List of CafeSuite features

•   Simple and quick installation or uninstallation of the software. 
   
•   Simultaneous control over all the workstations in cafe by starting time counters, setting time limits or selecting clients with cards.
   
•   Informing administrator about current state of each workstation (free, busy, under service, shutdown, locked or no connection).
   
•   Detailed and accurate information about each active customer - charge, usage time, time left, time started, time limit, sales, etc. Operator can choose what information should be displayed directly on the list and the way it is displayed (adjust colors, font, column order, sort type, etc.).
   
•   Notifying administrator when customer's time comes to end. Program can flash its window, overtake focus or even play chosen sound.
   
•   Moving customer from one workstation to another or switching workstations between two customers.
   
•   Informing customers about usage time. They can check when did they came or how long they have been using computer by clicking on CafeAgent's hourglass icon.
   
•   Notifying customer who paid for specific time period when the time is over by displaying customizable message (for example asking whether to extend time period).
   
•   Individual access rights - multiple operator accounts with customizable privileges (defaults to Owner's and Administrator's, but can also be specified in detail).
   
•   Unlimited clients - program can handle as many workstations as you need while keeping quick access to each computer using the 'Go to' command.
   
•   Idle workstations can be locked to prevent them from being used unlawfully. When computer is locked it can display a custom message, picture or web page.
   
•   Writing daily event logs (every operation is reported), gives owner control over the employees and of course the income.
   
•   Remote system shutdown. Operator can shutdown system, restart computer, log the user off or even turn off idle workstation without moving away from the main computer.
   
•   Turning off all the workstations with three mouse clicks (confirmation needed) is possible if only hardware have such feature (nowadays most do).
   
•   Automatic sending reports to the owner by e-mail.
   
•   Generating daily and periodical statistics for analyzing your Internet cafe business. Statistics include: number of customers, income for using workstations, income for sales, amount of time used, average usage time, most popular usage time, unfinished time and computer usage graph.
   
•   Generating all kinds of reports: activity report, sales report, operators report, cards report and detailed report.
   
•   Both statistics and reports can be generated for specified time ranges, workstations or administrators and can be printed.
   
•   Sale system for products and services (other than computer rental) available at the cafe. Products such as coffee, snacks or disks can be added to customer's bill, deducted from their account or sold directly.
   
•   Tax customization to adapt the software to your local sales tax law
   
•   Double currency feature makes it possible to display all charges using in two currencies that you accept
   
•   Bill printer support to print receipts for your customers
   
•   Cash and time rounding options
   
•   Fully customizable charging rates - it doesn't matter how original your rates are - they certainly can be set up
   
•   Different charging rates for special customers (students, members, VIPs, children or anyone else you can think of...)
   
•   Dividing workstations into computer groups, which can be assigned different rates (ex. IRC group and games group).
   
•   Defining periodic discounts to automatically change the rates for example during weekends or specific times of a day.
   
•   Useful time charging options: bonus time, rounding up counted time, maximum time that can be exceeded, etc.
   
•   Canceling accidentally set time (of course protected against cheating)
   
•   Closing programs left by customers (manually or automatically when the computer is freed)
   
•   CafeAgent client program can be updated on every workstation without moving away from the main computer...
   
•   Workstation reservations - when the customer comes, you can activate chosen computer directly from reservations list
   
•   Accounts for regular customers of your cafe. There are time accounts, cash accounts and administrative accounts. Time and cash accounts have their own charging rates and can be either prepaid or not
   
•   Printing account tickets
   
•   Logon system - customers with prepaid accounts can log in and off on their own
   
•   Automatic logon to CafeSuite with Windows username
   
•   Anonymous logon - all customers can start using computers without bothering you
   
•   Barcode scanner support to quickly log users on and off by scanning their bar code
   
•   Magnetic card reader support
   
•   Smart card reader support
   
•   Counting time off the account or setting a time limit for the customer
   
•   Detailed account history and bill
   
•   System policies extension to prevent windows configuration changes and hacking system
   
•   Bonus time to compensate customers for Internet failures, computer breakdowns, etc.
   
•   Automatic bonus time after system hang ups (reboots)
   
•   Customizable earlier notification message for the customer that can be displayed before the time ends.
   
•   Administration mode in which operators can install programs, clean up disks, run antivirus software, etc.
   
•   Capability to display customizable message to the customer and receive simple responses
   
•   Ticking prepaid computers and writing comments for any workstation.
   
•   Reminding both administrator and customer about disk or CD left in the drive
   
•   New program versions are usually fully compatible with the previous ones, so update will just mean replacing executable files
   
•   Key shortcuts list, shows how to quickly operate the program using keyboard
   
•   Automatic database backup and restore system to prevent data loss during system hang-ups or electricity breakdowns
   
•   Support for virtual devices such as notebooks, game consoles, scanners, etc.
   
•   Optional replacing desktop with custom web page on client workstations
   
•   Exporting and importing accounts from Access 2000 database
   
•   Random account generator feature - quickly generate account with random username and password
   
•   POS printer support - print receipts for your customers on most receipt printers available
   
•   Print control module automatically charges customers for printouts
   
•   Support for multiple languages in both client and server applications
   

CafeSuite is full of features that should satisfy requirements of most cyber cafes businesses. However if you lack some feature, just tell us about it and... consider it done!