01 – ICT HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE B063 – OCER Theatre
Theatre Computer Network
Point of Sale Electronic point of sale (EPOS) Help retailers automate transactions Will probably have one or more systems Connected to the theatre’s databse Will have Barcode scanner Chip-and-pin card readers Customer displays Keyboards or touch screens for data entry Printers for customer receipts An EPOS Processor unit.
Kiosks Kiosk systems ae custom built for the business that utilised then; the system in use at the theatre will consist of a cabinet containing the following items of hardware:
Kiosks Possible set up for a Kiosk – why do you think there are multiple ones?
Ticket Scanners Staff need to be able to scan certain types of ticket Theatre printed ticket Customer Print-at-home ticket Smartphone QR Ticket
Questions OCER wants to make their network instead of cabled – What are the advantages and disadvantages of this. What is the difference between a Router, A Hub and a Switch? What is a Peer-Peer network? What is a client-server network? Investigate the following network topologies – Bus, Star and ring? Ask the questions: What are they? Advantages and disadvantages of each Where are they commonly used?