User guide

PAY@PC • User Guide and Tutorial • 2.00.0629.2009 page 5
First Time Setup and Software Activation
When you start PAY@PC for the first time, the Welcome screen will appear.
There are six steps involved when setting up PAY@PC for the first time.
1. Setting up the Transaction/Sales Database
2. Entering a user name and password
3. Adding your Merchant Account
4. Activating the Software
5. Setting up your Devices
6. Adding a Full Access User
Setting up the Transaction/Sales Database
If you are using PAY@PC on multiple computers and have already installed PAY@PC at another location, you
can share the sales data by selecting Browse For Data… If not, then select Next to continue with the installation
process. If you are using an existing database, you will need to know the username and password that was
used when it was first created.
Entering a user name and password
The User Name and Password are not the same as you merchant account user name/ID or password used for
your on-line merchant account. This information is used to gain complete access to the PAY@PC Software. You
will need this User Name and Password when adding users, viewing log files, adding/updating merchant
accounts, or accessing the database from the PAY@PC software located on another computer.
We recommend that you write this information down and keep it in a safe place. Due to security reasons, if you
should forget this information, it can not be retrieve. Without this 'log-in' information you will not be able be
load your exiting sales data into PAY@PC.