NX Restaurant - Release 1.6.1

This update brings massive quality-of-life improvements to the POS, including a brand-new Notification Center, a fully redesigned Order Split View with drag-and-drop, powerful new Price Point Discounts, and a suite of expanded integrations. We've also squashed a ton of bugs and smoothed out the UI!

🌟 New Features & Enhancements

Ordering & Workflow 🍽️

• Redesigned Order Split View: Splitting checks just got a whole lot easier! Both NX15 and NX6 devices now feature a simplified, full-height Split View. Best of all, you can now drag & drop items and payments seamlessly between seats.
  

• Price Point Discounts: Discounts can now be configured to apply automatically based on specific Price Points. Note: These will override all other discount-level restrictions (like time ranges or item filters).

• Prep Modifier Pricing: Pick more options to control modifier pricing when using a defined prep mod.

  • More info: Understanding Prep Modifier Pricing

• Menu Item Approvals: Need tighter control? Menu items can now be flagged to require manager approval before ringing them in. This requires the CHECK.ITEMS_RING_APPROVAL permission.

• Service Prompts: Employees can now receive service prompts such as beverage requirements or Check ID notifications.

  • More info: Perfecting Your Service: A Guide to Service Prompts

• Modernized Order Info Tab: The Order Info tab has been refreshed, giving staff a much cleaner, at-a-glance view of an order's status.
  

• Payment Reapply: Card payments from previous orders can now be used for payments.

  • More info: Reapplying a Previous Card Payment

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• Menu Category & Modifier Category Sorting by Color: Menu & Modifier Categories can now be automatically sorted by menu item color for quick easy grouping & setup

  • More info: Organize Your Menu with Category Sorting
    
     

Customer & Gift Card Management 💳

• Upfront Customer Lookup: You can now perform a Customer Lookup directly from the Start Order prompts, speeding up the workflow for takeout and delivery.
  
  
  

• Redesigned Customer Info Page: The customer profile page has been completely overhauled for a cleaner, more intuitive experience.
  

• Auto-Processing Gift Cards: When swiping a gift card via Pax A35 or VP33xx payment readers, the app will now automatically process the response—saving you an extra tap.

• Valutec Integration: We’ve officially added support for Valutec Gift Cards!

UI & Notifications 🔔

• Notification Center: A new hub has been added to display important system alerts, including Printer notifications and general System Status updates.
  

• Global UI Cleanup: The entire NX App user interface has been polished. Text and button styles are now perfectly consistent across every screen.
  
  

Integrations 🔗

• Local REST API: We've introduced a new REST-based local API, allowing integrators to query for store-level data directly from the device.

  • Integrate to NX: NX Store-Level API Documentation

• Socket Printing: Added support for third-party socket printing.

  • Integrate to NX: NX Print Requests Documentation

🐛 Bug Fixes

We've been busy under the hood, fixing crashes, tweaking workflows, and ensuring your data stays perfectly synced.

• UI/UX & Workflow:

  • Fixed an issue where the Area > Table Name prompt was not automatically selecting the input field, which made the app appear frozen.

  • Fixed a bug where canceling the "Start Check" process midway through would prevent the user from starting a new check.

  • Fixed an issue where the Floor Plan color would not update for checks that had items placed on hold.

  • Fixed a visibility issue where "Today's Shift" on the Time Clock was hard to read in Dark Mode.

  • Web Orders: Fixed an issue where not all web orders were displaying properly on the POS.

• Payments & Discounts:

  • True Cash Discount Support: The Guest Payment screen and Check Footer now fully support true cash discounts (inverted alternate pricing).

  • Fixed a bug from build 19019 where a Surcharge/Fee would incorrectly display the Cash price on the Guest Payment screen.

  • Fixed an issue with Valutec Gift Cards where the proper account number wasn't being sent during a tip adjust.

• Printing:

  • Fixed an issue where printing receipts for checks with multiple seats might print the seats out of order.

  • Removed additional, unwanted spacing between parent items on Remote Chits.

  • Fixed a missing / character in the Check QR Code URL.

  • Cleaned up the PrintManager to handle null values gracefully and prevent crashes.

• Permissions & Security:

  • Fixed a bug where employees with zero open checks (and without permission to view others' checks) could erroneously see other checks in the Order List.

  • Ensure Order Type Prompt requirements are strictly enforced.

• Stability & Syncing:

  • Fixed an Employee Roster crash caused by a null schedule.

  • Fixed a bug that spammed Loggly with everything when Cloud logging was enabled.

  • Fixed a sync issue where records updated at the Enterprise level might not have a venueId, causing them to vanish from the local VenueManager state.

