SKAN_Talk additions and revisions
 
 
Build date:  2/3/2012
 
New Feature
 
Models Revision
 
ALL Added the Z Counters Report to the list of Period Reports. This reports how many times each of the
various reports (PLU, Department, Hourly, Transaction, etc) have been reset.
 
ALL Added Support for 64 bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7
 
ALL Added a feature to the Programming Menu that allows the user to select one or more tables for force
the program propagation to other stores in the region.
 
ALL Added an option to enable/disable sending the program changes during a store polling.
 
ALL Added a button to the Function Text editor that allows the user to restore the value to the factory default
value.
 
UP3300, UP3301,
UP3500, UP810
Added the ability to modify the text and color of the Function Key Text outside of the keyboard editor. All
keys can now be modified. Previously the function was only available within the keyboard editor and
only for keys that were  assigned to the keyboard.
 
A770, A771, UP3500,
UP600, UP810
In the Device Assignment editor, added the ability to open another editor related to the current device.
 
ALL Added the ability to launch a SKAN_Talk script as a preprocess to the polling.
 
ALL Added the ability to export the keyboard template to an editable Excel file
 
ALL Added the ability to repair the Customer and Customer Sales file by removing duplicated and orphaned
record then sending a replacement file to the ECR.
 
ALL
Added a new function into the Keyboard Editor that allows the edit space to be maximized by clicking a
checkbox in the top corner of the keyboard. This is useful on computers where the screen resolution is
less than 1280 x 1024.
When this option is selected, the Selection List on the right side of the keyboard is decreased and the
Instant Info at the bottom of the screen is reduced from 6 rows to 1.
 
ALL
Added the ability to generate a printouts of the programming data for the following areas:
Function and Media Preset
Inline Preset
Positive and Negative Accounts
 
UP600, UP810 Added the jobs and ASCII export for the Positive Check Sales (Charge Posting)
 
Modification to Existing Feature
 
Models Revision
 
ALL Made a change to the virtual keyboard so that if the screen resolution is not at least 1280 x 1024, it
scales the key size down to give more edit space. This was previously only performed when the screen
less than at 1024 x 768.
 
UP810 In the Mix and Match editor, the Description field was added.
 
UP3300, UP3301,
UP3500
In the Keyboard Editor when double clicking on PLUs, Departments Combo Meals and some Function
Keys, it previously only allowed entry of the Key Text that appears on the touch screen terminal. Now it
allows both the key text and description text.
 
ALL Added new sub menus to the Programming Menu for Personnel and Text and moved all related editors
into the appropriate menu. This reduces the size of the drop down menu.
 
ALL Added the ability to get, send and broadcast individual files from within some of the editors: Combo
Meal, Media Preset, Optional Register Programming
 


  
SKAN_Talk additions and revisions
 
 
Build date:  2/3/2012
 
Modification to Existing Feature
 
Models Revision
 
ALL Reduced the size of the PLU and Department and Region editors so that the buttons at the bottom of
the screen are not obstructed by the Task Bar on computers where the screen resolution is 1024x768
 
ALL In the Store Editor, added a button to detect the ROM version that is used by the terminal
 
ALL Added and updated the menus and icons in Administrator Mode. Moved all of the features from User
Mode into Administrator mode.
 
ALL In the Department Editor when changing the Sales Type, if the type selected is not allowed based on
the setting in the Service Parameters, a message will appear and ask the user if they want to open the
Service Parameter Editor to allow the Sales Type.
 
ALL Made a modification to the Service Parameter Printout so that it shows the descriptions of the settings
instead of just the values. The printout was also changed to that it can report from any or all stores in a
single report. Previously it would only generate a report from the store that was currently selected.
 
ALL Made minor changes in a few of the File Table Printout Reports. Mainly it was adding the Store Name
and Address to the report and making minor layout changes.
 
Corrections
 
Models Revision
 
A420, A420U Made a correction in the Server Preset editor which allows for servers to be added and deleted. This
function was allowed at the register but inhibited in the editor
 
ALL Corrected an error where the Employee Timekeeping option appeared on the Reports Menu for models
that do not support the report. When this option was selected on stores that did not support the option,
a runtime error occurred.
 
UP3300, UP3301,
UP3500
In the PLU, Department, Combo Meal editors when attempting to edit the key colors if the Keyboard
editor was not opened first, an error was given about not having the correct color definitions for the
model.
 
UP3300, UP3301,
UP3500
Corrected a runtime error that occurred in the Keyboard Editor when attempting to clone a screen.
 
ALL Corrected a Runtime error in the Files Allocation editor when clicking the Synchronize Allocations
button if the Files Allocation did not already exist in SKAN_Talk for the selected register
 
ALL Corrected a runtime error in the Store Select function when the Terminal Name was left blank.
 
A530 Corrected an issue in the Training Cashier editor where the maximum cashier # allowed was 99 instead
of 255.
 
A420, A530 Corrected an error in the Scanner Preset editor where the definitions for the Data bit, Stop Bit and
Transmission Speed fields were reversed
 
UP3500 Made a correction in the Server Preset editor where the Guest Entry field did not save when a change
was made
 
ALL Corrects a runtime error that can happen when the Close Store function is run. If the log has more than
100 entries in it, a 'Subscript out of Range' error would occur.
 
UP3500
Made a correction in the Auto Key editor where the editor would not allow creating an Auto Key with a
number higher than the amount of records allocated.
This also corrects a runtime error that happens when attempting to view/edit/save a record greater than
that value if it was created at the register and imported during the Store Initialization.
 
A530,UP600,UP810 Corrected an error in the Department Editor where if the Department was set as a Gas type, it always
showed the Price with 3 decimal places. It now sets the value based on the 904D Service Parameter.
 


  
SKAN_Talk additions and revisions
 
 
Build date:  2/3/2012
 
Corrections
 
Models Revision
 
ALL Corrects a Runtime error when opening the Dynamic UPC editor when the PLU/UPC file is empty.
 
