About Credit Card Processing

Install POS-partner using the directions that came with your POS-partner software. For help, contact Vital Processing Services.

 

When you install POS-partner, you must also create folders to store your Request and Response files. There are several ways to do this. One example is shown below. You can name your new folders as you wish, but note their location for future reference.

  1. Using Explorer, click the D: drive in the left pane.

  2. In the right pane, right-click the white area.

  3. Select New, then Folder.

  4. In the New Folder box, type POS and press Enter.

  5. In the right pane, double-click the POS folder.

  6. In the right pane, right-click the white area.

  7. Select New, then Folder.

  8. In the New Folder box, type XML and press Enter.

  9. In the right pane, double-click the XML folder.

  10. In the right pane, right-click the white area.

  11. Select New, then Folder.

  12. In the New Folder box, type Request and press Enter.

  13. In the right pane, right-click the white area.

  14. Select New, then Folder.

  15. In the New Folder box, type Response and press Enter.

  16. Close Explorer.

Configuring POS-partner

An application program interface (API) is the bridge between POS-partner and your  system. Once POS-partner is installed, you must configure the API to work with your system.

  1. On your POS-partner PC’s desktop, double-click the POS-partner icon.

  2. In the Logon box, enter your POS-partner user ID and password.

  3. Open the POS-partner Control Panel and double-click API Settings.

  4. The API Configuration Manager window opens. In The API Service Runs On box, click the down arrow. From the drop down list, select your POS server address.

Note: The values you set in the API Service Runs On box, the Request Port box and the Response Port box must exactly match those set in your UtilExt_AppLinkUtil.ini file. See Configuring the Utility Extension Program.  

  1. In the File Transfer Method pane, check the TCP/IP box. If the File Drop box is checked, clear it.

Note: Be sure the Use Encryption box in the Encryption Parameters pane is clear.

  1. Click the TCP/IP Parameters tab in the lower half of the screen.

  2. When you installed POS-partner, you created a request file. In the Request File Location box, enter its location, for example, D:\POS\XML\Request\.

  3. When you installed POS-partner, you created a response file. In the Response File Location box, enter its location, for example, D:\POS\XML\Response\.

  4. In the Request Port box, you can accept the default, 2113, or enter another request port address.

  5. In the Response Port box, you can accept the default, 2115, or enter another response port address.

  6. Click Apply, then OK.

  7. Click the Time Out Intervals tab and change the default time out interval to one minute. (The current default is two minutes.)

Note: Do not skip this step.

When you start your POS-partner PC, API runs automatically. If it does not, click Start, then click Programs. From the Program menu, select POS-partner 2000, then click API. In the API window, click OK. The API icon appears in the tray in the lower right corner of the screen when the program is running.

 

See also:

Setting Up Multiple Merchants by Locations

Enabling Workstations

Setting Up Credit Cards