ZX POS [Support Thread]

[asblack]

Does this ZX POS plugin work with card readers so i don't have to manually enter card data?

[TheGrimReaper]

Does this ZX POS plugin work with card readers so i don't have to manually enter card data?

Correct me if I'm wrong balihr, but isn't that part of the payment processor? Let's look at the way it's done with online orders: a customer enters the number themselves and Zen Cart gets the approval notice and records the payment. You, then, see that and send out the product. So, if a customer comes in, presents his/her card, you scan it to your payment gateway, get the approval or declined notice and complete the sale in person.

[balihr]

Does this ZX POS plugin work with card readers so i don't have to manually enter card data?

Tricky question. First of all, this has nothing to do with the POS plugin - you get to your standard checkout and any of the already installed payment plugins can be used. So, if you have any payment plugins that allow checkout by credit card, you could in theory use a card reader which would populate your ON-SITE payment fields and you would then be able to continue checkout. I'm not sure if it works out of the box or some additional setup would be needed since (again) it's not related to the POS plugin.
However - CAVEAT - if the card is enrolled in the 3DS program, you're making an online purchase, meaning you'll be asked to go through the 3DS process. How will you tell your in-store customer that you need to enter their 3DS password?
The only thing I can think of is using PayPal Here, but this definitely requires a different type of integration to be done.

Of course, this is IF you really need to process the card like that. Otherwise, if you have a POS terminal, you can start the checkout process, separately/independently swipe the card and get the approval on your terminal, and once you get the approval, just finalize the checkout process in Zen Cart using the dedicated "posinstore" payment module.

Summary: The ZX POS plugin doesn't do anything with credit card processing. Use whatever payment handling your store has available.