Make one PC in your restaurant the main computer. Billing counters, captain phones and kitchen screens connect to it over your Wi-Fi or LAN, and every bill stays on your premises.
One PC runs the Laavia server and database. Everything else in the restaurant connects to it over your own network. Only the licence check and updates go out to the internet.
Laavia Offline POS is the Local mode of Laavia POS. One Windows PC in your restaurant runs the Laavia server and database, and every other billing counter, captain phone and kitchen screen connects to it over your own network. Bills, customers and reports are stored on that PC, not on the internet.
Bills, customers, sales and staff records live in a database on your main computer. They are not uploaded to Laavia, and cloud sync never copies them.
Add Windows billing counters, captain phones and kitchen screens. Each one connects to the main computer over your Wi-Fi or LAN and sees the same tables, menu and orders.
Every counter talks to the main computer in your restaurant, not to a server in another city. When the internet fails on a Saturday night, captains keep punching orders and the counter keeps printing bills.
Orders go from the captain’s phone to the main computer and straight on to the kitchen screen or KOT printer, all inside your building.
A backup every night at 11:30 pm, with the last 14 days kept on the main computer.
A counter that drops off the network holds new orders and payments and sends them when it is back.
Owner, manager, cashier, captain and kitchen roles, with rights you can change.
Bills and customer records are never part of the cloud sync.
Run the Laavia POS setup and choose “Local: main computer”. It installs the Laavia server and its database as Windows services that start with the PC.
Connect to the internet once to activate. Create your business with a sample menu, or bring your data from Laavia Cloud.
Run the same setup on each billing PC, choose “Local: additional counter” and type the main computer’s name. Android devices enter its address.
Connect your printers, set up tables and give each staff member a login. Every counter now bills against the same data.
Both run the same Laavia POS. Pick Local when your data must stay on your premises; pick Cloud when you want reports, QR ordering and online orders from anywhere.
| Feature | Offline (Local) | Laavia Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Where bills and customers are kept | On your main computer | On Laavia Cloud |
| Billing when the internet is down | Yes, over your local network | Windows app keeps billing and syncs later |
| Devices | Windows PCs and Android devices on your network | Any device with internet, including a browser |
| Sales reports | On counters inside the restaurant | Anywhere, in the browser or app |
| QR table ordering and online orders | Not in Local mode | Included |
| Internet needed for | Activation, a licence check every 30 days, updates | Day-to-day syncing |
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An offline POS keeps its data and does its work inside the restaurant instead of on an internet server. In Laavia POS this is called Local mode: one Windows PC becomes the main computer and runs the Laavia server and database, and the other billing counters, captain phones and kitchen screens connect to it over your Wi-Fi or LAN.
Not for service. Billing, KOTs, tables, the kitchen display and reports work over your local network. The main computer needs the internet once to activate and then at least once every 30 days to renew its licence, and it downloads Laavia updates when it is online. It reminds you a week before the 30 days run out.
There is no fixed counter limit in the software. Add as many Windows billing counters, Android captain or billing devices and kitchen screens as your network and main computer can comfortably handle. The number of outlets depends on your plan.
Counters bill through the main computer, so keep it on during service; setup offers to keep it awake while it is plugged in. If a counter loses the network for a moment, it holds new orders and payments and sends them when it reconnects.
Everything is stored in a PostgreSQL database on the main computer. A backup runs every night at 11:30 pm, or at the next start if the PC was off, and the last 14 days are kept on that PC. Copy the backups folder to a USB drive or another disk regularly as well.
In Local mode bills stay on the main computer, so reports open on the counters inside your restaurant. Cloud sync copies only your menu and tables to the website. If you want reports from anywhere, Laavia Cloud is the better fit.
Yes. In the Laavia dashboard open Data Management, choose Move to a local server and download the file. While setting up the main computer, choose to bring your data from Laavia Cloud and select that file.
ESC/POS thermal printers for bills and KOTs. Windows counters print to LAN printers and to any installed Windows printer, including USB printers. The Android app prints over LAN, Bluetooth or USB.
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