Gizmo Companion
Gizmo Companion is installed on every PC used for sales. It connects the Gizmo server to the POS hardware: card terminals, barcode scanners, cash drawers and receipt printers.
Which PC to install it on
Point of sale — the PC where the administrator sells products and time products. One Companion per point of sale.
Companion connects to only one Gizmo server. If you need to work with several servers, each server needs its own Companion on a separate PC.
Where to download
You download the installer in Gizmo Manager: Settings → Others → About, the Downloads block → Gizmo Companion. See the About article.
Use only the installer from Gizmo Manager or one you got from support — do not download Companion from third-party sources.
Installation
Run the installer on the point-of-sale PC as administrator.
Follow the steps of the setup wizard.
Restart the PC after installation.
After installation, the Companion interface opens from the desktop shortcut or at localhost:8000 in a browser on the same PC. It has these sections:
Settings — the connection to the Gizmo server;
POS Devices — barcode scanner, cash drawer, smart card reader;
Receipt Printers.
The Companion version is shown at the bottom of the interface page. Companion logs are in the Companion installation folder, in the Logs subfolder: server connection errors are visible there too.
Updating
Companion does not update together with Gizmo Server. After you update the server, download a new installer in Settings → Others → About and reinstall Companion on every point of sale. See the How to update Gizmo guide.
What's next
Connect Companion to the server and link it to a register — step by step in the How to connect Companion and set up a register guide.