// BACK OFFICE

Set up the console

A seven-step wizard seeds your merchant, tables, pricing, and staff — then drops you on the floor.

01

Sign in

Sign in — or start the setup wizard on a fresh install.

Sign in — Pocket Theory HQ
02

Seed your merchant

Step 1 — enter your Merchant ID, owner name, and table count.

Seed your merchant — Pocket Theory HQ
03

Set the owner PIN

Step 2 — set the first owner PIN that unlocks the console.

Set the owner PIN — Pocket Theory HQ
04

Configure tables

Step 3 — name your tables and set type and mode.

Configure tables — Pocket Theory HQ
05

Set your pricing

Step 4 — default hourly rate, grace, minimums, rounding, and time windows.

Set your pricing — Pocket Theory HQ
06

Card & shuffleboard

Step 4b — add card-table and shuffleboard rates if you run them.

Card & shuffleboard — Pocket Theory HQ
07

Add your staff

Step 5 — import staff from Clover or add them by hand.

Add your staff — Pocket Theory HQ
08

Memberships

Step 6 — an optional starter membership plan (skippable).

Memberships — Pocket Theory HQ
09

Go live

Step 7 — your merchant, tables, rates, and staff are in place.

Go live — Pocket Theory HQ
10

The console floor

Your whole room at a glance — start sessions, manage tables, run the waitlist.

The console floor — Pocket Theory HQ
// FRONT DESK

Set up the Android app

Install on your Clover hardware — it signs you in automatically — and start your first table.

01

Launch on Clover

Open the app on Clover hardware — it signs in as the current employee automatically.

Launch on Clover — Pocket Theory HQ
02

The live floor

The same floor as the console, on the counter — status, timers, holds.

The live floor — Pocket Theory HQ
03

Start a session

Player count, holds, ID scan, member lookup — then go.

Start a session — Pocket Theory HQ

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We'll walk your venue through setup and migration.

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