Technical Note: 20050331018b

Cash Rounding Value and Method

(Maitre'D 2005, from Service Pack 4 and later versions of 2005)

You can eliminate the use of pennies and other low denominations when paying Cash, and decide on the rounding fraction and method. This is useful in locations where you want to avoid the manipulation of smaller coins.

Note: Make sure this is legal with local authorities. The following examples round to the nearest nickel.

The Amount Received screen's Total is rounded to the nearest 5 cents.

The Change screen displays the cash rounding amount, and displays the change rounded to the nearest 5 cents.

The check and receipt also print the cash rounding amount, and print the change rounded to the nearest 5 cents.

P.O.S. Control / View / Options / Configuration / POS

Cash Rounding:

Enable this option to turn on rounding for Cash transactions only and eliminate the use of pennies.

To determine the rounding method, add the following configuration keys and values in the [Miscellaneous] section of the Bo.ini file under the C:\Posera\MaitreD\Data directory:

RoundingValue=xx

where xx in the fraction of hundred to round to. (default is 5 for .05)

RoundingMethod=y

where y is
0 for Normal Rounding to the nearest fraction of hundred, (3.62 = 3.60 and 3.63 = 3.65) (default)

1 for Rounding Up to the highest fraction of hundred, (3.62 = 3.65) or
2 for Rounding Down to the lowest fraction hundred. (3.63 = 3.60)

Note: When modifying the Bo.ini, first stop the Server through Server Control, then exit both the Server Control and P.O.S. Control modules, modify the Bo.ini Configuration Key and Value, and only then start the Server again before redoing workstation data.