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In 1986, ViewTouch® was the world's first restaurant point of sale (PoS) solution on the Atari ST. Today, ViewTouch is based on Debian Linux and The X Window System. ViewTouch runs on the popular Raspberry Pi computers. The official ViewTouch computer is the ViewTouch/Chipsee all-in-one Raspberry Pi touchscreen computer.

ViewTouch is a Point of Sale Window Manager for Linux with an integrated Graphical Toolkit that allows anyone to build a touchscreen interface — a complete hospitality point of sale and workgroup solution with their own unique menu and table layout.

• 📺 Standard graphical resolution: Full High Definition (1920×1080)
• 🎯 Unique interfaces: Each user interface is unique and must be completed by the end user
• 🛠️ Toolkit approach: This is achieved using the integrated Graphical Toolkit

1. Log in as user: Editor
2. Toggle Edit Mode with the F1 key

The downloadable file is at: Download ViewTouch Image. Write it to a 32GB, or larger, microsd.

• 🖼️ The ViewTouch Window Manager and Point of Sale desktop (screenshot)
• 📜 Script-based icons and Program Launchers
• ⚙️ Utility Applications
• 🔗 Links to various userland packages. These are explained in the Desktop section of the wiki.

Everything you need at your fingertips! ✨

• Decompression of the downloaded image requires: dtrx or 'zstd'
• Write the decompressed image to a 32GB microsd:

  • The Linux lsblk command determines that the external device /dev/sda (or sdx) is available, then the command 'ddrescue -f path/to/rpi.img /dev/sda' writes the image to the external device's microsd. The microsd becomes the raspberry pi's bootable file system.

  • Raspberry Pi Imager (available for all platforms)

The blue sphere 🔵 on the ViewTouch desktop is a bash script pull.sh to download, compile, link, and install up-to-date executable files.

ViewTouch makes extensive use of 'ssh' and the X Window System's network transparency. This allows a single instance of the ViewTouch client application to serve more than 250 'remote' encrypted graphical displays for your hospitality workgroup. This is significant because it avoid the pitfalls and inefficiencies of network congestion which would otherwise result from the redundancy of multiple instances of ViewTouch and of your data.

The default logon ID for Editor is: 123456789

⚠️ The Editor logon ID can be easily changed.

Restaurateurs wishing training and 24/7 support should contact Gene at: ViewTouch Contact