ACH - Installation and Guide

ACH - Installation and Guide


Prerequisites

Supported Visual version are 7.0 – 10.x

Database Platform: SQL Server 2014-2019 & Oracle 12c-19c

Windows Server 2016-2022

.Net Framework 4.8

Windows 10-11

Administration

Installing

Use the following link to download the setup file. Once downloaded follow these steps to install.

1.       Run PaymentDocumentProcessingSetup.exe

 2.       Click Next




3.       Use the default path or change as needed
 


4.       Click Install
 

 

5.       Lastly, click the Finish button to complete the install.


Licensing

Request for a license key can be made via email. Send your request to incident@synergyresources.net and included the product name, company name and local Windows domain name with your request.

If this is the first time running the application the about screen will automatically open for you, enter you license key. If you need to update your key, open the about screen from the menu Help à About.

1.       Enter you license key in the textbox

 

2.       To register the key, click on the checkmark to the left.


3.       You will receive a message box if the key was successful or failed.

 

Updating

1.    To update go to Help > About

 

2.       The application will check to see if there are any new published updates.

 

3.       The next screen will confirm if you are on the latest version or if there is an update show a list of features & defects that are a part of the update.
4.       Click close or follow the prompts to update your software.

a.       If updating the application will auto download the update and install.

 

Data Connection

            A valid data connection is required and can be added using the following steps

1.    Go to Options  > Configuration




         




            2.  Use the Edit button to open the connection properties dialog
            (connection dialog shown on the right)

                   

                        










 





SMTP

Click Options > Configurations on the Main Tool bar
                          





Set the SMTP Settings for your Email Account.
(You may need assistance from your IT group)




SMTP Server: server name and port (use a : add port number)
SMTP User: Email account Login
SMTP Password:  Email Account Password
Email From: This sets the Display name
Email From Address: This should match Email login
Email BCC Address(optional): Add email address for blind cc
Enable SSL: This should be checked
Email Retry Count: Retry count for Email failures
Email Retry Delay: Delay between retry attempts
Subject: Email Subject line

 

 

 

Visual setup

The following setup is common for all file formats, unless noted otherwise in the specific format.

  Accounting Entity Maintenance

                         

Note: for VM 7 this field is found in Application Global

               

    Vendor Maintenance

 

 

 

Vendor Bank Account 

only needed if sending email notifications

                        

 

Vendor setup

Each file format has its own define setup. Please refer to the list below for the correct setup.

CTX

Bank Account Maintenance

   

      

Name

Bank Name

Addr 3

Company entry description; Example = Payment

Bank ID

Company ID, Tax ID

(Note: bank will specify what to us)

Routing Number

Routing # for company account



 Vendor Bank Account




Bank ID

Receiving individual’s routing number

Account #

Receiving individual’s account #

Account Type

C = Checking, S = Savings






PPD

     Accounting Entity Maintenance


Tax ID Number

Company ID

(Note: In VM 7 this is found in Application Global Maintenance)

 

 

  

Bank Account Maintenance

 

                  

Name

Bank Name

Addr 3

Company entry description; Example = Payment

Routing Number

Routing # for company account



 Vendor Bank Account




Bank ID

Receiving individual’s routing number

Account #

Receiving individual’s account #

Account Type

C = Checking, S = Savings





CCD

Bank Account Maintenance



                  

Name

Bank Name

Addr 3

Company entry description; Example = Payment

Bank ID

Company ID, Tax ID

(Note: bank will specify)

Routing Number

Routing # for company account

Branch ID

Leave blank unless bank requires,  2nd company id for 5 & 8 Record


Vendor Bank Account

Bank ID

Receiving individual’s routing number

Account #

Receiving individual’s account #

Account Type

C = Checking, S = Savings

 


 



PDS-RBC


Bank Account Maintenance



BIC

10 digit client number as follows: 6 digit client number assigned by RBC and 4 digit subsidiary number assigned by the client

 


Vendor Bank Account



Bank ID

Financial Institution

Number (4 digits)

Account #

Payee Account #

BIC

Branch/transit number (5 digits)






EFT

Bank Account Maintenance



Addr 3
CPA Code: Canadian Payment Association transaction code, A complete list of codes is available on the www.cdnpay.ca

Account #

Account Number for Returned Transactions

Branch ID

Institution ID/Transit Number for Returned Transactions; 4 digits followed by 5 digit branch number

Transmit User ID

Assigned Originator ID

      


Vendor Bank Account



Bank ID
Institution ID/Transit Number; “0” + 3 digit  institution # + 5 digit branch transit #
Account #
Account Number