ALL Corrected a runtime error in the Files Allocation editor when the Synchronize button is clicked before
the Store Initialization has been performed.
 
A750E, A770, A771,
UP3300, UP3301,
UP600, UP810
Corrected an issue in the Keyboard editor when hovering over a PLU Menu. If the PLU was 5 or 6 digits
and the PLU begins with 01 or 02 it incorrectly reported the PLU in the menu as a Coupon or Combo
Meal
 
A750E, A770, A771,
UP3300, UP3301,
UP600, UP810
Corrected an issue in the PLU Menu editor when a 5 or 6 digit PLU begins with 01 or 02 it displays a
"Missing Coupon" or "Missing Combo" message
 
A750E, A770, A771,
UP3300, UP3301
Corrected an Overflow error when loading the PLU Menu editor when a PLU within the menu is greater
than 99999
 
UP810 Made a correction in the Combo Meal editor which did not allow for more than 20 records to be created
instead of allowing up to 99, depending on the files allocation of the register
 
A770,A771
Made a correction to the posting for Manager Sales data. Previously it was only collecting the posting
the totals for Standalone Mode. If the register was part of an IRC system, the totals from the satellite
registers would not be reported.
A change was also made to the report to show the Store Name and Address.
 
A420, A420U, A530
Corrected a problem with the Service Parameter editor. The 981, 985 and 987 service bits were not
being read or saved properly.
On the A530, the 981 data definitions were not defined. This caused the editor to display 985 in the 981
position and 987 in the 985 position.
ALSO the 985 and 987 service parameters was linking the data definition to the A position when it
should have been linked to the D position
 
A770 Made a correction in the Store editor where the Default Menu Level would only allow selecting Menu
levels 1-5 instead of 1-10
 
UP3500 Corrected an issue in the Device Assignment editor where some of the fields for the devices were
omitted in the Editor where the ROM version was greater than 1.0.00
 
UP3500 Corrected an omission in the Hourly Report where the GLU and Drive Thru totals did not appear in the
consolidated totals if the Store is polled by individual terminal.
 
Correction
 
Models Revision
 
ALL Corrected an issue in the Hourly Report when running the report for multiple days where the hourly time
periods can appear out of order.
 
ALL Corrected an error in the Hourly Sales Report where the totals for individual meal periods were not
calculated correctly. When the last meal group for one terminal is the same as the first meal group on
the next terminal it causes the totals from the previous terminal to be carried over.
 


  
SKAN_Talk additions and revisions
 
 
Build date:  4/27/2011
 
Modification to Existing Feature
 
Models Revision
 
ALL Removes the auto validation of the keyboard when opening the keyboard editor. This is now a manual
function that can be run from within the keyboard editor
 
UP600 Allows the UP600 3C ROM version to create 6 digit PLUs. On all other versions the PLU is restricted to
5 digits
 
Corrections
 
Models Revision
 
UP810 Corrects a runtime error that occurred when attempting to use the Find function in the Home Menu /
Function Menu Key editor
 
ALL Corrects a runtime error when hovering over a PLU in the keyboard editor after importing an XML
keyboard template.
 
UP600, UP810 Makes a correction in the Function Preset editor where the Group Discount 1 field displayed the value
for Group Discount 3 and vice versa.
 
UP3500 Made a change so that the Cost % field in the PLU and Dynamic UPC would display properly. The
changes were stored and updated properly but were displayed as 0.
 
ALL Corrected an issue when running the Transmit Changes for all stores in User Mode. When attempting
to send the changes for all stores an error was reported that "Transmit-Changes has no jobs ready to
run: use Run instead of Restart"
 
UP810 Corrects a runtime error that occurred when entering the Home Menu / Function Menu Key editor if
there were any null values in the Function Key Text
 
UP3300, UP3301,
UP3500, UP810
Corrected an error launching the SKSN Attribute (Function Key Text) printout.
 
ALL Made a correction to the Closed GLU report dealing with the Cash 6 totals displaying incorrectly.
 
UP810 Corrected the incorrect Initial DL command being issued for the SKSNAttribute (Function Key Text)
table. This would cause a communications error on IRC systems when broadcasting the changes to
satellite registers.
 
UP600 Corrected an error in the keyboard editor where some of the function keys would be reset to the default
each time the keyboard was opened
 


  
SKAN_Talk additions and revisions
 
 
Build date:  6/7/2010
 
Modification to Existing Feature
 
Models Revision
 
ALL Added the Posting Time and Unique polling ID fields to the ASCII export files.
 
UP600
Added the 4C version. This version was previously supported under the 4A version except that it didn't
support the CAT Timeout 4 field in CAT Preset editor.
This also addressed the issue in the Files Allocation editor of the CAT Buffer (New) and CAT Buffer
(Old) options being allowed on the 4A when that option didn't become available until the 4B
 
Corrections
 
Models Revision
 
ALL Corrected an error that caused the SKAN_Talk registration to fail when using skanlan version 3.3.2.32
 
UP810 Corrected an issue with the Chit Format file not sending the correct value back to the register.
 
UP3500, UP810 In the Closed GLU Report, the media totals for Check6 - 9 and Cash 6 - 9 were added.
 


  
SKAN_Talk additions and revisions
 
 
Build date:  4/13/2010
 
New Feature
 
Models Revision
 
ALL Added the ability to get, send and broadcast the Optional Register Programming file from within its
editor.
 
Modification to Existing Feature
 
Models Revision
 
ALL Removed several field that were posted in the TLOG History but were not being tracked in the report.
This allows for more records to be posted to the database before potentially reaching the maximum file
size.
 
ALL Modified the PLU Menu Mix report so that PLUs set as an Open price use the  Cost1-6 fields as a profit
margin to calculate an average cost. This allows for more accurate reports to be generated.
 
