What follows are the release notes for many of the released versions of PaymentMate. Information provided includes the software editions
supported by each, and the computer accessories supported by each, and the software enhancements, feature requests and bug fixes added to
each version of the software. To view the information for a version of PaymentMate, just click its row.
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Release date: 7/20/10
Description: Resolved speed issues for POS Edition and Pharmacy Edition, which were created when the software's database became too
large. Added support for MagTek Ipad, MagTek Ipad SC and Verifone MX series PIN pads.
Software enhancements (Standard and Enterprise Editions):
Added option to print separate batch reports for separate card processing accounts.
Added new feature to prevent accidental charging of the same credit or debit card twice.
Added support for the MagTek Ipad and MagTek Ipad SC PIN pads.
Added support for Verifone MX series PIN pads.
Various other enhancements and minor bug fixes.
Software enhancements (POS and Pharmacy Editions):
Enhanced security to allow password-protecting POS and Pharmacy Edition features.
Fixed a bug where the tax was not being charged to some flexible benefit cards.
Added new feature to prevent accidental charging of the same credit or debit card twice.
Added support for the MagTek Ipad SC PIN pad.
Added support for Verifone MX series PIN pad.
Various other enhancements and minor bug fixes.
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Technical Information . . .
Still supported? Yes
PCI compliant? Yes
SIGIS compliant? Yes
Check 21 capable? Yes
Supported editions:
Standard Edition,
POS Edition,
Pharmacy Edition,
Enterprise Edition
Supported equipment:
MagTek MICRImage
MagTek Mini MICR
MagTek Excella
MagTek Excella STX
FD-10, FD-10C, FD-10C USB and FD-30 USB PIN pads,
Verifone 1000SE PIN pad
RDM EC6000i and EC7000i series scanners
RDM EC7500i series scanners
MagTek Excella MDX
MagTek Ipad and MagTek Ipad SE PIN pads
Verifone MX series PIN pads
Supported TeleCheck services:
ECA,
PCA,
LockBox,
COD,
CBP,
LockBox Pro21,
PPD
Supported First Data services: Credit card processing, PIN debit card processing, First Data gift card processing, FSA and HRA and other
benefit card processing
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Release date: 4/6/10
Description: First version able to import Kin Ray vendor data for Pharmacy Edition. Added support for RDM EC7500i dual-sided check
scanner.
Software enhancements (Standard and Enterprise Editions):
Added new Station Report for PaymentMate Enterprise Edition only.
Added support for the MagTek Ipad PIN pad.
Added support for RDM EC7500i series check scanners.
Enhanced support for RDM EC6000i and EC7000i series check scanners.
Various other enhancements and minor bug fixes.
Software enhancements (POS and Pharmacy Editions):
Added option to import Kin Ray vendor data.
Fixed a bug where the tax and change due was sometimes off by one cent.
Fixed a bug where the prescription sales item sometimes became unqualified.
Fixed a bug where response time slowed when database became larger than 60 MB.
Added support for the MagTek Ipad PIN pad.
Added support for RDM EC7500i series check scanners.
Enhanced support for RDM EC6000i and EC7000i series check scanners.
Various other enhancements and minor bug fixes.
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Technical Information . . .
Still supported? Yes
PCI compliant? Yes
SIGIS compliant? Yes
Check 21 capable? Yes
Supported editions:
Standard Edition,
POS Edition,
Pharmacy Edition,
Enterprise Edition
Supported equipment:
MagTek MICRImage
MagTek Mini MICR
MagTek Excella
MagTek Excella STX
FD-10, FD-10C, FD-10C USB and FD-30 USB PIN pads,
Verifone 1000SE PIN pad
RDM EC6000i and EC7000i series scanners
RDM EC7500i series scanners
MagTek Excella MDX
Supported TeleCheck services:
ECA,
PCA,
LockBox,
COD,
CBP,
LockBox Pro21,
PPD
Supported First Data services: Credit card processing, PIN debit card processing, First Data gift card processing, FSA and HRA and other benefit card processing
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Release date: 2/9/10
Description: First version able to import J.M. Smith vendor data for Pharmacy Edition. Various enhancements for all PaymentMate editions.
