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Link: FTP Site for 8180-090

FTP Site for
SSCO for ISS45 5.00.01.00.37

Code Distribution: This release wil be applied to stores via the Code Distribution System.

Posting Date:

April 22, 2016

ISS45 Version 8.1.8.0-090 Release Table

Last updated May 27, 2016

NOTE: The 8.1.8.0-090 version of ISS45 has been certified for EMV with the Verifone MX915 and MX860 with Connected Payments 828.7 Gold 24.  The MX925 is compatible to the MX915 and is also supported.  Please see the release table below for full details.

NOTE: ISS45 8.1.8.0-090 and later requires the SSCO for ISS45 patch release 5.00.01.00.37 that can be found on the FTP Site for SSCO For ISS45 5.00.01.00.37

NOTE: ISS45 8.1.7.0-150 and later require the ProLogic/YOU Tech/S&H/GreenPoints option to be set on the HASP keys.  ISS45 will not work with Prologic/etc. without HASP key support.

NOTE: ISS45 8.1.7.0-150 and later require the Self-Checkout option to be set on the HASP keys.  The ISS45 system will not work with any self-checkout system without HASP key support.

NOTE: ISS45 Release 8.1.8.0-070 and higher requires a new fuel release that can be found on the FTP Site for 8180-070 Fuel

Information in this table prior to release is provided in order to assist dealers in their planning, and while they are not commitments, this list represents NCR's best view at time of posting regarding highly likely new feature content and faults most likely to be addressed.

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Enhancement or Fault Number

Item Description

Certification The Verifone MX915 and MX860 have been Certified with the current NCR ScanMaster V2 and ISS45 V8 POS applications in conjunction with the CP 828.7 gold 24 for EMV.
The MX925 is compatible to the MX915 and is also supported.

Details of the Certified Product Configuration

Component Version
   
POS
     ScanMaster  2.09.00-140
   
Payment Terminals  
     MX915   
          Operating System Version  1.6.14.1404
          Application Version  mx_xpi_5200j-Build 20 2/22/16
     MX860   
          Operating System Version  MX0007US/RFS00018
          Application Version  2.6.4A-03 - Feb -2016
   
Connected Payments  
     CP Version  828.7 gold 24
     MTX_EPS.DLL  828.7.21.26
     MTX_POS.DLL  828.1.0.98

New Feature

Add Option to WIC CVV Paper Program to Allow for Non-Whole Dollar Amount Vouchers.
(ER 810081501 / CRD 447386 / FSD 447386)
New Feature SSCO Assist Mode for Manual Coupons and Discounts.
Requires SSCO for ISS45 5.00.01.00.37.  Link supplied above.
(ER ER 20140917-7167 / CRD 452291 / FSD 452291)
New Feature Survey Template Enhancement for Ball's Foods.

Enhance code to allow survey template to have the same 16 digit code that loyalty uses. The current format for IVR_SURVEY is as follows:
MMDDSSSSCPPPTTTT
MM – Month 2 digit
DD – Day 2 digit
SSSS – store #
C – check digit
PPP – POS #
TTTT – Ticket #

Enhance code to allow for 3 digit AWG number in IVR_SURVEY:
MMDDYHHSSSPPTTTC
MM – Month 2 digit
DD – Day 2 digit
Y – Last digit of year
HH – Military Hour
SSS – AWG #
PP – POS #
TTT – Ticket #
C – check digit
CouponNumEncoded:
T3 H2 Y1 T2 S2 M2 T1 S1 P2 M1 D2 S3 D1 H1 P1 C

The Check Digit is calculated using Standard Mod10method. Below are the steps needed to calculate the check digit. Enhancement is required if this is different from what ISS45 currently does:
From the right to left, start with odd position, assign the odd/even position to each digit
Sum all digits in odd position and multiply the result by 3
Sum all digits in even position
Sum the results of steps 3 & 4
Divide the result of Step 4 by 10
The check digit is the number which adds the remainder to 10
(ER 811091501 / CRD 453059 / FSD 453059)

Updated Feature

Performance enhancements to General Batches.  General batches can be rather slow when batching promotions with a large number of linked items that are already on file. Performance changes were done to storeline but never ported to ISS45. These changes cover a more than just promotion batches. In some cases the customer is having the same promotion 100 times in the same batch with that promotion having 810 items linked to it. Attached are the batches that the customer used to recreate the issue.

