Testing The Customer Display; Testing The Cash Drawers; Performing An Rs232 Loopback Test; Testing An Rs232 Printer - Oracle MICROS Workstation 6 Setup Manual

Testing the Customer Display

On the Customer Display tab, you can test the connectivity and functionality of an
integrated or pole 240 x 64 Customer Display.
On the Customer Display Ex tab, you can test the graphics capabilities of an integrated
or pole 240 x 64 Customer Display and retrieve the integrated firmware version.
On the Customer Display 2x20 tab, you can test the connectivity and functionality of an
integrated or pole 2 x 20 text-based Customer Display.

Testing the Cash Drawers

On the Cash Drawer tab, you can make sure the connected cash drawers correctly open
and that the system recognizes the open/close state of the cash drawers.
By default, you can determine the password by applying the following formula to the
key:
For example, if the utility shows the key 532586, the password is 26 (5*3+5+6).
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Performing an RS232 LoopBack Test

On the RS232 LoopBack tab, you can perform a loop back test on a single port using an
RS232 Self Loop-Back Unit.
1. Connect a serial loopback connector to the workstation COM port 1, 2, or 5. You
2. Select the output and input ports.
3. Tap Test Ports.
4. Verify that the Tx Bytes field and Rx Bytes field increments.
5. Tap Quit Test.

Testing an RS232 Printer

On the RS232 Print tab, you can test connectivity and print line-by-line at a serial printer.
1. Connect the RS232 cable from the printer to the workstation COM port 1, 2, or 5.
2. Select the COM port from the Output Port drop-down list.
3. Tap Test Ports.
4. Verify that the Tx Bytes field and the Rx Bytes field increments and that the
5. Tap Quit Test.

Performing an IDN LoopBack Test

On the IDN LoopBack tab, you can perform a loopback test using an IDN loop back
device.
1. Connect the loop back device to the workstation COM port 4.
2. Select COM4 from the Output Port and the Input Port drop-down lists.
3. Tap Test Ports.
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Digit 1 * Digit 2 + Digit 4 + Digit 6 = Password
Click Open Cash Drawer number to open the connected cash drawer.
Click Read Cash Drawer number Status to check the open/close status of the
connected cash drawer.
can also connect a serial cable between two COM ports.
printer continues printing.
Workstation 6 Utilities and Configurations