SimpleCharge is a simplified version of Sales that has much of the functionality of Classic Sales locked down. Thus the majority of the capabilities of Sales are not available. A SimpleCharge salespoint is typically used when a different POS solution is in place yet Salesware In-House Cards items still need to be redeemed. A SimpleCharge salespoint can be also used to issue, load and activate In-House Cards items. A credit card solution may already be in place at the POS, in which case the SimpleCharge salespoint would likely be used just for In-House Cards and not Charge Cards module– though a SimpleCharge salespoint includes the Salesware Charge Cards module as well (by default), in case it is needed.

In SimpleCharge mode, swiping an In-House Cards card or a credit card at the empty Sales screen allows the user to charge a specified amount to that card. A SimpleCharge item is configured through an .INI setting and this item is used to write data for these charges. Cards that cannot be swiped can be charged by hitting the Charge button (corresponds to the Finalize button in Classic mode) on the Sales screen and card information is then manually entered as is done in Classic Sales.

SimpleCharge is installed like any other salespoint, as described in this document. Be sure to select SimpleCharge at the Salespoint types dialog when running the Sales installer – that way you only see only the SimpleCharge salespoint names that you created in SysManager when you were setting up your SimpleCharge salespoints.