Chip reader requirements update

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Quick question for the community:

We're trying to figure out the best approach for our cafe

Would love to hear from others who've dealt with this.

Benjamin Turner 👑 Master

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Tom Hill

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Sep 8, 2025

Check out the mobile ordering setting, that might help.

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Raymond Ward

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Sep 9, 2025

+1 to this. We've seen similar results.

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George Clark

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Sep 12, 2025

Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings

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Peter Stewart

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Sep 13, 2025

Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.

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Harold Nguyen

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Sep 19, 2025

Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach

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Stephanie Hill

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Sep 26, 2025

+1 to this. We've seen similar results.

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Stephanie Thompson

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Sep 26, 2025

Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings

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Dorothy Scott

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Sep 26, 2025

We had the same issue. What worked for us was checking the cable connections

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Kevin Watson

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Oct 3, 2025

Check out the combo deals setting, that might help.

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Maria Butler

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217 posts

Oct 7, 2025

We had the same issue. What worked for us was updating the firmware

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Tiffany Wright

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Oct 21, 2025

For cafe, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options

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Rachel Sullivan

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Oct 30, 2025

Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup

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Kyle Ross

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Oct 31, 2025

For cafe, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options

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Christina Martin

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Nov 2, 2025

This is why we switched to Fattmerchant. No regrets.

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Chris Green

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Nov 3, 2025

Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.

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Mike Martin

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Nov 8, 2025

Check out the modifier handling setting, that might help.

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Carol Reed

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Nov 12, 2025

Great question! In my experience with Loyverse, it has been working well for us

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Raymond Henderson

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Nov 19, 2025

Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings

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Megan Foster

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Nov 20, 2025

I've been using PAX Technology for 23 months and it has been working well for us

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Jennifer Young

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Nov 20, 2025

Check out the mobile ordering setting, that might help.

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