ratiotec Connect Box User manual

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1. Introduction
2. Overview
3. Operation
Dear Customer,
Thank you for deciding on the ratiotec Connect Box. You have made a good choice with the purchase of this quality
product. For trouble-free and error- free operation, please read the instruction manual carefully. With the Connect
Box, you can easily meet the requirement of the German tax authorities to log the billing data of a cash register
statement. For this purpose a technical device must ensure the retention of billing data, which can come e.g. from
a banknote counter, coin counter or money scale. The Connect Box provides this function and also oers functions
for evaluating store sales.
Function button
LED green
Serial printer port
Ethernet
connection
LED redUSB
Connection power supply (5V DC/2A)
Place the Connect Box on a flat surface.
Connect the power supply unit with the Connect Box to the electricity supply. Initially the green LED lights up. The
Connect Box is not ready for operation yet. As soon as the green LED turns o, the system starts and you can follow
the next step (duration of system start approx. 1 minute).

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3.1. Administration Website
Open your browser and enter:
https://<Connect Box IP Address>:8443
By default the Connect Box comes with the xed IP address 192.168.100.100. You can change the IP address within
the network conguration. The device has got the hostname „Connect Box“.
Log in with the following user information:
Username: data
Password: Is included in the scope of delivery (can be changed)
All recently received billing data is listed on the dashboard homepage.
Set time zone
If you are using the Connect Box in a time zone other than Europe/Berlin, please follow the “Changing the time zone
(Local time zone)“ section on page 14.
Initial commissioning:
For the initial commissioning, the Connect Box must obtain the time of day. The time search is in progress while the
red LED is permanently flashing.
The clock can be set either via radio or via internet connection:
a) With integrated radio clock
If there is no internet connection, the Connect Box uses the integrated radio clock and sets the time
automatically. The Connect Box should not be located in a highly shielded environment or any radiation
(e.g. not in a basement or near a microwave oven). For the time setting, ideally place the device on a window.
The time is received as soon as the red LED lights up continuously.
b) With internet connection
Connect the Connect Box to your network via the Ethernet port. Make sure, that the network cable was already
connected before turning on the device and that the Connect Box has got access to the internet. As soon
as the red LED lights up, the time is received.
Note: Over time, the Connect Box must retrieve the time. At the top right corner of the administration website dash-
board you can see, when the time must be obtained. If you have connected the Connect Box to the internet via your
network, no further action is necessary.

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3.2. Set up Bluetooth billing devices and thermal receipt printers
The billing devices, which you want to use with the Connect Box, need to be connected via Bluetooth.
As long as no billing device has been connected via Bluetooth, the red LED lights up permanently. The coupling of
devices is made through the administration website.
Important: To connect a billing device or printer via Bluetooth, you need to put it into the “coupling mode“. Please
look up the procedure for your particular device in the operating instructions of the billing device or the printer.
a) Billing devices
Figure 1 Connect Box searches for devices within range

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Figure 2 Overview of connected billing devices
To connect billing devices, they must be paired via Bluetooth. You can set it up via the menu “Wireless devices>
Counters“. You can search for devices in range using the “Scan devices in range“ button. If a device was found, you
can give it a custom name. Conrming the „connect“ button connects the device. This way, you can better deter-
mine the location. The devices will then be listed.
As soon as the billing device is connected to the Connect Box, the red LED goes out and the green LED lights up
permanently. The box is now ready to receive billing data from the connected device.

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Figure 3 Overview of connected printers
Optionally, you can also connect a thermal receipt printer via Bluetooth to the Connect Box (Menu “Wireless Devices>
Printer“). The printer must belong to the device class “Bluetooth-Printer“.
Use printer via cable connection
The printer can alternatively be connected to the box via a serial cable (RS232 with DSUB9). If no Bluetooth printer
has been set up, the Connect Box automatically uses the cable connection.
Billing device e.g.
RS 2000 Connect
Receipt printer with serial cable
e.g. RTP 300
Bluetooth receipt printer
or
Connect Box
Note: You can also use the Connect Box without a receipt printer. To use the Connect Box, printing is not obligatory.

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4. Saving billing data
The billing data of the following ratiotec devices can be stored on the Connect Box:
• Money scales: RS 2000 Connect
• Coin counting machines: coinsorter CS 250 Connect
• Banknote counters:
– rapidcount S-Series: S 225 Connect | S 275 Connect
– rapidcount T-Series: T 225 Connect | T 275 Connect
– rapidcount X 400 Connect | X 500 Connect
To send the billing data to the connected Connect Box, press the print button on your billing device after counting.
The data is transmitted to the box, stored and – if there is a connection to a printer – also printed.
While the data is being received, stored and possibly printed, the green LED will flash for a few seconds.

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5. Sample receipt RS 2000 via Connect Box
Document No.: 204
Fri Feb 16 13:44:00 CET 2018
User ID: 5
Cash draw result EUR
Denom Volume Value
0.01 34 0.34
0.02 42 0.84
0.05 18 0.90
0.10 55 5.50
0.20 23 4.60
0.50 27 13.50
1 39 39.00
2 66 132.00
Coins Total: 196.68
5 0 0.00
10 0 0.00
20 0 0.00
50 0 0.00
100 0 0.00
200 0 0.00
500 0 0.00
Notes Total: 0.00
Float: 0.00 EUR
Subtotal: 196.68 EUR
Total: 196.68 EUR
Name/
Signature: ____________________________
User-ID (only money scale RS 2000)
Timestamp
Consecutive document number (unique per box)
Counting result of coins
Counting result of banknotes
Sum of banknotes and coins
Signature eld
The documents contain a consecutive document number as well as billing details.
To reprint the last receipt, press the function button on the Connect Box for 3-10 seconds.

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6. Access to billing data
To access the billing data of your Connect Box, you have 4 options:
Dashboard of the administration website
After the successful login (see page 4) you are on the dashboard. Here you will nd a central overview to all
accountings. The accountings are sorted in descending order according to the document number.
The overview is divided into two areas:
1) Revenue over time (last 7 days, last 30 days, last quarter, last 12 months, all)
2) Table of all previous accountings
The revenue chart shows the accountings in a selected currency. You can change the active currency on the top
right. The tabular representation is much more extensive. Here you can nd the total as well as the individual
denominations.
Setting the automatic time to be obtained
During initial commissioning, the device requires the setting of an automatically obtainable time. The system
status, in the upper right corner, indicates the time for a new time synchronization.
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