AmigoPOS includes an integrated fingerprint management system designed specifically for the Digital Persona U-R-U 4500 (and 4000) USB fingerprint reader, allowing enhanced security to eliminate the possibility of password or login id sharing among employees. Follow the steps in the fingerprint reader setup topic to enable the interface and install the drivers before completing the steps below.

Begin by enabling Fingerprint Login in Back Office | Settings | Main Settings | User Interface. Select Yes from the drop-down list next to the Fingerprint login method. At least one other login type should also be enabled until the fingerprint login system is configured  so that back office can be accessed using a login id or user name/password.

 

 

Verify that the fingerprint login icon appears on the AmigoPOSlogin screen.

Open Back Office | Employees and click Manage Fingerprints. If the Manage Fingerprints menu item is not visible, enable the fingerprint reader as shown in the fingerprint reader setup topic and restart back office.

 

 

The front of house pos requires exclusive access to the fingerprint reader to login employees, preventing back office from accessing the fingerprint reader. Shut down the front of house pos  and start back office from the start menu (or desktop) shortcut to begin. A list of all employees appears on the left side of the screen. Select an employee and click on the finger to enroll. Although multiple fingers can be enrolled for each employee, only a single finger is required. For example, if your system utilizes an integrated fingerprint scanner located on the right side of the pos station, the right index fingerprint may be enrolled for each employee. Enrolling only a single fingerprint for each employee also ensures extremely fast fingerprint matching during login and that the database size is not unnecessarily increased.

 

 

After the finger is selected, instruct the employee to scan the selected finger 4 times, waiting for a confirmation of a successful scan between each scan attempt.

 

 

Each successful scan is indicated by a blue oval. When all four ovals are blue, the employee's scan is saved to the database.

 

 

An unsuccessful scan is shown above. Unsuccessful scans may be caused by improper finger placement or scanning different fingers during the same finger enrollment.  When the enrollment is unsuccessful, 4 new ovals will appear (numbered 5,6,7,8) so that the employee can try again.

 

 

Confirm that the fingerprint is stored in the database by clicking the Management tab after selecting the employee. All fingerprints stored for the selected employee appear on the list. If a mistake is made, select the fingerprint and click the red delete button to permanently delete the selected fingerprint entry.

 

If an employee that does not have an enrolled fingerprint attempts to login, the FINGERPRINT NOT FOUND message appears. Otherwise, the employee is logged in normally.