# Adding RFID - Custom Linc

This article will show you how to add an RFID tag to a user's account in Custom Linc.

1. Firstly, you will have to convert the staff member to a crew member. Search the user in Custom Linc. Right click the user and select "Configure as > Crew Member". [![image.png](https://bookstack.pbr.org.au/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/scaled-1680-/puRimage.png)](https://bookstack.pbr.org.au/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/puRimage.png)
2. This box will open up. Click "Depot" on the left-hand side and click "Apply".  
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3. This box will appear, in "Depot", select "Puffing Billy". hit apply and then close.  
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4. In the left column head to "RFID Tags", right click in the empty space under "RFID No" and click add. [![image.png](https://bookstack.pbr.org.au/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/scaled-1680-/R3Fimage.png)](https://bookstack.pbr.org.au/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/R3Fimage.png)
5. This will show a box with tag no, when clicked into the dialogue box, swipe the RFID tag onto the RFID reader you are assigning to that user. Then hit ok. [![image.png](https://bookstack.pbr.org.au/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/scaled-1680-/KYtimage.png)](https://bookstack.pbr.org.au/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/KYtimage.png)

<p class="callout danger">**For users with a generic password such as SM's or Booking Clerks using RFID, you will also need to remove the Password Expiry.**</p>

1. Go back to the **contact search** page, find the user you are editing and double click the **Contact Type** area  
      
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2. **Highlight** the expiry date and **delete/backspace** to remove, then hit **apply**.   
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3. To confirm this has been done you can see the expiry date no longer shows under Contact Types[![image.png](https://bookstack.pbr.org.au/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/scaled-1680-/BeTimage.png)](https://bookstack.pbr.org.au/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/BeTimage.png)
4. <p class="callout info">**Please leave a Note under the user to note they have an RFID attached.**   
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5. <p class="callout success">The user can low login using RFID.</p>