Corrections
 
Models Revision
 
UP600, UP810 Corrected an error that occurred when issuing an RJE command for a file with thousands of records. In
very limited circumstances (Resetting PLU Sales file with thousands of records when set as a
Standalone Register and communicating via TCP/IP), the register would finish processing the
command then terminate the connection before returning the communications status. This would cause
SKAN_Talk to return an error even though it did not error at the register.
 
UP3300, UP3301 Corrected an issue on the Major Account ROM Versions that only support 2 Price/Description levels.
When the PLU file at the register was allocated for 2 description levels with 8 characters, SKAN_Talk
was incorrectly interpreting it as 1 description level with 16 characters and the text from Description 1 &
2 were concatenated.
 
ALL
Corrected an error opening the PLU Menu Mix report when the report returned no data and should be
blank or when PLUs were not assigned actual costs. This caused a Division by Zero error and the
report wasn't displayed.
 
Also modified the report so that items that are not assigned a cost are displayed in red.
 
ALL Fixed a crash that was caused when collecting the Files Allocation when the allocation for any file was
32767.
 
ALL Added several fields to the Optional Register Programming editor that were either previously omitted.
 
ALL Made a correction where the Secret Code editor was not visible from the Programming Menu except on
registers that supported the Job Secret Code editor.
 
ALL Corrects an error with creating duplicate records on satellite Regions in certain tables after the
propagation has occurred. Only the records that were changed end up with duplicates. This happens in
the following editors: CAT Preset, Function Preset, Media Preset, Maintenance Restriction, Slip Printer
Text.
 
ALL Created an option that allow the Department and PLU presets to not be posted  when polling is
performed. This allows for space to be saved in the database, but ignores all previous changes to
prices, descriptions, departments links, etc. and will strictly report on what the current presets are.
Deleted items will show as "Undefined" This is activated by checking the "Reserved32" field for each
store in the Polling editor.
 
UP600, UP810 Corrected an issue where Customers were not being added to the Customer Preset file from the TLOG
via the Customer Learning function. This error was introduced on the first release of support for the
UP810.
 


  
SKAN_Talk additions and revisions
 
 
Build date:  4/13/2010
 
Corrections
 
Models Revision
 
A530, UP600, UP810,
UP3500
Corrected an error posting the Dynamic UPC sales that causes polling to fail. The Amount5/Quantity5
fields no longer exist in this table
 
ALL Made a change to the PLU Best Seller by Department by Amount/Quantity reports that allows the sales
to be reported if there is no matching record for the item in PLU History. This change was made in a
previous version for the other Best Seller reports but wasn't applied to the Best Seller By Department
reports.
 
A440, A450 Corrects a problem with the Auto Key editor . Only the first 10 key sequences were being allowed. (The
data conversion was previously incorrect for these models and only imported/exported 10 SKSN
values.)
 
ALL Corrected an error while updating the data definitions for the terminals within all the stores while
performing a SKAN_Talk update. On models that support the Master/Satellite configuration, Standalone
terminals were displayed as Satellites. This did not seem to have an effect on the performance of the
software, only what was displayed to the user.
 


  
SKAN_Talk additions and revisions
 
 
Build date:  12/15/2009
 
New Feature
 
Models Revision
 
All In the PLU and Department editors, the ability to get, send and broadcast was added as well as
performing the ASCII import and export and PLU Printout.
 
A420, A420U Added the ability to modify the Files Allocation on the A420/A420U
 
ALL Added a new report to the Period Reports that allow the date/time and status of past pollings to be
generated.
 
Modification to Existing Feature
 
Models Revision
 
UP810
Changes to support UP810/UP820 ROM version 1.00.5 and higher:
Allow UPCs to be added into combo meals.
Changed the PLU editor to not hide the Auto Combo options in the UPC editor.
 
ALL Made database optimizations that reduces the size of records stored for the polling history by about
20%. This allows for a longer archive of sales data.
 
Corrections
 
Models Revision
 
A570 Corrected a problem with the Merge function on the A570 Dynamic UPC editor. The Dynamic UPCs
were merged into the PLU file instead of the UPC file.
 
A530, UP3500, UP600,
UP810
Corrected a problem with the Merge function on the Dynamic UPC editor. The Dynamic UPCs were
merged at the register, but SKAN_Talk deleted the records. The PLU/UPC file needed to be collected
before the merged items appeared in the UPC editor.
 
UP3500, UP600,
UP810
Corrected a runtime error that occurred in the Device Assignment editor when attempting to change the
terminal
 
UP3500 Corrects an issue in the PLU/UPC editor where the values for Allow Zero Price were reversed.
 
A450 Added the Mix and Match field to the UPC editor. This fields was previously omitted
 
ALL Corrected an issue when using the "Import Default File(s)" function in the Communications/Jobs editor.
When importing factory default settings, the files were always imported from the default ROM version. If
a non "STANDARD" ROM version is used for the store, it could import settings that are different than
expected or give an error when importing it into the database.
 
UP3300, UP3301 In the Combo Meal editor, the Key Color field was inadvertently removed on a previous version.
 
UP3500
In the Combo Meal editor:
Corrected an incorrect restriction on the Modifier # field. SKAN_Talk only allowed entry of values from
0-99 instead of 0-999
Corrected an incorrect restriction on the Price, Upcharge and WithPLU fields. They were set to only
allow a max price of 999.99 instead of 9999.99
Restricted entry of the CVM fields. There was no previous restriction on it and it should have been
limited to 255
 
UP3500 Added the "Bill Printing" field to the Media Preset editor. This option was previously omitted
 
UP3300 Added the ability to change the department type to Gift Card and Gift Card Reload in the Department
editor. This option was added at the register on later ROM versions.
 


