SmartLaunch 4.1

SmartLaunch 4.1 offers an effective tool which helps you to deliver a complete management solution for gaming centers and internet cafés. Smartlaunch® 4.1 introduces a wide range of features including computer booking, license management, financial and statistical reports, integrated POS system and advanced security. All together Smartlaunch 4.1 reduces the costs of technicians and software licenses, enhances your customer handling and provide you with essential information on how to optimize your business

Major Features:

1. Games and Applications
   • Application Wizard
   • • This guide will help you through the process of setting up all your games and applications with all directories, paths and executable programs.
   • 300+ Game Presets
   • • Smartlaunch includes more than 300 game presets. This means that only a minimum amount of information is required before Smartlaunch can handle the set-up process automatically.
   • License Management
   • • The built-in license management system distributes available license key when requested. This feature will greatly reduce your software expenses as you only need to buy the number of licenses equal to the estimated maximum of concurrent users.
   • Application Utilities
   • • Determine whether your computers have all applications installed or launch programs directly from the Smartlaunch Administrator.
   • Games Images
   • • Images of games and programs are updated periodically to support new software titles.
   • Age Rating Support
   • • Prevent under-age customers from playing age-inappropriate games. Support for both the ESRB (USA) and ESPA (Europe) rating standards.
2. Point of Sale
   • Product Sales
   • • Sell all types of products including time, products and offers directly from Smartlaunch. The POS system offers an unlimited number of product slots and support of standard POS equipment such as barcode scanner, cash drawer and receipt printer.
   • Computer Layout Groups
   • • Sort your computers into layout groups, which for instance could be a group called “1st Floor” or “Basement”.
   • Fingerprint Support
   • • Assign fingerprints to user accounts. By assigning a fingerprint to a user account a customer can log in using a finger instead of a username and password. If you don’t have a fingerprint on all computers you can have a single scanner on the Administrator computer used to lock/unlock user accounts.
   • Multiple Administrators
   • • Reduce waiting time by using more than one Administrator at the front desk – or use an Administrator to view the status of your café or view financial reports from home.
   • Waiting Line
   • • Smartlaunch has an integrated waiting line that allows you to add people to a queue. No more confusing “manual” waiting lines. If you have a waiting line, free computers will be limited to customers in the waiting line.
   • Stock Control
   • • Prevent empty supplies of candy or other products under stock control. Receive a warning email when a product stock gets below a level of your choice.
   • Print Monitoring
   • • Monitor print jobs automatically and charge them directly to a customer’s account. You can specify individual prices for black & white and colour prints.
   • Offers
   • • Create all kinds of offers. For instance, you can create an offer which includes 3 hours and a soft drink for a fixed price. You can also create offers only available in a fixed period of time – which for instance could be a “night gib” event.
   • Manual Timers
   • • Use manual timers to track usage of external equipment such as laptops, consoles or other computers not connected directly to Smartlaunch.
   • Receipts
   • • Design your own receipts to contain detailed information about the sale. You can print receipts regardless of the printer type just as long it is supported by your Windows operating system.
   • Cash Drawer Support
   • • Smartlaunch supports standard cash drawers to open every time you receive cash or other payment types.
   • Barcode Scanner Support
   • • Use a barcode scanner to sell products in a quick and easy way.
   • Sales Tax
   • • Specify up to three different taxes, which can be set individually on products or product groups.
   • Product Order System
   • • Your customers can order all products such as soft drinks, chips and candy directly from the comfort of their own chair. Ordered products will automatically get charged to the customer’s account. The employee must accept the order before it is charged to the account.
   • Booking System
   • • One of the latest additions in Smartlaunch is a built-in booking system, which keeps a list of reservations of people coming to your gaming centre.
3. Employee Management
   • Shift Manager
   • • Make a complete employee shift with cash register reports and product reports in just a few minutes. Check-in and check-out time is also registered and included in the shift report.
   • Employee Logins
   • • Issue a personal username and password for each of your employees. This will allow Smartlaunch to track transactions made by each employee.
   • Security & Restrictions
   • • Define what areas of the entire Smartlaunch System that your employees should have access to. Predefined access levels can help you decide the areas your employees should have access to.
   • Employee Reports
   • • Generate reports showing all sales your employees have made during a period of your choice.
4. Smartlaunch Client – Features & Security
   • Personal User Files
   • • Customers equipped with a personal user account can save their own game configurations, save games or documents and have them transferred automatically between computers in the cyber café.
   • Taskbar
   • • Running Smartlaunch on your client computers won’t remove the Windows® taskbar functionality from the interface. Besides the standard taskbar features and functionality, the Smartlaunch taskbar has a box showing the account balance and a button used to order products.
   • Customisable Client Categories
   • • Define your own game and application categories in the client interface. You can create as many categories as you like.
   • Disconnection Protection
   • • Your customers’ activities will not be affected if a client somehow becomes disconnected from the server.
   • Block Drive Access
   • • Prevent your customers from accessing the drives you specify ranging from A: to Z:.
   • Disable Internet Explorer Functionality
   • • Control actions allowed in Internet Explorer such as View Source or Save As.
   • Block File Downloading
   • • Prevent your customers from downloading malicious software and files to your hard drive.
   • Programs Blocker
   • • Close all unwanted programs or windows by specifying a window title or just a part of the title. The feature can for instance be used to block access to the command prompt or notepad text editor.
   • Messenger Security
   • • Disable file transfer and auto-update.
   • Disable Hotkeys
   • • Prevent user from using hotkeys to access information on your computers.
   • Windows® Functionality
   • Prevent access to vital windows functionality such as the Control Panel, Explorer or Task Manager.
   • Security Changer
   • • You can easily disable security from the Administrator if you have a customer with special tasks or needs.
   • Product Order System
   • • Your customers can order all products such as soft drinks, chips and candy directly from the comfort of their own chair. Ordered products will automatically get charged to the customer’s account. The employee must accept the order before it is charged to the account.
   • Customise the Skin on the Client Computers
   • • Create your own skin, or use one of the existing skins that match your corporate identity
5. Reports & Logs
   • Financial Reports
   • • Generate financial reports showing all sales per product and total taxes in a user specified time span.
   • Cash Register Reports
   • • Cash register reports are generated at every shift. You can always go back and view or print old reports.
   • Advanced Statistical Reports
   • • View all kinds of different statistical reports such as occupancy ratio, customer usage and game and application usage. Every report is customisable in period and scale, such as year, month, week, day or hour.
   • Employee Sales Reports
   • • Generate reports showing all sales your employees have made during a period of your choice.
   • Complete Log Report
   • • Extract all actions and transactions made with information such as time of day, amount, employee etc.
   • Error Reports
   • • Export a list of all active error reports in your cyber café.
   • Stock Reports
   • • Make a report of the current stock level.
   • Receive Reports Directly to Your Inbox
   • • Receive an email every time a new error report is made or when a product has reached the stock warning level.
6. Management & Utilities
   • Error Reporting Centre
   • • Make an error report when you discover a defect on a computer. This will make it much easier for your technician or system responsible to locate and trouble-shoot any defects in your cyber café.
   • News and Event Centre
   • • The News and Event Centre is used to add and edit news and events which are displayed on the welcome screens of the client computers.
   • Screenshot Viewer
   • • Monitor your client computers directly from the Administrator. Grab screenshots from one or more computer in just a few clicks.
   • Computer Control
   • • All computers in your cyber café are controllable from the Smartlaunch Administrator. You can boot/re-boot/shut down all computers at one time or select computers individually.
   • Website Status
   • • Display the current status in your cyber café directly on your website. Compatible with both Windows® and Linux web servers.
   • Wake-On-LAN
   • • Wake your computers in a single click. Please note, that this feature requires a Wake-On-LAN supported network card.
   • Language Editor
   • • If your language is not included by default, you can make your own language file using the language editor.
7. Prepaid Time Functionality
   • User Accounts
   • • Create a user account for your customers and load it with prepaid time. It is possible to have different prices depending on membership etc.
   • Prepaid Tickets
   • • Generate a prepaid ticket to contain either time or an offer. Each prepaid ticket has a username and a password to be entered at the Smartlaunch Client.
   • Generate Multiple Tickets
   • • Create an unlimited number of tickets in advance for sale at any time. Each ticket is equipped with a barcode used to scan the ticket when you sell it to a customer.
   • User Account Management
   • • View all information about your customers having a user account. View previous sessions, personal log, change the user group etc.

