Scheduled Jobs Setups

Schedule Job - How to Stop and Start Smartcontroller without BAT File

Overview

The guide provides a quick and simple way to restart smartconrollers via a schedule job without the need to create a bat file or use any additional 3rd applications. 

The following program comes shipped within the Bepoz Programs directory 

  • controllerclose.exe

So the job is simply calling CMD (Command Prompt) and then passing in a command to Run controllerclose.exe and then wait for 9 seconds and then start Smartcontrol.exe again. 
 

Instructions:

  1. Create a New Schedule job

  2. Name:  'Smartcontroller Daily Restart'

  3. Job Type: Run Program

  4. Job Options: Run Hidden flag as 'True'

  5. Program Directory: 'C:\\Windows\\System32\\'

  6. Program Name: 'cmd.exe'

  7. Arguments: '/c start C:\\bepoz\\programs\\controllerclose & timeout 15 & start C:\\bepoz\\programs\\smartcontrol'

  8. Schedules: Set to run 1 hour before the start of a new day

Addiontal Information:

Start of Time of Day can be found under Venue Stores and Tills - > Venue Settings -> Main Tab


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