EMV Host Simulator

 

Preamble

Coming from the experience of consultant of payment environment leader and due to italian EMV application development for EFT-POS terminals Progetti expands his offer with an EMV Host Simulator.

Target

Simulator allows a fast system test preparation for EFT terminals and for integrated payment systems, and it allows the controlled simulation of system failures.

Features

It supports communication requirements defined by italian specification and it is compliant with standard ISO 8583. It is expandible with new messages, functions, protocols and formatters. It is adaptable to others foreigner standards.

Advantages

The advantages about Host simulator are:

• Easy deployment everywhere, even on laptop PC.
• Low cost to use even for complex procedures.
• No EMV and magnetic card setup by external partners.
• No card plafond and limits problems.
• Test of new features not yet implemented on real hosts (pre-authorisation, mail order, dinamic exchange conversion, etc...).
• Usage of different communication channels: RS232, modem or TCP/IP on ethernet.
• No constraints due to test specific sequences: test organisation on special behaviour.
• Error test on security, on formatters or applicative.
• Integrated tools of messages tracing on every levels, pre-ciphering, post-ciphering, logic message.
• Possibility of pre-ciphering diagnosis on security and authentication level.
• Check on every single field or sub-field of message with fast and precise dignosis.