Definition of a Credit Card as a Cash Payment Type

This chapter will inform you about how to record credit cards as a direct payment type in order to enter the data within the booking via the keyboard and not by reading them in via an EFT terminal. An online check will not take place. The procedure will only be outlined. More detailed information on the fields can be found in the individual program descriptions.

Window: Payment Types

Change to the window Payment Type via Parameters -> Payments.
Create a payment type of the category Cash.
Make all the other necessary field entries.
Save your entries.

Window: Payment Parameter

From the window Payment Types, change to Payment Parameter.
Set the parameters as described in the update program.
The assignment to a terminal type is important.
Close the window Payment Parameter.

Window: Card Types

Change to the window Card Types.
Create a Card Type by assigning it to a

Payment Type of the category Credit (not necessary if you went here via Payment Types)
and a Clearing Institute

Information on if and which switches have to be activated can be found in the program description Card Types.

Window: Clearing Institute

Change to the window Clearing Institute via Parameters -> Payments.
Create a Clearing Institute.
Assign Clearing Parameters to it.

Window: Clearing Parameters

From Clearing Institute, change to the window Clearing Parameter.
The Clearing Type depends on the Clearing Institute. For testing purposes, a record of the type Clearing Other can be created which does not have to be assigned to a process unit or a device.

Window: Issuer

Change to the window Issuer via Parameters -> Payments.
Accept the default data when creating an Issuer.
Make the appropriate entries.
Assign Card Usage parameters to the issuer.

Window: Card Usage

From Issuer, change to the window Card Usage.
Select the type Credit in the field Usage no.
Enter the appropriate type in the field Card Type.

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