iono Documentation - Protx
About
Protx provide secure online credit card and debit card payment solutions for thousands of online and mail order businesses across the UK. Visit the Protx website for more information.
Features
The following features are supported by the gateway and can be handled by iono. In the case of refunds and fee calculations, the details will be logged by iono with the transaction.
- One Time Payments: Yes
- Recurring Payments: No
- Transaction Logging: Yes
- Refund Logging: No
- Fee Logging: No
- Has Test Mode: Yes
Setup
- From the Gateways section of the Settings section of the admin control panel, click on Edit next to the Protx entry.
- You can leave all the values as default except the following:
- Status: Change to Active
- Seller ID: Enter your Protx vendor ID
- Encryption Ley: Enter the encryption key provided to you by Protx
- Click Edit and the Protx gateway is now enabled
Before you can accept payments you need to inform Protx of your "pre-registered password" which is used to encrypt the data sent to Protx. The value for this password should be your iono Remote Authentication String. This can be obtained from the General Settings section of your iono admin control panel.
The other options can also be changed:
- Name: The name of the gateway as it appears to your customers.
- Description: The description of the gateway as it is displayed to your customers. HTML is allowed.
- File: The location of the gateway module file in your iono directory. This file is not encoded so you are free to view and edit it.
Testing
Protx supports testing of the gateway module however you need to have an account within the VPS Test Server. For more details, see the Protx Integration Manual. Once you have a test account, to enable the test mode on the gateway:
- From the Gateways section of the Settings section of the admin control panel, click on Edit next to the Protx entry.
- Tick the Test Mode option
- Click Edit and the Protx gateway is now in test mode