Overview

FastBound is the third 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 Sign-In at the top right of the page

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Click Sign Up below the login credentials fields to sign up for an account

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Insert your Email

Enter your email to sign up for an account. Click on the checkbox 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.

In the email, click Verify my Email

You will then be guided to a page to create your password

Enter your password and confirmation password and click Verify

Create your Profile

Enter your demographic Information to create your profile

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Create your Subscription

Click 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 on-boarding checkpoints.

Connect FastBound to Trident1

Click Settings in your FastBound account screen 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 4473 on the left-hand panel to generate a 4473 passcode

Visit Trident1 and hover the mouse over the Personal & Admin menu and click Settings

Click the FastBound API widget

Click the Trashcan to delete the system default settings for FastBound

Note: This could be blank depending on the state of the on-boarding process at the time of your account creation

Enter the credentials to your FastBound account to link

Bound Book Type: click on the drop-down to select the bound book if you have multiple bound books

Location: click on the drop-down to select the location you would like to route to

Audit User Email: enter the email address used to log into the FastBound account

Password: enter the password used to log in to the FastBound account

API Key: enter the API Key that you derived from the FastBound settings earlier

4473 Passcode: enter the 4473 passcode derived from the FastBound settings earlier

Click 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.

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.