Security & Network Settings
Settings → Network holds how the Hub is reachable. The defaults are right
for almost every shop, so you can usually leave this screen alone — it's here
for the cases where your setup needs something specific.
Browser bridge (HTTPS)
This is what the Fuze Store browser app connects to, on
https://localhost:18443 by default. From this computer it's always available
at that address; whether other devices can reach it depends on the network
sharing setting below.
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| HTTPS port | The port the browser connects to. Change only if something else already uses 18443. |
| Enable secure bridge | Turns the HTTPS listener on or off entirely. |
Turning off the secure bridge disconnects the browser app
With Enable secure bridge off, the browser app cannot connect to this Hub
at all — no printing, no KDS, no customer display from a browser tab. Phones
and tablets using the native app are not affected. Leave it on unless you are
deliberately taking the browser path out of service.
If the bridge can't start you'll see a Browser bridge error naming the
cause. The usual one is the local security certificate failing to initialise;
the browser app can't connect until that's resolved. Restart the Hub first —
see Troubleshooting.
This shop's Hub certificate
Below the bridge settings is a This shop's Hub certificate card with a
Download certificate button. Browsers on this computer may show Not
Secure for the Hub's https://localhost address until the certificate is
installed — the Hub issues its own certificate rather than using a public
authority, because public authorities can't issue for local addresses.
Installing it is optional: pairing, printing, and every other Hub feature
work the same either way. If you'd like the proper lock icon, click
Download certificate, open the saved file, and follow your computer's
prompts to install it.
Installing it has a step that is easy to get wrong
On a Mac the install dialog preselects the iCloud keychain, which copies
the certificate to your iPhone and iPad; on Windows the default store
selection files it somewhere the browser ignores. Both install without any
error and neither produces the lock.
Follow Installing the Hub
Certificate for the correct steps
on macOS, Windows, Linux, and Firefox.
For this shop only
The certificate only vouches for this shop's Hub on this computer — it's not
a public certificate, and you can remove it from your computer later. The
matching private key never leaves the Hub computer, and each download is
recorded in the Audit Log.
Sharing the Hub over your network
On by default, because it's what lets the phones and tablets on your Wi-Fi
find this Hub and connect to it — at https://<this-computer's-ip>:<https-port>
— instead of you typing an address into each one.
Leave it on if you use the Fuze app on any phone or tablet. The browser app on
this same computer doesn't need it, so if that's the only thing talking to the
Hub, you can turn it off.
Being findable isn't the same as being usable
Every device on the Wi-Fi can find the Hub, but each one still has to be
paired before it can print, send tickets, or read anything. That pairing step
is what keeps the Hub yours — see Pairing your mobile
app.
Moving the Hub to another network
Keep this on for your shop's own Wi-Fi. On a public or shared network — a
co-working space, a hotel, an event venue — switch it off while you're there
and back on when you return. Nothing is lost either way; paired devices
reconnect on their own.
Updating from an older Hub
If you had this switched off before, the update turns it on once so your
phones can reach the Hub. Turn it off again and it stays off — the change is
applied a single time, not on every restart.
Pairing a browser
The same screen has Pair a new browser, which generates a short code you
type into the browser app. Full walkthrough:
Pairing a browser.
Saving changes
Network changes restart the Hub's local bridge. Printing and KDS reconnect on
their own within a few seconds; if a device doesn't come back, reload it.
Every change here is recorded in the Audit Log, including
turning network sharing on or off.