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Connecting to and using Lightspeed R-Series

This article descibes how to connect Lightspeed R-Series and get started.

Use this guide to connect Lightspeed R-Series, send a Workshop invoice to the POS and check the resulting payment/completion updates.

Connect Lightspeed

Open Configuration → POS & Accounting Integrations and select Lightspeed R-Series. Start the connection, sign in to the intended Lightspeed account and complete its authorisation flow to return to Workshop.

Check the configuration

Choose the intended Shop, Register and Tax Category. Check that the tax category matches the invoice rates and tax-inclusive/exclusive pricing used by your shop.

Stock and customer synchronisation are separate from sending an invoice. Check the integration’s sync status and available controls for the affected data. If an update is missing, record the item/customer reference and time for Support rather than assuming that every record syncs immediately in both directions.

Send an invoice to Lightspeed

Open the job’s Invoice tab, or the invoice itself, and choose Send to POS. Check the invoice and select Send to Lightspeed.

After a successful send, use View in Lightspeed to inspect the sale and finish checkout in Lightspeed. Confirm the existing sale before retrying an ambiguous result.

Choose what a completed POS sale updates

In the integration settings, check Set invoice Paid and Set job Completed. These switches control the corresponding Workshop updates when a closed sale is received from Lightspeed. They default to on, but use the saved settings for your business when diagnosing an unexpected update.

For X-Series, an open LAYBY sale does not mark the Workshop invoice paid or the job completed. Finish the sale in Lightspeed, then check the sale state and the two saved switches if Workshop has not updated as expected.

Restart an interrupted connection

If linking fails or an old callback no longer works, return to Workshop’s POS & Accounting Integrations area and start the connection again. Sign in with the intended Lightspeed account. Reopening an old callback URL does not start a fresh connection.

Contact Support

If the result is unclear, contact Support through the Workshop chat. Include the Lightspeed edition, business, invoice and sale references, the full error, time and a safe screenshot. Check the saved completion switches and sale state before reporting an incorrect paid/completed update.

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