#Microsoft dynamics pos odbc connection Offline
You can add a button to Modern POS to manually switch between online and offline modes. The status header in Modern POS indicates the current connection status, and the Connection status window shows the status of the last attempt to sync with the offline database.Ĭreating a button to manually switch between online and offline modes Determining the connection mode of Modern POS This reconnection attempt occurs only at the beginning of a transaction. While the POS device is in offline mode, Rail Modern POS tries to reconnect to the Commerce Scale Unit after the reconnection attempt interval that is configured in the offline profile. Therefore, if the connection is lost, the POS automatically switches to the offline database.ĭuring a sales transaction, if a data request doesn't succeed within the time-out interval that is configured in the offline profile, the POS automatically switches to the offline database and continues the sales transaction. In Modern POS, a point of sale (POS) device goes into offline mode whenever the Commerce Scale Unit is unavailable. This article also includes general setup information for offline mode and explains the data synchronization that occurs between the offline database and the channel database. This article provides information about offline mode for Modern POS, in which POS devices automatically switch from the channel database to the offline database if the Commerce Scale Unit is unavailable. Offline point of sale (POS) functionality