User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- VX 675
- Contents
- Preface
- Terminal Overview
- Terminal Setup
- Selecting Terminal Location
- Unpacking the Shipping Carton
- Examining Terminal Features
- Examining Connection Ports
- Installing the Paper Roll
- Installing the SIM Card
- Installing the SD Card
- Using the Battery
- Battery Behavior (No Power Pack)
- Connecting the Terminal Power Pack
- Charging the Battery
- Using the VX 675 Base Stations
- Powering Up the Base
- Docking the Terminal on the Base
- Undocking the Terminal from the Base
- Conducting Wireless Transactions
- Conducting Smart Card Transactions
- Using the Magnetic Card Reader
- Connecting to USB Host
- VX 675 ECR (Fiscal Module) Support
- VX 675 3G and GPS Support
- Using the Terminal Keys
- Verix Terminal Manager
- File Authentication
- Performing Downloads
- Downloads and Uploads
- Download Methods
- Download Tools
- Download Content
- Full and Partial Downloads
- Support for Multiple Applications
- Use of I: drive and F: drive
- File Authentication Requirements
- Required Certificates and Signature Files
- The File Authentication Process During an Application Download
- File Group Permissions
- Download an Operating System Update Provided by VeriFone
- File Authentication for Back-to-Back Application Downloads
- Timing Considerations Due to the Authentication Process
- Support for File Compression
- Effect of Downloads on Existing Files and Data
- Direct Operating System Downloads
- Back-to-Back Application Downloads
- Specifications
- Maintenance
- VeriFone Service and Support
- System Messages
- Troubleshooting Guidelines
- Port Pinouts
- ASCII Table
- VX 675 Battery Information
- Glossary
- Application ID
- Application program
- Application prompt
- ASCII
- Back-to-back application download
- Baud
- Bit
- Block
- Boot loader
- Buffer
- Byte
- Calendar/clock chip
- Card reader
- Carrier
- Certificate
- Character
- CONFIG.SYS file
- CPU
- Data
- Data entry
- Data packet
- Default
- Delete
- Diagnostics
- Direct download
- Display
- Download
- File authentication
- Firmware
- Fixed prompt
- Flash memory
- Host computer
- Input
- Interface
- Keyed file character set
- Keyed file editor
- Keyed file record
- Keypad
- Local functions
- Manual transaction
- Memory
- Messages
- Non-volatile memory
- Normal Mode
- Packet
- Packet-switched networks
- Parameter
- Password
- PC
- Peripheral terminal
- Port
- POS terminal
- Power pack
- Prompt
- Protocol
- PTID
- RAM
- Remote host computer
- Scroll
- Search key
- Serial port
- Signature file
- mDRAM
- Subroutine
- Swipe
- Verix Terminal Manager
- Verix Terminal Manager password
- Terminal
- Terminal ID
- Terminal-to-terminal application upload
- Track 1, 2, or 3 data
- Transaction
- Variable
- Volatile memory
- Index
- Contact VeriFone
PERFORMING DOWNLOADS
Back-to-Back Application Downloads
132 VX 675 REFERENCE GUIDE
Checklist for Effects
on Files and
Settings in the
Receiving Terminal
Back-to-Back
Application
Download
Procedure
The back-to-back application download process consists of two main phases:
1 Preparing a Gold VX 675 terminal (transfers application files to the Target
VX 675 terminal).
2 Downloading application files from the Gold terminal to a properly configured
Target terminal.
Prepare Gold Terminal (PC-to-Terminal)
1 Configure the host PC for an application download operation to the Gold
terminal:
• Set the *FA variable (if present in the application) to 1.
• Ensure that all certificates, *p7s files, applications, and other required
files are present.
• Ensure that the download is exactly what you want your Target terminal to
receive.
2 Configure the Gold terminal to receive an application download from a PC:
• From VERIX TERMINAL MGR MENU 1, set Group 1 and COM1 as the port to
receive the download.
3 Connect a cable between the RS-232 serial ports of the PC and the Gold
terminal.
4 Initiate the file transfer on the PC.
5 From VERIX TERMINAL MGR MENU 1 on the Gold terminal, select either a full or a
partial download using a UART Dongle connected to each terminal.
A back-to-back application download overwrites existing applications, libraries, or
any other files stored in the I: drive of the receiving terminal.
All CONFIG.SYS records and settings on the receiving terminal—protected and
non-protected—are replaced by those of the sending terminal. Ensure that these
records and settings on the sending terminal are correct before initiating the
download.
Passwords on the receiving terminal are retained.
Certificates and signature files downloaded to the receiving terminal, together with
application files, must be processed by the file authentication module on the
receiving terminal on terminal restart after the back-to-back download completes.
The OS software on the receiving terminal is not affected by a back-to-back
application download.
Note: OS files cannot be downloaded in a back-to-back operation.
An application upload does not overwrite the existing certificate tree on the
receiving terminal. Any downloaded certificate files are authenticated and then
added to the tree.