Express POS
Express POS setup
The Express POS stand with a Samsung tablet, Stripe card reader, and the USB-C hub. Sixteen steps, no tools except the hex key in the box.
The 3D guide asks what came in your boxes and shows only the steps you need. Works on a phone or tablet.
What's in the box
- Express POS stand
- Always included
- Samsung tablet
- Galaxy Tab with the BlazeBite app
- Stripe credit card reader
- Small white card reader
- USB-C hub (one power cord)
- Gray hub and a black 65W charger, if your kit has one
Step by step
This list covers the full kit. If something did not come in your boxes, skip its steps.
Set the stand on the counter
Set the stand on the counter with the black BlazeBite bar facing you.
Slide on the top bracket
Slide the black plastic top bracket onto the top end of the metal stand, flat side on the metal, the two knobs underneath. Leave the knobs loose for now.
Tip: No tools needed. You tighten it once the tablet is in.
Rest the tablet on the ledge
Set the tablet's bottom edge on the black ledge, screen facing you, charging port on your right. Lay it back against the stand.
Lock the top bracket
Slide the black top bracket down over the tablet's top edge. Turn the two black knobs underneath by hand until snug.
Tip: Snug is enough. Do not crank the knobs.
Set the reader in the holder
Lay the card reader in the bottom half of the holder, tap side up, card slot to the front. Set the top frame on it.
Tip: The holder comes in two black halves with a bag of screws.
Put in the 4 screws
Hold it together and flip it over. Push the 4 long screws into the 4 holes and turn each one a few times by hand.
Tip: Use the 4 long screws. Keep the 2 short ones for later.
Tighten in an X
Use the 4 mm hex key, the bigger one. Tighten the screws in order, 1, 2, 3, 4, then go around once more.
Tip: Stop when each screw is tight. Do not force it.
Check it
Turn it back over, tap side up. Gently wiggle the reader. It should not move at all.
Tip: If it moves, go around the 4 screws once more.
Attach it to the stand
Set the holder on the stand at the customer end, card slot facing out. Put the 2 short screws through the stand's front lip into the holder and tighten with the 4 mm key.
Tip: Line up the holes in the lip with the holes in the holder first.
Plug in the charger
Push the power cord into the end of the black charger. Plug the other end into the wall or a power strip near the stand.
Tip: This is the 65W USB-C charger that came with the hub.
Plug the charger into the hub
Set the gray hub on the counter at the right of the stand, ports facing the stand. Plug the charger's USB-C cable into the hub's power port, the one with the lightning bolt next to the hub's own cable.
Tip: Only the lightning bolt port takes power. The other ports are for devices.
Plug the hub into the tablet
Plug the hub's own short cable into the charging port on the tablet's right edge. That one cable charges the tablet and connects the hub.
Tip: A blue light comes on at the end of the hub.
Plug the reader into the hub
Feed the reader's cable through the slot in the stand and plug it into the reader. Plug the big end into a USB-A port on the hub.
Watch out: Use the cable that came in the reader's box. A charge-only cable will charge the reader but will not connect it.
Turn on the tablet
Press and hold the Side button on the tablet's top edge until the screen lights up.
Tip: If the BlazeBite Kitchen app does not open on its own, tap it.
Turn on the reader
Press the power button on the side of the reader. Its lights come on and it beeps twice.
Tip: A light sweeping back and forth means it is ready to pair.
Connect the reader
The reader now connects by cable. In the BlazeBite app, tap the gear for Settings, then Card Reader (M2) Setup. Set Connection to USB, tap the reader under Available Readers, then tap Close.
Tip: Reader not showing up on USB? Swap to the cable from the reader's box. If an update starts, wait for it to finish.
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