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Welcome

How to install your

Countertop terminal

This should take about 5-10 minutes.

Before you start, please make sure you have your Merchant Number to hand. You’ll find it on your welcome letter 
or on the plate on your manual imprinter.

1. 

  Once your terminal is powered up 

the Connection Method menu will 
be displayed. using the arrow key, 
select “Telephone” if using a standard 
telephone line or “Ethernet” to 
connect to your broadband router/
network point. Press the green 
ENTER button.

2.

  if you selected “Ethernet”, go to 

point 5. if you selected “Telephone”, 
your terminal will display “Terminal 
installation. Plug in Phone Line”. Make 
sure your phone cable is securely 
plugged into your phone line and 
press the green ENTER button.

3.

  Your terminal will prompt

  “Dial Prefix Required”.

Option 1

: if your terminal is connected

via a direct line, select “No” by pressing
the yellow CLEAR button.

Option 2

: if your terminal is connected

to a switchboard/PABX, select “Yes”  
by pressing the green ENTER button.  
If you selected this option, key in the
number used to obtain an outside line
(this is usually a 9) followed by the
green ENTER button.

4.

   Your terminal will prompt: “Does  

the Tel. Line have Call Waiting or 
1571?” if your telephone line has 
either of these services press the 
green ENTER button. if not, press  
the yellow CLEAR button and go  
to point 6.

5.

    if you selected “Ethernet”, your 

terminal will display “Terminal 
installation. Plug in Network Cable”.  
Make sure your Ethernet cable is 
securely plugged into your network 
router/modem. Press the green 
ENTER button. 

6.

    Key in your Merchant Number and 

press the green ENTER button.

7.

     Your terminal will now connect to 

GEMS and display various  
messages.

8.

    Your terminal will print a receipt  

to show that the configuration 

  is complete. 

9.    

Your terminal will now contact the 
card companies for each of the card 
types your terminal accepts and will 
print another receipt to confirm 

  card acceptance.

10.   

Your terminal will then contact GEMS 
again and the following message 
will be displayed “Hardware Serial 
Validation Required press Enter”. 
Press ENTER to continue.

11.

  Your terminal will then connect to 

GEMS again to complete the terminal 
installation.

12.

   Your terminal will now display  

READY prompt and is ready for  
you to use.

13.    

The terminal and combined reader 
will display the Barclaycard logo.  The 
indicator on the top of the combined 
reader will flash approximately every 
5 seconds.

Connection Method 
Telephone (PPP) 
Local Network.

Terminal Installation 
Plug in Phone Line

And press ENTER

Dial Prefix Required

ENTER = Yes 
CLEAR = No

Key in Number  
used to get and  
Outside Line

And press ENTER.

Does Tel. Line have 
Call Waiting or 1571?

ENTER = Yes 
CLEAR = No

Terminal Installation 
Plug in Network 
Cable

And press ENTER

Terminal Installation 
Key in Merchant No

And press ENTER

Terminal Installation 
Connecting to GEMS

Terminal Installation 
Connecting to 
<Aquirer name> 
Please wait...

READY 
MERCHANT NuMBER: 
<Your Merchant No>

Your quick guide to the different 

ways of using Countertop

–  Countertop terminal.
–  Combined reader.
–   Power supply unit, specially designed for this 

terminal and should not be used with any other 
equipment.

–  Phone cable, splitter and Ethernet cable.
–  Supervisor and training cards.
–   Card reader, thermal printer head/terminal 

cleaners and paper roll.

–  user guide.

Inside this box you will find everything you need to set 
up your Countertop terminal.

IMPORTANT information for IP/broadband users.

Do you have a standard ADSL/router configurations 
similar to home broadband?

Yes?

  Then you should be able to “plug and play” 

without needing to amend any network configurations. 

Unsure?

  Then it may be useful to coordinate with your 

iT department or internet Service Provider (iSP) to check 
the below:

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) 

– DHCP 

should be enabled on the router/modem as the terminal 
uses dynamic IP and will not work using static IP.

MAC Address Blocking/Filtering

 – does your router/

modem use MAC address blocking/filtering? This usually 
only applies to large/company networks. if MAC address 
blocking is used on the network, the terminals’ MAC 
address must be “Allowed” onto the network by your  
iT Department.

Firewall Settings

 – if you have Firewall in place then it 

may block the terminal from communicating with our 
systems. For further information please contact our 
Customer Service Team on 

0844 811 6666

.*

Connecting your equipment

IMPORTANT: Do not switch on the power at the mains 
until you have followed the simple steps below:

1.

  Check that your combined reader has been 

pre-connected to your Countertop terminal. if 
unconnected, please contact Customer Services.

2.

   Connect the power cable (which is already connected 

to the terminal) to the power supply unit and then to 
the plug, both of which are in the box.

3.  

Put the plug into your power source.

4.

   Both a standard phone line cable and an Ethernet 

cable are connected to your terminal. Please select 
the relevant cable and plug it into your telephone wall 
socket or network router/network point as required.

5.

  Place the terminal in a clear area where the display 

can be read and the keypad and card swipe are easily 
accessible for your customers.

If you experience any problems during the installation 
process, please contact Customer Services on 

0844 811 6666.*

Please be near the terminal when you call and have the 
following ready:

–   Your Merchant Number as shown on your welcome 

letter or on the plate of your manual imprinter  
(if the terminal is installed this is shown on your  
terminal display). You can keep a record of it here:

–  Your Terminal Supervisor Card.

–   At the READY prompt, key in the amount and 

press the green ENTER button.

–   Cardholder inserts chip card into the 

combined reader.

–   The cardholder should enter their PiN number 

into the combined reader and confirm by 
pressing the green ENTER button.

–   The cardholder should NOT remove the card 

until prompted to do so or the transaction will 
be void.

Follow the terminal prompts to complete 
the transaction.

–   At the READY prompt, key in the amount 

and press the green ENTER button.

–   insert cardholder’s chip card into the  

card reader.

–   When prompted, tear off the merchant 

receipt and obtain cardholder signature.

–   Remove the customer card from the card 

reader and check signature.

Follow the terminal prompts to complete 
the transaction.

–  Press MENu.
–   Select the transaction type and press the 

green ENTER button.

–         Key in amount and press the green ENTER 
 button.
–   Key in the customer’s card number and 
  press the green ENTER button.
–   Key in expiry date and press the green 
  ENTER button.

Follow the terminal prompts to complete
the transaction.

Contactless transactions are currently  
allowed only for sales up to £20.

–   At the READY prompt, key in the amount and 

press the green ENTER button.

–   The cardholder should hold their card against 

the contactless symbol showing on the 
combined reader display (within 4cm).

–   The terminal will “BLEEP” to acknowledge the 

transaction and the row of LED lights  
will flash.

If the card is removed too quickly a message will 
appear on the display and the cardholder will be 
asked to present the card again. 
The terminal will only print a merchant receipt. 
Press MENu if a cardholder copy is required.

To print a cardholder receipt, at the READY 
prompt press the 

 key and a customer receipt 

will be printed. Press ENTER to return to the 
READY prompt. 

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