Hello Fellow square users or attempted users.
At the NFB convention I spoke with someone who is using Square with a splitter. It appears that what you need is a 4 pin splitter which in effect separates’ the microphone and headphone circuits in the iPhone headphone jack such that you can use a headphone and a separate microphone rather than one with the single jack. Well, I got one of these from Radio Shack for about $5.00 and it appears to get me a bit further down the road to working. I get audio through the headset jack and plug my card reader into the other jack. The software gets to the enter credit card number or swipe screen but no matter what I do the card won’t register when I swipe it. I do occasionally get a card not charged message and if I unplug the reader the message reader disconnected comes up indicating that it knew the reader was there. Can anyone tell me what the secret is to swiping a card? Is there something I’m not getting? I should also say that I tried swiping the card with just the reader plugged directly into the iPhone and then removing it to get audio back to see if maybe the reader really isn’t connected correctly through the splitter but it still doesn’t work. I should also say that I know this reader can work as the guy that cuts my lawn has borrowed it on occasion to use on his own iPhone. Any suggestions? Karl __________ Karl Smith, Access Technology Consultant Axis 4304 South El Camino St. Taylorsville, Utah 84129 Phone: 866-824-7885 Fax: 866-824-7885 E-mail: [email protected] Alternate E-mail: [email protected] Twitter http://twitter.com/axistech My blog http://www.samobile.net/users/oksaxis/blog/ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lois Butterfield Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 12:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Square card reader Yes, and it would not work at all once the reader is plugged in. I found that the easiest way to handle it was to plug it in to swipe, then unplug it to get speech back. I’d love to know if anyone has been successful with a splitter or with Bluetooth. I found that they did not work for me. Lois From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sumana Silverheels Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 1:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Square card reader Lois, Did you experiment with a splitter to find out if you could use a headset with the square reader and have speech output through it? On Friday, April 18, 2014 6:31:48 AM UTC-4, Lois B wrote: I did some expensive experimenting yesterday to see how the square reader worked with blue tooth, etc. Bluetooth headphones do not work with the card reader plugged in, even if you turn it off and back on after plugging in the reader. The splitter also did not work with regular headphones even though the splitter would work if only the reader was plugged in. Maybe, it is some sort of security feature that is built in. The only way to use the reader is to plug it in to swipe the card, then take it out again to sign and finish the transaction. The Bluetooth comes back when you take the reader out, likewise the wired headphones. If you have silence when you unplug the reader, you will know that the swipe was successful and you are at the signature screen. After signing, you wait until you hear it was successful. Before that, there is no speech. I will get used to it eventually. So, it does work, just has a few quirks. Good luck, Lois -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. 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