  • Fixed a bug where starting a check with "Order Type Prompts" (including Check Name) would sometimes prevent the check name from saving properly. Quick Ring scenarios now correctly set the Order Type as well.

🔮 Behind the Magic

• Local APIs & Sockets: Rolled out the Local REST API for device-to-device communication and Third-Party Socket Printing support.

• Data Parsing: Set coerceInputValues = true for the JSON parser to improve data handling.

• KitchenHub: Finalized the KitchenHub integration for "Ready for Pickup" & "Fulfill" functionality.

• Code Refactoring: Refactored SocketManager to support a new minified payload system, added AccountableTimeCardId to Paid In/Outs, and made feeId on CheckSeatFee nullable.

• Project Raven: Continued laying the groundwork for Project Raven. 🐦

🧩 Patch Updates

• 20702

  • Fixed issue where loading screen would cause the System Lower bar to appear causing UI jank unnecessarily.
  • Fixed an issue where moving a payment from one seat to another would cause an app crash due to the prompt having the wrong value type.
  • Fixed new customer creation where the name, phone & email fields would not recognize valid input also the screen was creating a CustomerTenant not a CustomerDTO.
  • Refactored & improved customer assignment to a seat which could trigger a recursive save event when the seat would be updated.
  • Fixed an issue on Vouchers & Receipts where a misconfigured Tip Suggestions could prevent the receipt from printing.
  • Fixed an issue where the Report Screen could crash if the Report request was started before the URL could be determined.

• 20730

  • Improved overall app stability and data reliability during periods of poor or intermittent network connectivity. Devices now recover more cleanly from dropped connections without requiring a restart.
  • Fixed an issue where local data could be incorrectly cleared during a sync if the network request failed silently. Records are now preserved when a sync cannot be confirmed.
  • Fixed an issue where menu items configured to skip the modifier screen were still navigating to it in certain area configurations.
  • Fixed an issue where selecting a check could behave unexpectedly if a previous selection was still in progress.
  • Fixed an issue where updating an item on a check may not have immediately reflected in the UI.
  • Fixed an issue where print jobs could be sent to the queue more than once during a sync event, causing duplicate prints.
  • Improved credit card payment device reliability with automatic recovery when the payment terminal becomes unresponsive. The app will now attempt to reinitialize the terminal without requiring staff intervention.
  • Improved background sync performance. Heartbeat messages from connected peers no longer create unnecessary processing overhead.

• 20731

  • Fixed an issue where a duplicate credit card authorization could be sent if a second payment was attempted while one was already in progress. The app now blocks concurrent credit transactions and automatically recovers if the payment process becomes stuck.
  • Fixed an issue where cancelling a credit card transaction from the payment screen may not have reliably cancelled the transaction on the payment terminal. The cancel action is now sent immediately when the screen is closed.
  • Fixed an issue where starting a check could become stuck in certain configurations, requiring the app to be restarted. This occurred when a prompt during the start-check flow disappeared unexpectedly, leaving the process unable to continue.
  • Fixed an issue where running a report could result in an indefinite loading state if the report request failed to submit. The report screen will now correctly show an error.
  • Fixed an issue where reports could inconsistently fail to load even after being successfully generated. The app now more reliably receives and displays completed reports.
• 20801
  • Modifier items that are the only option in a required single-selection modifier category (min 1 / max 1) are now automatically selected when the parent item is added, eliminating unnecessary taps.
  • The item quantity prompt now displays the menu item name as the dialog title instead of a generic label.
  • Modifier Items that have Quantity Prompt will now default to the current available quantity for the Modifier Category (i.e. If the Max is 10, and you ring 2 the next Modifier will default to 8)
  • Predefined quantity values are now displayed in a vertical scrollable list instead of a horizontal row, making them easier to select on all device sizes.
  • Fixed an issue where the Balance Due label on receipts could use an incorrect format in certain receipt configurations.
  • Fixed an issue where Payments Applied would not print on the Guest Receipt
  • Fixed an issue where the Epson printer SDK could crash the app during an idle printer disconnect. The SDK's background status monitor thread could race with the disconnect call, causing a native stack overflow (SIGABRT). The monitor is no longer started on connection, as printer status is verified explicitly before each print job.
  • Improved logging around printer disconnect so connection lifecycle events are now visible in device logs.
  • Fixed an issue in item splitting where the UI could briefly show reverted item quantities. An early redundant save was triggering a database reload before item changes had been written, causing a race condition with the Room Flow subscriber.
  •  Updated Epson SDK to 2.36.0