How to use cash registers/POS machines

With the increasing number of credit card users, many merchants have installed cash registers/POS machines to collect money for convenience. After confirmation by the card issuing bank, the information is sent back to the UnionPay platform. After confirmation by UnionPay, the processed information is sent to the front terminal, which receives the confirmed information and then prints the bill. Do you want to know more about cash registers/POS machines? The next step is to introduce you to the use of cash registers/POS machines, the advantages of using them, precautions for use, how to maximise benefits, the history of evolution, the difference between a clear machine and a two-clear machine, methods of identification, and frequently asked questions.

How to use cash registers/POS machines

I. Correct placement of mobile cash registers/POS machines

When using cash registers/POS machines, avoid exposure to strong sunlight or high humidity; cash registers/POS machines should be operated on a fixed and stable counter to ensure the smoothness of the wiring, and various lines should not be in the open.

Second, mobile cash registers / POS machine with electricity safety

The correct way to connect the cash register/POS power cord: the power cord is first connected to the mobile cash register/POS power port, and then connected to the plug board; regularly check whether the cash register/POS power cord is disconnected, inside the metal line leakage, loose jacks, etc. Once found, promptly notify professional maintenance personnel.

Three, mobile cash registers / POS machine correct switch on and off

Before switching on, ensure that the cash register/POS is powered on; long press the red “Cancel” control or press the black on/off button on the right side of the cash register/POS to switch it on and off (depending on the model); after switching off, ensure that the device is disconnected from the power supply.

Four, mobile cash registers / POS effective heat dissipation

Ensure that the POS space, cash registers / POS left and right and behind the cooling vents to keep open, do not block, to avoid the cash registers / POS overheating resulting in automatic shutdown or restart.

Five, mobile cash registers / POS safety cleaning

Keep the cash register/POS machine clean, do not place items on the machine, waterproof, dustproof, oil-proof; when cleaning the cash register/POS machine, please use a dry rag to gently wipe, do not use wet rags or chemical products to wipe the body, such as: gasoline, thinner, etc.

Six, mobile cash registers / POS emergency treatment

When there is a paper jam problem, you should wait for the pen paper single after playing, flip open the printer box, remove the jammed paper, re-position the printing paper, cover the printer box can be, when the mobile cash register / POS machine there are other problems, you should immediately cut off the power, suspend the use, and promptly notify the service personnel to confirm the problem, the general problem can be repaired under the guidance of professionals; other problems to be dealt with by professional maintenance personnel, do not privately dismantle the machine

The advantages of the use of cash registers / POS machines

1, the scope of the circle to be able to face the international card 1.5 billion holders.
2、Increasing the means of payment, improving the efficiency of settlement, enhancing the level of service and raising awareness.
3, expansion of turnover, the general public consumer psychology that it is easier to expand transactions without paying cash, cardholders do not feel bad about their money.

4. secure transactions, with merchants avoiding the insecurity of daily trips to banks to access their money
5. reduced cash circulation, effectively preventing the misuse of counterfeit currency and the spread of germs and cross-infection from money.
6. time-saving and convenient: there is no need to worry about invalid cheques, receiving counterfeit notes and the dangers of carrying large amounts of cash to the bank.
7. it prevents human error in cash handling and the occurrence of theft
8. encouraging customers who are short of cash but want to make purchases to do so.
9. sales records and customer receipts will be printed automatically, with fast and stable transactions.
10. 10, safe and convenient: to achieve door-to-door swipe card payment function, merchants to achieve convenient collection at the same time also eliminates the hidden danger of capital security.
11. Low communication cost: the monthly rental fee of the dedicated line is fixed, and the communication cost of bank card swipe transactions can be reduced exponentially, especially for large department stores and chain supermarkets.
12. 1 comprehensive management functions: the product provides a variety of queries, monitoring, reporting, automatic reconciliation functions, convenient financial accounting management The operation is simple and clear, once you learn.
    

Notes on the use of cash registers / POS machines

1. Do not use integers and near-integers.
   For example, 50,000, 2,000, 3,999.9, which is more likely to cause the UnionPay transfer, for the customer credit card is also bad. The correct credit card limit is 1650, 4283 such brush, but also some people like a card divided into several small brush, such as 500, 2000, 1500 even brush, which is also not allowed.
2. Not to brush too much per month.
   Although many cash registers / POS machines can be 100,000 daily brush, unlimited daily brush, but you can’t brush out hundreds of thousands of it every day, and don’t hold on to a cash register / POS machine that can’t change the merchant and terminal code brush, so then the bank’s risk control system warning will be out of the red single, you know, CUP most like to check those who brush a large amount, if it is found to be cash, it will be a mess.
   3, swipe card ratio problem.
   It is best to brush 8 credit cards, with 2 debit cards, cash registers / POS corporate with their own debit card brush is not possible, to borrow someone else’s card to brush. For example, you brush 80,000 today, leaving 20,000 to do debit card, do not brush credit card from beginning to end, UnionPay intelligent monitoring system will analyze your credit card and debit card swipe ratio, if only credit card swipe record, then the wind control system will check your swipe record, found suspicious to stop the settlement until confirmed no problem.
3. Check whether the amount on the consumption receipt is correct, and sign in person after confirming that the card number and name are correct.
   Do not find someone with a signature, if the bank side of the transfer, found not my signature, even if you normal consumption will also be considered in the cash, many people shopping tickets signed out of the door and thrown away, in case there is a transfer of the single query you can not be right that will be very troublesome, so on the consumption of small tickets is best to retain more than six months.
   5, the most important point, sometimes due to some reasons will lead to card failure, which is some people will continue to brush, brush 10000 out, then brush 9500, or not, then in the brush 9000, until the brush success, so do the risk will be very large, not only easy to cause the loss of funds, but also by the bank’s wind control system to determine the suspicion of cash, must remember that the maximum brush twice, or not to contact the consumer unit and the issuing bank, the problem is solved in the brush, so as to avoid unnecessary risks.