Step 3: Configuring a payments cassette on another server

In this part of the tutorial you will configure a payments cassette on another server. IBM WebSphere Commerce Developer no longer has Cassettes included. If you want to use payments cassettes, install WebSphere Commerce on another machine and create one payment instance, specifying the WCS Realm to the machine you install IBM WebSphere Commerce Developer. If you develop another payment plug-in in your payment service system, you should configure that system to make sure it is ready to accept the financial request from our ConsumerDirect starter store. To configure Payments Cassettes OfflineCard for our ConsumerDirect starter store, do the following:

  1. Start the payment instance and log on to the WebSphere Commerce Payments user interface using your WebSphere Commerce Developer Site Administrator ID and password in
    http[s]://host_name:port/webapp/PaymentManager
    where:
    • https or http depends on whether you use SSL to connect to the payment instance.
    • host_name is the fully qualified host name running the Web server for WebSphere Commerce Payments. The host name may be a virtual host name on the Web server.
    • port refers to the port number Payments is running on. This port is input when you created the payment instance.
  2. Create a WebSphere Commerce Payments merchant for ConsumerDirect (for more information, see Create a WebSphere Commerce Payments merchant and authorizing a cassette) and authorize the OfflineCard Cassette.
    1. From the navigation frame, click Merchant Settings.
    2. From the Merchant Settings page, click Add a Merchant.
    3. On the Merchant Settings page, type the following information:

      Field Name Description
      Merchant Name Type ConsumerDirect ( This is the name that you assign to the merchant. Its only function is to display in the user interface).
      Merchant Number Type 10101 (This is a number that you assign that uniquely identifies the merchant in all transaction data. 10101 is the store Id of the ConsumerDirect starter store in IBM WebSphere Commerce Developer.)
      Authorized Cassettes Select the OfflineCard check box. (Checking this box authorizes the merchant to use this payment cassette.)

    4. Click Create Merchant to save the merchant configuration.
  3. Create an account named Test Account:
    1. From the navigation frame click Merchant Settings.
    2. On the Merchant Settings page, click the OfflineCard Cassette icon for ConsumerDirect.
    3. On the OfflineCard Cassette page, click Accounts.
    4. On the Accounts page, click Add an Account.
    5. Complete the following fields:

      Field Name Description
      Accounts Name Type Test Account. This is the name that you assign to the account. Its only function is to display in the user interface.
      Accounts Number Type 111111111. This is a number that either the hosting service provider or the Merchant Administrator assigns to uniquely identify the account in all transaction data.
      Financial Institution name Type Test Bank. This is the name of the financial institution with which you hold this account. Its only function is to display information in the user interface.
      Currency Select USD as the currency to be collected by this account.
      Batch close time The number of minutes past midnight that the cassette automatically closes batches for this account. A value of 0 (zero) represents midnight. 1439 is the maximum value allowed. A null value disables automatic batch closing.

    6. Click Create account to create the account for the OfflineCard Cassette.
  4. Create VISA as a brand for this account:
    1. From the navigation frame, click Merchant Settings.
    2. From the Merchant Settings page, click the OfflineCard Cassette icon for the ConsumerDirect store.
    3. On the OfflineCard Cassette page, click Accounts.
    4. On the Accounts page, click the account name Test Account.
    5. On the Offline Account page, click Brands.
    6. On the Brands page, click Add a Brand.
    7. On the Brand Name field, type "VISA".
    8. Click Create Brand.

Now the OfflineCard cassette configuration is ready to be used by MyWCPayments plugin. In the next step of the tutorial you will learn how to configure the system to use the payments cassette plug-in to use the OfflineCard cassette in ConsumerDirect.

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