Software enhancements (Standard and Enterprise Editions):
Enhanced support for Enterprise Edition.
Enhanced support for LockBox Pro21.
Enhanced support for the MagTek Excella MDX check scanner.
Enhanced the software's PaymentMate logo.
Fixed a bug where credit processing displayed when clicking the TeleCheck button.
Various other enhancements and minor bug fixes.
Software enhancements (POS and Pharmacy Editions):
Added ability to import J.M. Smith vendor data.
Added a generic import feature to import data for non-supported vendors.
Enhanced transaction report to also display an on-account total.
Import feature now requires fewer system resources to import vendor data.
Fixed a bug where the transaction report incorrectly reported qualified items as unqualified.
Enhanced support for the MagTek Excella MDX check scanner.
Enhanced the software's PaymentMate logo.
Fixed a bug where credit processing displayed when clicking the TeleCheck button.
Various other enhancements and minor bug fixes.
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Technical Information . . .
Still supported? Yes
PCI compliant? Yes
SIGIS compliant? Yes
Check 21 capable? Yes
Supported editions:
Standard Edition,
POS Edition,
Pharmacy Edition,
Enterprise Edition
Supported equipment:
MagTek MICRImage
MagTek Mini MICR
MagTek Excella
MagTek Excella STX
FD-10, FD-10C, FD-10C USB and FD-30 USB PIN pads
Verifone 1000SE PIN pad
RDM EC6000i and EC7000i series scanners
MagTek Excella MDX
Supported TeleCheck services:
ECA,
PCA,
LockBox,
COD,
CBP,
LockBox Pro21,
PPD
Supported First Data services: Credit card processing, PIN debit card processing, First Data gift card processing, FSA and HRA and other benefit card processing
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Release date: 9/17/09
Description: First version able to import H.D. Smith vendor data for Pharmacy Edition. Various enhancements for all PaymentMate editions.
Software enhancements (Standard and Enterprise Editions):
Enhancements for PaymentMate Enterprise Edition.
Enhanced support for LockBox Pro21 check processing.
Enhanced support for those using a dial-up Internet connection.
Various other enhancements and minor bug fixes.
Software enhancements (POS and Pharmacy Editions):
Added ability to import H.D. Smith vendor data.
Added an option to import the manufacturer's suggested retail prices as the retail prices.
Added option to set up additional prescription items (e.g., one taxed and one non-taxed).
Enhanced transaction report to show taxed prescription and non-taxed prescription totals.
Fixed a bug where the software prompted for driver's license when not using a check scanner.
Fixed a bug where the software was sent benefit-card data for non-benefit cards.
Various other enhancements and minor bug fixes.
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Technical Information . . .
Still supported? Yes
PCI compliant? Yes
SIGIS compliant? Yes
Check 21 capable? Yes
Supported editions:
Standard Edition,
POS Edition,
Pharmacy Edition,
Enterprise Edition
Supported equipment:
MagTek MICRImage
MagTek Mini MICR
MagTek Excella
MagTek Excella STX
FD-10, FD-10C, FD-10C USB and FD-30 USB PIN pads
Verifone 1000SE PIN pad
RDM EC6000i and EC7000i series scanners
MagTek Excella MDX
Supported TeleCheck services:
ECA,
PCA,
LockBox,
COD,
CBP,
LockBox Pro21,
PPD
Supported First Data services: Credit card processing, PIN debit card processing, First Data gift card processing, FSA and HRA and other benefit card processing
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Release date: 8/18/09
Description: First release of PaymentMate Enterprise Edition.
Software enhancements (Standard and Enterprise Editions):
First release for PaymentMate Enterprise Edition.
Added ability for Enterprise Edition to upload all card and check data to our secure Web server.
Users of Enterprise Edition no longer need to make sure to close the card and check batches.
Enterprise Edition batches automatically closed by the Web server even if PC is shut down.
