Software Announcement November 30, 1999 IBM SurePOS Application Client/Server Environment V1R3 for the 4690 Operating System — Full Function Supermarket Enhancements Overview Key Prerequisites At a Glance Take advantage of convenient, • Servers include machines running easy-to-use, cost-effective the 4690 Operating System, either IBM SurePOS Application enhancements offered by IBM V1 or V2. Client/Server Environment V1R3 SurePOS Application Client/Server provides: • 4690 OS V2R2 is required when Environment (SurePOS ACE) • Version 1 Release 3 (V1R3) for the utilizing the GUI shopper display. Enhanced set of functions for your Supermarket Application 4690 Operating System. Targeted at • Clients include IBM 4683, 4693 the North America Supermarket and 4694 running 4690 OS or • Eliminates previous code segment, customers with the 4680 Terminal Services for integration expense and and 4680-90 Supermarket Windows NT . complexity by combining many Applications installed will be functions (including checkout especially interested in the following and electronic marketing) into Release 3 enhancements. Planned Availability Date one comprehensive package What′s New • December 17, 1999 Runs on the IBM 4690 Operating System, one of the most reliable • Enhanced coupon reporting • and proven operating system Enhanced item movement platforms in the retail industry tracking • Graphical user interface (GUI) for • Helps protect your investment the shopper in IBM hardware with support • Enhanced exception and for existing IBM 4683, 4693 and transaction log (tlog) reports 4694 terminals • Batch data maintenance • improvements Improves reliability and • Several functional enhancements, simplifies future code such as printing your logo on an modifications by using modern IBM 4610 printer programming tools and technology For information on SurePOS ACE V1R2, refer to Software EXTRA! EXTRA! . Announcement 299-037, dated Subscribe to IBM iSource, your electronic February 23, 1999. source for customized IBM information! 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IBM United States IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. 299-368 • Borland Turbo Assembler 5.0 (4690 target) Description This is available on their Web site at: SurePOS Application Client/Server Environment http://www.inprise.com (SurePOS ACE) provides an open, point of sale (POS) • Opus Make file processor alternative for customers wishing to minimize hardware • Object Rexx for building diskette images investment, while protecting significant investments in • DDS for Windows NT hardware and software, specifically in existing 4683 and 469x hardware, store loop, and host communication The base SurePOS ACE offering includes support for cash interfaces. and check transactions. Check transactions may be validated against a local file. Electronic tender support Release 3 provides the following additional functions: such as debit, ACH, and EBT can be provided in a variety • Enhanced Coupon Reporting of ways, whichever best matches the retailers needs. The option exists to integrate existing third party electronic This function maintains manufacturer coupon tender payment packages, to employ the IBM North America totals by variety. The variety of a coupon will be Retail Services Center (NRSC) to create a customized defined by the user in Personalization based upon payment solution or utilize IBM SurePOS ACE Electronic certain attributes of the coupon. Up to six varieties Payment Support for 4690 OS (PRPQ). IBM SurePOS ACE may be used. Electronic Payment Support for 4690 OS (PRPQ) is • separately available as a PRPQ that has also been Enhanced Item Movement Tracking enhanced with third release functions including a redesign This feature provides: of the PIN pad interface to allow support for PIN pads currently working with the Electronic Funds Transfer(EFT) − The capability to track daily or weekly history of feature of the SuperMarket Application. Refer to PRPQ item movement. P85587 (product number 5799-RHG). -- A daily history will track up to 91 days of movement. Year 2000 -- A weekly history will track up to 104 weeks of movement. These products are Year 2000 ready. When used in accordance with their associated documentation, they are − The ability to adjust the daily or weekly date, if a capable of correctly processing, providing, and/or close takes place after midnight. receiving date data within and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, provided that all products (for − Both daily and weekly totals will be real-time (that example, hardware, software, and firmware) used with the is, up