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Product Information
Sharp
Soft
Smartcard Manager
• Maintain card holder
details
• Hotlist / Replacement
• Transfer card balances
• User definable database
• User definable database
fields
• Import / Export facilities
• PhotoID
Listing
• Purchase
History
• Pending
Updates
• Card Usage reports
• Customised
database
reports
• Full audit reporting
• Links to Coin Loader /
Revaluation stations
• Swipe / Contact or
Contactless cards
• Compatible with PRS
SharpSmart / Swipe
ECR enhancements
ECR enhancements
• Multi
User
Sharp
Soft
Council Chambers
King Street
Pateley Bridge
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG3 5LE
Smartcard Manager has been designed with the help and
advice of caterers, publicans and retailers. It is a simple yet
comprehensive smart card management system, which can
be used either linked to standalone Gift and Loyalty terminal
or used in conjunction with SharpSoft’s Ecr Manager system
and linked to Electronic Cash Register Point of Sale
equipment.
advice of caterers, publicans and retailers. It is a simple yet
comprehensive smart card management system, which can
be used either linked to standalone Gift and Loyalty terminal
or used in conjunction with SharpSoft’s Ecr Manager system
and linked to Electronic Cash Register Point of Sale
equipment.
As a standalone system, the user can create a database of
customers holding such information as name, membership
details, points and electronic purse values. Once audit
information is imported from the loyalty terminal, up to date
card balances and usage reports can be produced.
customers holding such information as name, membership
details, points and electronic purse values. Once audit
information is imported from the loyalty terminal, up to date
card balances and usage reports can be produced.
When used in conjunction with Ecr Manager, point of sale
transaction information can be used to keep the Smartcard
database up to date to show the current state of all cards in
use. This information can also be used to create a Purchase
History, profiling a card holder’s product preference.
transaction information can be used to keep the Smartcard
database up to date to show the current state of all cards in
use. This information can also be used to create a Purchase
History, profiling a card holder’s product preference.
Lost or stolen a cards can be hotlisted at any time to stop
further usage and the remaining card balances transferred to
a replacement card.
further usage and the remaining card balances transferred to
a replacement card.
Smartcard Manager operates on any windows XP/Vista
computer.
ECR Point of Sale Features
For use with PRS Ltd enhanced ECR EPROMs
• Automatic purse refresh on Daily / Weekly / Monthly / Yearly basis.
• Award bonus points for card spend.
• Award bonus cash for cash added to card .
• Award points on individual PLU sale items.
• Redeem points for cash.
• Automatic Group Increment.
For further details of these and other ECR EPROM enhancements, please call our systems partner PRS Ltd
on 01482 873214.
on 01482 873214.
Other Links
• Real time Coin Loader and Revaluation stations.
• ParentPay web based payment system.
• Nexus
interface.
Other related SharpSoft smart card systems
SmartServer – This program works in the background in conjunction with Smartcard Manager and handles
real time card validation requests from coin loaders and external applications. It can also process card
transaction and audit information which is in turn used to update Smartcard Manager‘s database and audit
files.
Cardlink – This is a user definable utility program that is used to read a smart card and act upon it
accordingly. The selectable options include:-
• Verifier – Display a card’s purse and points balance.
• Points Update – Add points to a card.
• Card Sale – Subtract cash from a card’s purse.
• Photo ID – Display a Photo ID of the card holder.
• Third Party Link – Read the card’s details and pass them on to a third party application.
• Points Update – Add points to a card.
• Card Sale – Subtract cash from a card’s purse.
• Photo ID – Display a Photo ID of the card holder.
• Third Party Link – Read the card’s details and pass them on to a third party application.
Any audited information can also be sent back to a central Smartcard Manager system to produce reports on
card balances, usage, points issued or redeemed and so on.
card balances, usage, points issued or redeemed and so on.
Gcrlink – This is a standalone program used to maintain a Gemplus GCR terminal running the Gift & Loyalty
package offered by Smart Card International. The terminal itself is used to collect information held on the
smart card, for example loyalty points given out for a certain amount of spend. Once a card has been read by
the terminal, an audit can be kept of any information that has changed. This audited data is then processed
by Gcrlink to produce a card activity report.
If required, the data can also be sent back to a head office Smartcard Manager system to produce further
reports on card usage, points issued or redeemed and so on. Cards reported lost or stolen by head office can
be set as hotlisted on the terminal to stop them from being used
reports on card usage, points issued or redeemed and so on. Cards reported lost or stolen by head office can
be set as hotlisted on the terminal to stop them from being used
.
For further details on the Gift & Loyalty package, please call our systems partner Smart Card International Ltd
on 01482 880766.
on 01482 880766.
Telephone: 01423 711878
Email: [email protected]
Smartcard Manager
System Structure
• One or more smartcard databases can be created.
• Utilise Swipe, Contact or Contactless smart cards.
Database Features
• Each database has a unique set of card details.
• Up to 99 different card groups available.
• Hotlist / Replace lost or stolen cards.
• Transfers card details from one card to another.
• Pending
Updates.
• CSV file import of card details .
• Export database card details to third party applications.
• Set card expiry date.
Reporting
• Reports based on smartcard database records (i.e. Balances, Birthdays, Hotlist etc) can include
additional user specified database fields. .
• User definable database reports.
• Card Balance / Starting Balances reports.
• Hotlisted cards / Hotlisted liability reports.
• Audit trail reports.
• Smartcard Balance Report includes Ecr Pending values if Pending Updates are enabled.
• Card Usage reports ( Inactive / Last used / Never used ).
• Ranking Points and Spend report over a selected date range .
• Purchase History Reports shows which products were purchased & in what quantity, requires the link
to Ecr Manager.
• Purchase Ranking report ranks products purchased in descending popularity across a time period
• Cashless Posting / Cashless Liability report .
• All reports save their settings so they are used the next time the same report is produced.
Features
• Links to external applications ( ParentPay \ Sims \ Speeder Electronics ).
Multi User (optional)
• The same installation of Smartcard can be operated from two or more computers at the same
time.
• Protective mechanisms are in place to prevent the same data from being changed at the same
time by two or more different users.
Smart cards in Education
Reduces the need for cash to be carried by pupils and staff.
• Ensures the pupils spend their allowance in school .
• Faster throughput of pupils at the ECR when time is short.
• Promote healthy eating.
• Free meal stigma removed.
• Photocopying / Printer purse.
• Access control / Registration.
• Combined Payment, Photograph and Library card.
Smart cards for Retail and Leisure
For use in Golf clubs, Social clubs, Retail and Hospitality outlets, giving the advantages of:-
• Loyalty and discount card.
• Prepayment cash card.
• Membership and ID card.
• Door
access.
• Promote individual items.
• Happy hour points.
• Improve cash flow and security.
• Reduces queuing at checkout.
• Birthday
acknowledgement.
• Random draw facility at the ECR.
Smart card Gift and Loyalty
Either as a completely standalone terminal or linked back to a computer, the Gift and Loyalty package offers a
completely portable off the shelf solution.
• Increase customer loyalty and repeat business.
• Points outstanding liability report.
• Points and 2 Cash purses + YTD.
• 11 user defined database fields.
• Birthday / Anniversary report.
• Points Redemption and Issue report.
• Full Audit trail and hotlisting.
• Export to Microsoft Word mail merge.