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Pay at Table Check Info message

In this section you will learn how to process a Pay at Table Check Info message

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Pay at Table Check Info Overview

The Pay at Table Check Info message enables a staff member to display the outstanding balance for a Check Number OR Table Number on an allocated wireless PIN Entry Device so that a payment can be processed.

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How to process a PayAtTableCheckInfoRequest message

ANYpay POS sends a PayAtTableCheckInfoRequest message to the merchants system once a staff member has requested the outstanding balance for a Check Number and Table Number on an allocated Wireless PIN Entry Device.

Section PayAtTableCheckInfoRequest Element describes the elements required to build a PayAtTableCheckInfoRequest message.

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Key elements of a PayAtTableCheckInfoRequest message

Either a CheckNumber or TableNumber MUST be present in the PayAtTableCheckInfoRequest message

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Check Numbers

Check Numbers must range from 1 to 99999999 (Max 8 chars)
Check Numbers can be alphanumeric (1001A)
Check Numbers can contain special characters (1001-A)

Supported Special Characters
.,*'"- +#!:;@=&/%$_

An example of a PayAtTableCheckInfoRequestElement message can be seen below.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<PayAtTableCheckInfoRequest xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://servebase.com/2009/06/pedframework">
  <CheckNumber>1001</CheckNumber>
  <TableNumber></TableNumber>
  <SessionId>22f643e3-21ce-409e-a1d3-1bc67349e8c2</SessionId>
</PayAtTableCheckInfoRequest>

How to respond with a PayAtTableCheckInfoResponse message

The outstanding balance of a PayAtTableCheckInfoResponse Element returned by the merchant system is then printed on the PIN Entry Device.

An example of a PayAtTableCheckInfoResponse message can be seen below.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<PayAtTableCheckInfoResponse xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
                             xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
                             xmlns="http://servebase.com/2009/06/pedframework">
  <ResponseCode>Success</ResponseCode>
  <FaultResponseCode>0</FaultResponseCode>
  <ResponseMessage>Success</ResponseMessage>
  <CheckInfo>
    <CheckNumber>001</CheckNumber>
    <TransactionAmountDue currency="GBP">50.00</TransactionAmountDue>
  </CheckInfo>
</PayAtTableCheckInfoResponse>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<PayAtTableCheckInfoResponse xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
                             xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
                             xmlns="http://servebase.com/2009/06/pedframework">
  <ResponseCode>Error</ResponseCode>
  <FaultResponseCode>2</FaultResponseCode>
  <ResponseMessage>Check 1001 not found</ResponseMessage>
</PayAtTableCheckInfoResponse>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<PayAtTableCheckInfoResponse xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
                             xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
                             xmlns="http://servebase.com/2009/06/pedframework">
  <ResponseCode>Error</ResponseCode>
  <FaultResponseCode>16</FaultResponseCode>
  <ResponseMessage>Check 1001 is already opened on device 256-326-352</ResponseMessage>
</PayAtTableCheckInfoResponse>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<PayAtTableCheckInfoResponse xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
                             xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
                             xmlns="http://servebase.com/2009/06/pedframework">
  <ResponseCode>Error</ResponseCode>
  <FaultResponseCode>7</FaultResponseCode>
  <ResponseMessage>General Error</ResponseMessage>
</PayAtTableCheckInfoResponse>

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