Lynx Software

All Uniwell Lynx Licence Status pages have now been updated. Follow the instructions below to find out if you are entitled to a free upgrade to Version 9.

Open your Uniwell Lynx software
Go to Help > Licence/Subscription Status
Note: An internet connection is required to access your Licence Status page
Check the Package entry on your Licence Status page
If it is listed as Uniwell Lynx v9, Uniwell Lynx Enterprise v9 or Uniwell Lynx Lite v9 then congratulations you are entitled to a free upgrade to Version 9!

If you are entitled then contact your Uniwell Lynx Reseller to obtain your Version 9 licence. If not, then visit our Upgrades pages to find out more about the advantages of upgrading to Version 9.

Uniwell Lynx v9.01.0005

February 14, 2018 by Lynx Software, posted in Update History

New Feature

‘ALL program data’ option added to Automatic Extract Program Options in POS Terminals

Version 9 Release

January 31, 2018 by Lynx Software, posted in News

We are pleased to announce the release of Version 9!

What’s New in Version 9?

10 New Programming Options
- Tare Table, Sort PLUs, Menu Levels
- Modifiers, Discount, Percentage
- Adjustment, Tip, Discount Coupon, Paid Out
New Sales Reports
- Meal Deal Report
- Item Sales by Modifier Report
- Period Sales Reports
- Item Sales by Period Reports
Enhanced Data Entry
- Redesigned data entry screens
- More range editing
- More powerful screen layout editing
Performance Improvements
And much more … click here for details

Uniwell Lynx v9.00.0080

January 30, 2018 by Lynx Software, posted in Update History

New Firmware Support

HX-4500/4000/2500/1500-03 v3.30
HX-4500/4000/2500/1500-03 v3.40

New Programming Options

Tare Table
Sort PLUs
Menu Levels
Modifiers
Discount
Percentage
Adjustment
Tip
Discount Coupon
Paid Out

New Sales Reports

Meal Deal Report
Item Sales by Modifier Report
Daily Sales Report replaced by Period Sales Report with Daily/Weekly/Monthly options
Item Sales by Period Report with 7 Days/7 Weeks/7 Days of Week/7 Months options

New Listings

Promotional Prices Listing

Report Style

Report colour scheme option added to Preferences

Data Maintenance

Range editing of Groups
Item data entry screen redesigned
‘Auto-populate PLU Code with Item Code when adding new Items’ option in Preferences applied without the need to tab to the PLU Code field
‘Synchronise item POS Description with Description’ option added to Preferences (Always/Auto/Never)
‘Synchronise item PLU 2nd Name with Description’ option added to Preferences (Always/Auto/Never)
Sort PLU filter and column added to Items grid
‘Copy selected item’ option added to Add Range feature of Items grid
Modifier Prices added to Item Selling Prices grid
Clerk data entry screen redesigned
Menu Level, Location and Destination columns added to Clerks grid
Range editing of Clerks
POS Terminal setup screen redesigned
Location filter added to Sales Terminals grid
Range editing of POS Terminals
Range editing of Customers
KP File Names, Security Level Names, Location Names and Destination Names added to Customize, Extract Program and data entry drop-down lists

Screen Layouts

Support for programming Button Layout 2
Options to Add New Item or Modify Item while editing Screen Layout
Option to Update Clerk Captions
‘Set PLU button captions automatically in Screen Layouts’ option added to Preferences
‘Set Clerk button captions automatically in Screen Layouts’ option added to Preferences

Communications

Location filter added to Communications Test, Send/Extract Program, Collect Sales, Backup/Restore Sales Terminals and Journal Monitor
Communications Test extracts Configure file so that Windows Firewall prompt is triggered and also checks and updates Firmware setting if it is a supported firmware version
New Automatic Extract Program Options added to POS Terminals for Groups, PLUs, Barcodes and Customers with option to extract New Items Only (These options replace the previous ‘Automatically extract new items during Collect Sales’ and ‘Automatically extract all program during Collect Sales’ options)
Scheduled Jobs setup screen redesigned
Option to print saved reports added to Scheduled Jobs
Option to send batch reports to cloud drive/s added to Scheduled Jobs
Price Levels added to Extract Program and Send Program
Recovery files saved during Collect Sales communications in case of power failure or other abnormal shutdown (Recovery files are automatically deleted after the sales batch has been created and batch tmp files created)

