ROBOTILL News and Updates

  Version 9.06 of the ROBOTILL Point of Sale System has been released and is available for download. The following is new: The sale and open till session totals are hidden from the Back Office application when ROBOTILL Back Office is in lock mode that requires a user to log in. You can now choose to hide the sale and open till session totals in the Home screen from Supervisors when they log into ROBOTILL. See System Security on how to change these settings. Transaction ID's / Sale ID's are unique but not sequential. ROBOTILL now added a sequential Invoice number that can be added to receipts/invoices. You can also choose a starting number for your invoice numbers. See Invoice and Sale Numbers . The date range of sales for till sessions has been added to the till session report.  Other minor quality fixes has been done. To upgrade to the latest version, please follow the upgrade instructions . 

The new ROBOTILL Branch Module allows you to manage multiple branches over the Internet, anywhere in the world, from a central location. You can update branches with products and prices and also transfer stock between branches. ROBOTILL always supported any number of tills (POS Computers) and back office computers on a local network using a powerful and robust database (Microsoft SQL Server). You also had the option of using a  cloud server for your Point of Sale System  if a local network was not an option for you. It was however limited to one 'shop'. Now, you can manage multiple shops (branches) over the Internet. Each branch will still have its own database with a local network (or cloud server) to connect the various tills and back office computers at the branch. The ROBOTILL Branch Module is an optional new add-on to your system and requires a Branch Module license. You only need one Branch Module license per company to manage multiple branches from one compute...

ROBOTILL is a Point of Sale System that comes with a SQL Server database that can be installed as a stand-alone system (one computer) or on a local network with multiple computers (POS Points and Back Office computers). Now, with ROBOTILL Version 5.5, you can also connect to a database server in the cloud like Microsoft SQL Azure. Advantages of using a database in the cloud: You don't need to setup a local network to connect all your till points and back office computers. Distance between points is not an issue as you connect over the internet and not through a local network.  You can manage and monitor your shop or restaurant from home (or any location). Things to keep in mind (disadvantages): All your POS Points (tills) and back office computers will need an Internet connection. Your Internet connection will need to be fast and stable as you will not be able to work if the connection goes down.  The performance (speed) of ROBOTILL can go down depending on ...