How to use Cafezee?

• Downloading Cafezee
  
  

  Cafezee can be downloaded from www.cafezee.com\download.htm; Both the server and the client can be installed from a single file. The downloaded program is a fully featured program, but restricts the number of clients that can connect to the server to a maximum of two. This limitation is removed once a valid registration number is entered in the Cafezee server program.

• Installing Cafezee server and the clients
  
  
  1. Copy the downloaded file to a shared folder so that you can install all the clients and the server.
  2. Double click the downloaded ".exe" file to start installation. Install the server by selecting the corresponding option. Cafezee is installed in the Windows\System folder by default where it is more secure.
  3. Install the client program in all the other computers.

• Starting Cafezee for the first time
  
  

  After installation, start the Cafezee server program from the Windows Start menu. The Admin password is required to access the main screen, which is set to india by default. It is recommended to change the admin password from the File menu of the main screen before you start the server configuration.

• Configuring server
  
  

  Configuring Cafezee involves providing Cafezee with your café specific information. This includes staff, PC usage prices, prepaid members, happy hours and products and services sold. All the Cafezee configuration screens are accessible from the Settings menu of Cafezee server's main screen. These include:
  
  

  • Staff Setup (Employees or operators)
  • Prepaid Packages
  • Prepaid Members
  • Prepaid Codes
  • Postpaid Schemes
  • Happy Hours
  • Products and Services
  • Security
  • Preferences

• Configuring clients
  
  

  Once the Cafezee server is configured with all the café specific information, the clients automatically receive these settings after they connect to the server.
  
  The client configuration involves specifying the server's IP address or name, security settings and some other session related settings individual to each client. Click here for more details.

• Controlling the clients from the server
  
  

  Once the server and the clients are configured properly, you will be able to see the icons corresponding to each client computer in the main screen of the Cafezee server program. You can remotely administer the clients from the server using these icons.
  
  The following operations can be performed remotely on any client machine:
  
  

  • Start Session
  • Close Session
  • Transfer Session
  • Continue Session
  • Cabin Sales
  • Adding Minutes to prepaid/auto-logout sessions
  • Send Message
  • Send Message to All

  In addition, Cafezee supports manual billing in the form of dummy clients to time Xbox, Laptops, Pool Tables or anything else in your cafe.