Sales Batches

Location, Sales Terminal and Date Range filters added to Process Sales Batches, Unprocess Sales Batches and Delete Sales Batches
Day of Week column added to Sales Batch grids
Cloud option added to Sales Batch Reports

Stock Control

Modify Item button added to Stock Purchases

Customers

Customer Invoices added to Customer Reports
Customer Receipts added to Customer Reports
Option to include Customer Receipts added to Email Customer Statements
Option to include Customer Invoices added to Email Customer Statements
Option to include attachments added to Email Customer Statements

Manager Reports

Item description added to Delete Item entries in User Log

Export Data

Option to include Inactive Items added to Export Items and Export Barcodes
LastUpdated column added to Export Items

Data File Management

Optimise Data File option added to Backup Data File

User Security

‘Prevent user from modifying PLU codes or barcodes when modifying items’ option added to Users

External Data Access

Read-Only user login added to data files to allow data to be used in external applications like Microsoft Excel

Performance

Purge Data – ALL Transactional Data and Totals up to 23x faster
Archive Data up 1.5x faster
Screen layout editor load time reduced for databases with a large number of items
Minor performance improvement throughout application due to removal of old features

Old Features Removed

Support for DX/SX/TX/QX series ECRs
- Note: Version 9 will be available with downgrade rights to Version 8 if support for the above models is required
HASP Licence Key support
MYOB Link Add-On
LiquorFile Add-On
MacromatiX export
‘Automatically extract new items during Collect Sales’ and ‘Automatically extract all program during Collect Sales’ options removed from Preferences and POS Terminals
Maximum number of Price Levels reduced from 236 to 99

Version 9 Preview – New Reports

January 19, 2018January 31, 2018 by Lynx Software, posted in News

One of the keys to a successful retail business is in-depth sales analysis so you know what you are doing well and where you can improve. The sales analysis reports in Uniwell Lynx have been designed to help you do exactly that. Consider some of the new reports that will be included in Version 9 …

Period Sales Reports

The Daily Sales Report has been replaced by a new Period Sales Report with Daily/Weekly/Monthly options. These reports provide a way to quickly analyse sales trends over time and the optional charts make it easy to visualise the trends.

Item Sales by Period Reports

These new reports allow you to compare sales of particular items across 7 days, 7 Weeks, 7 Days of Week or 7 Months. Sales quantities, sales amounts or both can be shown on these reports and the summarise report option can be used to get an overview by supplier, location, POS terminal, group or price level.

Report Colour Scheme

As seen in the reports above Version 9 will also include a new Report Colour Scheme setting with three different colour options and one grayscale option.

Contact your Uniwell Lynx Reseller for more information about Version 9 or submit an enquiry via our Contact Us page.

Version 9 Preview – Data Entry Screens

January 12, 2018January 31, 2018 by Lynx Software, posted in News

The data entry screens for Items, Clerks and POS Terminals have been redesigned in Version 9.

Items

Removal of support for old Uniwell POS terminal models has made it possible to simplify the Item data entry screen considerably …

Programming options that are no longer relevant have been removed
Commonly used options have been moved to the General tab for quicker access
Tabs and layouts have been reorganised for more intuitive data entry

Clerks and POS Terminals

The Clerk and POS Terminal data entry screens have also been redesigned.

Version 9 Preview – Screen Layouts

December 22, 2017January 31, 2018 by Lynx Software, posted in News

In this post we will consider some of the improvements to Screen Layout programming that will be included in Version 9.

Button Layout 2

Version 9 will include support for programming Button Layout 2 and other settings for the Transaction Area of the display.

Add/Modify Items and Clerk Captions

Version 9 will also include support for Adding or Modifying Items while editing Screen Layouts and an option to Update Clerk Captions.

Automatically Update PLU/Clerk Button Clerk Captions

Two new options have been added to Preferences that can be used to Update PLU Button and/or Clerk Button captions automatically. If you enable these options then whenever you edit an item description or a clerk name the buttons in your screen layouts will be updated automatically.