Enhancements:

1. New Console Feature
   • It is now possible to have up to four users on a console
   • New login screen for consoles
2. New Reporting and Email Features
   • Get daily statistical and financial reports by email
   • It is now possible to export financial data to formats such as Excel and PDF
3. Customer Related Features
   • You can now use barcode enabled membershipcards to login users
   • You customers can now receieve signup- and membership expiration emails
4. MySQL Support
   • It is now finally possible to use mySQL instead of Access
5. Server Setup
   • New introduction wizard for new Smartlaunch customers
   • Improved PUF system, now even faster and compatible with custom paths
   • It is now possible to use custom images for games and programs
   • New functionality has been added to the application setup
6. Stability
   • Earlier issues in relation to client-server connection has been solved
   • General stability fixes in all three modules of Smartlaunch
7. Other features and improvements
   • Along these features are a lot of minor features and improvements

Requirements: 

1. Smartlaunch Client:
   • OS: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
   • Processor: Pentium IV–compatible or higher processor
   • Memory: 512 MB RAM
   • Disk Space: 20 MB
   • Other: .NET Framework 2.0 or later
2. Smartlaunch Administrator:
   • OS: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
   • Processor: Pentium IV–compatible or higher processor
   • Memory: 512 MB RAM
   • Disk Space: 20 MB
   • Other: .NET Framework 2.0 or later
3. Smartlaunch Server:
   • OS: Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista
   • Processor: Pentium IV–compatible or higher processor
   • Memory: 512 MB RAM
   • Disk Space: 100 MB
   • Other: .NET Framework 2.0 or later

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