Before you start
Madar POS runs in a web browser, at your shop's own address. The address is in your welcome email and ends in madar-os.com, like yourshop.madar-os.com.
What you need
- A computer at each counter. A Windows PC with Microsoft Edge is best: the installer puts Madar on its desktop, and receipts print with no print window. Any computer, tablet or phone with a current browser also works.
- A USB barcode scanner that ends each scan with Enter. Almost every scanner does.
- A receipt printer for an 80 mm or 58 mm roll, set as the computer's default printer. A cash drawer plugs into the printer and opens when a receipt prints: turn on "open drawer" in the printer's own settings.
- Your card machine, as it is today. You take the card on it, and Madar records how much was paid by card.
- The internet. The cashier screen keeps selling without it, as below.
TipTo check a scanner, open Notepad and scan any item. The number should appear and the cursor should jump to the next line.
Without the internet
Keeps working
- Selling for cash and by card
- Printing receipts
- Starting a shift
- Each sale waits safely on the counter computer, then goes to Madar by itself when the internet is back
Waits for the internet
- A sale on account
- Returns
- Ending the shift with the count
- Signing in and signing out
- The admin portal, the dashboard and the alerts
TipOpen the cashier screen once with the internet on, on each counter computer, so it can open without it later. Sales kept on a computer must reach Madar within three days.
Who does what
| Login | What it opens |
|---|---|
| Owner | Everything, at every branch: the admin portal, the cashier screen, the Madar assistant, and the settings only an owner changes. |
| Manager | The admin portal and the cashier screen, for the branches the owner gives them, as far as the owner allows. |
| Cashier | The cashier screen at one branch, nothing else. No cost prices, no margins, no other people's sales. |
TipIn a small shop one person often sells and runs the shop. Make them a manager.
For the owner
From the welcome email to the first sale, then every day after.
First sign in
- Open the email Your Madar POS is ready. It holds your sign in name.
- Press Choose your password. The link works once, for 7 days.
- On the page that opens, type a password of ten or more characters and press Save password.
- The page says Your password is saved. Sign in with it. Type your sign in name and the new password, then press Sign in.
- The setup of your shop opens: Set up Madar POS.
If the link has expired
- Open the link anyway. The page says This link has expired or was already used.
- Press Send me a new link. A new one goes to your email address. It can take a few minutes; check the spam folder too.
- Nothing arrives? Write to support@madar-os.com.
TipIf the page does not open at all on a work network, the network may block the new address. Try on mobile data. See When something goes wrong.
Every day after that
Sign in at your shop's address. When the Madar assistant opens, press Madar POS in its side menu (on a phone, under More). Or open Madar POS from its own icon: see On the desktop.
Setting up
On Set up Madar POS, under Before the first sale:
- Under Business name, as it goes on receipts, type the shop's name as customers know it.
- Under Currency, choose the currency your prices are in, like OMR, Omani rial. For one not listed, choose Another currency and type Its three letter code. The currency is set once, before the first item.
- Add your first branch: Branch name, and a Short code, on receipts of up to six letters or digits, like MB1.
- Add its Address and Phone for the receipts. Leave Alert at (% of a full shelf) at 20, or change it.
- Press Add the branch.
The dashboard opens with Finish setting up: add your items, give each cashier a login, and make the first sale at the counter. Each step ticks itself when it is done.
Then check Settings
- Your package. Under Branches, a line says which package you have, how many branches it covers and how many are set up, like Your package, Madar POS Grocery, covers 4 branches. 1 is set up.
- On every receipt. Type a VAT registration number only if the shop is VAT registered, and your own words under A line at the bottom. Press Save.
- Time zone. Madar takes it from your computer the first time you sign in. It decides when the shop's day begins. In Oman it should read Asia/Muscat. If you change it, press Save.
TipA shop that is not VAT registered leaves the VAT number empty and every item at 0% VAT. Its receipts then print as a receipt, not a tax invoice.
Adding items
- Open Stock and press Add an item.
- Type the Name, and the Name in Arabic if it has one.