  
SKAN_Talk additions and revisions
 
 
Build date:  12/15/2009
 
Corrections
 
Models Revision
 
A530 Corrected a problem in the Dynamic UPC editor. The Kitchen Printer Text was incorrectly being
imported into the Key Text field (only used on touch screen models). This functioned properly until it
was merged with the main PLU/UPC file. Once merged, the KP Text appeared empty and the values
could be potentially overwritten.
 
UP810 Corrected the Customer Sales data not being posted for the UP810 when the sales data was not
captured from the TLOG file.
 
A530, A570, UP3500,
UP600, UP810
Corrected a Crystal Reports error that occurred when attempting to generate a printout of the Dynamic
UPC presets.
 
A550 Corrected the Scale Entry field in the PLU editor not functioning properly on the A550.
 
A530 Corrected an issue interpreting the Training Cashier Number when the value was greater than 10.
 
A770, A771 Added the Hourly Report Start Hour option in the Optional Register Programming. This option was
previously omitted
 
UP3300, UP3301 Corrected an issue in the Optional Register programming on the UP3300 and UP3301 where a change
made in SKAN_Talk did not correlate to the same option changed at the register.  The data conversion
in the Optional Register Programming was incorrect.
 
A530 Corrected an error in the Media Preset data conversion. The CAT settings for the Media keys (Cash,
Check, Charge) were not being interpreted properly
 
A750E Added the CAT1 Action Code setting to the A750E Media Preset editor. This option was previously
omitted.
 
A440, A450 Corrects a problem with the data conversion on the Auto Key. Only the first 10 key sequences were
being imported/exported
 
UP3500 Corrected an error that occurred when importing any of the Maintenance files supported by the UP3500
except for PLU Maintenance. The activation date/time fields were not defined.
 
UP3500 Corrected an error that occurred when importing the Condiment or Condiment Maintenance file when
text description for the condiment was blank
 
A530 The Transfer In and Transfer Out function keys were incorrectly swapped in the keyboard editor.
 


  
SKAN_Talk additions and revisions
 
 
Build date:  7/15/2009
 
New Feature
 
Models Revision
 
ALL
Made changes to the PLU Stock functionality:
Added two new options in the PLU Stock editor and PLU Stock Flash X Report
1: Display Reorder Items Only
When this option is selected, only items that report the current stock level less or equal to the minimum
stock level will be displayed in the printed report
2: Blind Stock Declare
When this option is selected, all the current and pending stock values are suppressed in the printed
report. Actual stock values from a physical inventory can be written into this blank column.
 
Corrections
 
Models Revision
 
ALL Corrects a potential problem with sales data being posted from a prior polling if a terminal is made
inactive, deleted or the terminal number was changed.
 
A550 Corrected an error that prevented the keyboard editor from opening.
 
UP600, UP810 Corrected an issue in the Customer Preset editor when deleting a Customer that has been added in
SKAN_Talk but not sent to the register, the corresponding Customer Sales indexing does not get
deleted on satellite stores within any Region. The correct deletion sequence only happened on the
Master Store.
 
UP600, UP810,
UP3500
Corrected an issue in the Macro Key editor where the "Modified" flag was not being set in the database
to notify SKAN_Talk to send the changes during the polling or the Transmit Changes
 
UP3300 Corrected an error message that was encountered in the keyboard editor when making changes to
PLUs.
 
ALL Corrected an issue in the Best Seller By Department by Amount and Best Seller By Department by
Quantity reports. When the PLU and Department Sales were not polled concurrently for dates ranges
where either of these reports were run, the PLUs did not consolidate properly and the same PLU could
for each of the various pollings within the range instead of consolidating into one total. The report totals
were correct.
 
UP3300 Corrected an error that was encountered when performing the "Synchronize Allocations" in the Files
Allocation editor.
 
A420, UP3300,
UP3301, UP600
Corrected an issue in the keyboard editor where function keys that were added on subsequent ROM
that did not exist in the STANDARD version showed up as missing.
 
UP600, UP810 Corrected a scenario in which duplicate Customer records could be created when a customer is added
in SKAN_Talk and the same customer is added through the Customer Learning function of the register.
This would cause duplicate records to be created during the next polling.
 
A420, A420U, A530
When performing a database update via daocopy.exe, if a A420, A420U or A530 store had 3 terminals
or more, a critical keyboard update was not performed. When opening the keyboard, this would result in
a keyboard that appears scrambled with multiple keys labeled "Missing Function"
Performing a Store Initialization would have also corrected this issue.
 


  
SKAN_Talk additions and revisions
 
 
Build date:  5/11/2009
 
New Feature
 
Models Revision
 
ALL Adds the ability to take an existing stored program in SKAN_Talk and send all the necessary
commands to a register to synchronize the files allocation to match the allocation stored in SKAN_Talk
 
UP810 Added a job script that will convert a UP600/UP700 program into a UP810/UP820 program.
 
ALL Added the option for the Cashier/Server report to summarize the sales totals by servers by region.
 
UP600 Adds script files that provide a simple upgrade path for converting the program from a previous ROM
version to the PCI Compliant version for credit card processing.
 
Corrections
 
Models Revision
 
ALL Corrects an error in the Department Editor that was introduced on the previous release. The values for
the Entry Type were not being displayed properly. In addition, each time the department editor was
entered, if the register was not configured to support Hash type departments, a message prompt was
displayed instead of just when attempting to create a Hash Department.
 
ALL Corrects a runtime error that occurs in the Employee Preset when adding an employee # that is more
than 5 digits.
 
UP3500 Corrects an omission in the PLU editor where the Key Size, Menu Entry and Screen # fields were not
saved when clicking the "Update" button.
 
ALL Corrects an issue on the PLU Menu Printout where PLUs that end in 00 (100,200, etc) did not show up
on the printout.
 
