How To Set Up My Square Card Reader

Set up the Foursquare Reader

You tin can purchase a Foursquare Reader directly from the Square Store, or pick one up from ane of our retail partners.

Before setting up your Square Reader, make certain you have a compatible device with the latest version of the Foursquare app.

The location of the power button, chip card reader slot, and LED lights on the Square reader.

1. Bank check the Battery of Your Contactless + Chip and Pivot Reader

For an authentic battery reading, unplug your reader from whatever power source.

Firmly press and release the button on the reader. Light-green lights indicate that yous're charged and ready to get. If you see a single carmine light, charge up immediately. Once your reader is on, yous don't need to worry about turning information technology off. Information technology'll automatically go into sleep way after 2 hours of inactivity. To wake it up from sleep mode, firmly printing and release the button on the side of the reader.

2. Accuse Your Contactless + Fleck and Pin Reader

Connect ane terminate of the accompanying USB cable to your reader and the other cease to a USB port like a mobile telephone charger, reckoner or motorcar charger.

Information technology volition take approximately 2 hours for a reader with low battery to charge completely.

Note: You can too use the Dock for Square Reader to accuse and have payments.

3. Wirelessly Connect Your Contactless + Scrap and Pin Reader

The reader connects wirelessly with Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE). Exist sure you take the latest version of the Square app for your device- only the latest version supports the Contactless + Chip and PIN Carte Reader.

To connect your reader:

Printing and release the push on your reader to turn information technology on.
Get to your device settings and make certain Bluetooth is turned on.
Open the Foursquare app and tap More from the navigation bar at the bottom of your screen.
Tap Settings > Hardware > Card Readers > Connect a Reader.
Put your reader into pairing mode by pressing the reader'southward push for 3–v seconds. Remove your finger as soon as yous run into orange flashing lights. If you meet red flashing lights, you've held the button too long and you'll demand to try again.

When connected, the reader will be listed equally Reader Ready in-app.

Any necessary firmware updates will be automatically installed one time the reader has been connected.

Now that y'all're set up, learn more near accepting chip and PIN card and contactless payments.

Note: The wireless connection can be lost if the reader and device are more than ~3 metres autonomously.

If your reader was previously paired to a different device: Proceed in mind, if you are reconnecting a reader that was previously paired to a unlike device, you may need to forget your reader from the device it was previously paired with. For more information on reconnecting a reader, check out our troubleshooting article.

What do the lights mean?

Connecting your reader

Accepting a payment

Checking your bombardment

Connect Square Stand and the reader

If yous're using a Square Stand up with the reader, prepare is quick and simple. Just plug the included USB cable or Dock for Square Reader to the USB hardware hub on the Foursquare Stand.

You tin can connect your reader wirelessly if in that location are no free USB ports on your Stand's hardware hub.

Watch this video to acquire how to connect the Square Stand and reader:

Detect answers to Ofttimes Asked Questions and review these reader troubleshooting tips if y'all run into whatever bug.