Using VTAP Cloud

The VTAP Cloud platform enables Dot Origin Cloud-connected NFC readers to be centrally managed and configured. VTAP Cloud also routes tap transactions from each reader to the appropriate endpoint.

You can use the VTAP Cloud portal to view and manage your readers, fleets, applications and configurations. You can also create and manage additional users, with different roles and levels of access.

We also plan to provide developers with full API access to the underlying platform, to enable the functionality to be incorporated into other systems, and to publish further documentation in due course.

For help and support, please contact vtap‑support@dotorigin.com

For sales enquiries, please contact vtap‑sales@dotorigin.com

Readers

Every reader needs to have an assigned configuration and application before it can be used.

Readers can be put into fleets, which allow you to manage them as a group, all with the same configuration and application.

Configurations

A configuration is a collection of local settings that a reader needs to operate.

Configurations include Wi-Fi credentials as well as the IDs and encryption keys needed to identify and decrypt particular NFC passes. You can create and edit as many different configurations as you wish and apply configurations to individual readers or to fleets of readers. Any configuration changes will be automatically sent to the affected readers, normally within a couple of minutes.

Applications

An application defines the third-party system and endpoint that is called whenever a tap occurs, along with specific parameters that may be required by that system (such as an API key).

As with configurations, you can create, edit and assign different applications to different readers or fleets of readers. When a tap transaction occurs, the reader serial number and NFC pass data is sent to the chosen system/endpoint, normally within a couple of seconds.

If required, a response from the target system can be routed back to the reader in the form of an LED indication (eg red/green flash) or as a USB output string, if supported by the reader hardware.