1. Create a promotion batch and a Promotion link batch that links the promotions to 100's of items.
2. Process the batches into the system.
3. Delete the batches and reprocess the batches.

Expected Results: Batches should apply in a reasonable amount of time.

Actual Results: It's taking hours to process multiple batches.
(CRD 447151 / FSD 447151)
Updated Feature 8.1.8.0-050 corrected an issue with Loyalty promotions where the tax on a promotion attached to an item was not forgiving tax. It was reported that promotions were not calculating as they previously were and that taxes should not be forgiven. Ultimately, this will be able to be controlled by an option in the Loyalty Promotion setup where the promotion can be explicity designated to forgive tax or not.

However, since this change still has to go through the CR process, a temporary method of reverting the system to previous behavior is being provided via a flag in the winpos.ini.

Adding the following line to the WinPOS.ini will cause the tax calcuation for such promotions to behave as prior to 8.1.8.0-050:

DoNotForgiveLoyaltyPromotionTax=Yes

If this line is absent from the winpos.ini or if it set to No, the current POS behavior will be preserved.
WD 318213 Enhanced promo. tax not being forgiven correctly on Food Stamp Items if PLU's have different tax sets than the dept.
Scenario:
1. Set up #900 and 901 with TAX #2 at 9 %.
2. Set up Promo #14 with a Mark-Down Department (#2) with Tax #1.
3. Rang the sale, tendered to EBT Food Stamps and only .86¢ Tax was forgiven and .10¢ Change was given.

Expected Results: Correct amount of tax should be forgiven

Actual Results: Tax being for given is either to much or to litte, leaving either a balance due, or change back to the customer.
WD 426939 Recall Transaction Fails when Frequent Shopper, Tax, and Late Swipe are in order.
Setup: Create 2 items, each are taxable, and each have a FS discount in PLU Maint. Ensure that "Reprocess ticket at Late Swipe" is set to YES. Have function 961 (Ent. Frequent Shopper Number) is tied to a key. Also, ensure that function 913 (Save/Recall Order) is tied to a key.

1. Ring the two items created above.
2. Press key for function 961
3. Enter FS Number. The discounts should apply
4. Save order with Function 913
5. Recall Order with Function 913

Expected Results: The order will recall and discounts will be applied

Actual Results: The order fails to be recalled properly and will be voided out. Also, if you look at the Void amount, it usually will be greater than the Save amount on the original receipt.
WD 443391 SSCO: Prompt for Member Card at Start of Ticket = Yes will not prompt for ALT ID on PIN Pad if first item scanned.

Prompt For Member Card at Start of Ticket = Yes
Do Not Prompt for Frequent Shopper at the Beginning of a Ticket = No

These options can affect the the Alternate ID on teh PIN Pad on a SSCO.
WD 443393 SSCO will not prompt customer for member card/secondary ID at pinpad unless first item is weighted/qty item and member card at start of ticket is set.
WD 445922 SSCO: PinPad Gets Stuck for several minutes before releasing the SSCO to continue.

