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      t_title: What is a Hardware Health Check?
      t_description: Hardware Health check will be done to ensure that all of your POS Hardware devices are functioning correctly and communicating with the POS Software without any issues.
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      t_text: <p>Hardware Health check will be done to ensure that all of your POS Hardware devices are functioning correctly and communicating with the POS Software without any issues. The Hardware Health Check for <a href="https://plumpos.com/">POS Systems</a> will include checking the functionality of all different types of POS Hardware devices utilized in Restaurants.</p><p>For example, Restaurants use multiple types of POS Hardware devices, including-</p><ul><li><a href="https://plumpos.com/hardware/pos-terminal/">POS Terminals</a></li><li>Receipt Printers</li><li>Cash Drawers</li><li>POS Handhelds</li><li>Kitchen Display Systems</li></ul><p>A POS Hardware Health Check is an important process to ensure that all of the devices are functioning properly and communicating with each other.</p><h2>How a Hardware Health Check Works?</h2><p>The hardware health check is an assessment of the performance of the <a href="https://plumpos.com/glossary/pos-devices.html">POS devices</a> in relation to each other, connectivity, and functionality. The POS software will search for each of the associated hardware devices, making sure they are connected and working the way they are intended to (such as confirming that a receipt printer is functional, that a <a href="https://plumpos.com/glossary/pax-payment-terminal.html">payment terminal</a> is connected, and that a cash register responds to commands).</p>
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