Self-Installation Guide

Get started with one terminal and up to two printers!

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Written by Rebecca
Updated over a week ago

Welcome to Abacus! 🎉

We're glad to have you on board.

Let's get you started with a basic setup for
1
× Point of Sale terminal and up to 2 × printers.

In this article:

  • Logging in

  • Creating your menu

  • Creating your table map

  • Getting your package

  • Setting up 1 printer

  • Setting up 2 printers

  • Further training

  • Some helpful articles

Logging in

When you sign up for an Abacus self-installation, you'll get an email with your login details.

  1. Enter the login details provided

NOTE: If you have any difficulties logging in, go to help.abacus.co and contact the Support Team immediately.

This is where you will set up your menu and see all of your sales.

Creating your menu

Your POS menu is filled with products (e.g. "latte", "long black"), which each belong to a category (e.g. "coffees", "sandwiches"). These products can also have product variants (e.g. "extra hot", "soy milk").

(Pssst! If you're tech savvy, i.e. very familiar with CSV files, have a chat with an Abacus representative about uploading a menu by importing CSV files instead.)

It's best if you already have a list of all of your products, so you can create their related categories and product variants efficiently.

  1. Go to Products > Categories and create your Categories. This is how your products will be organised. 

2. Go to Products > Products and add your Products. These are the actual items that you sell at the POS.

3. Go to Products > Product Variants and create your Product Variants, then assign them to their related products. These options will appear when you select a product.

4. Go to iPad Menu > POS Menu and create a Menu. Even when you create products, categories, and product variants, you own't be able to see any of this on the POS until you place them on the menu and publish the menu.

Creating your Table Map

If you're providing table service, you will need to create a Table Map.

Setting up 1 printer

If you have opted to only have one printer, you will receive in your package:

  • 1 × iPad

  • 1 × cash drawer

  • 1 × printer

  1. Connect the printer to power

  2. Connect your cash drawer to your printer

  3. Connect the iPad to the printer using the lightning cable provided

Please note that if you wish to make any changes to your setup (e.g. add another iPad or printer), you must contact the Abacus Sales team.

Setting up 2 printers

If you have opted to have two printers, you will receive in your package:

  • 1 × iPad

  • 1 × cash drawer

  • 1 × router

  • 2 × printer

You will need to do some extra configuration in the backend if you are using 2 printers. These instructions assume that you are using two printers because one is for the kitchen dockets, whereas the other is for printing POS receipts.

Please note that if you wish to make any changes to your setup (e.g. add another iPad or printer), you must contact the Abacus Sales team.

  1. On the backend, create a Printer Location 

  2. Click the wand to assign it to all of your products

3. Connect your POS Printer to your router and your cash drawer 

4. Connect your kitchen printer to a data point belonging to same network as your router.

5. Log into Abacus POS using your provided credentials

6. Select the appropriate printer locations for the POS printer and for the kitchen printer. Read this article for more details.

Further training

You are always entitled to a training session at an additional fee.

Some helpful articles

Now that you have your Abacus POS set up, it's time to train your staff! Refer to these training guides:

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