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
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VX 675 ECR (Fiscal Module) Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Customer Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
VX 675 3G and GPS Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
GPS Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Connecting by 3G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
CHAPTER 3
Using the Terminal
Keys
Data Entry Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Main Keypad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Command Key Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
CHAPTER 4
Verix Terminal
Manager
When to Use Verix Terminal Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Local and Remote Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Verifying Terminal Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Entering Verix Terminal Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
File Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
System Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
File Group Passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Verix Terminal Manager Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Verix Terminal Manager Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Enter and Exit Verix Terminal Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Menu 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Menu 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
CHAPTER 5
File Authentication Introduction to File Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
The VeriFone Certificate Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Special Files Used in the File Authentication Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
How File Authentication Works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Planning for File Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Digital Certificates and the File Authentication Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
File Authentication and the File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
VeriShield File Signing Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
VeriShield File Signing Tool System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Operating Modes for the VeriShield File Signing Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Command-Line Entries for the File Signing Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Graphical Interface Mode for the VeriShield File Signing Tool . . . . . . . . . . . 98
CHAPTER 6
Performing
Downloads
Downloads and Uploads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Download Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Download Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Download Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Full and Partial Downloads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Support for Multiple Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
How the File System Supports Multiple Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
The Main Application is Always Stored in GID1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Physical and Logical Access to File Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Use of I: drive and F: drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Redirection of Files During Application Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106