Updating Kiosk - Woocommerce
- Alger Alama
Table of Contents
Summary
When updating the NorthStar kiosk you will need to update the plugins within Pressable first and then clean the terminal’s browser that links to the kiosk URL.
Pressable and Team City
Team City
User will need to download the new Plugins first
Log into TeamCity2 at → https://build2.cbsnorthstar.com/
Navigate to NorthStar.Woocommerce → Scan and Package.
Navigate to the build that’s needed (usually it’s Master, but verify with the Product Team first) then click on the layered blue tiles on the right, then click on northstaronlineordering.zip (Make sure that it retains this name. Do not change the name or add special characters to the zip file) download it immediately.
This updates the entire northstar point of sale data for Woocommerce.
Next, navigate to northstarpayementgateway → Scan and Package.
This updates the payment gateway for the kiosk site.
Move to the build that’s needed (again, usually it’s Master, but verify with the Product Team first) then click on the layered blue tiles on the right, then click on northstarpaymentgateway.zip (Make sure that it retains this name. Do not change the name or add special characters to the zip file) to download it immediately.
Pressable
Plugins will now need to be installed into the site’s Woocommerce setup.
Log into Pressable at → https://pressable.com/
Navigate to the site in Pressable.
Click on Plugins → Add New Plugin → Upload Plugin.
Browse for the first zip file and upload it and click Install Now.
If you have more than 1 zip file, make sure to upload then install each ONE AT A TIME.
Completed for Pressable.
Kiosk Browser Update
The terminal’s browser cache needs to be deleted that reconnected to the NorthStar Woocommerce URL that runs the Kiosk.
Make sure the browser zoom is at 67%. This is the optimal zoom for the Kiosk terminals.
Log into the account’s ECM site.
Navigate to the devices and revoke the Kiosk PIN in ECM. - Devices
Send a deploy to the site, wait for it to complete.
Restart Listener and Remote services after the deploy completes on the NorthStar Order Entry server.
Log into Bomgar and connect to Kiosk terminal.
Press F11 to change Kiosk view from full page → to display the kiosk URL.
Save the URL.
Once the browser is available, the historical cache needs to deleted.
Each browser is different, so make sure to Google how to clear the entire historical cache of the browser. This means cookies, everything, etc.
After deleting the browser historical data / cache, close the browser then reopen the browser.
Input the Woocommerce URL provided by Pressable that you saved earlier.
You will need to paste the new Device Pin once it loads up.
Press F11 to go to full screen again.
Completed.