I am looking to programme many fobs to individual members so when it is scanned a discount is applied how would I go about this safely, if not this then the same sytem but a barcode instead for a fob.
FOBS are much easier to work with, last longer, and you can buy them pre-programmed on the Net with 5-10 digits either random or sequenced. Asking for FOBS to be pre-programmed in your required sequence adds a little to the cost.
FOB readers can also be purchased quite cheap in fact cheaper than a bar code reader that has a much lower reliable read! I had my readers sensitivity increased for my FOBS (Key Tags) so Members can swipe themselves onto a Ticket.
All you need to work this into Samba is:
- Custom Field on Customer to contain the FOB Number;
- Automation to Save to FOB Number 1st Time (or re record) - UPDATE ENTITY ACTION.
- Automation to Detect a FOB Read during normal POS operations - NUMBER PAD VALUE ENTERED EVENT.
Use your search I have written plenty about this subject.
Oh you also need to read the Tutorials posted on VIP Discounts as well
Unfortunately it is way past midnight, and I just finished a long week job so cannot stick around.
Good Luck.
You need 1 Action and 1 Rule to get the Entity to load.
Name: Load Customer
Action Type: Change Ticket Entity
Parameters:
Can Create Ticket: True
Entity Type Name: You need to put your entity type here
Entity Search Value: [:Customer Number]
Then you need a Rule:
Name: Load Customer
Event Name: Numberpad Value Entered
Execute Rule If: MATCHES
Numberpad Value
GREATER 10000000
(youll need to change this to a number smaller than your lowest card number)
Numberpad Value
LESS 9999999999999999999999
(again this’ll need to be a number lager than your largest card number)
ACTIONS:
Load Customer:
Customer Number: [:NumberpadValue]
and
Refresh Ticket:
Youll need to create this action, pretty simple…
In the Entity, make sure you add Customer Number
as a custom field, this is where you will put the keyfob number. (when you create a new customer, you just scan the fob after selecting the Customer Number field)
Then after that youll need to implement a VIP system, one I created today will be perfect for this.
Matt
Heres mu tutorial