A beta version has been released, available to current customers (those with updates renewals paid through at least July 2010). If you're a Campground Master customer and didn't get an E-mail about the beta last week, then it may be that your updates subscription has lapsed -- please contact us to renew.
The main focus of this beta and the upcoming release is the new PCI compliance rules for credit card processing. As such, there are a few major areas of changes:
- Increased security features for sensitive data (operator passwords, credit card data, etc.)
- Support for PCI-compliant versions of X-Charge, Merchant Warehouse and IC Verify
- Fixes to some previous IC Verify issues
We also now support the use of a PIN pad for debit cards if you use X-Charge for credit card processing. If you're interested in this, contact us for details and how to get a PIN pad.
As usual we're adding a variety of other enhancements as well, including:
- "Cash back" entry for debit card payments, even if not processing them in Campground Master
- Added support for Hotmail and other E-mail accounts using TLS security
- Payments are saved immediately (can't accidentally "Cancel" them)
- Remembers the "print only some transactions" option selection
- ...see the release notes for more
Also soon to be available in the beta:
- Comprehensive audit trail, tracking all accesses and changes to reservations, etc.
- (possibly) Bulk check-out function
- (possibly) Pre-approval credit card processing function