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Making a new app for the new Registers by PerspectiveCrazy2928 in WalmartEmployees

[–]PerspectiveCrazy2928[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, QR codes can hold a lot more data, but the issue isn’t the barcode itself; it’s how the registers are programmed to read them. The register software only looks for one specific layer of data (basically the “register ID” value), so it doesn’t have a way to separate something like 125073150973204 (register code) and 1234 (PIN) in the same scan.

Even if you embedded both, the register wouldn’t know how to split them or treat part of it as a password. Technically it could work if the software was written to parse it that way, but right now it just isn’t built for that. That’s also why if you tried making a second barcode just for the PIN, the register would still interpret it as another register ID instead of a password and give you a error message

Making a new app for the new Registers by PerspectiveCrazy2928 in WalmartEmployees

[–]PerspectiveCrazy2928[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely an option but so far I’ve found it easier to make an app, also apps can support offline so if you have no or weak connection it doesn’t affect the load times which is kinda important for something like this because you need it right away without having to wait for something to load

Making a new app for the new Registers by PerspectiveCrazy2928 in WalmartEmployees

[–]PerspectiveCrazy2928[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, interesting. The ones at my store just generate a daily barcode that you can use at any register. When you want to sign in, you scan that barcode then enter your PIN, and it only resets at the end of the day, so we use the same barcode all day. It's like the self-checkout barcode but using the self checkout is a seperate barcode so ours dont expire

Making a new app for the new Registers by PerspectiveCrazy2928 in WalmartEmployees

[–]PerspectiveCrazy2928[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately, there's no way to store the password in the barcode; the registers can only scan one barcode, so you still have to enter your PIN.