NorthStar 4.8.3 Release Notes

Release date: June 15, 2021

1. New Features & Improvements

• NorthStar Mobile Manager

• Guest Identifier Speed Screen 

• Counter Service: Guest Payment Improvements

• NorthStar Pay Online Payment

• NorthStar Pay on Advanced Customer Display

• Display check number on onscreen checks (all modes except guest facing) 

• Ordering screen: Limit access to quantity keypad when ordering 

• Text to Pay 

• Time Record Adjustment Acknowledgement 

• Add Print Receipt to check finalization screens

• Kiosk: Prompt for phone number on app when configured in ECM 

• Drive thru: Send order to kitchen on submit; controlled by area

• Print Duplicate Receipts: Exclude credit card authorization chits  

• Card Processor: Shift4 enabled for PAX S300

• QSR Kitchen Display - Placements: Group components applied to entire item separately from individual placements 

See What’s New in Features and Improvements - NorthStar 4.8.3: Features and Improvements (Server/App) - for more detailed information. 

2. App Fixes

Payment

• Correct tax displays when adjusting multiple menu items with Tax Exempt

• Advanced Orders can properly apply Tax Exempt adjustment

• Applying payment no longer crashes app

• iDynamo6/eDynamo allows for swipe of EMV credit cards and able to begin pre-auth

PAX

• Heartland certification added to capture HREF for refunds and adjustments post-transaction

Membership

• Option for required email for new customer accounts

Menu Manager

• App stabilized when searching for components and inputting quantities

Staff Facing

• CC Pre-Auth button functions properly

• Multi-select correctly keeps order type for the chosen menu items selected

• Able to correctly apply General Refunds when tapped

• Check number will always show the accurate number and no longer show '0'.

• Able to void menu items sent through the web ordering API with multiple menu item categories

Guest Facing

• Advanced Customer Display submits orders to kitchen and applies payment properly

Time Clock

• Adding a new time record in the UI correctly applies the date chosen

• Locations properly enabled when user override schedules

• Able to adjust time records when iPad is set to 24-hour Time setting

Reporting

• Reporting Service no longer exploits high memory usage

Web Ordering API

• WOAPI CardFree orders properly send to the kitchen (OE-15511)

3. Release report and Jira Ticket List

• https://cbsnorthstar.atlassian.net/projects/OE/versions/20265/tab/release-report-all-issues

• https://cbsnorthstar.atlassian.net/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10002&version=20265