Chapter 2 Getting Started
9 Alpha 710ML User’s Guide
messages on your PC and download these settings to your cash
register.
• Back-Up and Restore - Whether you programmed your cash register
data on the cash register or on your PC, you can back-up that
programming and store the data on your PC. Should you lose the
memory in your cash register, you can simply restore the data from
your PC back to the cash register without having to reprogram all the
PLU's, Departments and other data.
• Additional Cash Registers - When you buy additional cash registers,
you can use the back-up-and-restore feature with multiple registers of
the same model number. Just program one register, back-up the data to
your PC, and then restore or download the data from your PC to the
other registers, as long as they are all the same model number. This
saves you the time of having to program each register individually.
Check the Royal web site for any new features and upgrades to
RegisterLink.
Using the RegisterLink software requires connecting your computer to the
cash register using the serial port. To connect your computer to the serial
port, you need to use the included null-modem serial cable. For technical
details about the serial connection, see About the Serial Port on page 91.
For information for connecting the cash register to your PC, see
Connecting the Cash Register to a PC on page 92.
The RegisterLink software is on a CD. Please install the software from this
CD. Then check for updates on the Royal web site (www.royal.com). If a
later version of the RegisterLink software is available on the web site,
download it from the web site and install it on your PC. It is important
that the CD version of the software is already installed on your PC before
you download and install any updates.
RegisterLink software instructions are separate from this manual. The
RegisterLink instruction manual is on the CD that contains the software.
An updated and revised version of the instruction manual accompanies
any newer version of the software that is downloaded from our web site.
Please refer to the RegisterLink instruction manual for all software related
operational instructions and assistance.