CAD 2.0 runs on Linux, Windows or Android. Each one connects to the same store server, so sales, stock and reports work the same. Pick what suits each counter, and mix them in one store.
Every option runs the same CAD 2.0, so your staff learn it once.
Best for most counters, and for PCs you already own
CAD’s own till image, built and looked after by us.
Best if you want to stay on Windows
Keep the PCs and set-up your staff know.
Best for pop-ups, the floor and extra tills at busy times
Tablets and Android POS terminals, connected to the store server.
No iButton or fingerprint, and not in the Fleet view.
Windows is built for office PCs. Our Linux till carries only what a till needs, so there’s less to pay for and less to go wrong.
When the power goes mid-trade, a Linux till comes back clean and carries on.
PCs that crawl on modern Windows run CAD 2.0 smoothly again. Put off buying new tills and keep the ones you have working for longer.
No Windows licence to buy for each till, no antivirus subscription to renew, and fewer callouts.
We build the image, so we decide what is on it and when it changes. No surprise Windows update restarts a till on a Saturday morning. Every change comes through your update channel.
Nothing running in the background but the till. It starts straight into CAD 2.0, and scans and sales don’t wait on other programs.
Remote support is built in. The home screen shows the till number, address and version, so a support call starts with the right till.
| Feature | Windows till | CAD Linux till |
|---|---|---|
| Windows licence per till | Needed | Not needed |
| Older, slower PCs | Struggle | Run well |
| Operating-system updates | Windows decides | CAD decides, through your channel |
| After a power cut | Usually fine | Starts clean, checks its own data |
| Staff can reach the desktop | Depends on set-up | No |
| New till | Store installer | USB stick, no internet |
| Fleet, updates, rollback, remote support | Yes | Yes |
You don’t have to switch everything at once. Mix both in one store: every till shows up in the same Fleet view, and fingerprints enrolled on a Windows till work on a Linux one.
Got a device that isn’t listed? We build bridges to new hardware on request, on Linux, Windows or Android.
Your Linux and Windows tills report in to one screen, so you can see at once which are fine and which need help. In the example below, each dot is a till. CAD support sees the same screen, so we often spot a problem before you do.
Nobody has to update tills by hand. Each new version of CAD 2.0 is tested step by step, then your tills install it when they’re quiet.
Something not right? The till goes back to the version that worked, by itself.
Remote support runs through CAD’s own private server, not a public service, and only tills set up by CAD can use it.
Support finds the till and clicks Connect. Nobody at the store has to read out codes or accept a prompt mid-queue.
See every till screen in a store side by side. Send a message to the floor, lock a till, or step in on one that needs help.
Only signed-in CAD support staff can connect, and every session is logged. The till always shows when someone is connected, and the access password changes itself after each session.
Yes. CAD builds its own Linux till image for CAD 2.0. It installs from a USB stick, locks the system down and gets the same updates, Fleet controls and remote support as Windows tills.
Yes. The Android app connects to the store server and does everything a till does, apart from Dallas iButton keys and fingerprint readers, which need a Linux or Windows till. It uses the device’s own hardware, or Bluetooth and network printers, and CAD can build a bridge to other devices on request. Nothing is installed on the device: the store server holds the app, so an Android till always runs the store’s version and needs no updates of its own. Android devices don’t appear in the Fleet view.
Usually, yes. PCs that have become slow on Windows run CAD 2.0 well on the Linux till, because it carries only what a till needs. Ask us and we’ll check your hardware.
Not on the CAD Linux till. Windows tills are still fully supported if you prefer them, and both can run in the same store.
The system disk is locked, so it can’t be damaged. The till starts clean, checks its own data, and sends any sales that were waiting.
Boot the till from CAD’s USB stick to install the Linux till image, and CAD moves its licence across. Switch one till at a time while the others keep selling; Linux and Windows tills can run side by side in the same store.
Each release moves through update channels: Dev (CAD’s own tills), Beta (early stores), Stable (most stores) and Extended (slowest pace). A client can also have a private pilot channel for one branch. Tills install their channel’s version by themselves, inside the store’s install window, and roll back on their own if the new version won’t start.
No. Updates install only when the till is on its start screen with no sales waiting to send, inside the store’s install window, after a one-minute warning the cashier can postpone.
The till puts the previous version back by itself and reports why. CAD can also roll a whole channel back, and every till on it follows.
Yes. CAD can give you a private pilot channel. Put one branch or a few tills on it, then move the same release to the rest of your stores.
Through CAD’s own private remote-support server. Only CAD support staff can connect, every session is logged, the till shows when someone is on, and the password changes after each session.
CAD 2.0 tills work with Epson and standard thermal receipt printers, Dallas iButton keys, ZKTeco fingerprint readers, customer displays, barcode scanners, touch screens and cash drawers. For anything else, CAD builds a bridge to the device on request.
Yes. The Fleet view shows every till’s store, version, channel and status, and your head office can see its own fleet in the client portal.