Enterprise Edition is more secure; software stores no card holder or check writer data on PCs.
Various other enhancements and minor bug fixes.
Software enhancements (POS and Pharmacy Editions):
Fixed a bug where categories not set for items added by the SIGIS auto-add feature.
Various other enhancements and minor bug fixes.
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Technical Information . . .
Still supported? Yes
PCI compliant? Yes
SIGIS compliant? Yes
Check 21 capable? Yes
Supported editions:
Standard Edition,
POS Edition,
Pharmacy Edition
Enterprise Edition
Supported equipment:
MagTek MICRImage
MagTek Mini MICR
MagTek Excella
MagTek Excella STX
FD-10, FD-10C, FD-10C USB and FD-30 USB PIN pads
Verifone 1000SE PIN pad
RDM EC6000i and EC7000i series scanners
MagTek Excella MDX
Supported TeleCheck services:
ECA,
PCA,
LockBox,
COD,
CBP,
LockBox Pro21,
PPD
Supported First Data services: Credit card processing, PIN debit card processing, First Data gift card processing, FSA and HRA and other benefit card processing
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Release date: 8/5/09
Description: First version able to import vendor UPCs and prices for Pharmacy Edition. First version able to process PPD (recurring batched) checks for Standard and Enterprise editions. Added support for the MagTek Excella MDX check scanner and FD-30 and FD-10C USB PIN pads.
Software enhancements (Standard Edition):
Added support for Prearranged Payments or Deposits (PPD) check processing.
Added support for FD-10C USB and FD-30 USB PIN pads.
Added support for the MagTek Excella MDX check scanner.
Various other enhancements and minor bug fixes.
Software enhancements (POS and Pharmacy Editions):
Added feature to import up to thousands of UPCs and prices provided by specific vendors.
Now imports Amerisource Bergen, Cardinal Health, Dakota, McKessen, Morris & Dickson.
Added ability to tender payments on account, in addition to tendering cash, check and card.
Added option to tender check without a check scanner.
Added support for parsing of proprietary prescription barcodes.
Added support for additional FSA, HRA and other flexible spending benefit cards.
Enhanced receipts and transaction reports.
Fixed a bug where items to return was incorrect when not providing a ticket number.
Fixed a bug where users could not return an item that required a prompt for the retail amount.
Fixed a bug where users were permitted to return more items than were actually purchased.
Fixed a bug where users were permitted to receive a refund greater than the amount paid.
Fixed a bug where the Find Authorization feature did not work properly.
Fixed a bug where the display pole did not update the price when changing an item's price.
Added support for FD-10C USB and FD-30 USB PIN pads.
Added support for the MagTek Excella MDX check scanner.
Various other enhancements and minor bug fixes.
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Technical Information . . .
Still supported? Yes
PCI compliant? Yes
SIGIS compliant? Yes
Check 21 capable? Yes
Supported editions:
Standard Edition,
POS Edition,
Pharmacy Edition
Supported equipment:
MagTek MICRImage
MagTek Mini MICR
MagTek Excella
MagTek Excella STX
FD-10, FD-10C, FD-10C USB and FD-30 USB PIN pads
Verifone 1000SE PIN pad
RDM EC6000i and EC7000i series scanners
MagTek Excella MDX
Supported TeleCheck services:
ECA,
PCA,
LockBox,
COD,
CBP,
LockBox Pro21,
PPD
Supported First Data services: Credit card processing, PIN debit card processing, First Data gift card processing, FSA and HRA and other benefit card processing
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Release date: 4/6/09
Description: First release of PaymentMate Pharmacy Edition and POS Edition.
Software enhancements:
First release for PaymentMate Pharmacy Edition and PaymentMate POS Edition.
Software now has essential POS features.
Software is SIGIS-certified to process FSA, HRA and other flexible spending benefit cards.
Added support for price display pole.
Various other enhancements and minor bug fixes.
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Technical Information . . .
