User guide

Meritus PC • User Guide and Tutorial • 2.01 page 6
First Time Setup and Software Activation
When you start Meritus PC for the first time, the Welcome screen will appear.
There are six steps involved when setting up Meritus PC for the first time.
1. Setting up the Transaction/Sales Database
2. Entering the Administrator 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 Meritus PC on multiple computers and have already installed Meritus 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 administrator password.
Entering the Administrator Password
The Administrator Password in not the password used for your on-line merchant account. This password is
used to gain administrator (complete) access to the Meritus PC Software. You will need this password when
adding users, viewing log files, adding/updating merchant accounts, or accessing the database from the Meritus
PC software located on another computer.
We recommend that you write this password down and keep it in a safe place. Due to security reasons, if you
forget the password, it can not be retrieve. Without this password you will not be able be load your existing
sales data into Meritus PC.