How to setup a barcode for a customer card

Customer can have his/her account linked to a customer card which can be scanned or swiped, when doing a customer transaction in POS. Customer card is created in the Customer Card Dialog

Example:

Customer cards numbers are 13 characters and all start with the numbers 4974052. To set them up as barcodes do the following:

  1. Go to Bar code Mask Setup View
  2. Add a new barcode mask by clicking the Add button
  3. New bar code setup dialog is displayed
  4. Enter Customer card as description
  5. Select Customer as type of mask
  6. Select EAN13 as symbology
  7. Enter 4974052 as the mask
  8. Prefix gets automatically the same value as the mask
  9. In the lower view click the Add button to add a barcode mask segment
  10. Enter 1 as segment number
  11. Select Customer as type
  12. Set segmentChar as D
  13. Enter 6 as length
  14. Click the OK button to save the mask segment
  15. Click the OK button to save and close the barcode mask dialog
  16. Open the Barcode setup view
  17. Click the Add button to add a new barcode setup for customer card
  18. Enter a description e.g. Customer card
  19. A barcode setup view opens up
  20. Select EAN13 as barcode type
  21. Select Customer card as mask
  22. Close the view

 

Link a customer to a card

  1. Open the Customer Card Dialog

  2. Click the Add button to create a new customer card
  3. Enter card number as 4974052830006
  4. Select a customer
  5. Click the OK button

 

You have now setup a customer card for a customer and are able to swipe the card or enter manually the card number into POS. The customer information will be displayed in the customer panel.

If a customer ID from the barcode mask cannot be found the customer barcode functionality will check if any customer card configured for a customer has the full barcode number as a card number

 

 

See also

How to setup up a customer card for card reader