at the same time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a monitor device of a POS system of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing each data displayed on a CRT display part, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the entire POS system, and FIG. 3 is a master. ECR external view, FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a master ECR, FIGS. 5 and 7 and 9 are diagrams showing respective memories of a storage unit, and FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a satellite ECR, FIG. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing the file control unit, FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the master ECR, and FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a receipt. 1 ... Satellite ECR, 2 ... Master ECR, 3 ... Transmission path, 4
... File control section, 6 ... Keyboard, 8 ... CRT display section, 1
5,25,35 ... CPU, 18i ... Monitor setting memory.

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A POS system in which a plurality of satellite ECRs and a master ECR are connected to a file control unit via a transmission line, and after registering a cashier number in each ECR, a sales registration operation for a sale product can be executed. The master ECR, ECR search means for searching the ECR corresponding to the cashier No. of the monitor target key input, and monitor command sending means for sending a monitor command to the ECR searched by this ECR search means, POS equipped with a monitor display means for displaying each sales registration operation information sequentially transmitted for each sales registration operation executed by the cashier from the ECR receiving the monitor command in real time on the display device in the operation order over a plurality of lines System monitoring device. 2. A POS system in which a plurality of satellite ECRs and a master ECR are connected to a file control unit via a transmission line, and after registering a cashier number in each ECR, a sales registration operation for a sale product can be executed. , The master ECR is an ECR search means for searching each ECR corresponding to a plurality of cashier numbers to be monitored which are key-in, and a monitor command for sending a monitor command to each ECR searched by this ECR search means. Sending means and a monitor that displays each sales registration operation information sequentially sent for each sales registration operation performed by the cashier from each ECR that receives the monitor command on the display device in real time for each cashier over multiple lines in the order of operation Monitor device for POS system with display means.