Media Type Card Property

Card Type

EFT Category

Select the payment category code to use with EFT.

Type

Select the type of payment between Cash, Credit, Debit or Other. This field is only required for fiscal printers and sales recording modules. It has no effect otherwise.

Discount Rate

If this media type is for a credit card, type the rate the credit card company charges when you send the credit card invoices. Type a zero if this media type is not a credit card, or if the credit card company rate is paid separately.

Tips Credit Fees

Most credit cards companies charge fees to process the transaction thus not paying the total amount charged. Enter the percentage that you want to remove from tips paid to the waiter using this media type. If you do not want to use this option, leave it to 0.

Electronic Fund Transfer

If this payment medium uses electronic funds transfer, enable this option.

NOTE: Enabling this option also enables these other three options: Hide Card Number, Expiration & Folio.

Hide Card Number

Enable this option to mask the first digits of the card number and show only the last four digits on the voucher for Frequent Diner or Gift Cards, or no numbers at all if this is the Account Receivable payment type.

NOTE: Credit and debit card numbers are always masked regardless of this option.

Show on Merchant Copy

Enable this option to print the card number on the merchant's copy.

NOTE: This option has no effect on EFT card payments (any media type with the Electronic Funds Transfer option enabled).

Validation

If you enable this option, the Back-Office checks if the credit card number entered agrees with certain digits that are always present in credit card account numbers. If you disable this option, the Back-Office does not validate the credit card number. Validation also allows for the card to be swiped directly at the payment screen and be automatically recognized by Maitre'D without having to manually select a card brand.

NOTE: You can override this option from the workstation, by entering a minus sign after the card number. Validation is not supported by EnRoute.

Expiration

If you enable this option, the Back-Office requests the expiration date for a credit card payment. This date has to be entered in the format MM/YY. The system will check for the validity of this date.

NOTE: Enabling the Electronic Funds Transfer option also enables the Expiration option. You can then enable or disable the Expiration option on its own.

Debit Card

Enable this option if this media type is a debit card.

Card Validation

Custom Card

Enable this option if you are using custom cards such as a school student cards that have their own structure and pattern.

NOTE: If Custom Cards are used for Frequent Diner cards and Account Receivables cards, the custom card definition has to be setup in the A/R media type # 49 only, and the Frequent Diner numbers have to include all digits of the cards, even if some leading characters are the same on all cards. The employee have to touch the Frequent Diner button and only then swipe the card.

Number of Digits

Some credit card companies have credit card numbers that may vary in their total number of digits, whereas other cards have a set number of digits. Two fields should be filled in order to validate the credit card number's length. Type the credit card's appropriate number of digits in the first field then type 0 in the second field to specify that this is a fixed number of digits (zero is the default for the second field). Conversely, you will need to enter a number of digits in each field for cards that have two possible card number lengths.

Card Type	Digits
Visa	13 or 16
Master Card	16
American Express	15
Discover/Novus	16
EnRoute	15
American Diners Diners Club International Carte Blanche	14 14 14
JCB	15 or 16

NOTE: The Validation option above must also be enabled.hi

Starting With

Some credit card companies have credit card numbers that may begin with different digits, whereas other cards always begin with the same digits. Four fields can be filled in order to validate the credit card number's beginning. Type the credit card's appropriate first digits in the first field then type 0 in the second field to specify that these are constant beginning digits (zero is the default for the second to fourth fields). Conversely, you will need to enter beginning digits in each field for cards that have different possible card number starts.

Card Type	Start
Visa	4
Master Card	5 or 2
American Express	34 or 37
Discover/Novus	6011
EnRoute	2014 or 2149
American Diners Diners Club International Carte Blanche	30 36 38
JCB	3, 1800 or 2131

NOTE: Since JCB cards can start with a 3 and have 15 digits, and that American Express cards start with a 34 or a 37, and also have 15 digits, JCB absolutely MUST have a HIGHER ID the American Express when first creating them in your Media Types. If JCB had a lower ID, American Express cards would be interpreted as JCB.