UP810 Corrected the Key Text field in the PLU table truncating the text after 8 characters instead of 12
 
UP3500 Corrects an issue posting the Employee Clock when a Employee secret code is greater than 4 digits
 
UP3301 Corrected an issue where the UP3301 2E version ROM would not open the keyboard editor and would
give the error message: "Function Text file is empty - Unable to enter Virtual Keyboard"
 
UP810 Corrected an issue in the Service Parameter editor where Parameters 982-986 were not available. This
also corrected the related issue of Service Parameters 987-988 and 801-804 were offset down by 4
records.
 


  
SKAN_Talk additions and revisions
 
 
Build date:  1/12/2009
 
New Feature
 
Models Revision
 
ALL Adds several validation checks into the Keyboard editor that are performed when the editor is opened.
The user will be given a list of keys with errors and the option to correct or ignore the errors.
 
UP3500 Adds the Auto Key editor for the UP3500
 
Modification to Existing Feature
 
Models Revision
 
ALL Changed the tab order Key Attribute editor in the Virtual Keyboard so that it opens with the Key Text
field highlighted then tabs to and highlights the Description1 field followed by the OK button. This
makes it easier to quickly makes changes and exit.
 
UP3500 Adds a Find box in the Auto Key editor for the models that previously supported this editor.
 
UP600, UP3301 Updated the "Import Default PGM Data" feature so that if the EPROM version is not set as
STANDARD, UP700 and UP3301 will import the default files that are specific to that ROM version.
 
UP3500 Updated the Auto Key printout to work with the UP3500. The keys would only display properly if it was a
function key and not a direct key. Also added the Auto Key's description.
 
Corrections
 
Models Revision
 
ALL Corrected an error introduced in 3.3.2.28  that caused File Tables with 0 records to give an error when
being sent to the register.
 
ALL Corrects a problem with the Keyboard editor not propagating properly to other stores within the region if
the Update button was clicked instead of the Close button when exiting the keyboard.
 
UP3300, UP3301 Corrected an issue in the Keyboard editor where Function Keys were disallowed from being assigned to
the Condiment Menu 1, 2 and 3 screens
 
UP3500 Correct a runtime error that happened when opening the Auto Key editor when there are no records for
the store.
 
ALL Corrects a problem in the Mix and Match editor where the editor stopped displaying the table number
and the Modified and Pending Deletion status. These fields were inadvertently pushed to the
background during the integration for the UP3500.
 
UP3300, UP3301 Corrected an issue in the Auto Key editor where keys from the Condiment Menu 1, 2 and 3 screens
were allowed to be programmed into the Auto Key sequence. The register does not support this.
 
ALL In the keyboard editor, the Instant Info for Department keys didn't properly display Gift Card or Gift Card
Reload. Fore those department types it displayed the info for the last key that was hovered over.
 
ALL When dragging a function key over a PLU, Department, Combo, etc., the Free Key was properly
updated, but the unused direct keys retained their previous value instead of being changed to inhibited.
Although it was incorrect, it appeared to cause no problems at either the register or the keyboard editor.
 
ALL Corrected a condition in the PLU Stock editor where PLUs added at the register were not available for
modifying stock levels until after the current stock values were sent.
 
UP3300, UP3301,
UP3500
Corrects an omission in the propagation of the SKSN Attributes table when changes were made to the
keyboard.
 
ALL Changed the Auto Key editor to disallow programming of another Auto Key into the sequence. It was
previously disallowed when dragging and dropping but was allowed when double clicking another auto
key
 


  
SKAN_Talk additions and revisions
 
 
Build date:  1/12/2009
 
Corrections
 
Models Revision
 
ALL Corrected an issue where occasionally the automatic line wrapping displayed different in the preview
window than it did on the keyboard.
 
A420, A420U, A530,
UP600, UP800
Corrected a potential problem when sending the Auto Key file from SKAN_Talk to the register. The 28th
keystroke in the auto key sequence was duplicated and the 29th keystroke was omitted.
 
ALL Made a modification to the database migration utility so that when it attempts to copy a table that is
corrupt, it no longer aborts. It will log the exception and continue transferring data from the rest of the
tables.
 


  
SKAN_Talk additions and revisions
 
 
Build date:  10/10/2008
 
New Feature
 
Models Revision
 
ALL Added an entry into the log file when the user exits the Failed Polling Recovery screen. The log will
record which stores had failed polling and which recovery option, if any, the user selected for each
store.  Previously, it was not possible to positively determine if the user performed any recovery action
when troubleshooting polling problems.
 
Modification to Existing Feature
 
Models Revision
 
ALL Adds a new error code that detects when an ALL RAM file is being sent using a different method of
communications than it was captured with. Due to the difference in packet size between the
communications methods, it must be sent using the same comm method it was captured with.
 
ALL Modified the logic that displays the "Last Daily Polling Failed" message in the bottom right corner of the
screen so that if any polling fails for any store over the previous 7 polling dates attempts, the failed
polling message will be displayed.  The logic was previously incorrect so that it only displayed if 1 store
had failed AND only on the last polling. If 2 or more stores failed, the message was not displayed.
 
ALL Made a change so that the paths that the program looks for during the registration process are not hard
coded. System variables are used instead. This will correct a problem where it appears that skanlan
was not registered on computers where the default root directory is something other than c:\windows or
c:\Winnt
 
Corrections
 
Models Revision
 
ALL Corrected an error that could potentially happen when communicating RS-232 over TCP/IP. If a
command is issued to send a file that doesn't exist, it locks the communication channel.
 
Non Touch Screen
models
Corrected a "Run-Time error '340' control array element '1' doesn't exist"
error that occurred in the keyboard editor when deleting the entire text for a function key.
 
UP810 Corrected a problem that can occur while sending the logo file to registers that have 2 station (receipt
and journal) printers. The register appears to have a bug which corrupts the logo file when changing it
at the register. This change works around the bug.
 


