NX Restaurant - Release 1.5.11

NX Restaurant - Release 1.5.11

The 1.5.11 release introduces powerful new features for order handling, printing, delivery support, and guest communication — while addressing a comprehensive list of bugs and implementing foundational improvements behind the scenes.

✨ Features

Refund Improvements

• Enhanced saving logic for refunds to prevent data loss or entry duplication.
• Streamlined refund calculation engine for more consistent totals.
• Reprinting a refund now supports email, SMS, or direct printing for better customer communication.

NX6 Guest Payment

• Improved handling of declined payments, including a new animated icon to clearly indicate a failure.

Order Entry Enhancements

• Support for "Excluded From Area" on Menu Item Modifiers for fine-tuned menu control.
• New Move to Seat button to quickly reassign items between seats — either existing or new.

Manager Access & Override

• NX Manager Cards & NX NFC Cards can now override permission dialogs for seamless management workflows.

Floor Plan Improvements

• Behind-the-scenes performance upgrades for faster new order start and order recall.
• Floor Plan now supports tappable “table-less” order buttons for takeout and delivery workflows.

Order Send Action (Area Based)

• Customize what happens after pressing "Send" in Order Entry — behavior is now Area-specific:
  • Return to Order Access
  • Log out of Station
  • Stay on current order
• Configuration available under NX Portal → Areas → Order Send Action.

Streamlined Order Handling

• “Abandoned” order status has been removed based on operator feedback.
• Orders that are started but not completed will remain open — improving visibility and reporting accuracy.

Remote Printing Enhancements

• Chit headers and footers now support:
  • Red ink printing
  • Dashed lines
  • Custom line feeds
• Item pricing can now appear on Remote Chits when enabled per Menu Item settings.

NX Notify 💬 (Guest Messaging)

• Automated and on-demand SMS notifications to guests:
  • Triggered from KDS via Order Type & Routing Destination config
  • Triggered from POS via Order Type & Area settings
  • Manual sending via Order Entry when permission Checks: Notify is granted

Order Type Prompt Enhancements

• Prompt reliability and flexibility improved when initiating Orders of various types.

Menu Item Coursing

• Menu Items can now prompt for a course at time of ring-in.
• Courses are selected from the list assigned to the Area.
• If the dialog is canceled, the item is not added.

Delivery Features (Beta)

• Order Types can now:
  • Prompt for Delivery Address via Google Maps search
  • Prompt for Customer and attach them to the Order
• Delivery Address:
  • Appears on remote checks if configured
  • Displays as a delivery truck icon on header, with tappable Google Maps route from venue

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Refunds now consistently save under all conditions.
• Resolved issue where Time Card was fetched unnecessarily when already present.
• Manager View now properly shows previous-day refunds, paid-ins, and paid-outs.
• Routing logic corrected to prevent wrong RoutingGroup in enterprise setups.
• Tip suggestion logic on Guest Display is now more accurate and reliable.
• Cash Drawer devices with a null Port will no longer cause deserialization errors.
• Fixes printer component crashes due to improperly parsed formats on new setups.
• Launch crash for offline devices fixed (caused by Notification Looper unavailability).
• Device Manager load timing improved for better initialization reliability.
• Network state transitions now log events as expected.
• Floor Plan refresh issues resolved after user logout & re-login cycle.
• Void approver employee now properly stored on Voided Items.
• Contactless payments without cardholder name no longer overwrite order names.
• Payment Delete vouchers now reflect applied amount (excluding change).
• Table name prompt now auto-focuses the input field.
• Order cancel confirmation prompt now reliably shows.
• Receipt bug fixed — seat number now properly appears next to Order Number.
• Improved formatting of Seat Details and Seat Totals on Receipts.
• Corrected the order the Menu Item Prices & their Price Points were being used when ringing Menu Items or Modifiers
  • Details:
    • We identified an issue affecting Menu Item Prices and Price Points where the application did not respect the intended order of prices defined for a Menu Item.
    • When ringing in a Menu Item or Modifier, the price applied was inconsistent — it depended on the order the prices were stored in the database, rather than the sorted order defined in the Menu Item configuration.
    • This update ensures that prices are now applied based on the correct, user-defined order.
    • You may need to review the order that your Menu Item prices are to ensure that this fix does not impact your existing configuration.

🛠 Behind the Magic

• All venueId references migrated to be statically stored in VenueManager.
• Upgraded dsiEMVAndroid SDK to v3.13.
• Floor Plan performance boost — checkId now attached to item for faster recall.
• EMV Reset logic now triggers immediately post-sendRequest for faster recovery.
• Third-party KDS integrations moved to new Integrations Config (was previously part of Venue POS App Config).
• Added entityVersion to enforce data integrity instead of relying solely on updatedAt.

🧩 Patch Releases

• Patch 3

  • Improved local device-to-device communication performance and logging when in offline mode
  • Made it so that you do not need to specify a bump bar for KDS settings, NX KDS will use the NX KDS Bump Bar automatically.

• Patch 4

  • KDS improvements. 
    • Fixed an issue where users would have to deselect the previously selected item then select the next item to tag. Now tagging automatically deselects the previous item.
    • Improved the KDS screen by making buttons larger and color coding buttons.

• Patch 5

  • Order Type prompt fix
    • Fixed an issue where the order type would not be set properly on an order if the order type prompt was enabled.
    • Fixed an issue where a crash could occur when selecting an order type from the order type prompt if another prompt was already focused.
  • Card processing improvements
    • Added some resiliency to card processing if the device went into offline mode in the middle of payment processing.
  • Online Order improvements
    • Support for Area > Online Ordering notification settings.

• Patch 6

  • Corrected issue where the Area Name on the Main screen may be invalid.
  • Improved Area loading process for Venues with many complex Areas
  • Corrected issue where Menu Items with prices that are null would not load.
  • Corrected issue where a Menu Item with a deleted or missing Modifier Category would prevent modification.
  • Fixed issue where Order List > Owner Name was not allowing filtering.
  • Fixed issue where loading orders from previous days would not also load the Seats, Items & Payments.

• Patch 7

  • Order # and Seat # will now be displayed prominently in the Order Header
  • Fixed issue where incorrect Seat # was being displayed in header, in place of seat name

• Patch 8

  • Fixed an issue introduced in Patch 7 where the Order Header Order # & Seat # would be null if no order was selected from the Order List.

• Patch 9

  • Update build number in heartbeat call

• Patch 10

  • Resolved issue where Paid Outs & Paid Ins would not be fully calculated.
  • Fixed issue where NX6 handheld card payments may not include the Tip Fee if configured.
  • Fixed issue where tip + signature collect on NX6 in guest payment mode would require the guest to insert/tap/swipe a second time unnecessarily.

• Patch 11

  • Enhanced logging around creating new orders & the order numbers
  • Added current business date to base LogDetails payload for increased visibility.
  • Added back the ability to perform a demo credit card payment while in Demo mode.

• Patch 12

  • Additional logging for Local Repo & Printing Saves
  • Added committedAt, committedOnPosDeviceId & committedByEmployeeId to the CheckItem payload

• Patch 13 

  • Added interval routine to confirm that the App is set for the correct businessDate