Integrating Moneris iCT250 card terminal with ROLLER POS

In this article, you will learn how to integrate a Moneris iCT250 card terminal with ROLLER POS.

Required hardware

• Moneris iCT250 card terminal
  
• Power cable, adaptor & magic box
  
• POS admin card
  
• Paper roll
  
• Ethernet cord
  

User guide

Moneris iCT250 user guide

Integrating your Moneris iCT250 with ROLLER POS

Step 1 - Reinitialize the terminal (if required)

If the card terminal screen does not state REINITIALIZATION REQUIRED, skip to Step 2

If the card terminal screen states REINITIALIZATION REQUIRED, follow the steps below:

1. Press #
2. Enter Configuration
3. Enter Initialisation
4. Swipe the Admin Card
5. Press OK/Enter
6. Press OK/Enter a second time.

Step 2 - Set to integrated mode

If the home screen says Welcome/Bonjour, it is already in the integrated mode, so proceed to Step 3. If not, follow the steps below:

1. Go back to the start by pressing Back several times
2. Press # twice (slowly)
3. Press 5 > Press 3
4. Select RCPTS AT ECR
5. When the screen says REINITIALIZATION REQUIRED:
   • Press #
   • Enter Configuration
   • Enter Initialisation
   • Swipe the Admin Card
   • Press Enter
   • Press Enter again.

Step 3 - Identify the IP Address

1. Press # > # > 16 > Okay
2. Print Trailer Message? Yes
3. Print out Ethernet Parms - Keep this print out as we'll need to enter the IP Address later.

Step 4 - Set IP address to static 

1. Press # > # > 13 > press Okay (Green)
2. Terminal Setup > press Okay (Green)
3. Terminal Type - Static > press Okay (Green)
4. Terminal Address - Input the IP address you printed out during Step 3 - Identify the IP Address
   
   In order to replicate the . in your IP address, use 0 > then # 
   
   
5. Mask ID  > press Okay (Green) > Enter the address from the Step 3 - Identify the IP Address print out
6. Gateway > enter Gateway from Step 3 - Identify the IP Address printout
7. Press the Red cancel button
8. Reboot.

Step 5 - Set port number to "1234"

1. Press # > Press # > Press 5 > Press 2 > press Okay (Green)
2. Select Ethernet instead of RS232
3. Configure all settings in the menus that follow, which includes selecting Static IP, entering the IP information, Port etc
4. After this, you should see 3 Green Boxes on the top of the terminal window to confirm it has an active Ethernet connection.

Step 6 - Configure ROLLER Connect 

If you haven't already, download & install ROLLER Connect 

Open the ROLLER Connect text file

For ROLLER Connect Windows Service, open C:\ProgramData\ROLLER\rc.toml using a text editor (ie Notepad) and a Windows account with administrator privileges. 

For ROLLER Connect Legacy, open the task tray and right-click on the ROLLER Connect menu item > Click Edit Settings ...

Update the ROLLER Connect text file 

Make the following updates to the file:

1. Change Terminal type = "Moneris"
   
   
   
   
2. Enter the TerminalIPAddress
   
   This information can be found on the printout from Step 3 - Identify the IP Address
   
   
   
   Do not copy the example used in the above screenshot. Use the information found on the printout from Step 3 - Identify the IP Address.
3. Click File > Save

Step 7 - Test a card transaction on POS

Refer to the instructions on how to take a card transaction at POS.