01 – ICT HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE

B063 – OCER Theatre

Theatre Computer Network

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?