Network Traffic
The requirements on network quality depend on the number of Mobile POS clients used and how intensively they are used. The required network quality can be calculated based on how much data is transferred between the Mobile POS and Flow Service.
Here is an example from a traffic measurement with 1 Mobile POS Client. If more clients are used, the data has to be multiplied accordingly.
The measurement does not include providing logs from Mobile POS to the cloud system or Flow Service. The logging was deactivated in this case.
Initialization Messages
During startup, the Mobile POS connects to the Flow Service and loads the required data (translations, tableaus, initial data, etc.). The Mobile POS Client sends the last transactions to the Flow Service, which are used in recovery cases.
| Number of sent messages | 8 |
| Sent data | 440 KB |
| Number of received messages | 4 |
| Received data | 77 KB |
Messages for Login
| Number of sent messages | 4 |
| Sent data | 0.8 KB |
| Number of received messages | 2 |
| Received data | 0.3 KB |
Messages for Item Registration
48 different items were registered.
| Number of sent messages | 48 |
| Sent data | 8 KB |
| Number of received messages | 48 |
| Received data | 918 KB |
Messages for Subtotal and Payment
| Number of sent messages | 5 |
| Sent data | 0.8 KB |
| Number of received messages | 4 |
| Received data | 374 KB |
Summary of the Whole Test
The whole test, i.e. starting the Mobile POS Client, logging in, scanning 48 items, and payment, took around 5 minutes.
| Total number of sent messages | 65 |
| Total sent data | 450 KB |
| Total number of received messages | 58 |
| Total received data | 1369 KB |