System Requirements

For Stand Alone (SA)

• Standard desktop (or laptop) computer. This will cost approximately around Rs 20,000 - 25,000
• Monitor for Rs 5,000 - 10,000
• Hard disk space: 80GB
• RAM: 2GB
• Operating system: Windows 7 (all editions) or Windows 8 or Windows 10

For Client Server (CS)

• Standard desktop (or laptop) computer. This will cost approximately around Rs 20,000 - 25,000
• Monitor for Rs 5,000 - 10,000
• Intel Core I5 3rd Gen processor (I5 3450 3.1 GHz) (Depends on the number of clients)
• Hard disk space: 250GB HDD (No Raid Required)
• RAM:8 GB (Depends on the number of clients)
• Windows 7 profession – 64bit or Windows 2008 R2 Server - 64 bit is preferred
• Microsoft SQL server EXPRESS edition 2008 R2 (Free from Microsoft) or Microsoft SQL server 2008 R2 Professional edition (Paid version is suggested for better performance)
• HDRestaurant Server cannot be installed on any Home Basic operating system and any windows operating system that does not support IIS with asp.net

• An inkjet or laser printer for invoices, statements, reports, price tags and barcode labels
• Laser prints are much cheaper than thermal printer. Approximately Rs7,000 - 9,000
• You can also print your stickers in laser printer and Do NOT require expensive thermal printers
• You can print your customers receipts in laser printer

• Use barcode scanner to scan Item at any point where an item code is required
• With HDRestaurant any type of barcode scanner will work
• You can also use a USB barcode scanner
• Barcode scanner generally costs around 9000 - 10,000 Rs

• If you are running Windows 7 and facing problems with application installation, you need .Net framework 4.0 runtime
• You can download these directly from Microsoft's site :
  • Microsoft .net Runtime 4.0 Full Install ( Microsoft's page Link )

• To run our applications after trial key, we highly recommending that you use SQL server for better performance.
• You can download FREE version of SQL server directly from Microsoft's site:
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 Express Edition

• Thermal printer are not must for HDRestaurant as you can print your receipt’s and barcode stickers with laser printer
• Thermal printers are usually very expensive and run from Rs 15,000 - 20,000/-
• If you already have thermal printer HDRestaurant is completely compatible with them
• Advantage of thermal printer is that there is no ribbon or cartridge to replace

• A cash drawer is not a must but if you want it can be connected with your hardware
• Cash drawer usually cost's around Rs 5,000/-

• We support Pole displays that have two lines of display text.
• We support Pole displays that have "EPSON ESC/POS command set".
• You will need to configure the pole display in "Epson esc/pos command" mode using the software that you receive from the pole display manufacturer.