Using the Swipe Reader

At the end of a fare, with the meter flashing “Total Fare Payable” simply swipe the customer’s payment card through the reader. The meter identifies the type of card and applies the appropriate service fee, discount or subsidy.

A valid card will switch the meter to show the “Total Fare”, the Service fee, discount or subsidy and the “Fare to Pay” by the passenger (if appropriate).

With Credit Cards, the sum of the “Total Fare” plus the “Service Fee” is shown as “Fare Charged”.

If the card has expired the meter will tell you. If the meter doesn’t recognise the card issuer it will not accept it. Either get verification and enter the number manually or decline it.

In the event that the swipe card is damaged such that it cannot be read, the card number can be entered manually using the numeric keypad. The meter cannot check the card’s validity if the card’s number is entered by hand. It’s up to you to ensure the card is valid, not expired and that the number has been entered correctly.

Once the number has been entered hit the appropriate button for the type of card. The meter will then switch to show service fee, discount or subsidy, as described above.

If you make a mistake, no problem, the left hand button, labeled “Prev” will return you to the “Total Fare Payable” screen, also the arrow keys allow you to move the curser to change numbers entered incorrectly.

If you are going to handle plastic payment cards, you will need to make sure a Memory Card is plugged into your meter. The meter can be configured; so that it will not work until the card is fitted.

Where meters are connected to the RF Network, live transactions can be transmitted back to the office thus the ‘memory card’ is not essential. It does however provide a valuable backup.