Written by John Laskowski
Edited by Shawn Griggs
Overview
FastBound is the 3rd party software that integrates the Electronic Bound Book Tracking as well as Electronic 4473 capabilities into Trident1. To utilize this functionality, you will need to sign up and connect this platform to Trident1. In this article, we will explain the procedure to perform both of those processes.
Process
Sign up for a FastBound Account
Visit FastBound.com and click on Sign-In to the very top right of the Page
Click Sign Up below the Login Credentials fields to Sign up for an Account
Insert your Email
Insert your Email to Sign up for an Account. Click on the box to accept the Terms of Service, then click Register
Verify your Email
You will then receive an Email in your Inbox to verify your Email Address.
Within the Email
Click on Verify my Email
You will then be guided to a page to create your Password
Enter your password and confirmation password and click on Verify
Create your Profile
Enter your Demographic Information to create your profile
[insert SS]
Create your Subscription
Click on Create Account and follow the prompts for your Customized FastBound Subscription
Let us know the account so we can switch the billing to us.
Note: The above step is only if you have reached an agreement with Trident1 that the Company will incur the Billing on your behalf. If this is not the case, there is no need to notify the company of the account and any setup will done by the User. Trident1 will only need to be notified in the case of general troubleshooting and/or onboarding checkpoints.
Connect FastBound to Trident1
Click on Settings within your FastBound Account to generate an API Key
Write down or copy your API Key to a notepad or word document
Note: After generating this API key, it is no longer retrievable outside of creating a new API Key.
Click on 4473 on the left-hand panel to generate a 4473 Passcode
Visit Trident1 and hover over Personal & Admin and click on Settings
Click on the FastBound API Widget
Click on the Trashcan to delete the system default settings for FastBound
Note: This could be blank depending on the state of the onboarding process at the time of your Account
Enter your Credentials to your FastBound to link
Bound Book Type: click on the dropdown to select the BoundBook if you have multiple Bound Books
Location: click on the dropdown to select the Location you would like to route to
Audit User Email: enter the Email Credentials used to log in to the FastBound Account
Password: enter the Password used to log in to the FastBound Account
API Key: enter in the API Key that you derived from the FastBound Settings earlier
4473 Passcode: enter in the 4473 Passcode derived from the FastBound Settings earlier
Click on Add
After completing the above steps, your FastBound is created and linked to Trident1 and any transactions after this connection will be completed in Trident1 but showing in FastBound as well.
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INTERNAL NOTES
This may require having the developers break all customer and vendor linkage to your temporary FastBound account. The above procedure must be done before acquiring any ATF items into your Trident1 inventory.