- Click Barcode and scan the item into it.
- Type the Category, the Cost price and the Selling price: what the shelf says, VAT included. Choose VAT %, 0% or 5%.
- Under Sold by, choose piece, or kg or g for items weighed at the cashier. Choose its Supplier.
- For food with a use by date, tick Track expiry dates, or type a Shelf life in days: milk 7, bread 3.
- Press Save.
- Tap the item again, and set A full shelf and Alert me at (% of a full shelf) for this branch. Press Save.
TipA new item starts with nothing on the shelf. Record a delivery or a count to put its stock on. An item with no full shelf shows No full shelf and never alerts.
Importing a product list
- Open Settings and find Import your product list.
- Starting from nothing? Press Download the template. Its headings are in English and Arabic, with two TEST rows to delete.
- Under Stock goes to, choose the branch first. The file's Stock column is today's stock there.
- Under The file, choose an Excel workbook (.xlsx), a CSV file, a Word document (.docx), a PDF price list, or a database export (.sql) from your old system.
- Read the preview. Each row says New, Changes, As it is or Not imported, and a value that changes shows what it was. When some rows need a look, tick the box like Only the 3 rows with something to check to see them alone.
- If the file's stock is today's count, tick the box that begins Set today's stock at.
- Press Import. The button says how many items, like Import 250 items.
Madar finds the table by its headings, in English or Arabic: Name and Price at least, and Barcode, Arabic name, Category, Unit, Cost, VAT, Supplier and Stock when they are there. It reads the file by rules and never sends it to an AI.
Importing again
- Items already in Madar are matched by barcode, then by name.
- Only what the file has a value for changes. A price list with just names and prices changes just the prices. An empty cell leaves the item as it is.
- When items at that branch have stock already, the stock box starts unticked, so today's stock stays as it is unless you tick it.
- A full shelf is set from the file only for items that have none, so the one you set stays.
- VAT from a file is used only when the shop has a VAT number in Settings.
TipAn old Excel file (.xls): open it in Excel, choose File, Save As, Excel Workbook (.xlsx), and upload that. A scanned page or a photo has no table to read: drop it in the Madar assistant's chat instead.
TipMadar POS Grocery holds up to 3,000 items. An import that would pass the limit is refused whole, so count your list first.
Suppliers
- Open Suppliers and press Add a supplier.
- Type the Name, the Contact person, the Phone, for calls and the WhatsApp, if different.
- Type Days from order to delivery and Days of credit they give.
- Press Save.
- In Stock, tap each item and choose its Supplier. The order list groups low items by it.
Branches
Add a branch
- Open Settings. Under Branches, fill in Branch name, Short code, on receipts, Address, Phone and Alert at (% of a full shelf).
- Press Add the branch.
Adding stops at the number of branches your package covers. For more, close a branch you no longer use, or write to support@madar-os.com. To change a branch, press Edit beside it, then Save the branch. Its code stays once it is on receipts.
Close a branch
- End the shifts at its tills, and confirm any transfer sent to it.
- Press Close beside the branch, then Close the branch.
Its sales, stock and history are kept. Nobody sells there, its logins stop working there, and its place in your package is free.
Open it again
Under Closed, press Open again. It comes back with its stock and history.
Staff logins
Add a login
- Open Settings and find Staff logins.
- Type the Name they sign in with and a password under Password, ten or more.
- Under Role, choose a cashier or a manager.
- For a cashier, choose the branch under Sells at. For a manager, choose Based at, and under Also works at tick other branches, or Every branch, now and any opened later.
- Press Add the login. Give the person their name, their password and the shop's address.
- A branch manager is based at one branch with nothing else ticked. An area manager works several branches, or every branch.
- Madar POS Grocery allows 3 cashiers and 1 manager at each branch. A manager counts at the branch where they are based.
- A login cannot be called Owner or look like an email address.
Move a login, or set a new password
- Press Change beside the login.
- For a cashier, choose another branch under Sells at. For a manager, change Based at and the branches ticked.