to the minute) for the current period. products properly exchange accurate date data with − The capability to specify a history file (daily or them. weekly) to report. Euro Currency • Graphical User Interface (GUI) This function is a GUI for the shopper at the front end. These programs are not impacted by euro currency. This will allow the retailer to vary the size, color, and font for the different areas on the screen including: Product Positioning − Two graphic areas for advertising − Customer Receipt IBM SurePOS Application Client/Server Environment for − Subtotal Area 4690 OS is a follow-on to the 4680 and 4680-4690 − Customer 2X20 display area Supermarket Application. Customers can migrate from − Scale weight display area these environments. The scale weight display is fixed in size and font in order to meet weights and measures certification. Hardware and Software Support Services • Enhanced exception and tlog reports SmoothStart /Installation Services • Batch data maintenance improvements • Several functional enhancements, such as printing IBM SmoothStart or Installation Services will not be your logo on an IBM 4610 printer provided for IBM SurePOS Application Client/Server Environment for 4690 OS. Windows NT is the development environment for the 4690 version of SurePOS ACE. SurePOS ACE is built using DOS and Windows NT tools (there is no SurePOS ACE build Reference Information capability on 4690 OS). The DOS tools can be run on Windows NT. In addition, a rich set of debug tools are • Software Announcement 299-037, dated available in the Windows NT environment. SurePOS ACE February 23, 1999 tool kit components include: • Software Announcement 298-328, dated • SurePOS ACE development files September 15, 1998 • Build tools, including 4690 specific build tools • POS device simulator Trademarks • SurePOS ACE Programmer′s Reference SmoothStart is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries In addition to the build tools listed above, building or both. SurePOS ACE requires: Windows NT is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. • Other company, product, and service names may be IBM Visual Age C++ compiler (NT target) trademarks or service marks of others. • Borland 4.52 C++ compiler (4690 target) 299-368 -2- IBM US Announcement Supplemental Information November 30, 1999 The 4 MB terminal load is capable of running all the Education Support following functions of SurePOS ACE, including the optionally linkable functions: The following self-study courses are available: • Department report totals feature Title • Tender listing report feature • • Comparison pricing feature ACE Differences • Foreign currency support • ACE Loyalty Program • • Customer age entry logging feature ACE Planning • Electronic journal feature • Visit the following Web site for information: Coupon multiplication feature • Enhance printing feature http://www.ibm.com/education/retail • Catalina marketing feature Descriptions of all self-study courses are contained in To run the new GUI in the client requires: Software Announcement 299-038, dated • February 23, 1999. IBM 4694 (for example, Models 205, 245, SNT and LNT) with 32 MB of RAM. Technical Information Both the SurePOS ACE toolkit and the SurePOS Application Client/Server Environment Source require the following minimum hardware: Specified Operating Environment • Pentium 133 MHz • Hardware Requirements: For additional technical 64 MB of RAM • information, visit the following Web site, and select 1 Gigabyte free hard disk space • PRODUCTS: SVGA class display http://www.ibm.com/solutions/retail/store Off-the-shelf tools, often used in a Windows NT environment, may cause additional requirements. Equipment Supported Software Requirements: SurePOS ACE requires the • As a Server: 4690 OS V1 at maintenance level 9820 or later or 4690 OS V2 when running on a server. − The minimum recommended configuration for backoffice controllers using the SUREPOS ACE When running on a client, the software prerequisite product is a PC 750 class machine with 90 MHz includes either: processor speed. The minimum amount of memory recommended is 32 MB. • 4690 OS V1 at maintenance level 9820 or later • As a Client (Minimum 4 MB memory) • 4690 OS V2 − IBM 4683 • Terminal Services for Windows NT (5639-C72) with − IBM 4683 Satellite (Model 2) attached to IBM 4683 APAR IR37678 − IBM 4693 • − IBM 4693 Satellite (Model 202) Clients running with the new shopper GUI require − IBM 4694 4690 OS V2R2 − POS I/O attached to above clients: The SurePOS ACE toolkit requires: -- 2x20 alphanumeric display -- Full screen video • Windows NT -- Scanner/wand •