Appendix B
Troubleshooting
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General Troubleshooting, Continued
The terminal time reverts to 1/1/1995 or 1/1/2000 after being removed from
power source.
The internal battery needs to be replaced. This requires repair by a certified repair
center.
The eight-digit user password has been forgotten.
Reload the parameters from.
Screen display is too light / dark.
The screen contrast is too high or too low. Adjust the Contrast by rebooting the
terminal and press
MENU
to the monitor menu
“Invalid Terminal ID” or “Invalid Merchant ID”.
This is usually displayed when trying to authorize a transaction directly after a
download. Verify all of the Parameters for the Host Processor. One or more of the
parameters are most likely incorrect.
“Bad Credit Batch”
“Bad Credit Batch” or “Bad Debit Batch” is a system message that is displayed
and printed when an EDC batch will not close. This is usually due to the Host and
terminal being out of balance. This means that the terminal has a balance that is
different from the balance that the Host has. This message should be followed by
a Host Specific message. Contact the Host Processor for more information.
New Batch Opened.
Close the current Batch.
Need to Batch! More Offlines.
The maximum number of stored (offline) transactions has been reached. Upload
and batch the current transactions.