Still supported? Yes
PCI compliant? Yes
SIGIS compliant? Yes
Check 21 capable? Yes
Supported editions:
Standard Edition,
POS Edition,
Pharmacy Edition
Supported equipment:
MagTek MICRImage
MagTek Mini MICR
MagTek Excella
MagTek Excella STX
FD-10 and FD-10C serial (non-USB) PIN pads
Verifone 1000SE PIN pad
RDM EC6000i and EC7000i series scanners
Supported TeleCheck services:
ECA,
PCA,
LockBox,
COD,
CBP,
LockBox Pro21
Supported First Data services: Credit card processing, PIN debit card processing, First Data gift card processing, FSA and HRA and other benefit card processing
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Release date: 1/5/09
Description: First version able to process Check by Phone and LockBox Pro21 checks, and First Data gift cards. Added support for the RDM EC6000i and EC7000i check scanners.
Software enhancements:
Added support for processing Check by Phone checks.
Added support for processing LockBox Pro21 (Check 21) checks.
Added support for processing First Data gift cards.
Added support for the RDM EC6000i and EC7000i series, dual-sided check scanners.
Added ability to now process ECA and PCA checks with the Excella multi-check scanner.
Added option to confirm whether the user wants to shut down the software.
Enhanced the Batch Browser and receipts so restaurants may add tips to card transactions.
Enhanced support for customers using our payment gateway.
Fixed a bug where the software would not automatically minimize after auto-closing a batch.
Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented PCA checks from batching out properly.
Fixed a bug where duplicate checks were infrequently processed.
Fixed an issue with the processing of voided checks through our payment gateway.
Various other enhancements and minor bug fixes.
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Technical Information . . .
Still supported? Yes
PCI compliant? Yes
SIGIS compliant? No
Check 21 capable? Yes
Description: First released version having the ability to process Check by Phone checks, LockBox Pro21 checks, and First Data gift
cards.
Supported editions:
Standard Edition
Supported equipment:
MagTek MICRImage
MagTek Mini MICR
MagTek Excella
MagTek Excella STX
FD-10 and FD-10C serial (non-USB) PIN pads
Verifone 1000SE PIN pad
RDM EC6000i and EC7000i series scanners
Supported TeleCheck services:
ECA,
PCA,
LockBox,
COD,
CBP,
LockBox Pro21
Supported First Data services: Credit card processing, PIN debit card processing, First Data gift card processing
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Release date: 8/1/08
Description: First version able to manually key checks. Also added a button to make manual keying of credit cards easier.
Software enhancements:
Added ability to manually key checks.
Added a button to make manually keying credit cards easier.
Added option to have the software automatically minimize on start up.
Added enhancements to check and card batch reports.
Added a full-screen authorization option for check processing.
Added ability to resynchronize card and check data with PaymentMate Web Reporting site.
Added the new First Data logo to the software's dialog boxes and pop-up messages.
Enhanced support for FD-10C PIN pads.
Enhanced ability to automatically download scheduled software updates.
Fixed a bug where check not voided in Batch Browser after check writer did not sign receipt.
Fixed a bug where previous check image sometimes displayed when processing a check.
Fixed a bug where previous card was rarely charged during a credit transaction.
Various other enhancements and minor bug fixes.
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Technical Information . . .
Still supported? Yes
PCI compliant? Yes
SIGIS compliant? No
Check 21 capable? No
Supported edition:
Virtual Terminal
Supported equipment:
MagTek MICRImage
MagTek Mini MICR
MagTek Excella
MagTek Excella STX
FD-10 and FD-10C serial (non-USB) PIN pads
Verifone 1000SE PIN pad
Supported TeleCheck services:
ECA,
PCA,
LockBox,
COD
Supported First Data services: Credit card processing, PIN debit card processing
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Release date: 12/14/07
Description: First version of PaymentMate that was certified PCI compliant.
Software enhancements:
Software certified as PCI compliant.
Added journal to log date and time each employee accesses specified software functions.
Added option to save customer information with each check and card transaction.
Various other enhancements and minor bug fixes.
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Technical Information . . .