- For a new password, type it under A new password. It signs them out on every device at once.
- Press Save.
To take a login away, press Remove, then Remove again. They are signed out at once, and their sales stay in the records.
What managers may do
In Settings, under What managers can do, tick what a manager may do at the branches they work, then press Save. Madar's server holds to these on every request; they are not only hidden buttons. Managers see a change on their next page.
| Switch | From the start |
|---|---|
| Add and edit items, and import the product list | On |
| Change selling prices | On |
| See and change cost prices, margins and profit | On |
| Record deliveries and counts | On |
| Add suppliers, and record payments to them | On |
| Open customer accounts, set credit limits, record payments | On |
| Give any discount at the cashier | On |
| Take returns and refund them | On |
| Change alert points, full shelves and branches | Off |
| Void a sale | Off |
| Add and remove cashier logins | Off |
Below the switches, Cashiers may give a discount of up to sets a cashier's limit, as a % of a line. 0 means only a manager or you can discount.
TipSet the switches before you make manager logins. If managers should not see what things cost, untick See and change cost prices, margins and profit.
The dashboard
Dashboard shows today, for all branches or the one you pick at the top:
- Needs you today: items to order, batches expiring soon, accounts unpaid over 30 days, and sales made offline to check or that Madar refused. Tap one to go to it.
- Branches today, side by side. Tap a branch to see only its figures.
- Sales today, Profit today after cost and VAT, Cash in the drawers and Sold on account today. Refunds come off the day they are given.
- The last seven days, Order today, Expiring soon, Money owed, Stock and Latest sales.
TipThe ? in the corner of every page walks you through that page. Alt+1 to Alt+9 open the pages in the order of the side menu.
The order list
Order list shows every item at or under its alert point at the branch, grouped by supplier, with how much fills each shelf again under To order.
- Press Call to ring the supplier, or Order on WhatsApp. WhatsApp opens with the order already written.
- Read the order, then send it yourself. Madar never sends it for you.
- For email or another chat, press Copy the order.
TipItems under No supplier set join a supplier's order once you choose their supplier in Stock. No Call button? Press Add their phone number.
Stock and counts
Stock lists every item at the branch with what is left, the full shelf, how many days it lasts at the pace it sells, and the supplier. Search by name, barcode or category, or filter by Low, Out, Count it or No full shelf. Count it means more sold than Madar thought was there: count that shelf.
Count a shelf
- Open Deliveries and counts and press Count the shelf.
- Scan or search for each item, and type what is On the shelf, even if it is 0. Madar shows how many are missing or more.
- Press Record the count.
Stop selling an item
Tap the item, press Stop selling it, then Stop selling it again. It leaves the cashier screen and its sales stay in the records. To bring it back, open Stopped in Stock and press Sell it again.
Deliveries
- Open Deliveries and counts and press A delivery came in.
- Choose the Supplier, and type Their invoice or note number.
- Under Paid, choose In full, now, On credit, or Part now, the rest on credit. For part, type Paid now, even if it is 0. Choose Paid by, and check Due on.
- Scan or search for each item. Type how many came, and the Unit cost.
- For an item that tracks expiry, check Expires on.
- Press Record the delivery.
The stock goes up at once, a new cost becomes the item's cost price, and what is on credit is kept against the supplier with its due date.
Transfers between branches
Send stock
- Pick the sending branch at the top. Open Deliveries and counts and press Transfers.
- Under Send to, choose the other branch.
- Scan or search for each item, and type how many go under To send. Add a Note for the other branch if you like.
- Press Send the stock. The transfer gets a number, like TKHW-000123.
The stock leaves this branch at once, at its cost, and shows as On its way.
Confirm what arrived
- Pick the receiving branch at the top. Open Deliveries and counts, then Transfers.
- Under Sent here, to confirm, press Confirm what arrived.
- Count the goods. Change the Arrived figure where fewer came.
- Press Confirm.
What arrived goes on that shelf at the same cost, with its expiry dates. Anything short is kept on the transfer as a difference, marked Short.
