Credit Card Interface Preferences

The Credit card page is used to specify settings to interface with third party Credit Card systems. Additional interface software must be installed to interface with third party systems. Contact your vendor for an up-to-date list of supported systems. Depending on the third party system, the interfaces can be used:

To validate credit cards.
To pre-authorize an amount (e.g. total stay amount).
To perform payments transactions.

Interfaces are installed and tested by your vendor, preferably together with the vendor of the system that has to be interfaced. Do not change any of the interface parameters. Changing a parameter may cause an interface to stop working properly, which may result in loss of revenue!

How to get here?

Choose Preferences from the Setup menu. Then open the Credit card tab page.

Field description

Field	Description
Enable interface	Enable this parameter to activate credit card interface functionality in PMPRO. This requires installation of additional software.
Communication folder	This parameter is used to indicate where the communication directory of the electronic payment software is located.
Credit card interface type	Enter driver name to specify which protocol must be used.
Credit card Increase	If supported by the credit card system, this field is used to specify the percentage which serves as a threshold to increase the pre-authorized amount before the final payment transaction. Example. The percentage you can use depends on the credit card processor however, a good value would be 15. In case of doubt, contact the credit card software vendor/installer.
Credit card Decrease	If supported by the credit card system, this field is used to specify the percentage which serves as a threshold to decrease the pre-authorized amount before the final payment transaction. The percentage you can use depends on the credit card processor however, a good value would be 15. In case of doubt, contact the credit card software vendor/installer.
Visible digits of credit card number	This setting allows you to "mask" a (part of) credit card number that will be printed on guest folios and registration cards. If you enter 4, the last 4 digits are visible, preceded by X-es. Example. From Amadeus - PMPRO version 10.2.xxx the credit cards are stored in an SQL Server and these security settings take precedence over this setting in preferences. From Amadeus - PMPRO version 10.2.140 the tokenization can be activated that NO credit card numbers will be stored in PMPRO but in a safe location at Amadeus Payments.
Additional amount (9999.99) or percentage (99%) for pre-authorization	Use this setting to specify the additional amount that must be calculated to authorize a credit card for. You can add a fixed amount per night of the guest's stay or add an additional percentage based on the forecasted total stay amount. Enter an amount in the format 9999.99 to add a fixed amount per day to the total stay amount for pre-authorization, e.g. 100.00. If the total stay amount is 250.00 for 2 nights, the default amount used for authorization is 450.00 (250 + 100*2 nights). The default amount can be overwritten. Enter a percentage in the format 99% to add a percentage of the total stay amount for pre-authorization, e.g. 25%. If the total stay amount is 250.00 for 2 nights, the default amount used for authorization is 313.00 (250 + 25% of 250 = 62.50 > round up to the nearest full amount). The default amount can be overwritten.
OK	Save the changes in the Preferences
Cancel	Close the preferences without saving-
Apply	Apply changes without closing the preferences