Scenario:
1. Ring up item
2. Swipe EFT card at member prompt on PIN Pad
3. Press Finish and Pay
4. Press GO BACK button

Expected Results: SSCO stays in sync.
Actual Results: PIN Pad was stuck for several minutes before releasing control to SSCO.
WD 445923 SSCO: Upon power fail recovery the SSCO is in the wrong state and results in Wrong Function message.
WD 445976 Group Promotion Receipt shows wrong information.
Scenario:

1. Setup 10% employee discount by department with delayed turned ON
2. Ring in 2 or 3 items
3. Tender transaction
4. Print Receipt

Expected Results: Receipt prints and savings today line would show the discount

Actual Results: Recepit prints but savings today shows the discount as subtraction and as addition so it shows SAVING GROUP TOTAL as 0 but the receipt is correct the total has been lowered by the savings.
WD 446367 SSCO- Swiping Employee Card and Pressing Finish & Pay can cause lockup.
WD 446368 SSCO Pressing Finish and Pay and Pressing GO BACK button and trying to scan item results in "Wrong Function" message.
WD 446594 SSCO: Fresh install of an SSCO with ISS45 version 8.1.8.0-050 has issues with Databar Coupons.
In the logs there is a Databar Error "In StartDataBarEngine: Error creating instance of databar engine dll, rc=[80040154]". Another issue occuring is "[FATAL ERROR: TRANSACTION WRITE PROBLEM!!!!]" Unable to recover from this error.

Scenario:
1. Install Fresh SSCO/ISS45 (8.1.8.0-050)

Expected Results: Install should work. No errors.

Actual Results: Errors occur and SSCO will not run.
WD 449944 SmartCard WIC record: Ohio SmartCard WIC - Some Transactions rejected by the state with a CRC32 error.
Some transactions that are submitted to the state are not getting paid. Reconciliation report states, ‘Questionable for Adjustment’. Upon further investigation, those questionable transactions are being marked as a CRC32 error.
Year, Month and Day parameters describe an un-representable DateTime
WD 449945 Online WIC record: Ohio SmartCard WIC - Some Transactions rejected by the state with a CRC32 error.
The site went live with SmartCardWIC around 10-18-15. Some transactions that are submitted to the state are not getting paid. Reconciliation report states, ‘Questionable for Adjustment’. Upon further investigation, those questionable transactions are being marked as a CRC32 error  The error is Year, Month and Day parameters describe an un-representable DateTime.
WD 450385 Problems with Reprocess on Late Swipe Not Redeeming Customer Points for Items Correctly.

NO Loyalty - Straight ISS45 Member Cards
Customer has 18 points.
Did not enter member card at start of transaction.
Purchase item that requires 10 points to redeem.
Rang up 2 items.
Enters member card. (Reprocess on late swipe turned on)
Box comes up prompting cashier to use points. (Only shows one item)
Cashier presses yes.
Deduction is taken on both items. (Cost 20 points)
Press total to complete the order.
Box comes up stating that there is not enough points.
Cannot cancel items. Must void transaction.

Further Testing proves that IF the Member Card is scanned BEFORE the point reward item is rang up - it will work correctly. It is only after a point reward item is rang and Member Card follows somewhere in the transaction.

Using the same steps, but do not enter member card during transaction and wait till total is pressed, it will complete the transaction and customer will have negative points.

Reprocess on late swipe needs to go through transaction one item at a time and validate that the customer has enough points to redeem.

Expected Results: Regardless of where the card is swiped in the order, should only allow rewards for available points.

Actual Results: All reward items are given to the customer even though they do not have enough points. Then it shows them as negative points.
WD 450981 Tfserver.exe not processing transactions into XML for TrickleFeed processing.
Customer is using the TrickleFeed process to export transactions out to XML in which the warehouse then uses this information for movement and customer analysis. 8180-070 included a new tfserver.exe (1.1.0.3) - this new file cases the XML files to have no transaction data, only header information.

Scenario:
1. Stop POS_SRV_Manager
2. Drop the attached XML files into c:\pcmaster
2. Copy the attached transact.qdx into c:\pcmaster\qdx
3. Create folder path C:\AccOutBox\Order
4. Reboot the server

After the reboot, 5 to 7 minutes the XML files will be in the Order folder you created.