Expiry dates
- On an item, tick Track expiry dates, or give a Shelf life in days so each delivery is dated by itself.
- Sales take from the batch that expires first.
- Expiry dates lists the batches that expire soon, earliest first. Change how early under Warn me ... days before, then press Save.
- Your phone is told once for each batch, if alerts are on.
Sales and returns
Sales lists every sale and return of a day at the branch. Change the day with the date at the top. Tap a sale to open it.
Take items back
- Open the sale. In the Return column, type how many of each came back.
- Check Pay back by. It follows how the sale was paid: to the account first, then the card, then cash.
- Type Why they came back.
- With more than one branch, choose where it was Brought back at. For cash, choose the till under Cash from.
- Press Refund the items typed, then Print the refund slip.
The items go back on the shelf. Madar never pays back in cash or by card more than the sale took that way.
Void a sale
A void cancels a whole sale from today, with nothing returned, before its till's shift is counted. Open the sale, press Void this sale, type Why, then Void it. For any other sale, take the items back as a return. Print a copy prints the receipt again.
Customers on account
- Open Customers on account and press Open an account.
- Type the Name and Phone. Type a Credit limit, or leave it empty for no limit.
- Press Save.
A customer pays
- Tap the account. Under Record a payment, type the Amount and choose Paid by.
- For cash taken at the counter, choose the till under Into the drawer of.
- Press Record it.
Press Send the statement on WhatsApp to send what they owe. A sale past the credit limit is refused at the cashier.
Supplier payments
Suppliers shows what the shop owes each one and Next due, marked when it is late.
- Tap the supplier. Under Pay them, type the Amount.
- Choose Paid by: bank transfer, cash or card.
- Press Record it.
TipPay suppliers from the safe, not a till's drawer. Madar does not take a supplier payment out of a drawer's count.
The daily cash counts
Each till counts its own drawer when its shift ends. Open Sales for the day:
- Cash counts shows each shift: when it started and ended and by whom, the change at the start, what should have been there, what was counted and the difference.
- Tills selling now shows each open till and what its drawer should hold. For a till that cannot end its own shift, a computer that was reset or lost, press End it here, type the Cash counted, then End the shift.
- Sales made offline that Madar refused lists them with the reason. Their cash is in the drawer. Fix the reason and the till sends them again, or press Dealt with, say what was done, then Set it aside.
Download my data
- Press Madar assistant in the side menu of Madar POS.
- Press your name at the top right (on a phone, its first letter).
- Press Download my data.
You get every record, one file per table: sales, refunds, shift counts, deliveries, counts, transfers, accounts and payments.
Alerts on your phone
- On your phone, open your shop's address, sign in, and open Madar POS.
- Open Settings and find Alerts on this device.
- Press Turn on alerts here, and allow notifications when the phone asks.
- Press Send a test to check.
Your phone hears when an item reaches its alert point, with the supplier to call, when a batch is about to expire, and when a sale made offline needs checking.
TipOn an iPhone, alerts come to Madar POS on the Home Screen: in Safari press Share, then Add to Home Screen, open it from there, then turn alerts on. It needs iOS 16.4 or later.
The Madar assistant
Only the owner has it. Press Madar assistant in the side menu and ask in your own words, for all branches or one:
- Sales, returns and profit for today, yesterday, the last 7 days, a month, or between two dates.
- What sold most, over up to a month.
- What is low or out, how much to order and from which supplier.
- Batches that expire soon, who owes the shop, and what the shop owes its suppliers.
- A supplier's order, written out for you to send.
It reads your figures and changes nothing: prices, stock and staff change in the admin portal. It never sends an order. Drop a scanned or photographed price list in the chat and it makes a spreadsheet for you to check and import. Its answers are written by AI and can be wrong, so check anything that matters. Your package includes a monthly allowance.
For a manager
You sign in with the name and password the owner gave you. The admin portal opens, for your branches only.
- Your branches. A branch manager sees one branch. An area manager picks a branch at the top of each page, or all of them on the dashboard.
