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WinEPS Version 818 Release Table 

Last updated May 20, 2006

See the table below for a description of the new features provided and faults addressed in this release. 

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Enhancement or Fault Number

Item  Description

New Feature WinEPS now supports verifying the customer name for check cashing via the use of Pay by Touch (PBT) A new parameter in the TAC was added called Verify Customer Name
New Feature A Card Processing Profile flag has been added to allow the option of printing the Customer Name on a receipt
New Feature The signature line on the Customer Receipt Copy was unnecessary and has been removed
New Feature The Card Prefix Table no longer allows the entry of two identical prefixes and lengths. This option prevents two identical entries in a single table that could cause erroneous mapping to card types
New Feature An Administrator Flag Option has been added to the Operator's privilege screen. This option prevents any user without Administrator rights from modifying any Operator account
New Feature WinEPS information screen was enhanced to implement auto-height adjustment and automatic line wrapping for better alignment of the screen
New Feature The NV decline code will now be sent to the POST if transactions have a blank or missing authorization number. The NV decline code will indicate that the POST should "try for Voice Authorization"
New Feature The Response Code Table has been modified to add a default response "____" for declines. This default response code can be configured to allow alteration for a specific decline message
New Feature The Operator login box has been integrated into the WinEPS Main GUI. This change will prevent a separate login box from popping up each time the WinEPS GUI logs the current user off
New Feature Virtual Terminal will now be capable of utilizing the cashiers listed in the WinEPS
New Feature Unnecessary debug code lines have been removed from the WinEPS code base
New Feature An optional system tray ICON was added to WinEPS to display the engine status when the WinEPS GUI is not open
New Feature The POS simulator tool has been updated with Begin Order button to better simulate OpenEPS/POS communication
New Feature Grid height was adjusted to increase legibility
New Feature The Host simulator is updated with the ability to handle PBT Secondary ID
New Feature New prefixes for Discover Card added to WinEPS:

6245XXXXXX     9843XXXXXX   9988XXXXXX

New Feature Default terminal configurations have been added to support the L4250 terminal PIN pad
New Feature Default terminal configurations have been added to support the MX870 terminal PIN pad
New Feature To accommodate Gift cards the card number range lengths have been expanded from 10 to 21 digits to 10 to 24 digits
New Feature If Offline transaction exist on the lane, the POST no longer has to be signed on to have these transactions automatically forwarded to WinEPS
New Feature SmartWIC interface has been updated to handle more of the integration to support the POS
New Feature Frequent Shopper cards can now be swiped at the PIN pad
New Feature En-Touch 1000 PIN pad settings are now automatically set by OpenEPS
New Feature OpenEPS has added a new keyword BIOTIMEOUT that can be used to specify a timeout value for PBT transactions
New Feature The POST transaction number is now included in every PBT message for better tracking
New Feature Blackhawk Gift activations are now supported with the following hosts:
  • ACI
  • Concord  H&C
  • MPS
New Feature ACI has been added to the available Electronic Receipt Capture hosts
New Feature Demo Host has been updated to present enhanced screens and new responses
New Feature The LML Host no longer requires a two port connection
New Feature WinEPS now supports the Mercury Host
New Feature WinEPS now displays Gift Card total from the MOS Host correctly on the Host Settlement Report
New Feature Frequent Shopper cards can be processed now at the Hypercom 6000 PIN pad
New Feature An overlay was created to allow the Hypercom L4100 PIN pad the ability to provide a button for physical PIN entry
New Feature Interface to Hypercom L4100 has been updated to add a cancel button on balance inquiry transactions
New Feature WinEPS now supports the Hypercom L4250 PIN pad
New Feature WinEPS now supports the eN-Touch 1000 PIN pad
New Feature Frequent Shopper cards can be processed now at the Verifone OMNI 490 PIN pad
New Feature Low Cost SmartWIC is now supported on the Omni7000 PIN pad
New Feature A help button has been added to the bottom of the RS GUI. This button brings up a short help file with information pertaining to Primary Server Failure and help bringing up a Backup Server
New Feature Redundancy Service GUI now includes a password. This will allow store personnel to view the status without the ability to change any settings
New Feature Signature Capture has been added to redundancy Service real time replication
New Feature The default encryption has been changed from blank to DUKPT for the Omni7000 PIN pad
WinEPS Fix The electronic copy of the receipt was missing the signature line, but retaining the actual signature during electronic receipt capture of non-credit transactions
 WinEPS Fix Corrected when performing a silent installation, and the service installation fails due to lack of user rights, the installation log did not list a reason for install failure.
WinEPS Fix Changes to the Approved Prefix table require the stop and restart of WinEPS - system now has a REMINDER box for users to do the stop and restart
WinEPS Fix Operators with appropriate "unmask CC Number" rights will be able to now view the full account number in the WinEPS reports
WinEPS Fix Corrected the logging to reflect when a user started the WinEPS engine every time
WinEPS Fix The listing for Total Transactions, Approved Transactions, Declined Transactions on the WinEPS GUI are now cleared properly during the WinEPS EOD
WinEPS Fix OpenEPS is now correctly setting the ApprovedAmount variable on locally approved offline transactions
WinEPS Fix An error connected to timing with Get PIN that generated an UNKNOWN ERROR has been fixed
WinEPS Fix When ReloadPreviousTransaction was used, ScatStatus was set to Done instead of Fatal Error for transactions that are not allowed
WinEPS Fix A problem was fixed where several reports did not print at the WinEPS EOD
WinEPS Fix PBT socket would be left open in Windows 95 environments
WinEPS Fix GC Balance Inquiry was not reset so that a manual transaction performed right after the balance was having issues
WinEPS Fix If no tender is selected OpenEPS now returns a string of all zeros rather than null values
WinEPS Fix The state code will go into the D field in the optional data area of the Concord H&C message for personal checks when a Secondary ID is processed
WinEPS Fix Host was incorrectly declining the Deactivation of Wireless Phone Card
WinEPS Fix Velocity data text was incorrectly drawing from shorter text entry field instead of the longer field
WinEPS Fix The Lynk Host can now accept a settlement message while it is processing a health message
WinEPS Fix Gift Card Purchase and Return totals are now reported correctly on the Host Settlement Report
WinEPS Fix Void of Debit transactions were declined as invalid transaction, however, cashier message said 'approved'