Locksmith Software: 24-Hour Dispatch, Mobile POS, and the Parking-Lot Signal Test

# Locksmith Software **Locksmith software** has to work at 3 a.m. in a parking lot with one bar of signal — because that's when a car-lockout call rings. Everything else is dressing. ## 24-hour emergency lockout dispatch The dispatch board keeps every tech's current location on a live map, SMS-pages the closest available truck, and gives the customer a link with a real-time ETA and the tech's photo before the caller even hangs up. That's the whole moat. ## Key-code inventory per truck Restricted keyways (Medeco, Mul-T-Lock, Assa Abloy, Schlage Primus), transponder chips (Toyota G-Chip, GM Passlock, Ford Tibbe), and physical key blanks tracked per truck with per-code reorder thresholds. Your locksmith software has to know what's in every van and what's on backorder — or you'll dispatch a tech to a job they can't finish. ## Mobile POS on the tech's phone Swipe a card, tap Apple Pay, or fire an SMS pay-link. Money hits your Stripe balance before the tech leaves the customer's driveway. Locksmith work is 100% same-day paid or 100% ghosted — modern locksmith software has to close the payment loop at the door. ## After-hours rate schedules that auto-apply Between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m., the invoice should auto-apply your after-hours rate schedule (typically 1.5-2x day rate). Manual overrides on a 2 a.m. invoice are how shops leave money on the table. ## Signed invoice PDF + cash-drawer report per truck Every completed job produces a signed invoice PDF (customer signature captured on the mobile app) and a per-truck end-of-shift cash-drawer report that reconciles the day. ## Try Service Pro Suite 24-hour dispatch, key-code inventory, mobile POS, after-hours rate schedules, and per-truck cash-drawer reports all ship in the base plan. [Start the 14-day free trial](https://serviceprosuite.com/signup) or [see the locksmith page](https://serviceprosuite.com/industries/locksmith).