diff --git a/addons/point_of_sale/point_of_sale_view.xml b/addons/point_of_sale/point_of_sale_view.xml
index 42abaf96418..4a56c0dda3c 100644
--- a/addons/point_of_sale/point_of_sale_view.xml
+++ b/addons/point_of_sale/point_of_sale_view.xml
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@
                                 </field>
                             </group>
 
-                            <div attrs="{'invisible': [('state', '=', 'closed')]}">
+                            <div attrs="{'invisible': [('state', '!=', 'closed')]}">
                                 <group class="oe_subtotal_footer oe_right">
                                     <field name="cash_register_balance_start" readonly="1" string="Opening Balance" class="oe_subtotal_footer_separator"/>
                                     <field name="cash_register_total_entry_encoding"  attrs="{'invisible' : [('state', '=', 'opening_control')]}" string="+ Transactions"/>
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@
                             </div>
 
 
-                            <group class="oe_subtotal_footer oe_right" attrs="{'invisible' : [('state', 'in', ('opening_control', 'closed'))]}">
+                            <group class="oe_subtotal_footer oe_right" attrs="{'invisible' : [('state', '!=', 'closed')]}">
                                 <field name="cash_register_balance_end_real" class="oe_subtotal_footer_separator"/>
                                 <field name="cash_register_difference"  class="oe_subtotal_footer_separator"/>
                             </group>
diff --git a/addons/point_of_sale/wizard/pos_session_opening.py b/addons/point_of_sale/wizard/pos_session_opening.py
index 4364998b6a4..d6f95cbb7fc 100644
--- a/addons/point_of_sale/wizard/pos_session_opening.py
+++ b/addons/point_of_sale/wizard/pos_session_opening.py
@@ -6,14 +6,18 @@ import netsvc
 
 from openerp.addons.point_of_sale.point_of_sale import pos_session
 
+
 class pos_session_opening(osv.osv_memory):
     _name = 'pos.session.opening'
 
     _columns = {
         'pos_config_id' : fields.many2one('pos.config', 'Point of Sale', required=True),
         'pos_session_id' : fields.many2one('pos.session', 'PoS Session'),
-        'pos_state' : fields.selection(pos_session.POS_SESSION_STATE,
-                                       'Session State', readonly=True),
+        'pos_state' : fields.related('pos_session_id', 'state',
+                                     type='selection',
+                                     selection=pos_session.POS_SESSION_STATE,
+                                     string='Session State', readonly=True),
+        'pos_state_str' : fields.char('State', 32, readonly=True),
         'show_config' : fields.boolean('Show Config', readonly=True),
         'pos_session_name' : fields.related('pos_session_id', 'name',
                                             type='char', size=64, readonly=True),
@@ -71,22 +75,25 @@ class pos_session_opening(osv.osv_memory):
         result = {
             'pos_session_id': False,
             'pos_state': False,
+            'pos_state_str' : '',
             'pos_session_username' : False,
             'pos_session_name' : False,
         }
         if not config_id:
-            return {'value': result}
+            return {'value' : result}
         proxy = self.pool.get('pos.session')
         session_ids = proxy.search(cr, uid, [
-            ('state', '<>', 'closed'),
+            ('state', '!=', 'closed'),
             ('config_id', '=', config_id),
         ], context=context)
         if session_ids:
             session = proxy.browse(cr, uid, session_ids[0], context=context)
-            result['pos_state'] = session.state
+            result['pos_state'] = str(session.state)
+            result['pos_state_str'] = dict(pos_session.POS_SESSION_STATE).get(session.state, '')
             result['pos_session_id'] = session.id
             result['pos_session_name'] = session.name
             result['pos_session_username'] = session.user_id.name
+
         return {'value' : result}
 
     def default_get(self, cr, uid, fieldnames, context=None):
diff --git a/addons/point_of_sale/wizard/pos_session_opening.xml b/addons/point_of_sale/wizard/pos_session_opening.xml
index 9279d5fce45..6e44030e582 100644
--- a/addons/point_of_sale/wizard/pos_session_opening.xml
+++ b/addons/point_of_sale/wizard/pos_session_opening.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
                         <field name="pos_config_id" on_change="on_change_config(pos_config_id)"
                             widget="selection" domain="[('state','=','active')]"
                             class="oe_inline"/>
-                        <field name="pos_state" class="oe_inline" attrs="{'invisible' : [('pos_state', '=', False)]}" />
+                        <field name="pos_state" invisible="1" />
                     </group>
                     <field name="pos_session_id" invisible="1"/>
                     <button name="open_ui" type="object" string="Start Selling" 
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@
                             Click to continue the session.
                         </p>
                         <p>
-                            The session <field name="pos_session_name" class="oe_inline" /> (<field name="pos_session_username" class="oe_inline" />) is "<b><field name="pos_state" class="oe_inline" /></b>"<br/>
-                            You can continue sales from the touchscreen interface by clicking on "<b>Settings</b>" or close the cash register session ?
+                            The session <field name="pos_session_name" class="oe_inline" /> (<field name="pos_session_username" class="oe_inline" />) is "<b><field name="pos_state_str" class="oe_inline" /></b>"<br/>
+                            You can continue sales from the touchscreen interface by clicking on "<b>Sellings</b>" or close the cash register session ?
                         </p>
                     </div>