The Dirmeier integration is a paid add-on. Get in touch with your account manager or email sales@lightspeedhq.com to purchase a Dirmeier integration subscription.

Dirmeier is an automated drink dispensing system. The integration between Dirmeier and Lightspeed Restaurant allows you to connect your POS and Dispenser, enabling items set up and ordered through the POS to generate credits in the Dirmeier dispenser.

The integration supports two modes:

• Reporting Only: Tracks POS orders and compares them with items poured from Dirmeier.
• Restrict Pouring When Credits Are Available: Allows pouring only when items are ordered through the POS and the logged-in user matches them between systems.

For the Dirmeier integration to function properly, item SKUs in Lightspeed must match the PLUs in the Dirmeier drink dispenser, and your POS and Dispenser must be connected to the same network.

Creating a virtual production center

Set up the Dirmeier drink dispenser as a virtual production center to ensure communication between your POS and Dispenser.

Before creating a virtual production center for Dirmeier, you'll need to disable Organize the content of the docket into courses before enabling Virtual production center. The order of steps is important because this setting is only available when the virtual production center is disabled. This setting cannot be changed for existing production centers and must be setup before creation.

1. Log in to the Back Office with your Lightspeed Restaurant credentials.
2. From the navigation menu, go to Configuration > Printing > Production centers.
3. Click Add production center.
4. Enter a name, such as Dirmeier drink dispenser.
5. Uncheck the box for Organize the content of the docket into courses.
6. Check the box for Virtual production center.
7. Enter the IP address of the Dirmeier Smartschank. The IP address should be entered in the following format: http://{ip_address}/cash/1.0
8. Select DIRMEIER from the Virtual protocol drop-down menu. If Dirmeier doesn't show up as an option, then reach out to support to activate your license, or to your account manager to purchase a license. 
9. Click Save.

Linking accounting groups and items

Link your existing accounting groups and items to your Dirmeier drink dispenser production center.

Linking accounting groups to your Dirmeier drink dispenser production center

1. Log in to the Back Office with your Lightspeed Restaurant credentials.
2. From the navigation menu, go to Menu management > Accounting groups.
3. For any accounting groups containing items to be dispensed by the Dirmeier drink dispenser, click Edit.
4. Under Production Center, select Dirmeier drink dispenser.
5. Click Save.

Linking items to your Dirmeier drink dispenser production center

For the Dirmeier integration to function properly, item SKUs in Lightspeed must be identical to the PLUs for the same items in the Dirmeier drink dispenser.

1. Log in to the Back Office with your Lightspeed Restaurant credentials.
2. From the navigation menu, go to Menu management > Items.
3. Verify that the items’ SKUs match the PLUs for the same items in the Dirmeier drink dispenser.
4. Edit any item SKUs as necessary.
5. Click Save.

Assigning user IDs to POS users

If you’d like to use Restrict pouring when credits are available mode, you’ll need to assign user IDs to your existing POS users.

If you’re using Reporting only mode, assigning user IDs to POS users is optional.

1. Log in to the Back Office with your Lightspeed Restaurant credentials.
2. From the navigation menu, go to Configuration > Users > POS users.
3. Under Actions, click Configure on the POS user you’d like to assign a Dirmeier user ID.
4. Under Identifier for local orders, enter the number following the Dirmeier interface username. For example, in this instance, Manager would enter 50 as the identifier.
5. Click Update.

Once you’ve finished creating a virtual production center, linking accounting groups and items, and assigning user IDs to your POS users, you’re all set to begin using the Dirmeier integration.