How do I issue employee badges with NFC?

Request NFC

1. Go to Templates › New Template › Request NFC Pass, or to Account › NFC requests, and describe your use case. Name the countries, the expected volume, how staff use the badge, your security concept and the reader hardware.
2. Wait for Passcreator to get in touch. Apple decides on the request, and in most cases Apple declines a repeated request unless the use case changes. Google Smart Tap needs no approval, Passcreator enables it for your account.
3. After approval, an NFC certificate marked Managed by Passcreator appears under Settings › Certificates.

Build the badge

1. Create a template with the pass type Generic and fields for name, title and department as additional properties. Use the thumbnail slot for the photo.
2. Under Barcode & NFC, switch on Enable NFC. Keep the barcode fallback so staff at the reader can still scan phones without NFC.
3. Set the barcode value to a stable identifier per pass such as {passUUID} or your personnel number. The barcode value is what the phone transmits on tap.
4. For badges that grant something, you can switch on Face ID or Touch ID required (iOS).
5. Save and publish.

Connect the reader

1. Create the first badge. Afterwards the NFC parameters appear under Integrations › Connected Accounts and in Certificate Management. These are the Google Collector ID, the private key and the Apple VAS keys.
2. Hand these values to whoever configures the reader. Without them the reader receives encrypted data it cannot decode.
3. As an alternative, use the Smart Scan app with a supported USB NFC reader and an app configuration for the badge template.

Hand out and revoke

1. Create badges from your HR list with Passes › Bulk Processing and send them with a sendout, or let your HR system create them through the API.
2. Bundle the badge with perk vouchers in a project if you want staff to receive everything in one download.
3. When someone leaves, void or delete the pass in the pass list. The badge stops working at the reader.