UniPay Terminal

A purpose built 5.5″ handheld payment terminal with always on NFC tap to pay, a built in QR scanner, a thermal receipt printer, and all day battery. No Android phone required.

Available to order. The UniPay Terminal is ready to ship with the UniPay payment app pre loaded. Contact your account manager or register interest for a quote and volume pricing.

What is the UniPay Terminal?

The UniPay Terminal is a dedicated handheld payment device for retail, hospitality, and on-the-go merchants. It's a standalone piece of hardware with the UniPay payment app pre-loaded: nothing to install, no shared-phone concerns, and a professional device that's ready the moment it's powered on. The Terminal App is not sold separately; it comes on the Terminal.

It runs a hardened, UniPay only version of the terminal software directly on the device. Merchants pair it to their UniPay account once, then it works independently, taking payments, printing receipts, and sending end of day reports to the UniPay Dashboard automatically.

For a fixed counter station with a large customer facing display, see the UniPay POS. The full point-of-sale software that powers cart, catalogue, and staff management is the UniPay POS Software.

Specifications

Display

5.5″ HD touchscreen: 1440×720 IPS, capacitive multi-touch

Processor

MediaTek MT6765 octa core, 2.3 GHz

Memory

3GB RAM + 32GB storage

NFC

Type A/B, MIFARE & FeliCa (ISO/IEC 14443 & ISO 15693), always active

Scanner & camera

Newland 1D/2D scanner + 5.0MP autofocus camera with LED flash

Receipt printer

58mm thermal, 80mm/s, tear-off

Wi-Fi

Dual band 2.4/5 GHz (802.11 a/b/g/n)

Bluetooth

3.0 / 4.2 / 5.1 BLE

Mobile

4G LTE

Battery

7.7V 3000mAh (≈ 3.85V 6000mAh), USB-C charging

Operating system

UniPay Terminal OS (hardened Android, UniPay only)

Physical

219 × 80 × 17.9 mm

Certifications

CE, RCM (Australia), FCC

Setup & activation

  1. Unbox and power on. Connect via USB-C to charge fully before first use. The device boots to the UniPay activation screen.
  2. Connect to Wi-Fi. Select your network from the on screen WiFi selector and enter the password.
  3. Enter your activation code. Log in to the UniPay Dashboard, go to Settings → Devices → Add device, and copy the 8-digit activation code shown. Enter it on the terminal.
  4. Device registers automatically. The terminal downloads your merchant configuration (store name, currency, receipt settings) and is ready to take payments within 30 seconds.
  5. Load receipt paper. Open the paper compartment on the back, insert a 58mm thermal roll, and close until it clicks.

Multiple terminals: You can pair multiple UniPay Terminals to a single UniPay account. Each device appears separately in the portal under Settings → Devices and can have its own label (e.g. "Counter 1", "Counter 2").

Taking payments

  1. Enter the amount. Type the sale amount on the keypad and press Charge. The terminal shows the amount in UNC and a QR code.
  2. The customer pays one of three ways:
    • Scan: they open UniCash and scan the QR code shown on the terminal.
    • Tap: they tap their phone to the NFC ring on the terminal. UniCash opens automatically with the payment ready; there's no need to open the app first.
    • Wallet: they double-press their phone's side button, choose their UniCash card, and tap.
  3. Confirm. The customer confirms with their PIN or device passcode. The terminal shows a green tick the moment the UNC lands in your balance.
  4. Receipt. The receipt prints automatically and the terminal returns to the amount screen, ready for the next sale.

Receipts

Receipts print automatically when a payment is received. They include:

  • Store name and merchant handle
  • Date, time, and transaction reference
  • Amount in UNC
  • Payment method: UniPay
  • QR code linking to the digital receipt

Digital receipts are also sent to the customer's email if their UniCash account has an email address on file. Paper receipt printing can be disabled per device in the UniPay Dashboard under Settings → Devices → [device name] → Receipt settings.

Staff PINs

Staff PINs let each team member sign in to the Terminal with their own 4-digit PIN. Every transaction is attributed to the signed in staff member, giving you per staff sales reports.

Setting up staff

  1. In the Merchant app, go to Staff → Add staff member.
  2. Enter a name and assign a 4-digit PIN.
  3. The new staff member appears on the Terminal's sign in screen the next time it refreshes (or immediately after a re launch).

Signing in and out

  • The Terminal shows a list of staff names. Tap a name and enter the PIN to sign in.
  • Staff can also sign out manually from the Terminal menu.

End-of-day reports

At end of day, go to Reports on the terminal screen and tap End-of-day report. The report shows:

  • Total transactions and total amount collected
  • Breakdown by hour and by staff member
  • Any voided or refunded transactions

A copy is printed and simultaneously synced to the UniPay Dashboard. The portal keeps reports for 12 months.

Device management

All UniPay Terminals linked to your account are visible in the UniPay Dashboard under Settings → Devices. From here you can:

  • Rename a device and set its location
  • View transaction history per device
  • Remotely lock or deactivate a lost or stolen device

Your business name comes from your account, so changing it updates every terminal.

Terminals update themselves automatically. There is nothing for you to manage.

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