How a VTAP PRO reader works

How a VTAP100-PRO reader works

The VTAP100-PRO-BW reader is an NFC Wallet reader that offers a Wi-Fi connection to the Dot Origin VTAP Cloud and/or a local Bluetooth connection to a host device. The VTAP100-PRO-POE reader is an NFC Wallet reader that offers an Ethernet connection to the VTAP Cloud. The VTAP PRO reader from Dot Origin is an enhanced, IP‑connected version of the popular VTAP100‑USB reader.

The VTAP100-PRO-BW reader has two modes of operation:

Cloud mode where this VTAP reader communicates over Wi‑Fi with the VTAP Cloud service. In this case the VTAP Cloud platform becomes the place to monitor and manage the reader, and optionally to process tap data and drive the action in response to each tap. The reader still offers Bluetooth and optional input/output features.

System architecture for a VTAP PRO reader in Cloud mode
Local mode where this VTAP reader behaves in the same way as more basic VTAP100 readers, but offers Bluetooth and input/output features. The reader is monitored and managed locally and the action in response to each tap is determined by the configuration file saved on the reader itself.

The VTAP100-PRO-POE reader communicates over Ethernet with the VTAP Cloud service. In this case the VTAP Cloud platform becomes the place to monitor and manage the reader, and optionally to process tap data and drive the action in response to each tap. The reader still offers optional input/output features.

System architecture for a VTAP PRO reader in Cloud mode

The VTAP100-PRO-BW reader is connected only to a local power supply and to a Wi-Fi network. The VTAP100-PRO-POE reader is connected only to an Ethernet network.

In Cloud mode, the monitoring and management of a VTAP PRO reader is performed via the VTAP Cloud platform at https://vtap.dotorigin.cloud/. Using the VTAP Cloud interface, you can configure the various mobile pass reading parameters (merchant IDs, private keys etc) and alter Wi‑Fi settings. You also control any applications, which determine how the VTAP PRO reader behaves when a user taps their phone, and where the mobile pass payload should be sent. VTAP Cloud can act as a gateway to a third party server such as a loyalty platform. Responses to each mobile pass tap can be fed back to the user (or a local operator) via simple LED and beep signals, and/or switching an electrical device through the VTAP reader's I/O.

The VTAP100-PRO-BW reader also has a 2.4GHz Bluetooth v4.2 and BLE interface that can be used to send mobile pass payloads as Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) keyboard emulation or over a BLE GATT server interface to a nearby host. If a VTAP Cloud connection is not required, the VTAP100‑PRO‑BW reader can be used in Local mode, as a Bluetooth host device, to receive barcode or QR scanner inputs.

With the addition of a specific feature license, the VTAP100-PRO-BW reader can also be configured to read mobile driver's licenses over Bluetooth, although only one Bluetooth mode can be used at any one time.

Note: The VTAP PRO readers may be pre‑configured, to suit our various customers and partners, so that demonstration units are ready to test. In some cases they are configured to work with our demonstration mobile pass platform, OriginPass, and in other cases they may be set up to use the customer's own passes and/or platform APIs.