The chip reader is always in the dock which is plugged in, and blue tooth is on, on our ipad, But every morning, it won't pair. It says "be sure reader is connected to wifi and within range." The answer to both of those questions is "yes." Wifi is on, and the reader is right next to the ipad. We have to wake it every day, and it is a pain to have to pry off that annoying cover on the dock to get the chip reader out to push the button turn it on (and there is no way to turn it on when it is in the dock that I have found) especially we have a customer standing there waiting while we do this.
I had one that wouldn't pair consistently and sent it back and got a new one that did.
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