Read how to use UniTiAgUniversal Ticket Agent is a model of open-loop public transit ticketing using card-not-present transactions for fare acquiring. More Demo version. step by step.
- Create an account. The demo version is simplified. The account is combined UniTiAgUniversal Ticket Agent is a model of open-loop public transit ticketing using card-not-present transactions for fare acquiring. More / TAA transit operator or an agency representing several transit operators. The TA acts as a merchant from the UniTiAg’s standpoint. More account with a singe OTRBOpen-to-Ride Balance is an e-wallet monetary value for ticketing purposes, associated with a contactless token, shared between Transit Agencies. It can be pre-authorized, prepaid, postpaid, or a combination of thereof. More.
- Bind your OTRBOpen-to-Ride Balance is an e-wallet monetary value for ticketing purposes, associated with a contactless token, shared between Transit Agencies. It can be pre-authorized, prepaid, postpaid, or a combination of thereof. More with one of your NFCNear-Field Communications, a protocol used for data exchange between contactless cards and readers. More credit, debit, or bank cards.
- You will be asked to provide your card number. The Demo version does not store your card number, it stores only two last digits of it for your later reference.
- The Demo version irreversibly converts your card number to a hash token which is used across the system. Real UniTiAgUniversal Ticket Agent is a model of open-loop public transit ticketing using card-not-present transactions for fare acquiring. More uses more reliable card number tokenization method.
- The Demo version is tested with the following types of contactless cards: Visa, Mastercard, Interac (Canadian debit cards), and eftpos (Australian debit and credit cards). The card can be one of your actual contactless cards. It can even be an expired card.
- The Demo version does not ask you to enter either of the following: card expiration date, card security code, cardholder name, or billing address.
- The Demo version asks you to enter so called “demopass”. It is required to prevent online attacks during demo account creation. To obtain it, please contact us.
- As an option, you can use a smartphone or a watch with Google or Apple Wallet instead of your plastic card. Though it is not very easy in the Demo version, the real version does not have this friction.
- You need to obtain your Wallet card DPAN. You can do this using, for example our Android app NFC EMV Explorer.
- You need to configure DPAN, not your plastic card number, in the Demo OTRBOpen-to-Ride Balance is an e-wallet monetary value for ticketing purposes, associated with a contactless token, shared between Transit Agencies. It can be pre-authorized, prepaid, postpaid, or a combination of thereof. More account.
- “Top-up” your OTRBOpen-to-Ride Balance is an e-wallet monetary value for ticketing purposes, associated with a contactless token, shared between Transit Agencies. It can be pre-authorized, prepaid, postpaid, or a combination of thereof. More account with some “money”.
- You will be presented with a “payment” page for that. The payment is not real. You can “use” many means of “payment”, such as the card associated with your account, Pay-Pall, direct banking, other credit cards, etc.
- Less than a minute later, you can grab your card, and “board a bus”.
- The demo bus ValidatorValidator is a device with contactless card reader, registering card taps and validating access to the transit services. It is not a point of sale in UniTiAg model. More (a device where you can tap your card) is implemented on Android platform with NFCNear-Field Communications, a protocol used for data exchange between contactless cards and readers. More capabilities.
- You need one or several Android phones to emulate ValidatorsValidator is a device with contactless card reader, registering card taps and validating access to the transit services. It is not a point of sale in UniTiAg model. More.
- You can download Demo Transit Validator app from Google Store.
- You can configure each your Demo Transit Validator app on each Android device for transfer discounts, loyalty discount, route number, bus number, fare amount, etc. You can configure either flat fares or distance-based fares (tap-on / tap-off).
- You need to contact us in order to get the APIApplication Program Interface More access password (ValidatorValidator is a device with contactless card reader, registering card taps and validating access to the transit services. It is not a point of sale in UniTiAg model. More Pass) and configure it in your Demo Transit Validators.
- What happens when you tap your card at the Demo Transit Validators? You will see that the bus fare amount is subtracted from your OTRBOpen-to-Ride Balance is an e-wallet monetary value for ticketing purposes, associated with a contactless token, shared between Transit Agencies. It can be pre-authorized, prepaid, postpaid, or a combination of thereof. More, and you will be granted the ride, if your OTRBOpen-to-Ride Balance is an e-wallet monetary value for ticketing purposes, associated with a contactless token, shared between Transit Agencies. It can be pre-authorized, prepaid, postpaid, or a combination of thereof. More is high enough. While you are enjoying your demo ride, the information about your OTRBOpen-to-Ride Balance is an e-wallet monetary value for ticketing purposes, associated with a contactless token, shared between Transit Agencies. It can be pre-authorized, prepaid, postpaid, or a combination of thereof. More is propagated among other Demo Transit Validators (in less than a minute) and all of them will be ready to accept your card when you transfer to another bus.
- At any time, you can login to your Demo OTRBOpen-to-Ride Balance is an e-wallet monetary value for ticketing purposes, associated with a contactless token, shared between Transit Agencies. It can be pre-authorized, prepaid, postpaid, or a combination of thereof. More account, add more “money” to it, change the card associated with the account, or observe your transaction history. You can do this from any Internet browser, including your smartphone.
Click the Demo Version link and enjoy your trip!