Showing posts with label Credit Card Terminals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Credit Card Terminals. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Stand Alone Credit Card Terminals & It’s Communication

Many years ago before the internet, the old “ma bell” phones and the phone lines operated on sending/reading pulses.  With the advent of the internet a new system has come to the market called voice over internet or VOIP.  Today most if not all phone system uses VOIP or Digital Phone lines. If not in your office / business, but at the switching stations.
Today’s credit card terminal, when using a phone line and the built in modem, is based on the old “ma bell protocol. Voice over IP or Digital Phone lines simulate this pulse, which isn’t always sufficient for what the terminal is looking for. For this reason if a merchant has VOIP we recommend  processing over IP instead.  It must be a wired internet connection.  Wi-Fi will not work for the vast majority of stand-alone credit card terminals.
If you have questions about this subject or other concerns related to Point of Sales Systems or credit card processing, contact us anytime via email info@tampabaymerchantservices.com or call us at 727-916-7294

Friday, April 15, 2016

Dirty Little Secret Of Equipment Leasing – Part Three

To add to this subject and mention new information, a law suit was filed recently by the Attorney General of New York.  Read more on the link provide below. The company involved is Northern Leasing Systems.  This is just one company involved in this “leasing” industry.  In the complaint it mentioned deceptive sales practices, which I have heard about from business owners.  In additional it states, “Northern Leasing’s lease terms are onerous and totally one-sided in favor of the company.  The credit card equipment leased to consumers by Northern Leasing is valued at only a few hundred dollars (at most) when new, yet over the course of a Northern Leasing lease consumers pay thousands of dollars for the equipment." This echoes info in my previous post where I mentioned the cost.  Again, do not lease your credit card terminals or equipment.  It is just not a good business decision. 



 If you have any question about this, please feel free to contact us at  info@tampabaymerchantservices.com or call 727-916-7294

Saturday, November 7, 2015

Everything Too Good To Be True CAN For A Short Time


Scrapped after one year:


http://www.paymenteye.com/2015/11/03/amazon-feels-the-squeeze-in-mpos-market/

Our thoughts on this:

Subsidized pricing might work for a short time, but not forever. This is way Visa and MC work! There's no secrets, no special rates or double secret Interchange. You either make money or you do not. You cannot get any work-around to the pricing that they charge. Square will be the next to increase rates (after IPO).

Call us today at 727-916-7294 option 103 or visit our website at www.tampabaymerchantservices.com if we can help

Friday, April 25, 2014

The Info Behind Our Terminal Label

Look at two terminal labels below.  One is from a competitor and the other is from our firm.  What is the story behind these two.  Our terminal label state we stand behind what we sell.   As you can see we give our number and the national toll free number.  You get the best of both world.  No need to call a toll free number all the time with our service.  We know our merchants and they know us.  If you like that type of business relationship, then give us a call or email!

info@tampabaymerchantservices.com or call 727-916-7294



Sunday, February 28, 2010

Change The Time On Your Credit Card Terminal

We have tried to cover the most common terminals in use. Every effort has been made to give accurate directions. There can be slight variations based on processor programming. If yours is not listed or if you do not wish to attempt to do this yourself, please call me and I will be glad to assist.

We also have videos for the VX Series and the PAX Units posted on our website.  Here is a link: VIDEO LINK 

VerifoneVX520  VX510 VX 3750


From Main or credit sale account screen

Press the green button or enter

This should bring you to a Configuration Screen

Press the set up key normally the F2 button

Enter pass word:  One, then the Alpha Key twice then 66831, then enter or green button.
(The Alpha key is just below the screen middle button.)

Press “More Button” far left button under screen until you see Date/Time

Press F1 button, then setting the date comes up.  Being the date is correct; you can press enter to bring up the time.

Note time should be in military time format. I.E. 1:00 pm is 13:00

After the date & time has been enter correctly, press the red key several times to get you back to the main sale screen.