  
SKAN_Talk additions and revisions
 
 
Build date:  10/2/2008
 
Modification to Existing Feature
 
Models Revision
 
ALL Added a Filter By in the jobs screen so that when typing a word or partial word, only the list of jobs that
includes those characters will be displayed.
 


  
SKAN_Talk additions and revisions
 
 
Build date:  9/19/2008
 
New Feature
 
Models Revision
 
UP810 Added the Home Menu / Function Menu editor for making changes to the color touch screen portion of
the keyboard.
 
Corrections
 
Models Revision
 
UP3500 Corrected the Hourly Report so that totals from the GLU and Drive Thru sales were properly accounted
for. Previously, these totals were omitted from the report.
 


  
SKAN_Talk additions and revisions
 
 
Build date:  8/14/2008
 
Modification to Existing Feature
 
Models Revision
 
All Changed the PLU editor so that if the various Description, KP Text or Key Text fields are left blank, the
default description is not assigned once the PLU is updated.
 
ALL Changed the Transmit Changes function so that it builds the job with the pending changes to be sent
for all stores instead of just for active stores. This allows store set an inactive to have changes manually
sent.
 
UP3300, UP3301,
UP3500
Changed the logic in the Keyboard editor for displaying line breaks in descriptions. Using an underscore
character in a PLU, Department, Combo, etc. description caused the register to display this as a line
break. SKAN_Talk did not previously interpret the underscore character as a line break.
 
Corrections
 
Models Revision
 
UP3500 Corrected an error in the Server Preset editor where the Default Screen # field did not save or refresh
properly.
 
ALL Corrected a potential problem that could occur when exiting and re-entering the TLOG Audit Viewer. If
the viewer was exited by clicking the X icon at the top right of the screen, the next time the editor was
entered, it would display “lblparameter” instead of the sortable options the user can choose from
 
UP3500 Corrected an error message that occurred when attempting to open the Mix and Match editor.
 
UP600 Corrected a potential error where Customer Sales totals collected through the TLOG can be double
posted when running the Flash Z Customer Sales report..
 
UP600, UP3500 Corrected a problem that occurred when sending the Server Preset file which made it appear at the
register that the Server had in use the maximum amount of available GLUs. This prevented the Server
from opening any new GLUs
 


  
SKAN_Talk additions and revisions
 
 
Build date:  7/25/2008
 
New Feature
 
Models Revision
 
UP810 Adds support for the UP810/UP820
 
UP3500 Adds the Virtual Keyboard editor for the UP3500
 
Modification to Existing Feature
 
Models Revision
 
UP3300, UP3301
Changed the Virtual Keyboard editor so that is adds some minor improvements and improves usability.
Allows for 1x3 sized keys.
Allows for resizing keys without inhibiting existing keys first.
Automatically increases the font size that is displayed depending on the size of the key
 
UP330x, UP3500 Changed the Key Name fields in various editors so that when the field is empty, the data is exported
from SKAN_Talk and sent to the register as null filled instead of space filled. At the register when the
Key Name field is null, the Name field is substituted as the Key Name field.
 
UP3300, UP3301
Made a change to the way the Free Key (Keyboard) data is interpreted when collecting it from the
register so it can be properly displayed in the new keyboard editor.
This will require performing a Store Initialization for any store designated as a UP3300 or UP3301
 
UP3500 Added support for ROM version 1.10.3. (Revisions to the Epay Device Presets for PCI compliance)
 
UP3300, UP3301 Made a change to the way the Screen # data in the Auto Key is interpreted. This will require reinitializing
any existing UP3300 or UP3301 stores.
 
Corrections
 
Models Revision
 
ALL Corrected a condition that caused the changes not to be broadcast from the Master ECR to the
Satellites. In the Polling Options screen when the "Broadcast" option was set to "ALL", the broadcast
command was not issued. When the option was set for "Active" or "Disable", the broadcast commands
were performed correctly.
 
UP3500 Corrected a problem where the Condiment title field did not get saved in the Condiment editor.
 
ALL Corrects an logic error running the Flash Z reports for some Master only reports (TLOG, Customer,
Employee Clock, Employee Sales, Manager Sales). When the store running any of the Flash Z reports
was set as IRC and to poll Consolidated, the commands to get and post the data were duplicated
having the potential to double posting the data. This error was introduced on the 6/27/07 release.
 
UP77x, UP600 Corrects the Yes/No values for the Auto Cutter and Logo Print fields in the Device Assignment editor
being reversed
 
A750E, A77x, UP330x,
UP3500
Changed an error in the Employee-Clock poll list where it was running the incorrect
"post-employee-sales" job instead of the "post-employee-clock" job when the polling is set to "by
terminal" instead of "consolidated"
 
ALL Corrects a problem with the value from the Price field not being saved in the Department editor on
models that do not support the Gasoline Department type.
 
A530, UP600, UP3500 Corrects a problem in the PLU/UPC and Dynamic UPC editors where the KP Text field was not
displayed or saved properly. This error was introduced on the 4/17/2008 release
 
UP3500 Corrects a problem in the Free Text editor when a value is entered into the CVM fields, the Update
button is not triggered.
 


  
SKAN_Talk additions and revisions
 
 
Build date:  7/25/2008
 
Corrections
 
Models Revision
 
UP600 Added the ability to include the PLU Zero Sales by Dept to the Stacked Report. This report had
previously been omitted.
 
ALL Corrected an error that caused the GLU X Detail Report not to generate data. This error was introduced
on the 2/21/2008 release.
 
A550 Corrected an error message in the Files Allocation editor that was generated when attempting create
PLU text for 8 or 16 characters
 
All IRC models Corrected an error generating the Flash X Server Report when the register was configured for IRC.
 
A530, A570, A750E,
A770, A771, UP3300,
UP3301, UP3500,
UP600
Corrected an issue where on the Closed GLU Report, the "Final Balance" was being displayed as
"Cash 1 IS". This error was introduced on the 2/4/2008 release.
 
