Square Terminal Device Code: Auto-Logout & Reuse and Create Guidelines

[DeesideOC]

I have created a device code for our square terminal and logged in the terminal using it. It shows as paired in the dashboard. My questions are:

• will the device automatically log out after a certain time period?
  (it used to log out after 90 days when we used username and password to login on the device)
  
  
• if it does log out automatically will we be able to login again using the same device code or will we need to generate a new one or reset the device code?

[TheRealChipA · Accepted solution]

Hey there @DeesideOC.  If you are using device codes on all POS devices, then automatic logout should not be a thing, anymore.  However, if a device does get logged out for any reason, the device code will still work.  But it will ONLY work on the device which activated it originally — not another terminal.

[MayaP]

Thanks for jumping in to help, @TheRealChipA!

[SVLFever]

Well said @TheRealChipA !

[MayaP]

I agreed! @SVLFever 

[MayaP]

Hello @DeesideOC – I see this is your first post. Welcome to the Square Community, and great first question!

@TheRealChipA summed it up perfectly. You can learn more about device codes here. If you need anything else, don’t hesitate to reach out!