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title: "Scanning NFC passes"
canonical: "https://support.passcreator.com/space/KB/154501161/Scanning%20NFC%20passes"
format: markdown
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The Passcreator Smart Scan app for iOS is able to connect with supported NFC readers and read passes contactlessly.  
This works for both Apple Wallet and Google Wallet if your account is enabled for it.

The following explains how this works.

## Prerequisites

1. Your Passcreator account is enabled for NFC passes and there is a template that has NFC enabled as well.
2. All templates that are validated by the configuration that is loaded in the app must use the same Pass Type ID (certificate).
3. You need to have a supported NFC reader (that supports Apple VAS and Google Smart Tap) and is connected to your device via USB

## Create an App Configuration

Create an App Configuration and make sure that the configuration is only validating passes of templates that are NFC enabled. If you have a configuration that validates more than one template, they need to share a Pass Type ID.

**NFC redemption won’t work with configurations that read all passes of an account!**

Enable this configuration in the Smart Scan App.

## Enable NFC-Reader scanning in the Smart Scan App

The Smart Scan App supports NFC Readers and other barcode scanners that are connected via USB and identify as a keyboard. As soon as the reader is connected, you can tap your phone on the reader that is already configured. The app will pick up the value from the scanner automatically and verify it in the same way it also reads barcodes with the camera.

You can now start scanning passes.

## Scanning passes

- [https://passcreator.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/KB/pages/154533915](https://passcreator.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/KB/pages/154533915)
- [https://passcreator.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/KB/pages/151584845](https://passcreator.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/KB/pages/151584845)