# Devices

![Button - Remove](https://documentation.payfacto.com/POS/MaitreD/Fulldoc/assets/images/MaitreDCommon/Buttons/MDButton-Remove.gif)

Remove an obsolete device.

![Button - Properties](https://documentation.payfacto.com/POS/MaitreD/Fulldoc/assets/images/MaitreDCommon/Buttons/MDButton-Properties.jpg)

Modify the properties of an existing device.

**Bar Dispenser #1**

**Type**

Enable the type of the bar dispenser.

**Port**

Enable the serial port of the bar dispenser. This choice is enabled only when the selected type above is serial.

{% hint style="info" %}
NOTE: The bar dispenser cannot share this serial port with another device.
{% endhint %}

**Section**

Enter the section of the bar dispenser.

**Bar Dispenser #2**

Maitre'D supports 2 Berg bar dispenser devices on the same workstation.

**Type**

Enable the type of the second bar dispenser.

**Port**

Enable the serial port of the second bar dispenser. This choice is enabled only when the selected type above is serial.

{% hint style="info" %}
NOTE: The bar dispenser cannot share this serial port with another device.
{% endhint %}

**Section**

Enter the same section as the bar dispenser #1.

{% hint style="info" %}
NOTE: The North American Protocol does not support separated sections. Maitre'D counts all poured liquids in the section of the first dispenser.
{% endhint %}

**Biometric Reader**

**Type**

Enable the type of the fingerprint biometric device.

**Card Reader**

**Type**

Enable the type of the card reader.

**Port**

Enable the serial port of the card reader. This choice is enabled only when the selected type above is serial.

{% hint style="info" %}
NOTE: The card reader cannot share this serial port with another device.
{% endhint %}

**Driver**

Enable the driver of the card reader.

**Cash Card Reader**

**Type**

Enable the type of the cash card reader.

**Port**

Enable the serial port of the cash card reader. This choice is enabled only when the selected type above is serial.

{% hint style="info" %}
NOTE: The cash card reader cannot share this serial port with another device.
{% endhint %}

**Driver**

Enable the driver of the cash card reader.

**Cash Drawer #1 & #2**

**Type**

Enable the type of this cash-drawer.

**Port**

Enable the serial port of this cash-drawer. This choice is enabled only when the selected type above is serial. This selection will be valid only if a serial printer is defined on the same serial port.

{% hint style="info" %}
NOTE: A cash drawer cannot share this serial port with another device, except if it is connected to a serial printer.
{% endhint %}

**Driver**

Enable the driver of this cash-drawer.

**Coin Dispenser**

**Type**

Enable the type of the coin dispenser.

**Port**

Enable the serial port of the coin dispenser. This choice is enabled only when the selected type above is Serial.

{% hint style="info" %}
NOTE: The coin dispenser cannot share this serial port with another device.
{% endhint %}

**Driver**

Enable the driver of the coin dispenser.

**CVM**

**Type**

Enable the type of the CVM monitor.

**Port**

Enable the serial port of the CVM monitor.

{% hint style="info" %}
NOTE: The CVM monitor cannot share this serial port with another device.
{% endhint %}

**Driver**

Enable the driver of the CVM monitor.

**Fiscal Printer**

**Type**

Enable the type of the fiscal printer.

**Port**

Enable the serial port of the fiscal printer.

{% hint style="info" %}
NOTE: A fiscal printer cannot share this serial port with another device, except if a cash drawer is connected to it.
{% endhint %}

**Driver**

Enable the driver of the fiscal printer.

**Digital Video Recorder**

**IP Address**

Enter the IP Address of the DVR.

{% hint style="info" %}
NOTE: The same DVR can be defined in more then one workstation.
{% endhint %}

**Camera Number**

Enter the DVR camera number.

**Driver**

Enable the driver of the DVR.

**Line Display**

**Type**

Enable the type of the line display.

**Port**

Enable the serial port of the line display. This choice is enabled only when the selected type above is serial.

{% hint style="info" %}
NOTE: The line display cannot share this serial port with another device.
{% endhint %}

**Port Number**

Enter the TCP/IP Port   of the DVR.

**Driver**

Select the driver of the DVR.

**Exclude Command Field**

Enable this option Not to send the Command field in the text message sent to the DVR.

**Exclude Camera Number**

Enable this option Not to send the Camera number in the text message sent to the DVR.

**Network Printer**

**IP Address**

Enter the IP Address of the network printer.

{% hint style="info" %}
NOTE: The same network printer can be defined in more than one workstation.
{% endhint %}

**Port Number**

Enable the port number of the network printer.

**Printer Type**

Enable the driver of the network printer.

**PIN Pad**

**Type**

Select the type of the PIN pad.

**Port**

Select the serial port of the PIN pad.

{% hint style="info" %}
NOTE: The PIN pad cannot share this serial port with another device.
{% endhint %}

**Driver**

Select the driver of the PIN pad.

**ID**

Enter the identification number of the PIN pad.

{% hint style="info" %}
NOTE: This information is provided by the payment processor or by the gateway provider.
{% endhint %}

**Idle Message**

Enter an idle message to be displayed on the PIN pad between transactions.

{% hint style="info" %}
NOTE: This field is only available when the driver selected above is Verifone. Also, this only works for non-EMV protocols. With EMV protocols, the PIN Pad idle message is controlled by the third-party application driving the PIN Pad.
{% endhint %}

**Identity**

Type in the device name as required by the payment processor or gateway provider. This is sometimes referred to as "Secure Device ID".

**Prompt for Tip**

Enable this option for the pin pad device to quote the customer for a Tip entry.

**Print tip line**

Enable this option to print a tip and total line on transaction records for card payments.

**Printer**

**Type**

Enable the type of the printer.

{% hint style="info" %}
NOTE: For a USB printer, map it to a COM port, and configure it as a Serial printer.
{% endhint %}

**Port**

Enable the port of the printer.

{% hint style="info" %}
NOTE: A printer cannot share this port with another device, except if a cash drawer is connected to it.
{% endhint %}

**Driver**

Enable the driver of the printer.

**Scale**

**Type**

Enable the type of the scale.

**Port**

Enable the serial port of the scale. This choice is enabled only when the selected type above is serial.

{% hint style="info" %}
NOTE: The scale cannot share this serial port with another device.
{% endhint %}

**Driver**

Enable the driver of the scale.

**Scanner**

**Type**

Enable the type of the scanner.

**Port**

Enable the serial port of the scanner. This choice is enabled only when the selected type above is serial.

{% hint style="info" %}
NOTE: The scanner cannot share this serial port with another device.
{% endhint %}

**Driver**

Enable the driver of the scann


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