The Sensible Cinema Box Office for Windows program consists of three
key program components, the manager's
office software, the terminal software
and the terminal setup utility...
each of which are discussed below.
This component is installed on one or more manager office workstations giving the manager control over the entire system. From here, features are added to the system, showtimes and playdates are created and reports are generated.
This component is installed on one or more point-of-sale workstations and can be licensed for the sales of tickets, concessions or both at each workstation. The Terminal Client software is connected to the computer in the manager's office via Windows networking where it shares and exchanges data with the Management Console and other terminal workstations. The Manager Console can monitor the sale of individual items (tickets or concessions) from each terminal and can see each transaction as it is completed via a special viewing window. Each workstation must have the terminal client software installed on it with a unique 6 or 7 digit identifier called a Terminal Identity number. This number assigns the workstation it's terminal number amongst all terminals connected to the system (e.g. Terminal #1, Terminal #2, Terminal #3, etc.) for the purpose of tracking sales seperatelty from other terminals, validates the license for the terminal and designates whether the terminal is licensed for the sale of tickets, concessions or is a combo terminal selling both. The Terminal I.D. number is generated along with the registration code at the time you or your company purchased the software or added additional terminals to your system.
This component is installed on each computer with whatever of the above components are installed. For the Manager Console, only the licensing information and program data path are entered. For the terminal client, the terminal I.D. number is also entered on the licensing screen and configuration of peripheral devices is also done here, for example setting up a serial pole display or a ticket printer.