Standard option #1: Encode the discount auto-command prefix, Access control prefix and pass number

Use this option when you want to use track 1 of the pass magswipe exclusively for automated discounts.

Make sure that the employee Pass layout includes the following field. This field encodes the pass number along with the appropriate auto-command prefix and Access Control prefix into the first track of the magswipe:

"~1%EP"+alltrim(str(gst_pass.pass_no,16,0))+"?"

• ~1 specifies track 1

• %E is the auto-command prefix used to trigger the automated application of specials

• P is the Access Control prefix for your pass numbers.

• alltrim(str(gst_pass.pass_no1,16,0)) is the Pass Number field

• "?" signals the end of the track

The sample field assumes that the Access Control prefix used to specify guest passes is the letter P. (This is configured in SysManager > Preferences > Access Control). If P is not used, then substitute whatever letter is used for guest passes for the P in the sample field or if the “blank” prefix is used for passes do not insert anything after the %E.

In order for operators to apply discounts with a swipe, they simply add all of the items to the sale and swipe the card. All appropriate discounts are applied.