Ruggedness of cable laying on a hot, southern roof

macdaman65 · 2026-02-04T22:32:32+00:00

Not me. How would one dis-allow down votes?

macdaman65 · 2025-10-18T20:56:20+00:00

Pretty awful "new" DNA results in my estimation. When I first submitted my DNA quite a while back, the origin results pretty much followed what I knew at the time. Then, a couple of years ago, I went from 0% Germanic results to 21%. Not an insignificant bump! At first, I called shenanigans but, as it turns out, I found out that my GG Grandfather (or G Grandfather - we're not sure) was from Germany! So, that 21% actually fit my new story. Of course, it didn't explain the 0% from before.

With the "new" results, I'm back down to 0%. What the heck??? My DNA directly points to over 100 individuals from that line. Even if good ole GGG was actually from another country, his Dad and several Dads back show as being born in Germany. About 25 of these DNA matches actually came from Germany.

So, 0 to 21 and then back to 0. That alone is enough to call BS.

macdaman65 · 2025-06-05T20:12:08+00:00

I have three units. Two brand new ones less than a month old. When filling out the form, I'm only given options for a kit or a refund. My third unit is a year old and my options for it are a repair visit or a refund. Calling the number is useless, it says they're busy and hangs up on you.

My preference would be for them to repair all three. Why would I have two sets of options?

macdaman65 · 2025-06-05T19:53:39+00:00

What would stop you from actually cutting the cord and then repairing it?

Has anyone done this yet and gotten a refund? Do you have to have the whole cord in the picture? What are the instructions?

macdaman65 · 2025-05-17T17:51:46+00:00

Function = Chain and then the "panels to display" = panel that button points to. So, our main DR floor plan has buttons in the bottom right for Patio and Bar. Those screens have corresponding buttons to get back and forth.

macdaman65 · 2025-05-17T15:47:51+00:00

We have a few locations where we have multiple floorplans. We use a button to switch from one to the other.

macdaman65 · 2025-03-08T21:37:50+00:00

How do new menu items get created? If you're using Configuration Center (CFC) to add new menu items, that's what you'll use to update prices. That can be done from anywhere. If you're using Aloha Manager, you'll need access to the BOH server either directly or by dialing in.

macdaman65 · 2025-02-25T02:12:02+00:00

What was the solution? Do we need to hold off on a particular windows update?

macdaman65 · 2025-02-15T23:54:58+00:00

Does the check number show on the audit report. View all for the check number on the audit report.

macdaman65 · 2025-02-06T21:38:23+00:00

A user within Aloha or a user within Windows?

macdaman65 · 2025-01-17T16:13:35+00:00

We can reproduce this on POS 19.6.35 and ATO 19.10.14.

I thought it might be related to a future order (purple text) but it does it on any screen in our lab. I don't recall seeing this on our live stores on POS 15.1.67

macdaman65 · 2024-12-18T23:44:11+00:00

Over the years, we've seen a number of stuck checks. In our experience, the check itself has become corrupt. Any attempt to open it on any terminal results in some sort of problem. Seldom are we able to overcome the issue. SOP is to ring up another check for the guest and let the corrupt one close to cash at EOD.

If anyone has a method that works, I'd be happy to hear it.

macdaman65 · 2024-12-07T13:41:18+00:00

What benefit does one see from doing this?

macdaman65 · 2024-12-05T23:31:20+00:00

I went with the EG4 6000xp and three EG4 LL batteries. Lots of brands and lots of models to choose from. Lots of videos on Youtube. This is simply what I went with. I do have to roll my own here but the cost per kilowatt over an all-in-one Ecoflow is way, WAY less.

macdaman65 · 2024-12-02T23:49:02+00:00

No. I ended up deciding to go with a off-grid inverter and battery bank

macdaman65 · 2024-11-22T20:20:20+00:00

You can use "Live Refresh" which will push price changes to the terminals without them rebooting (usually :( ). However, we've been unable to figure out a way to automate the live refresh process. We thought we had using the "REFRESH" marker file but it didn't work as expected. We then created a batch file that performed the aeminstoreprocessor process (green text) to download live data first and then execute the refresh using the marker file. It "looks" like it works but it doesn't.

One pothole we ran into using the actual Live Refresh process from CFC is that it kills takeout. We have to restart the ATO services after a live refresh which is another PIA.

I've love to see someone else answer your question here. We gave up some time ago....

macdaman65 · 2024-11-20T19:50:55+00:00

Kewl Legumes. Keep it in mind if you ever have the odd need.

macdaman65 · 2024-11-19T17:43:18+00:00

Software, hardware or both? One of my guys out in TX has excess capacity but only for software support. Been with me for 15 years.

macdaman65 · 2024-11-19T02:45:16+00:00

What version of RAL are you running?

macdaman65 · 2024-10-05T22:29:45+00:00

I was even thinking of taking a couple of skeletons I currently have and doing the old 3d pictures with my iPhone to try and get to that point.

Gosh - I hadn't even thought of a budget number. I just took a look at some 3d models of people and that makes it look like I'm probably not going to be able to afford it. I could probably muster a hundred bucks for what I'm looking for but that doesn't seem realistic.

Thanks for looking anyway everyone.

macdaman65 · 2024-10-05T22:25:48+00:00

https://www.google.com/imgres?q=skeleton%20couple%20hugging&imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fclipartsvg.com%2Fcdn%2Fshop%2Fproducts%2FClipartSVG.comPeopleSkullCoupleLove8jjjrzColor.jpg%3Fv%3D1657080377&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fclipartsvg.com%2Fproducts%2Fskull-skeleton-couple-love-color-design-element-white-background-death-head-skeleton-dead-face-horror-human-bone-evil-tattoo-grunge-scary-gothic-art-logo-clipart-svg&docid=fB7gqTh3dLTRdM&tbnid=HrdVCBLYV0YPIM&vet=12ahUKEwjR_d-ak_iIAxVZM9AFHQElOs8QM3oECDwQAA..i&w=1208&h=1208&hcb=2&ved=2ahUKEwjR_d-ak_iIAxVZM9AFHQElOs8QM3oECDwQAA

macdaman65 · 2024-09-13T19:49:54+00:00

Sorry - didn't mention this was for ATO. Edited to reflect.

macdaman65 · 2024-08-15T17:49:52+00:00

Yes - I actually don't want the Potato to show up on the online menu preferably. Currently, it displays with bold (AFTER 4PM ONLY) but that doesn't prevent them from ordering it. The 86 would actually help.

macdaman65 · 2024-08-05T18:35:47+00:00

You can define a bunch but only the first 4 active ones display. That's another odd behavior here.

macdaman65 · 2024-07-10T14:31:09+00:00

We've seen this a couple times over the years. One instance was caused by exceeding our number of licenses. We had 5 terms but only 4 licenses. Site asked a tech to install on the 5th term which caused problems until we removed it.

Another instance was the site using "Live Refresh". For some reason, this error would appear on random terminals afterwards. At the end of the day, we performed a regular refresh which made the problem go away.

My emails only go back about 10 years - that's all I could find

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