How do I refresh widgets on my entity screen?

[QMcKay]

Message Server needs to be running on the server terminal and each terminal, including the server, needs to have the Messaging Client started.

There are a few Topics regarding this, including the following, where it walks through several possible pitfalls that may occur when trying to get communication working properly.

[Solved] Multi-terminal / Message Server woes?

Since I put together the Kitchen Display Tutorial using Task Printer and Custom Entity Screen with Task Editor Widget, I finally went a got a small 10" tablet to use as a Kitchen Display. I was very excited to see it in action, but alas, I am having some issues. This is my first foray into a multi-terminal setup, and I am looking for some guidance - particularly as it pertains to updating the Kitchen Display on the Client. The first problem was getting connected to the server DB. I eventuall…

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One major thing to note in many of the discussions is that the Message Server Name is no longer simply:

SERVERNAME

Instead, it needs to be prefixed with http:// as such:

http://SERVERNAME

Also, when setting the Port for the Message server using the Service Tool, you should append a + symbol to the end of the Port Number, for example:

9000+

However, when setting the Server Name and Port within SambaPOS Clients (including the Server), do not use the + symbol.