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Kitchen Monitor

Setup instructions for Kitchen Monitor Displays

For Kitchen Monitor displays, just a couple special configurations.

First of all, in Stations table, that station must be set to stationType=9

Then on that station itself there must be a text File with the exact name: kitchenScreenParams.txt

 

Here is a sample file:
 
Printers: 12
Mins till Red: 7
Mins till Remove: 20
 
This means display will monitor all jobs sent to remote printer: 12.   Remote orders will turn RED after 7 minutes and will fall off screen automatically after 20 minutes.
 
Alternately, first line could also be set to: Printers: 12  In this case both remote printers 12 and 13 will be monitored.
 
Note an actual printer does not actually have to exist.  In cases where a kitchen display is needed WITHOUT a printer setup a dummy printer & folder.   For ex:   \\main\fastbar\printingK2 on COM3.  That way system will send tickets on COM3 and doesn't really care is there's a printer there or not