Identify Your Card Reader Type

Last updated: Jan 23, 2026, 12:23 PM

Learn how to identify the type of card reader you have at your restaurant.

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Check Your Card Reader Model

If your Toast device is already working with a card reader, you can check the type of card reader you are using within your Toast app:

 

  1. From the Toast app main menu, navigate to Setup > Device Setup.
  2. Scroll down to the Card Readers section.
  3. The Card Reader Model will indicate which card reader is used with your device.

 

If you're trying to identify a reader without a Toast device, see the glossary below for some images you can match to your device.


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Card Reader Glossary

Toast Tap™ (On-Counter) 

  • Toast's contactless payment reader, separate from the terminal
  • Accepts swipe and dip payment as well as Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay
  • Not currently available outside the U.S.
Toast Tap™(on-counter)

 

Toast Tap™ (Direct Attach) 

  • Toast's contactless payment reader, connects and screws onto the terminal
  • Accepts swipe and dip payment as well as Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay
  • Not currently available outside the U.S.
Toast Tap™(direct attach)
 

MagTek Dynamag/Elo MSR

  • USB Data / Power
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Not currently available outside the U.S.
MagTek Dynamag

 

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Card Reader Glossary for UK, Ireland, and Canada

 

AMS1 Card Reader

  • Wirelessly paired to the Toast Go® 2
  • Accepts swipe, dip, and tap payments
  • Not currently available to US customers
AMS1 card reader

V400m Card Reader

  • Wirelessly paired to a Toast POS
  • Accepts swipe, dip, and tap payments
  • Not currently available to US customers
V400m card reader
p400 Card Reader
  • Connected through ethernet cabling
  • Accepts swipe, dip, and tap payments
  • Not currently available to US customers
p400 card reader

S1 Handheld and Card Reader

  • All-in-one mobile POS and card reader
  • Accepts swipe, dip, and tap payments
  • Not currently available to US customers
S1 handheld and card reader

e285 Card Reader

  • Toast no longer supplies this reader, but we still troubleshoot and support it
  • Not currently available to US customers
e2854 card reader


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