Credit Card Control

Use this form to set up the credit cards used by the Accounts Receivable and Sales Order modules.

Note: The Use ad hoc card encryption setting is applied to all Point of Sale receipts because they are always be receipted.

Options Reference

Each option and field on the form is described below. Mandatory options and fields are highlighted in red.

Use ad hoc card encryption

Select this option to encrypt manually entered credit card details using the forms listed below using the encryption standard outlined on the Customer Credit Card Maintenance form. The default value is deselected to maintain the unencrypted display of entered credit card details.

The forms this applies to are:

AR Invoice Entry
AR Receipt Entry
POS Receipt Entry
SO Entry

Use card holder activity audit

Select this option to log activity against card holder data. If you select this option, you can print and purge audit reports using the AR Cardholder Audit form.

Use credit card gateway

Select this option you are using a credit card payment gateway. If you select this option, you must set up gateway information on the Credit Card Payment Gateway Maintenance form.

When you select this option, the these fields display on the form:

Credit card gateway - Select the credit card gateway from the list. The selected gateway is used for all payment submissions and authorisation processes. You must select a gateway if the option Use credit card gateway is selected.
Connection time (Seconds) - Enter a value if you must increase the connection time between messages sent to and received from the gateway to overcome network latency that may cause a null message to be passed. The default is 0. You can enter an integer from 0 to 99.
Note: Processing is slow if a large number is required. You may need to adjust you network setup.

If a gateway is not in use, select the Is authorised option.