Keg QR stickers
How a scan finds a keg, which QR stickers work, and how to get yours into PintDeck.
Every keg wears a QR sticker with its own code. Scan it with PintDeck Business for iPhone and PintDeck opens that keg. Any QR code works, as long as no two kegs share one.
How a scan finds a keg
The text inside the QR is the keg's ID number. A sticker that holds 0042
finds the keg with ID number 42, because leading zeros don't count. A sticker
that holds a web link, or a string of letters and numbers, works the same way:
its whole text is the ID number.
So what the code says doesn't matter. Two things do:
- Every keg's code is different. Two kegs with the same code can't be told apart, and an ID number can only be on one keg in your brewery.
- The code is on the keg. If a sticker peels off, give the keg a new one and add its code under … › Edit details › ID numbers.
Which stickers work
Any QR code works, as long as no two kegs share one. Here's the difference between the three kinds you'll come across:
Check the stickers you have
Or check by hand: open your phone's camera and point it at a sticker. Don't tap the link if one comes up. What does it show?
| It shows | Will it work? |
|---|---|
| Just a number, like 0042 | Yes. Add them all at once by number. |
| A web link, or letters and numbers | Yes, if every sticker shows something different. Scan each one in. |
| The same thing on every sticker | No. Stickers that all show your website can't tell kegs apart. |
Not sure? Check two stickers. If they show different things, they'll work.
Add kegs with numbered stickers
When your stickers are numbered in order (0001, 0002, 0003…), add a whole stack without scanning a thing. In the setup guide, Add your kegs opens Add your kegs by sticker number: one row per keg size, with How many and the first number on its stickers. The rest follow in order, and each keg's ID number is its sticker number. Numbers already on a keg are skipped, so running it twice can't make duplicates.
Ranges on the Kegs tab add a #
Add kegs on the Kegs tab, with a range like 1-10, makes kegs named #1 to
#10 and uses that name, with the #, as the ID number. A sticker that holds
0001 won't find #1. For numbered stickers, use the setup guide or scan them
in. See Add kegs.
Add kegs with other codes
Stickers from another keg app, or ones that hold a link, go in by scanning:
Open New kegs from scan
In PintDeck Business for iPhone, go to Cellar › Kegs › Every keg, then … › New kegs from scan.
Set the defaults
Pick the size, what's in them and where they are. Every keg you scan gets them.
Scan each sticker, then Create
Each code becomes a keg, with the code as its ID number. A sticker that's already a keg is skipped, so scanning one twice is fine.
This also works later, whenever you add kegs. More in Scan kegs on iPhone.
No QR stickers yet
If your kegs have numbers stamped or painted on them, add each keg with that number as its ID number, and type it in place of a scan: on the iPhone, under Or type the number on the scanner. You can also print a QR code for a keg from its page on the web, under … › QR codes.
Or count full kegs of each beer by hand until stickers arrive. See Count by hand.
Getting stickers
Any label printer can make them. Search for sequentially numbered QR code labels, waterproof polyester, or send this list to a printer you already use:
- A different number on every sticker, in order: 0001, 0002, 0003…, with the number printed under the QR too.
- The QR holds only the number: no web link. Ask for "the serial number encoded in the QR". Plain numbers are what let you add a whole stack at once.
- Polyester, with a permanent adhesive: waterproof, and rated for cleaning chemicals, heat and the cold room. Paper stickers won't last a keg washer.
- About 1.5 to 2 inches: big enough to scan from arm's length.
- More than you have kegs: for new kegs and the odd sticker that peels off.
When they arrive, scan two with the sticker checker before you stick them on.