Financial Integrity; Fast Response Times; Reduced Communications Costs - Hypercom SmartICE Hardware And Installation Manual

Features

Financial Integrity

The SmartICE terminal generates automatic reversals to achieve total financial transaction
integrity. These reversals ensure that communications and processing errors do not result in lost
transactions, duplicate processing, or the failure of terminals to balance. The SmartICE
terminals also enable simple terminal balancing and settlement, while eliminating network
overloads caused by end-of-day batch transfers.

Fast Response Times

The fast response time of the SmartICE terminal is the direct result of the efficient SDLC
protocol, which permits pre-dialing and message compression. At a speed of 9600 bps, EFT
messages of 150 characters are transmitted in 0.8 seconds, increasing throughput four to ten
times over traditional 300 bps Asynchronous terminals.

Reduced Communications Costs

The SmartICE terminals reduce transaction costs by taking advantage of recent advances in
communications and networking technology. Using an optional modem, the savings are
generated through short dial-up online times, local area networking, and concentration using the
Hypercom regional Network Access Controllers (NACs), reducing long distance costs and
improving network economics. These terminals actively interface through the Hypercom NACs
with SNA, X.25, and BISYNC networks already in place.
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