• If you've selected Restaurant as your Business Type, enter the "authorization
expansion factor" you have set up with the credit card processing company.
Usually this is 120%. This would allow 20% of the transaction amount without the
tip (the other 100%) to be authorized, even if the actual gratuity amount is not
known.
• If you've selected Restaurant as your Business Type, you have the ability to
require that your employees enter a 2-digit identification code when entering the
tip for a transaction.
4. Enter your American Express Terminal ID (2 digits long) and Merchant (SE) (10
digits long) numbers. This number should have been provided to you by whoever set
you up to authorize and/or settle AMEX transactions.
5. The default authorization phone numbers appear in the Primary Phone and
Secondary Phone fields. If your merchant service provider has supplied with
alternate "authorization" phone numbers, enter the new alternate phone numbers into
the Primary Phone and Secondary Phone fields.
6. If you DID NOT put a check next to Financial Settlement Service, you are finished
setting up AMEX split dial. Click OK to save this information and return to the main
PCCharge window. You may now perform a test transaction using the AMEX number
as described in the section Performing Test Transactions (see page 81). After
performing the test transaction, continue on to the section Debit Card Company
Setup (see page 53).
7. If you DID put a check next to Financial Settlement Service, click the Advanced
button to enter the Settlement Extended Setup window.
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