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pointOfSaleInformation. terminalCapability {#pos-info-terminal-capability}
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POS terminal's capability.  
This field is available only on these processors: `American Express Direct`, `BNP Paribas France`, `Banque de France et Tresor Public`, `Chase Paymentech Solutions`, `Credit Mutuel-CIC`, `eftpos`, `FDC Nashville Global`, `FDMS Nashville`, `GPN`, `JCN Gateway`, `OmniPay Direct`, `Prosa`, `SIX`, `TSYS Acquiring Solutions`, `Visa Platform Connect`, `Worldpay VAP`.  
Possible values:

* `1`: Terminal has a magnetic stripe reader only.
* `2`: Terminal has a magnetic stripe reader and manual entry capability.
* `3`: Terminal has manual entry capability only.
* `4`: Terminal can read chip cards.
* `5`: Terminal can read contactless chip cards; cannot use contact to read chip cards.
* `6`: Terminal has a magnetic stripe and chip reader capability.
* `7`: Terminal has a magnetic stripe and contactless reader capability.
* `8`: Terminal has a chip and contactless reader capability.
* `9`: Terminal has a magnetic stripe, chip reader, and contactless reader capability .

For an EMV transaction, the field value must be: `4`, `5`, or `6`.  
For `eftpos`card-present transactions, the value must be: `1`, `4`, `5`, `6`, `7`, `8`, or `9`.

Specifications {#pos-info-terminal-capability_Specifications}
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* **Data Type:** Integer
* **Data Length:** 1

Mapping Information {#pos-info-terminal-capability_Mapping}
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* **REST API Field:** pointOfSaleInformation.terminalCapability
* **SCMP API Field:** terminal_capability
* **Simple Order API Field:** pos_terminalCapability  
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