Technical Note: 20050331005

Accept Swiped Frequent Diner Cards Only

(Maitre'D 2005 and later versions of Maitre'D)

Server Control / View / Options / Frequent Diner

You can force the use of magnetic card identification for Frequent Diners, and disable manual entries.
To accept cards only, enable the following option:

Accept Swiped Entries Only

Note: If Custom Cards are used for Frequent Diner cards and Account Receivables cards, the custom card definition has to be setup in the A/R media type # 49 only, and the Frequent Diner numbers have to include all digits of the cards, even if some leading characters are the same on all cards. The employee have to touch the Frequent Diner button and only then swipe the card.