PDS

Bank Account Maintenance




BIC
10 digit client number as follows: 6 digit client number assigned by RBC and 4 digit subsidiary number assigned by the client


Vendor Maintenance




Addr 3
Transaction Type; Ex – 460 = Account Payable


Vendor Bank Account




Bank ID

Receiving Identification Number

Account #

Account Number

Account Type

C = Checking, S = Savings

Branch ID

ISO Destination Country, 2 digit code; Ex – US or CA

BIC

ISO Originating Currency Code & ISO Destination Currency Code; Ex – USDUSD, USDCAD

Note: separate files are grouped and outputted based on BIC code, example USDUSD will output to one file and USDCAD will output to a separate file












Entity Maintenance



Name

Company Name

Street Address

Street Address

City, State, Zip

City, State, Zip

Addr 3

2 digit ISO country code



Vendor Maintenance




Name

Company Name

Street Address

Street Address

City, State, Zip

City, State, Zip

Addr 3

2 digit ISO country code




SOC_IAT

Bank Account Maintenance





BIC



10 digit client number as follows: 6 digit client number and 4 digit subsidiary number

Name
Originating DFI Name
Address 1
Originating DFI Identification
Address 2
Originiating DFI Identification Number Qualify
Country
Originating DFI Branch Country Code


Vendor Maintenance



Addr 3

Transaction Type; Ex – 460 = Account Payable



Vendor Bank Account



Bank ID

Receiving Identification Number

Account #

Account Number

Account Type

C = Checking, S = Savings

Branch ID

ISO Destination Country, 2 digit code; Ex – US or CA

BIC

ISO Originating Currency Code & ISO Destination Currency Code; Ex – USDUSD, USDCAD

Note: separate files are grouped and outputted based on BIC code, example USDUSD will output to one file and USDCAD will output to a separate file













Name

Receiving DFI Name

Address 1

Receiving DFI Identification

Address 2

Receiving DFI Identification Number Qualifier

Country

Receiving DFI Branch Country Code







Entity Maintenance




Name

Company Name

Street Address

Street Address

City, State, Zip

City, State, Zip

Addr 3

2 digit ISO country code



Vendor Maintenance



Name

Company Name

Street Address

Street Address

City, State, Zip

City, State, Zip

Addr 3

2 digit ISO country code




CPA_1464, CPA_1464_BOM, CPA_005

Bank Account Maintenance




Bank ID

Originator ID, unique ID provided by the bank

Transmit User ID

Assigned Originator ID

Branch ID

Transaction Return

Financial Institution # (optional)

(Bank # & Transit #)

BIC

Transaction Return

Account # (optional)

Note: Currency for this bank account should be USD or CAD



Vendor Maintenance




Addr 3

Transaction Type; Ex – 460 = Account Payable



Vendor Bank Account



Bank ID

Financial Institution

Number

Account #

Payee Account #

Branch ID

Branch/transit number of payee’s account










HSBC US Cross Border CSV

Bank Account Maintenance




Bank ID

ID allocated by HSBC.

Also known as Remitter Connect ID

Account #

Debit account number



Vendor Account Maintenance





Full Address



Address 1, City, State, and Zip Code



Account #



Payee Account #



Bank ID



Payee routing #



Account Type



C (for checking) or S (for Saving)

















HSBC Check Outsourcing

Note: Country codes need to adhere to ISO 3166 format. For example, US instead of USA.

Bank Account Maintenance






Addr 3



Identifies bank (allocated by Bank)


Bank ID
Check Instruction Forms code (identified by Bank)
Account #


Debtor Account Identifier (identified by Bank)



Vendor Maintenance




Vendor Address



Must be completed



M&T Bank - Positive Pay


For positive pay format, Visual Setup does not apply and is not needed

Bank Account Maintenance




Account #


Bank Account #



Vendor Maintenance



Name

Company Name



Fifth Third Bank - Positive Pay

For positive pay format, Visual Setup (pg.6) does not apply and is not needed

Bank Account Maintenance




Bank #
Provided by Fifth Third Bank - tied to acct #
Account #
Your Fifth Third Account Number


Vendor Maintenance




Name
Company Name



For positive pay format, Visual Setup (pg.6) does not apply and is not needed.

Bank Account Maintenance



Account #

Provided by TD Bank – Your CFP Account Number

Routing #

Provided by TD Bank – Your CDA Account Number

Branch ID

Your TD Bank Branch Transit



Vendor Maintenance




Name

Company Name



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