Configure Ikosoft in ImaCash
Ikosoft develops Merlin for hair and beauty salons. This page describes the ImaCash file connector; the brand or the existence of a Merlin edition does not prove that the edition has a compatible exporter.
Before choosing a folder
Ask the supplier to confirm the edition, exporter and format. They must prepare an exchange folder reserved for this integration. ImaCash reads and deletes files during collection: do not select the POS installation, documents, backups or a general sales folder. Keep the original POS record separately.
Configuration steps
- Open Configuration in ImaCash and go to Integration with an account allowed to change configuration.
- Select POS as the category, then Ikosoft. Do not use the Retail category shown in older screenshots.
- Under Transactions, click the folder button and select only the exchange directory confirmed by the supplier.
- Check that the Windows account running ImaCash can list, read and delete files in that directory. Ask the administrator for the private path and permissions; do not publish them.
Save and check
Click Save, with the floppy disk icon, after checking the folder. Saving keeps the configuration; an entered path or a connection indicator does not prove a valid export or a completed payment. To leave without saving, exit without clicking Save. If an unsaved-changes prompt appears when closing, choose “Exit without saving” to discard them.
Format the supplier must confirm
The reader uses the first line of each file as an amount and divides it by one hundred. It processes files without filtering names or extensions. The supplier must validate complete file writing, encoding, numeric format and currency scale. Do not place headers, documents, temporary files or exports from another process in this folder.
Scope of this exchange
This workflow collects amounts; it does not import product, employee, till, payment-method or shift catalogues. This connector also sends no payment or refusal confirmation back to the POS. A cancellation in ImaCash does not prove that the original POS sale was cancelled.
If the result is unclear
Stop new exports and review the operation in the POS, ImaCash and actual cash with the responsible person. Do not copy the file again or repeat the payment as a check: the file may have been deleted even if reading did not finish. Resynchronisation does not guarantee recovery of consumed files or a history by date.
Before routine use
The supplier and installer must validate an isolated demonstration with fictional files, away from working folders. Any later check with a device and cash requires supervision and authorisation. This guide does not establish physical validation or universal compatibility of editions, exporters or machines.