Still supported? Yes
PCI compliant? Yes
SIGIS compliant? No
Check 21 capable? No
Supported edition:
Virtual Terminal
Supported equipment:
MagTek MICRImage
MagTek Mini MICR
MagTek Excella
MagTek Excella STX
FD-10 and FD-10C serial (non-USB) PIN pads
Verifone 1000SE PIN pad
Supported TeleCheck services:
ECA,
PCA,
LockBox,
COD
Supported First Data services: Credit card processing, PIN debit card processing
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Release date: 10/3/07
Description: First version able to automatically close the credit and debit card batch and to search for previous card transactions.
Software enhancements:
Added auto-batch feature for credit and debit cards.
Added search feature making it easy to find previous credit and debit card transactions.
Added option for Level 2 Settlement of cards.
Added option to change the station name displayed at the PaymentMate Web Reporting site.
Added requirement for software activation.
Added ability to easily download changes to TeleCheck and First Data account settings.
Various other enhancements and minor bug fixes.
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Technical Information . . .
Still supported?
No
PCI compliant? No
SIGIS compliant? No
Check 21 capable? No
Supported edition:
Virtual Terminal
Supported equipment:
MagTek MICRImage
MagTek Mini MICR
MagTek Excella
MagTek Excella STX
FD-10 and FD-10C serial (non-USB) PIN pads
Verifone 1000SE PIN pad
Supported TeleCheck services:
ECA,
PCA,
LockBox,
COD
Supported First Data services: Credit card processing, PIN debit card processing
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Release date: 7/25/07
Description: First released version capable of processing COD checks and PIN debit cards.
Software enhancements:
Added support for COD check processing.
Added support for PIN debit card processing.
Added support for credit card processing for restaurants and eCommerce businesses.
Added ability to batch process credit cards.
Added support for Verifone 1000SE, FD-10 and FD-10C serial (non-USB) PIN pads.
Added option to save a transaction identifier for each transaction.
Added option to have the software add default amounts and confirm amounts.
Added ability to configure the software to access the Internet through a proxy server.
Various other enhancements and minor bug fixes.
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Technical Information . . .
Still supported?
No
PCI compliant? No
SIGIS compliant? No
Check 21 capable? No
Supported edition:
Virtual Terminal
Supported equipment:
MagTek MICRImage
MagTek Mini MICR
MagTek Excella
MagTek Excella STX
FD-10 and FD-10C serial (non-USB) PIN pads
Verifone 1000SE PIN pad
Supported TeleCheck services:
ECA,
PCA,
LockBox,
COD
Supported First Data services: Credit card processing, PIN debit card processing
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Release date: 4/9/07
Description: First version with the option to password-protect specified features of the software and require employee logins.
Software enhancements:
Added option to require employee logins to use specified features of the software.
Added option to password-protect specified features of the software.
Various other enhancements and minor bug fixes.
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Technical Information . . .
Still supported?
No
PCI compliant? No
SIGIS compliant? No
Check 21 capable? No
Supported edition:
Virtual Terminal
Supported equipment:
MagTek MICRImage
MagTek Mini MICR
MagTek Excella
MagTek Excella STX
Supported TeleCheck services:
ECA,
PCA,
LockBox
Supported First Data services: Credit card processing
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Release date: 1/10/07
Description: First non-beta release of the PaymentMate software.
Software enhancements:
Supported MagTek Mini MICR, MICRImage, Excella and Excella STX check scanners.
Supported ECA, PCA and LockBox check processing.
Supported credit card processing for retail and MOTO merchants.
Was able to auto-batch checks, but not credit cards.
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Technical Information . . .
Still supported?
No
PCI compliant? No
SIGIS compliant? No
Check 21 capable? No
Description: First released version of PaymentMate.
Supported edition:
Virtual Terminal
Supported equipment:
MagTek MICRImage
MagTek Mini MICR
MagTek Excella
MagTek Excella STX
Supported TeleCheck services:
ECA,
PCA,
LockBox
Supported First Data services: Credit card processing