- The owner's switches. What you can change follows What managers may do. Most buttons the owner has not given you are not shown. If you try a change you may not make, Madar says The owner has not given managers this. Ask the owner, or the owner can allow it in Settings. Without deliveries and counts, that page says The owner has not given managers deliveries and counts.
- Costs. Without the costs switch you see no cost prices, margins or profit. The dashboard shows the average sale instead.
| Page | What a manager does there |
|---|---|
| Dashboard | Today at your branches, and what needs you. |
| Order list | Call the supplier or send the order on WhatsApp. |
| Stock | Add and edit items and prices, with the item switches. |
| Deliveries and counts | Deliveries, counts and transfers, with Record deliveries and counts. |
| Expiry dates | Batches that expire soon. |
| Sales | The day's sales and cash counts; returns and voids with their switches. |
| Customers on account | Accounts and payments, with the accounts switch. |
| Suppliers | Suppliers and payments to them, with the suppliers switch. |
| Settings | Import items; cashier logins of your branches with Add and remove cashier logins; alerts on your phone. |
To sell, press Open the cashier screen in the side menu, and Admin to come back. On the cashier screen you can also take returns (Return) and give discounts, as the owner allows. The steps are in For a cashier.
Only the owner changes the currency, the receipt, the time zone, the switches and managers' logins. Only the owner closes a branch or opens a closed one again. A manager of every branch who has the branches switch, Change alert points, full shelves and branches, can add a new branch, within the package. Managers do not have the Madar assistant.
TipTurn on alerts on your phone too: Alerts on your phone. Alerts are for the whole shop: your phone hears about every branch, not only yours, and most alerts name the branch.
For a cashier
The cashier screen: scan on the left, the total and the payment on the right.
TipOn a narrow screen, the buttons you use less (Install, Printer, Today, Last receipt, Return, ? Help and Keys) are under More at the top.
Signing in
- Open Madar Cashier on the desktop, or the shop's address in the browser.
- Type the name and password the owner gave you, and press Sign in.
- The cashier screen opens at your branch. The first time on a computer, it shows you around; press Next through it, or Close.
TipFive wrong passwords lock your login for 15 minutes. Forgot it? Ask the owner or your manager for a new one.
Starting the shift
- Before the first sale, the screen asks you to Start the shift at this till. If it does not, press Start the shift in the empty basket.
- The first time at a till, type a name under Name this counter, like Counter 1. It is asked once.
- Count the money in the drawer and type it under Change in the drawer. Type 0 if it is empty.
- Press Start the shift.
The shift belongs to the till, not to you. Cashiers can change over without ending it: the next one signs in and sells into the same drawer.
Scanning and searching
- Scan the item. It goes straight into the basket.
- No barcode? Type part of its name or its barcode in Scan an item, or type its name or barcode. Choose it with the arrow keys and press Enter, or tap it.
- Arabic names are found however they are typed: with or without the hamza, ة or ه, ى or ي, and with or without diacritics.
- Digits typed on an Arabic keyboard work in every box.
- Nothing found? Madar says Nothing matches. Check the barcode, or add the item in the admin portal. Ask your manager.
Quantities and weights
- Scan the same item again for one more, or press + and − on its line.
- Type 3* then scan to add three at once.
- Tap the number on a line to type a quantity. F3 does it for the last item.
- An item sold by weight asks for its weight when you scan it: type it, like 1.25, and press Done. Weights go to the gram.
- Delete takes off the last item. Clear the sale takes off everything, then Clear.
Discounts
- Tap the item's name on its line.
- Type a Percent off, or an amount under Or amount off. The screen shows Your limit and the price After the discount.
- Press Apply. To undo it, tap the line again and press Remove the discount.
The owner sets how much a cashier may take off. Over it, the screen says A manager can give more. With no limit set, it says Discounts at this cashier need a manager.
A cashier cannot go past the limit. The owner, or a manager with Give any discount at the cashier, gives more on their own login: the cashier signs out, which clears a basket not yet paid, then the manager or owner signs in on this computer, opens the cashier screen and rings up the sale.
