{"id":8988,"date":"2018-01-16T11:08:49","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T11:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kb.sambapos.com\/?p=8988"},"modified":"2018-04-10T13:28:39","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T13:28:39","slug":"2-2-2-what-is-sambapos-messaging-server-how-to-install","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kb.sambapos.com\/en\/2-2-2-what-is-sambapos-messaging-server-how-to-install\/","title":{"rendered":"2.2.2. What is SambaPOS Messaging Server? How to Install?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Messaging Server:<\/strong>\u00a0It has two tasks.
\n1-\u00a0All devices in a restaurant can communicate instantly via messaging server.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For example if there is more than one computer in a restaurant and an order was taken for a table, this information will be sent to all other computers.<\/p>\n

2- It provides communication between SambaPOS products. It provides API support.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Message Server<\/strong> should work only on main computer. Other computers work communicating through Message Server.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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How to Install Messaging Server?<\/span><\/h2>\n

There is an application called SambaMessagingServerServiceTool.exe<\/strong> in the directory of SambaPOS installed and you can run it by double clicking.<\/p>\n

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When this application runs, a window will be seen on the screen. In here the TCP port which MessageServer will be working on, is determined. It comes with 9000+<\/strong> port as default. Click on install service <\/strong>button and Windows Service starts running.<\/p>\n

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Write\u00a0Services<\/strong>\u00a0in the search section of computer (Windows\/Start\/Run) and run it by double clicking.<\/p>\n

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From the Windows Firewall, it is necessary to give permission to 9000 port which message server will be using.\u00a0For this, click on that link\u00a0Control Panel > System and Secutrity > Windows Firewall<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Click on Advanced Settings<\/strong> on Firewall.<\/p>\n

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It’s necessary to create a new rule for Inbound and Outbound Rules.<\/p>\n

Click on Inbound Rules<\/strong> and click New Rule<\/strong> link.<\/p>\n

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New Inbound Rule Wizard;<\/p>\n

In the Rule Type section; Select the\u00a0Port<\/strong>\u00a0and click on Next<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n

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On the Protocol and Port section; mark\u00a0TCP<\/strong> and type 9000 as Port and click on the Next<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n

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On the Action section activate the Allow Connections<\/strong> and click on Next button.<\/p>\n

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On the Profile section; select the whole titles and then click on Next<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n

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On the Name section; give a name to the created rule and click on Finish<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n

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So that the created rule starts working on the inbound rules.<\/p>\n

To add a new rule to outbound rules, click on Outbound Rules<\/strong> and select New Rule<\/strong> link.<\/p>\n

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On the Rule Type section; Select\u00a0Port<\/strong>\u00a0and click on Next<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n

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On the Protocol and Port section; mark\u00a0TCP<\/strong>\u00a0and type 9000 as Port and click on the\u00a0Next<\/strong>\u00a0button.<\/p>\n

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On the Action section activate the\u00a0Allow Connections<\/strong>\u00a0and click on Next button.<\/p>\n

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On the Profile section\u00a0select the whole titles and then click on\u00a0Next<\/strong>\u00a0button.<\/p>\n

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On the Name section; give a name to the created rule and click on\u00a0Finish<\/strong>\u00a0button.<\/p>\n

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So that the settings will be completed.<\/p>\n

How to Setup SambaPOS Message Server?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Run the SambaPOS program in order to create message server for SambaPOS.<\/p>\n

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Configure Messaging Server settings from Manage section. For this, on the navigation screen open the Message Server<\/strong> section from\u00a0\u00a0Manage Menu > Settings > Local Settings<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Into message server name section, type computer name or that computer’s ip address. Into the Message Server Port section, type the port that determined on previous step while message server service was working. Select Auto Start Message Client\u00a0<\/strong>link and click on Message Server Connection Testing<\/strong> button and test the connection.<\/p>\n

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To save the settings click on Save<\/strong> button. Log out from SambaPOS and login again. You will see that message server is connected in SambaPOS.<\/p>\n

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To connect other computers to the message server, in the Message Server section which is located in Local Settings, same exact settings should be written. If Connected<\/strong> word can be seen on bottom left corner, then computers started communicating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Messaging Server:\u00a0It has two tasks. 1-\u00a0All devices in a restaurant can communicate instantly via messaging server. For example if there is more than one computer in a restaurant and an order was taken for a table, this information will be sent to all other computers. 2- It provides communication between SambaPOS products. It provides API […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-installation","category-2-2-sambapos-basic-setup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.sambapos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.sambapos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.sambapos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.sambapos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.sambapos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8988"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/kb.sambapos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13693,"href":"https:\/\/kb.sambapos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8988\/revisions\/13693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.sambapos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.sambapos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.sambapos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}