UP600
Corrected a polling error when posting the data from the Department Markdown report. This would
cause the Daily Polling and the Flash Z report to fail. The following error message would appear in the
log file: "?E411 DAO Exception 3075, Syntax error (missing operator) in query expression 'Amount---'."
This error was introduced on the 2/4/2008 release.
 
UP600 Corrected an error message in the Files Allocation editor that was generated when attempting create
the Combo Meal KP Text or RJE Scheduler Buffer.
 
UP3300, UP3301
Corrected an oversight that allowed the register to assign the following keys to the keyboard that were
not available for the model: HARD CODE,
AMOUNT, TABLE #, MCR, CHARACTER, TIME OUT, AMOUNT, CHARACTER, VALIDATE, REAL
CLERK
 
UP3300, UP3301,
UP3500
Corrected an error in the Flash Z Employee Clock report where the data was not posted unless the
Employee Clock report was checked in the Store Polling Options screen
 


  
SKAN_Talk additions and revisions
 
 
Build date:  4/17/2008
 
Modification to Existing Feature
 
Models Revision
 
ALL Added the ability in the TLOG report to filter transactions based on the Non Add Code that was
captured during the transaction.
 
Corrections
 
Models Revision
 
ALL Corrected an issue in the Mix and Match editor with the Base Quantity field resetting the value to 0
when saving the record. This error was introduced in the 2/21/2008 release.
 
A570 The A570 opened the PLU editor instead of the Dynamic UPC editor. This error was introduced on the
2/21/2008 release
 
A530, A570, UP600,
UP3500
Corrected the Theoretical Cost values not being saved in the PLU editor
 
ALL Corrected the "Modified" flag not being displayed when Departments are updated. This causes the
Department changes to not be sent in the Transmit Changes. (Adding/Deleting departments was still
properly triggered.)
 
ALL Corrected an issue where changes saved to the Server Presets were not sent during the "Transmit
Changes" on all models except the A420 and the UP3500. This was introduced on the 2/21/2008
release version
 
A530, A570, UP600,
UP3500
Corrected the issue in the PLU editor where the Kitchen Printer assignments were not refreshed after
using the Find button. This could cause the KP settings to be set to the value of the record the user was
previously on if a change to a PLU was saved after using the Find function.
 
A450 Corrected an error with the Link UPC data conversion. When importing or exporting the Link UPC table,
the data was incorrectly set to assign 2 decimal places to the UPC Code so when this data was sent to
the register, it did not link the UPCs from the main UPC properly
 
UP3500 Corrected the Non Add Code data showing up as a 32 digit number instead of a 16 digit number.
 


  
SKAN_Talk additions and revisions
 
 
Build date:  3/26/2008
 
New Feature
 
Models Revision
 
All Added a job that converts a PLU/UPC file from one type of model to a UPC file on a different model.
This saves having to manually re-enter all items in the file. The "convert-PLU-UPC-to-UPC" must be
manually run from the Jobs menu
 
Corrections
 
Models Revision
 
UP3500, UP600 After entering and exiting the UPC editor, the Select box used in the Combo Meal and PLU Menu
editors opened a list of UPCs to select from instead of PLUs.
 
A420 2A, A450, A570
Corrects various errors relating to opening the UPC editor.
When a store is set for as a model A420 and set for 2A EPROM version in the Store Editor, the UPC
editor would not open.
The A450 opened the UPC editor for the A420 and some fields that are supported by the A450 were
not present.
The A570 opened the PLU editor instead of the UPC editor.
 
A450 Corrected an issue where in the Link UPC editor when assigning PLUs from the list. The first digit of the
PLU code was not displayed in the initial selection list. (I.e. PLU code 15 showed as PLU 5) All values
were properly assigned and saved.
 
A420 2A Corrected an error importing the Function Preset file when a store was set as a model A420 and set for
a 2A EPROM version in the Store Editor
 


  
SKAN_Talk additions and revisions
 
 
Build date:  3/3/2008
 
Corrections
 
Models Revision
 
ALL
Corrected the issue when in the PLU Menu editor, clicking the Update button caused all of the PLUs
assigned to the menu to be deleted. This error was introduced on the 2/25/2008 release.
Also corrected the issue where PLU Menus greater than 50 could not be created on the UP3500.
 
ALL Corrected the issue that the PLU Menu editor would not open when attempting to edit PLU Menus from
within the Virtual Keyboard.
 
ALL Corrected the issue that pressing the hot key from the main menu did not launch the
Automated Polling timer screen.  This error was introduced on the 2/25/2008 release.
 
ALL Corrected a refresh problem in the Store editor when changing the model, the TCP/IP communications
option would appear based on the setting of the original model and not the currently selected model
unless the editor was exited and re-opened.
 
ALL Corrected that the ability to select an individual terminal was not allowed when a store was set in an
IRC configuration. This error was introduced in the 2/21/2008 release.
 
ALL Corrected an issue where the Transmit Changes function did not built the list of updates properly when
the EPROM version for the store was something other than "Standard". This error was introduced on
the 2/25/2008 release.
 


  
SKAN_Talk additions and revisions
 
 
Build date:  2/21/2008
 
New Feature
 
Models Revision
 
ALL Added support to the Tax editor for the Tax Table / breakpoint fields. Previously, only the Tax Rate
option was supported.
 
UP3500
Adds Beta Support for the UP3500.
(No Virtual Keyboard and some reports not available in this version)
 
UP3300, UP3301 Added support for the UP3301 2H and UP3300 3G, 3I and 3N EPROM versions which includes support
for the new CAT settings, Combo Meals 21-99 and PLU Menus 51-99
 
UP600, UP3300,
UP3301, UP810
Added the ability to modify the Receipt Print LALO field on the Major Account ROM version. This is
accessible through a new tab in the Media Preset editor
 
Modification to Existing Feature
 
Models Revision
 
ALL
Added the ability to propagate program changes to/from the following tables:
Employee Preset
Mix & Match
Hourly Group Text
Job/Location Presets
Link UPC
RJE Time Scheduler
Default Menu Level
 
ALL The "Send Changes" function that builds the list of pending changes/deletes to get sent to the register
was re-written and has dramatically decreased the amount of time it takes to build these jobs before the
polling begins.
 