Taking payment
Cash F4
- Press Cash. Type what the customer handed over under Handed over, or tap Exact or a note.
- The Change shows in large numbers. Press Record the sale, or Enter.
- Give the change shown under Change to give. Press Next customer, or simply scan the next item.
Card F7
- Take the total on the card machine first.
- When the machine says approved, press Card, then Approved, record the sale, or F7 again.
On account F8
- Press On account. Under Customer, type their name or phone and tap them.
- Press Record the sale. Madar checks the credit limit as you choose them.
No account? The manager opens accounts in the admin portal. A sale on account needs the internet.
Split payment F9
- Press Split payment. Type the amounts under Cash, Card and On account. Left to pay counts down.
- For a part on account, choose the Customer.
- Press Record the sale.
TipIf a scan lands in Handed over, Madar says That looks like a barcode, not cash. Type the amount instead. The Split payment boxes do not catch a scan, so check the amounts before you press Record the sale.
Receipts and invoices
- On a computer set up with the Windows installer, the receipt prints by itself when Madar Cashier is opened from its desktop icon: see Windows. Elsewhere, press Print receipt after the sale.
- Printer sets the Paper roll, 80 mm or 58 mm, whether to Print the receipt by itself after each sale, and the Merchant copy: never, for card and on account sales with a line to sign, or for every sale. Print a test receipt checks the printer.
- A customer who wants an invoice: press Invoice after the sale, type the Customer or company name, and Their VAT number for a business. Press Print the invoice.
- Last receipt shows the last sale: Print it again, or Invoice. Ctrl+P prints it again too.
Returns
A cashier does not take returns, and Return is not on a cashier's screen. Call your manager or the owner. They take it on their own login: they sign in on this computer once the cashier has signed out, open the cashier screen and press Return. Or they open the sale on the Sales page and, for a cash refund, choose this till under Cash from.
- Press Return. Type the Receipt number from the customer's receipt and press Enter.
- Type how many of each item come back, check Pay back by, and type Why.
- Press Refund. Give back what the screen shows, and press Print the refund slip or Done.
A return needs the internet. A cash refund comes out of this till's drawer.
Today and closing the shift
- Press Today. It shows your sales today, and this till's drawer: the change at the start, cash from sales, and Should be in the drawer.
- At the end of the shift, count the cash in the drawer and type it under Cash counted. Add a Note if you want.
- Press End the shift. Madar shows the Difference and keeps it for the owner.
- The next shift starts with the change left in the drawer: Start the next shift.
Ending the shift needs the internet, and every sale made offline must reach Madar first.
Without internet
A banner at the top says No internet. and Keep selling, with how many sales are safe on this computer.
- Cash and card sales go on. Each gets its own receipt number, like KHW-7QX-0001, and prints with Sold offline.
- They go to Madar by themselves when the internet is back. Leave the screen open.
- A sale on account, a return and ending the shift wait for the internet.
- Stay signed in: signing in again needs the internet. The next cashier can keep selling on this login.
If the banner says made offline could not be recorded., press Show and tell your manager. Those sales were paid, so their cash is in the drawer.
Signing out
- Press Sign out at the top right, beside your name.
- If the basket is not paid, Madar asks first: Stay, or Sign out to clear it.
- If sales made offline are still on the computer, Madar asks you to Stay until the banner is gone.
TipA message Madar POS was updated. means a new version is ready. It reloads by itself when the basket is empty, or press Reload. The basket is kept.
On the desktop
Two apps from one address: Madar Cashier sells at the counter, Madar POS runs the shop.
Windows
- On the counter PC, open the shop's address in Microsoft Edge and sign in.
- On the cashier screen, press Install at the top (on a narrow screen, under More). The owner and managers can also press Install on this computer in the admin portal's side menu.
- Under Put Madar on this computer, tick Madar Cashier, and Madar POS for an owner or manager.
- Tick Open Madar Cashier by itself when this computer starts for a counter PC. It is already ticked when you start from the cashier screen.
