Beam Bolt
Beam Bolt is an application that accepts payment which can be installed on your Android devices or on Beam’s proprietary devices, such as Bolt+ .
To understand Beam Bolt, it’s important to know about core concepts and related objects in its life cycle.
- Bolt Intent
- Bolt Connection (Paired Mode only)
Beam Bolt modes
There are three modes of Beam Bolt.
- Standalone mode
In this mode, you operate Beam Bolt device independently of your server and use it like you would use an EDC.
- Paired mode
This mode allows Beam Bolt device to accept payment requests from your server by establishing a Bolt Connection securely, wirelessly through the internet.
One benefit of using this mode is so that you can map your order, delivery and/or inventory management systems to the payment itself for ease of reconciliation.
To understand more about Paired mode, please refer to the Beam Bolt Paired mode guide.
- Deep link mode
This mode allows your application to redirect to Beam Bolt on the same device via deep link to process payments seamlessly. After completing the payment journey on Beam Bolt, automatically redirect back to your application to process your orders.
To understand more about Deep link mode, please refer to the Beam Bolt Deep link mode guide.