ALL Changed the Store Editor to allow up to 64 terminals in a single store when it for a Standalone
configuration. Previously the limit was 16 terminals
 
ALL Made a change to the display on the Condiment editor. When the frame for condiments 26-51 was
selected, it covered up the Table, Next Table and Repeat fields at the top of the screen
 
UP3300, UP3301 Added the IC Card Entry field to the Media Preset editor
 
ALL Added the ability to perform the SKAN_Talk registration while communicating over Port 80 as an
alternate port due to some computers with firewalls or other security measures restricting access to the
registration program.  Port 80 is a standard port used for HTTP and is less likely to run into security
issues.
 
Corrections
 
Models Revision
 
ALL Corrected a condition that can result in Windows returning a Winsock error during a polling retry after a
failed polling. In Setup, if the "Pause Between Polling" interval was set for greater than 30 seconds, and
the register gives a specific type of error (Inline error on RJE commands), the long pause causes
Windows to close the socket that SKAN_Talk was using. At this point, SKAN_Talk needed to be closed
and re-opened for communications to be re-established.
 
ALL Corrected an error when exporting the Tax presets for records that used the Tax Table instead of Tax
Rate. The Breakpoint fractional breakpoint values were truncated nearest dollar ($1.49 became $1.00;
$0.46 became $0.00)
 
A530, A550, A570 Corrected an issue where in all text fields, double sized characters were sent to the register as a
normally sized character preceded by a space instead of being double sized.
 


  
SKAN_Talk additions and revisions
 
 
Build date:  2/21/2008
 
Corrections
 
Models Revision
 
ALL Changed the PLU reports to display the 3 decimal fractional quantities.
 
UP600 Corrected a problem with the Clone function not copying the program data for a store where the model
is a UP600/UP700.
 
ALL Corrected an error notification that occurred when importing files through the ASCII import editor. When
the file being imported has a problem, it always reported the problem with the last field instead of the
field that the error actually occurred on.
 
UP600 Corrected an error in the CAT Preset editor where the Amount field did not read or write the value
properly when it was set to 100.00
 
A771 Corrected an omission in the CAT Preset editor where the Amount field was not displayed for the A771
on the "CAT #2 Preset" record
 
A771 Correct an omission where the caption associated with each record in the CAT Preset editor was not
being displayed ("CAT #1 Preset","CAT #2 Preset", "CAT #3 Preset", "Pin Pad", "Online Account
Balance", "Card Reader")
 
ALL Corrected an omission in the Customer Preset editor when a record is deleted. The corresponding
records from the Customer Sales were not deleted which created orphaned records. Over time, this
could cause the Customer Sales file to fill up and receive a "Lacking Memory" error when attempting to
use newly created Customers at the register.
 
ALL Corrected a "No Current Record" runtime error that occurred at startup when all terminals for all stores
were set to Inactive then SKAN_Talk was shut down.
 
A420U, A530 Corrected an error in logic where the PLU Price Change Scheduler would not display UPCs in the Add
box
 
ALL Corrects an logic error running the Flash Z reports. When the store running any of the Flash Z reports
was set as IRC and to poll Consolidated, the commands to get and post the data were duplicated
having the effect of double posting the sales data. This error was introduced on the 6/27/07 release.
 
ALL Corrected an error where the PLU theoretical cost and Misc. Text as well as  Department Royalty fields
were not being properly propagated.
 
ALL Corrected an error that occurred if attempting to enter the Failed Polling Recovery screen when there
were more than 256 failed pollings. This limit has been increased to 2048
 
A750, A770, A771,
UP3300, UP3301,
UP3500
When the polling was set to "By Terminal" and the Flash Z report was run for the Employee Time and
Attendance, the Employee Sales data was polled instead.
 
A770, A771, UP600 Corrected a problem when displaying keys in the keyboard editor when Combo Meals were assigned to
menu levels 2-6 but not assigned to menu level 1. These keys were displayed as PLUs. This problem
only affected the key display when the combo meal change was made at the register then imported into
SKAN_Talk. The same change made in the keyboard editor would display properly.
 
A420, A420U, A530,
A771, UP600
Corrected an error in the CAT Preset editor where the CAT Timeout 3 only allowed a value to be
entered from 0-255 instead of 0-3000
 
UP3300, UP3301,
A770, A771
Corrected an error where PLUs greater than 99999 were reset back to 0 when editing combo meals
 
A420, A420U Corrected an error with the PLU Sales Price level 2 data not getting posted when running the End of
Day Polling. (The data was being posted properly when running the Flash X and Flash Z PLU reports.)
 
A420 Corrected an error when opening the Stack Report editor on the A420
 
A520 When changing the 987A Service Parameter to set Spanish as the default language used by the
register, it resets the parameter to 0, which is the option for English text.
 


  
SKAN_Talk additions and revisions
 
 
Build date:  2/21/2008
 
Corrections
 
Models Revision
 
UP3300, UP3301
When the Default Key Size option was changed in SKAN_Talk, the program update was not sent
automatically during the Transmit Changes
 
When making changes to the Mode Secret Code, an incorrect Broadcast command being sent. It was
previously set to issue the /4600/ command, but it is actually supposed to send the /0800/ command
 
ALL Made a correction to the Stack Report editor where it disallowed an Individual Server report from
assigning a server number that exceeded 99.
 
UP3300, UP3301 Corrected a problem with the Cover Count Entry and Table Number Entry values being swapped in the
Optional Register Programming editor