In the Dining Table Layout panel (the startup panel), the skin, font, and glyphs for each dining table button is decided by the kitchen status of the active KOT on the dining table, if the table is occupied.
To specify skin, font, and glyphs for Announced, Fired, and Plated statuses
KDS Coursing uses Coursing Kitchen status to track the status of each menu course in a Coursing KOT. It has three new statuses that need to be dealt with:
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- Announced
- Fired
- Started (display stations only, not active in the current version)
- Finished (display stations only, not active in the current version)
- Plated (display stations only, not active in the current version)
- Served
- Posted
- Voided
For a Coursing KOT, it is the Coursing Kitchen status of the currently active menu course that sets the skin, font, and glyphs for the occupied dining table button.
Currently active Menu Course
When the Coursing KOT is created, the first menu course is the currently active menu course. Its status is Announced.
When a menu course is fired, this course becomes the currently active menu course. Its status is Fired.
When the currently active menu course is served, the program looks for another menu course to be the currently active menu course. If it does not find one (the first course that is either Fired or Announced), the currently active menu course stays the same.
To specify skin, font, and glyphs for Announced, Fired, and Plated statuses
Since the statuses Announced, Fired, and Plated are new kitchen statuses, you need to set the skin, fonts, and glyph for these three statuses for the Dining Table Button menus (specified for each dining area).
Note: The glyph Rest. Menu Type shows the Code on POS for the menu type that represents the currently active menu course. If used, the dining table button shows the abbreviated name for the currently active menu course.
- Click the
icon, enter Dining Area, and select the relevant link. - Select the desired dining area.
- In the Dining Table Button Menu ID field, click the Assistbutton.
- Select the relevant menu, and click POS Menu -POS Menu Card to edit the menu.
- If there are no entries for statuses number 17, 18, and 19, create these new entries by entering the number in the Key No. field, and by entering HOSPSTATUS in the POS Command field.
- Copy the glyphs from a line that already exists (Announced, Fired, and Plated should have the same glyphs as Sent) to the new lines.
- Pick a skin and font to differentiate these three new statuses in the Skin and Font fields.
Note: The skin for these three statuses is also used for the menu course buttons in the Coursing Overview panel.