You'll find descriptons of window elements below.
When account becomes empty
Choose action that should be performed after an account becomes empty.
If you select Charge according to account rates option, customer will not be logged out when his account is out of credit, it will be also possible for him to log on using his account. The time he uses will still be counted and charge will be calculated using chanrging rates assigned to his account.
Selecting Charge according to workstation group rates will have similar effect, but charges will be calculated using the charging rates assigned to the workstation customer is using.
Case sensitive account usernames - choose this option if you want account names to be case sensitive. Wnen selected, john and JohN will mean two different accounts. That's important when your customers are allowed to logon by themselves and often forget about capital letters in their account names.
Case sensitive account passwords - choose this option if you want account passwords to be case sensitive. Wnen selected, password and PassWord will mean two different passwords.
Remove expired accounts after X days - when this option is selected, accounts will be remover when they become expired. See also Setting account validity section on the page describing customer accounts.
Recharging accounts pays off user's debt - when this option is selected, amount recharged to a cash account will automaticaly pay off the debt. The reminder will be added to account's available credits.
Recharge prepaid accounts instead of setting time limit - with this option selected, you can recharge prepaid accounts (of time and cash type) by simply adding time or cash to the workstation they are used on.
Time account is used on Workstation1, when you use the Add time command (from Time tollbar or Customer menu) account will be recharged with the selected time period.
Cash account is used on Workstation2, when you use a cash button from the cash toolbar ($10 for example), selected amount will be added to account credits.
Automatically free workstation when customer logs off - if selected, workstation is set to free state after the customer has logged off his account.
Log off user on system shutdown - when selected, customer will be logged off when operator issues Shutdown system command.
Automatically log off when user logs in from different workstation - select this option if you want customers to be automatically logged off from the previous computer when they log onto another one.
Automatically add charges to 'Use and pay' account debt - if selected, charges for used time are automatically added to account's debt, if it's of use and pay type. If unselected, you will be asked what to do with the charge (take cash or add to the debt).
Deduct time from time accounts for orders when possible - when this option is selected, amount of time corresponding to the ordered products and services will be deducted from the customer's time account. This will only happen if you choose Charge account option on the Sales panel.
You can define the amount of time that should be charged for a product in the Product properties window.
Charge in cash if there is not enough cash left on account - select this option if you want to ask customers to pay in cash when they have not enough credits on their accounts.
See also