Expected Results: XML files contain Transaction Data

Results: XML files contain only header information, no transaction data.
WD 451277 Late swipe after Total is being treated the same as a manual return to sale. The order discount is being reversed and re-applied during the ticket reprocess. It should be noted that the manual return to sale will still show multiple discount lines, by design.
WD 451460 WIC CVV - Exiting sale mode using EXIT/NO key and cancelling CVV mode does not reset voucher amount.

Scenario:
1. Set GSP, "WIC CVV prompt options" to prompt for amount OR amount + exp date.
2. Set up a $5.00 WIC CVV Item in PLU Maintenance.
3. Assign a key to EXIT/NO (27) value in keyboard programming.
4. Enter WIC CVV sale mode by using WIC CVV key.
5. Enter $5.00 for the voucher amount. The "WIC CVV TRANSACTION" banner should show above the data entry area.
6. Press EXIT/NO key (not touch-screen menu button). The "WIC CVV TRANSACTION" disappears. At this point, the POS is no longer in WIC CVV sale mode and all entered vouchers have been cancelled.
7. Enter WIC CVV sale mode again by using WIC CVV key.
8. Enter $3.00 for the voucher amount. The "WIC CVV TRANSACTION" banner should show above the data entry area.
9. Try to sell the $5.00 item.


Expected Results: The $5.00 item should not be allowed to be sold. The "WIC Voucher amount exceeded" control check should fire, since the total voucher amount should be only $3.00.


Actual Results: The item sells because the POS never reset the cleared $5.00 amount and it thinks that the voucher amount is actually $8.00. An attempt to sell another $5.00 item fires the control check because the $8.00 amount is now exceeded.
WD 452361 Replace all Retalix POS splash screens and watermark screens with NCR screens.
WD 453068 StoreBalance.RPT and Store Sales.RPT are missing from the 8.1.8.0-070 and 8.1.8.0-080 Manual Patches
Manual Patch 8.1.8.0-070 was built from an 8.1.8.0-060 build that was missing package 33 which includes the storebalance.rpt and storesales.rpt. 
These files were included correctly in the CDS releases for 8.1.8.0-070 and 8.1.8.0-080.
WD 453181 Master Provider Parameter is Missing M-DOT option from dropdown box.
After upgrading to 8180 or higher - in the GSP - Store\Technical\Master Provider\Master Provider - option for MDOT is missing. Options are None, Retalix Loyalty and PDX Prior to 8180 - options were - None, Retalix Loyalty, PDX and MDOT.
WD 453642 Problems with Reprocess on Late Swipe Not Redeeming Customer Points for Items Correctly.

Scenario:
NO Loyalty - Straight ISS45 Member Cards Customer has 18 points.
Did not enter member card at start of transaction.
1. Purchase item that requires 10 points to redeem.
2  Rang up 2 QTY and scanned item.
3. Enters member card. (Reprocess on late swipe turned on) Box comes up prompting cashier to use points.
4. Cashier presses yes. Deduction is taken on both items. (Cost 20 points)
5. Press total to complete the order. Box comes up stating that there is not enough points.
6. Cannot cancel items. Must void transaction.
Need to have reprocess on late swipe go through transaction one item at a time and validate that the customer has enough points to redeem.

Expected Results: Regardless of where the card is swiped in the order, should only allow rewards for available points.

Actual Results: All reward items are given to the customer even though they do not have enough points. Then it shows them as negative points and you must cancel the transaction.
WD 453729 EMV Testing: ISS45 is sending Reset/Clear and Begin Order and causing an approx 3 sec delay after 2nd item scanned.

Scenario:
1. Sign on POS
2. Ring 1st item (no delay)
3. Ring 2nd item (approx. 3 second delay)

Expected Results: No delay after 2nd item scanned.

Actual Results: Approx. 3 second delay after 2nd item scanned.
WD 454186 POSW32.EXE uses 100% CPU after new posguidl.dll included in 81.8.0-080 is installed.
After upgrading to 8.1.8.0-080 the POS will spike at 100% CPU. With this updated DLL in place, the POS uses all availalble CPU.