Technical Note: 20020801010b

Unassigned Waiter Cards

(Maitre'D 2003, and later versions of Maitre'D)

P.O.S. Control / View / Options / Security

It is possible to use unassigned pre-programmed cards. The system will look for the password associated with that card instead of the server number. Make sure that you are using a unique password that is not currently used by another valid server because the system will use the first employee that is using this password in the employee database.

Note: New cards that you purchase through Posera have exclusive password, as opposed to Legacy Employee Cards.

Allowing Card Assignment in the Back-Office

P.O.S. Control / Employees / Configuration / Function

Access Setup:

Enable this option to give access to the employee (manager or head server), who will assign cards to employees. If there are no Biometrics devices defined on the workstations, the system will know to use the Magnetic Card Swipe Reader instead of the Biometrics Setup function.

Note: You can NOT use Biometrics devices and magnetic cards for employees on the same system.

At the workstation

From the workstation, enter the manager code and then the Function button.
From the special menu screen, select the Manager menu as shown bellow:

Then Access Setup

Once you have selected the Access Setup, the following screen will appear:

From this point, select the employee you wish to assign the swipe card to.
The following message will appear:

At this point, swipe the magnetic card through the card reader.
When the operation was successful, the following message will appear:

This message confirms that the employee is ready to use his / her magnetic card.
To verify the password, in P.O.S. Control / Employee / Employees,
select the employee(s) assigned with a card.
Under the Password and Special Password
you will notice a password was entered.

Note: Here is the employee card structure.
Cards must be burned on track 2, following this format:
;<=0202055900000=>00000000000000000000?
;<=0202056000000=>00000000000000000000?
;<=0202056100000=>00000000000000000000?
Where as:
;<=0202055900000=>00000000000000000000?
020 can be any number between 001 and 900 (this is the number employees available in POS Control)
20559 must be a unique number different for each card (this is the field that will populate as the unique employee password)
00000 must be at the end.