- Press Download the installer. Open the file, Install Madar.cmd, from the top right of Edge.
- If Edge or Windows asks, choose Keep, or More info and then Run anyway. The file comes from your own Madar workspace.
- A window asks Which printer prints the receipts? Type the receipt printer's number and press Enter.
- The icons Madar Cashier and Madar POS appear on the desktop, and Madar opens. Sign in once.
- Close that window, then open Madar Cashier again from its desktop icon. From then on receipts print by themselves. If they do not, open Printer and tick Print the receipt by itself after each sale.
From then on, open Madar from those icons. Receipts print straight to the receipt printer with no print window. Once you have chosen the printer, Windows no longer changes the default printer by itself.
TipThe installer is a small text file that installs no program. It needs Microsoft Edge, which every Windows PC has. To set it up by hand instead, open Printer on the cashier screen and follow Or set up a Windows PC by hand.
Mac and Chromebook
- Open the shop's address in Chrome or Edge and sign in.
- Press Install on the cashier screen, or Install on this computer in the admin portal.
- Press Install Madar Cashier, or Install Madar POS in the admin portal. If there is no such button, choose Install in the browser's address bar.
Madar opens from its own icon, in its own window. The browser shows its print window for each receipt: choose the receipt printer and print.
iPad and phones
- On an iPad or iPhone, open the shop's address in Safari and sign in.
- Press Share, then Add to Home Screen, then Add.
- Open Madar from its icon on the Home Screen.
On an Android phone or tablet, open the address in Chrome, press Install, then Install Madar Cashier. If there is no such button, open Chrome's menu and add it to the Home screen. The owner's phone is best for the admin portal and the alerts.
Any browser, without installing
Open the shop's address in any current browser and sign in. Everything works the same. Keep it as a bookmark.
When something goes wrong
No internet
- Keep selling for cash and card. The sales wait on the computer and go to Madar by themselves.
- Stay signed in, and leave the cashier screen open.
- Need a sale on account, a return or the end of the shift now? Connect the computer to a phone's mobile data for a moment.
The receipt does not print
- Check the printer is on, has paper, and is the computer's default printer.
- On the cashier screen, press Printer, check the Paper roll, and press Print a test receipt.
- Print the sale again from Last receipt, Print it again.
- On Windows, press Printer, then Install on this computer. Run the installer again and choose the receipt printer when it asks.
The drawer does not open? Turn on "open drawer" in the printer's own settings.
The scanner types into the wrong place
- Click an empty part of the screen, or press F2. The cursor goes back to the search box, and the next scan lands there.
- A scan that lands in Handed over, Change in the drawer, or the box for a quantity or a weight is caught: Madar says it looks like a barcode. Type the right figure, or close the box and scan the item again. Other boxes, like the Split payment amounts, a discount or Cash counted, do not catch it: check what is in them.
- Nothing happens after a scan? The scanner must end each scan with Enter. Test it in Notepad, as in Before you start.
- A scan shows letters in another alphabet? Switch the computer's keyboard to English and scan again.
A sign in link has expired
Open it anyway and press Send me a new link. The new link goes to the owner's email address. Each link works once, for a limited time.
Forgot the password
- The owner: on the sign in page press Forgot your password?, type your name and press Send a reset link. The email's link works once, for 30 minutes. A reset signs out every device.
- A cashier or manager: ask the owner, or a manager allowed to, for a new password: Staff logins, Change, A new password.
- Five wrong passwords lock a login for 15 minutes. Wait, then try again.
A workplace network blocks the site
madar-os.com is a new address, and some office and school networks block new addresses in their first weeks. Use mobile data from a phone for now. The network's IT team can allow madar-os.com and *.madar-os.com. Madar needs HTTPS only. The security page has what they need.
Who to write to
Write to support@madar-os.com. Say the shop and the branch, what you pressed and what the screen said, and the receipt number if it is about a sale. A photo of the screen helps.
Still stuck?
A person from our team reads every email and replies.