After the installation of LightSpeed is complete (please see the Networking & Installation article for more info), launch the application LightSpeed on the computer running LightSpeed Server, and log in with the "Logging In: Server" instructions below. If you wish to connect to the computer running LightSpeed Server from another computer on your network, drag the application LightSpeed from the Applications folder of your LightSpeed Server computer to the Applications folder of the connecting, or "client", computer, and follow the "Logging In: Client" instructions below.
IPs and Ports
After installation, LightSpeed Server is accessible on a port. The default port is 9630. However, if you have installed a demo and a licensed copy on the server, the port of your licensed database may be 9630 or higher. If you are accessing your database by way of IP address on a server with multiple databases installed, you will need to add a colon and the port number after the IP of the computer running LightSpeed Server.
Example: 127.0.0.1:9631 (on server), 10.40.28.34:9631 (on client)
Logging In: Server
Logging In: Client
Logging In: Remotely
Recent requirements by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council lead by VISA and MasterCard have been put in place in order to promote enhanced payment card security and decrease fraud for merchants that process credit and debit requirements. These requirements (known as the PCI Data Security Standard, or PCI-DSS) also extend to software vendors such as Xsilva, in the form of a Payment Application Data Security Standard, or PA-DSS.
In order to ensure data security in line with the requirements laid out by PCI-DSS requirements, Xsilva recommends the use of a VPN with two-factor authentication in order to facilitate remote access to LightSpeed. For further information regarding VPNs, please contact a network specialist in your area. Unfortunately, PA-DSS requirements prohibit Xsilva from providing any assistance regarding network configuration or remote access.
Installing LightSpeed for the first time includes an easy setup assistant that guides you through the crucial first steps of your configuration.
The Setup Assistant appears immediately after the first time you launch LightSpeed and close the Welcome screen. Go through the Setup Assistant, entering information such as your company name and address, the Users you wish to set up, and more. Below is an outline of what you can enter using the Setup Assistant.
All information set in the Setup Assistant can be modified using the Setup panel under the Tools menu within LightSpeed.
Step 1 - Company Info
Includes your Company name, Contact info, and Billing/Shipping Addresses
Step 2 - Company Logo
Allows you to drop in a 192x192 pixel logo in .png or .jpg format that will appear on your printed sales documents and receipts.
Step 3 - Tax Types
This is where you enter the names of the taxes you will charge on your sales documents. For example, "AZ" or "City".
Step 4 - Tax Rates
Allows you to set rates for the taxes you have named in the previous step. For example, 5.25 for "AZ".
Step 5 - POS Mode
Indicates which Mode - Scan or Button - the POS will use when launched. Scan Mode is for larger Product databases which use barcode scanners to create Invoices; Button Mode is for retailers with a smaller number of popular Products (10-200) that wish to create Invoices using the nested, drill-down categories outlined in the POS document.
Step 6 - POS Logo
Allows you to drop in a 255x140 pixel logo in .png or .jpg format that will appear in the POS screen in the upper right corner.
Step 7 - Change Admin Password
Allows you to change the main Administrator password from the default (admin). DO NOT FORGET YOUR ADMIN PASSWORD AS YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO LOG INTO LIGHTSPEED, AND IT IS IRRETRIEVABLE.
Step 8 - Create New User Account
Allows you to set up a User account for login, including username and password.
