Setup guide

Connect a waiter's phone (captain app)

Waiters take orders at the table on their own phone and send the KOT straight to the kitchen. Nothing to install, and no internet needed — only your Wi-Fi.

⏱ About 5 minutes📶 Restaurant Wi-Fi💻 QR button at the top
Before you start
  • Restaurant Wi-FiPhones and counter PC on the same one
  • Any phoneAndroid or iPhone, with a camera
  • A PIN for each waiterAdded in More → Staff as Captain
  • Captain app switched onSettings → Restaurant → Features

Waiters need their own PIN — see Staff, PINs and permissions. KOTs print where you set them in Connect your printers.

How it works — no internet, only Wi-Fi
Waiter's phoneTakes the order at the table
Counter PCGets it over the Wi-Fi
Kitchen printerPrints the KOT
1

Connect a phone

On the counter PC, press the QR button at the top — Connect a waiter’s phone.

The top bar of TezBill with the QR button for connecting a waiter's phone
Connect a waiter's phone: a QR code with four steps
  1. 1. Same Wi-FiConnect the phone to the restaurant Wi-Fi.
  2. 2. Scan the QROpen the phone camera and scan the code on the counter.
  3. 3. Waiter's PINLog in with their PIN from Staff.
  4. 4. Add to Home ScreenSo it opens like an app next time.
The same window shows a second QR for the Kitchen screen (KDS) — scan that on a kitchen tablet or TV.
2

Log in on the phone

Each waiter uses their own PIN, so every order shows who took it.

TezBill Captain PIN screen on a phone
PIN screen
  • 1
    EN / मराठी — the waiter can pick their language.

Type the PIN on the pad. In the browser menu, tap Add to Home Screen — next time it opens from its own icon.

3

Take an order

Tap the table, then add dishes.

Captain app: tables by area
Tables
  • 1
    Running table — blue, with its total and time.
  • 2
    Free table — tap it to start an order.
  • 3
    Running — open orders, at a glance.
Captain app: menu with ADD buttons and View cart
Menu
  • 1
    Search a dish or its short code.
  • 2
    ADD — then − / + for the quantity.
  • 3
    View cart — check the order before sending.
4

Send the KOT

Open View cart, add notes, then send.

Captain app cart with Add note and Send KOT to kitchen
Cart
  • 1
    + Add note — Less spicy, Jain, No onion…
  • 2
    Send KOT to kitchen — prints at the right station.

The KOT prints at the right kitchen station straight away, and the table shows up on the counter. When the guests want the bill, the counter prints it and settles.

5

What the phone can do

Phones take orders. Money stays at the counter.

On the phone
  • Take dine-in orders at the table
  • Add notes for the kitchen
  • Send KOTs to the right printer
  • See which tables are running
At the counter
  • Discounts
  • Payments and settling bills
  • Parcel and delivery orders
Removing an item the kitchen already has needs a manager’s approval, on the phone too.
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If it doesn't connect

Tap a question to see the answer.

The phone can't open the page

The phone must be on the same Wi-Fi as the PC — not a guest network or mobile data. If a red bar on the PC says Allow on Wi-Fi, press it and choose Yes in Windows. Type the address with http, not https.

Does it need internet?

No — only the restaurant Wi-Fi. Orders go straight from the phone to the counter PC.

Do waiters install an app?

No. It opens in the phone’s browser. Add to Home Screen gives it an icon like an app.

Can the captain app show Marathi?

Yes — tap मराठी at the top of the PIN screen. KOTs still print in English.

Stuck? We’ll set it up with you.Phone won't connect? Message us on WhatsApp — we fix it with you on a quick call.
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