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Identify Your Card Reader Type

Learn how to identify the type of card reader you have at your restaurant.

Written by Agent Support Bot

Check Your Card Reader Model

If your Toast device is already working with a card reader, you can check the type of card reader you are using within your Toast app:

  1. From the Toast app main menu, navigate to Setup > Device Setup.

  2. Scroll down to the Card Readers section.

  3. The Card Reader Model will indicate which card reader is used with your device.

The name shown depends on which generation of reader you have:

  • Legacy Toast Tap™ (either On-Counter or Direct Attach) shows as BBPOS Chipper 2X(USB).

  • TDA300 (Direct Attach) shows as TDA300 Direct-Attach Card Reader(USB).

  • TOC300 (On-Counter) shows as TOC300 On-Counter Card Reader(USB).

If you're trying to identify a reader without a Toast device, see the glossary below for some images you can match to your device.

Card Reader Glossary

Toast Tap™ (On-Counter) — legacy

  • Toast's contactless payment reader, separate from the terminal

  • Accepts tap, dip, and swipe payment, including Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay

  • Not currently available outside the U.S.

Toast Tap™(on-counter), legacy



TOC300 (On-Counter) — current generation

  • Toast's current-generation contactless payment reader, separate from the terminal

  • Accepts tap, dip, and swipe payment, including Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay

  • Not currently available outside the U.S.

TOC300, Gray

Toast Tap™ (Direct Attach) — legacy

  • Toast's contactless payment reader, connects and screws onto the terminal

  • Accepts tap, dip, and swipe payment, including Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay

  • Not currently available outside the U.S.

Toast Tap™(direct attach), legacy

TDA300 (Direct Attach) — current generation

  • Toast's current-generation contactless payment reader, connects and screws onto the terminal with three captive screws (no separate hardware to lose)

  • Accepts tap, dip, and swipe payment, including Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay

  • Not currently available outside the U.S.

TDA300, Gray

MagTek Dynamag/Elo MSR

  • USB Data / Power

  • End-to-end encryption

  • Not currently available outside the U.S.

MagTek Dynamag

Card Reader Glossary for UK, Ireland, and Canada

AMS1 Card Reader

  • Wirelessly paired to the Toast Go® 2

  • Accepts swipe, dip, and tap payments

  • Not currently available to US customers

AMS1 card reader

V400m Card Reader

  • Wirelessly paired to a Toast POS

  • Accepts swipe, dip, and tap payments

  • Not currently available to US customers

V400m card reader

p400 Card Reader

  • Connected through ethernet cabling

  • Accepts swipe, dip, and tap payments

  • Not currently available to US customers

p400 card reader

S1 Handheld and Card Reader

  • All-in-one mobile POS and card reader

  • Accepts swipe, dip, and tap payments

  • Not currently available to US customers

S1 handheld and card reader

e285 Card Reader

  • Toast no longer supplies this reader, but we still troubleshoot and support it

  • Not currently available to US customers

e2854 card reader

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