PAX S80 & S90
If prompted for pass word, it is the current date. Format is mmddyyyy

Select “Menu” Key

System Setting should be showing if so select “5”

Date & Time should be showing if so select “1”

Then you will see a listing of the current date and time

Enter current date if what is showing is correct, press enter / green button

Then enter correct time.  Note it is military time, then press enter / green button  

Should bring you back System Setting, press red key to get back to sale screen

FD50 FD100, FD130, FD200 - EMV Application Unity Program

Touch Settings icon at the top right hand corner of the screen

Note For FD50ti is not touch screen so press 0 on key board

Touch or press number 3 to select Date Time

Enter current date in the format of mmddyyyy then press enter

Enter current time.   Note use  military time then press enter

Then you will see the settings menu again, press the red X clear button to return to main screen

FD100 & FD50

From Main or credit sale account screen

Choose “system”, touch the screen

Next screen you should see “date / time”

Choose “date / time” by touching the screen for FD100 for a FD50 choose corresponding number

To take the curser over the time number you want to change use the arrow keys on earthier side of the “zero” of the number pad. Near bottom of terminal

Time should be in military time format. I.E. 1:00 pm is 13:00

Ingenica ICT 220 and ICT 250 

Press the Function key, if it prompts for a password the PW is either 123456P (1234567F) or MW9416557
Then go to 0- Tellium Manager, and then to 3- Initialization
Select 1- Parameters and you will see the date and time prompt. Remember that this terminal runs on military time, and that the time zone must be accounted for 


Ingenico 5100

From Main or credit sale account screen

Select Admin button (below the 9)

Choose 3 setup menu

Choose 1 quick set up

Clock should come up as your first choice.

Select edit and follow prompt by in putting date and time

Note time should be in military time format. I.E. 1:00 pm is 13:00


Verifone Omni 3730, 3740, 3750


From Main or credit sale account screen

Press the green button or enter

This should bring you to a Configuration Screen

Press the set up key normally the F2 button

Enter pass word:  One, then the Alpha Key twice then 66831, then enter or green button.
(The Alpha key is just below the screen middle button.)

Press “More Button” far left button under screen until you see Date/Time

Press F1 button, then setting the date comes up.  Being the date is correct; you can press enter to bring up the time.

Note time should be in military time format. I.E. 1:00 pm is 13:00

After the date & time has been enter correctly, press the red key several times to get you back to the main sale screen.


Omni 3200

From Main or credit sale account screen

Press “More Button” far left button under screen until you see other set up

Press enter at which time a pass word will be required.

Enter pass word:  One, then the Alpha Key twice then 66831, then enter or green button.
(The Alpha key is just below the screen middle button.)

On next screen press “More Button” far left button under screen until you get to date/time

Time should be in military time format. I.E. 1:00 pm is 13:00



Nurit 2085, 8320, Wireless 8000 & 8020

From Main or credit sale account screen

Choose Menu

Scroll down to “systems options”, normally number 5, press enter

The first option to appear should be “Set Time/Date”, press enter

Current date and time should appear, press enter which will allow you to input new info

Note the format it will allow. Example year will only be 2 digit or “10”

Time should be in military time format. I.E. 1:00 pm is 13:00


Hypercom T7P

From Main or credit sale account screen

Choose Function 11, enter

Note if Function 11 does not allow to change time try Function 10 or 12

Pass Word: 0000, enter

Follow prompts.

Time should be in military time format. I.E. 1:00 pm is 13:00

When completed press cancel to exit and go back to the sale screen



Hypercom T7Plus, T4100, T4210 & T4220

From Main or credit sale account screen

Choose Function 10, enter

Note if Function 10 does not allow to change time try Function 11 or 12

Pass Word: 0000, enter

Follow prompts.

Time should be in military time format. I.E. 1:00 pm is 13:00

When completed press cancel to exit and go back to the sale screen


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