Industry glossary
Clear definitions of the technical, fiscal and regulatory terms you will encounter while using AuraPOS or talking to your accountant.
Fiscal & regulatory
FDM (Fiscal Data Module)
Mandatory fiscal black box for hospitality in Belgium since 2016. Signs each sale, Z-ticket and fiscal event for the SPF Finances.
SCE (Cash Register System)
Belgian regulatory framework defining hospitality cash register requirements. Includes FDM, Z-ticket and event signing.
Peppol BIS 3.0
European standard for electronic invoicing. Mandatory for public procurement in Belgium and recommended between SMEs to anticipate future B2B obligations.
Belgian VAT (21 / 12 / 6 / 0 %)
Belgian VAT system with 4 rates: 21% standard, 12% hospitality on-premise, 6% food and take-away, 0% exempt.
Fiscal category
Product classification determining the VAT rate based on consumption mode (on-premise / take-away / delivery).
Z-ticket (daily closing)
Mandatory closing ticket at end of day for hospitality cash registers in Belgium. Summarizes revenue + signed by FDM.
GDPR / Data protection
EU 2018 regulation on personal data protection. Requires consent, right to erasure, processing register.
B2B invoice
Invoice for professional customer with mandatory legal mentions: VAT intracom, BCE number, full address, continuous numbering.
Hardware & payment
Cashdro
Spanish automatic cash recycler natively integrated with AuraPOS. Manages coins and bills, eliminates register errors and theft risk.
ESC/POS
Command standard for thermal POS printers (Epson, Star, Bixolon). Binary format sent over USB or TCP/IP port 9100.
Bancontact
Dominant debit card payment system in Belgium. Accepted via Worldline terminal or Payconiq QR code.
Payconiq
Belgian mobile payment solution via QR code. Integrated with Bancontact Mobile, scanned by customer's banking app.
Technical & integration
Multi-register (master / slave)
Architecture where multiple Windows registers share the same PostgreSQL database. Real-time sync of stocks and sales.
PostgreSQL
Open-source relational database used by AuraPOS in multi-register mode. Alternative to SQLite (single-register) for multi-user production.
FEFO (First Expired First Out)
Stock management strategy: automatic dispatch of the lot with the nearest expiry date. Essential for perishable products.
Webhook
HTTP notification sent in real time by AuraPOS to an external URL when an event occurs (ticket, customer, product).
REST API
Programmatic HTTP interface to read (and later write) AuraPOS data from external tools (ERP, e-commerce, BI).
JWT (JSON Web Token)
Authentication token format used by AuraPOS for server tablet (aurapos-pad) on LAN local.