How-to · Setting up
Pair a card reader with a counter
The reader is its own device beside the counter. Add it from the counter's row and it is paired in the same step.
- Open Counters and find the counter the reader sits beside.
- On its Card reader line tap Add one, or tap Add a device to the counter and choose Payment terminal.
- Name it, such as "Counter reader", choose who provides it, and type what the provider calls it.
- Tap Add it to the counter.
From then on, a card sale rung on that counter is sent to that reader.
A reader the tablet can see
When a reader is plugged into the counter's tablet or its Customer Display, the counter's row says Found a card reader with its serial number. Tap Use it here, type what the provider adds, and it is on the counter.
A reader on the Customer Display
A SpartoPay reader plugs into the Customer Display, and the screen takes the card itself after the tip. Set up Card processing under Setup first.
Add it with the screen (see Add a Customer Display), or later: tap Add a device, choose Payment terminal, set Provider to SpartoPay (reader on a Customer Display), pick the screen under Which Customer Display is it plugged into, and tap Add it to the counter. There is nothing to type off the reader. The counter's Card reader line then says SpartoPay reader on, and the screen's name.
A Stripe reader is added by the pairing words on its own screen (see Add a Stripe reader).
More than one reader
A counter with a reader always uses that one. To swap, tap Change on the Card reader line. A browser that is not a counter is asked Which reader when there are several.
A reader with its own screen
Under Change, tick Asks for the tip itself on a reader that has a screen of its own. The Customer Display then only shows the order.
Taking a reader out of service
A reader on no counter is listed under Not on a counter yet. Tap Retire there. Sales already taken on it stay as they were.
The counter never sees a card. The customer taps or inserts on the reader, and the reader tells the counter whether it was approved.
Try it in the demo