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ATM Testing Options: Testing ATM Load Files, Testing ATM Financial Applications, and More

ATM testing involves not only testing the capabilities of your ATM, but also verifying your host system's ability to process ATM transactions. Paragon solutions enable efficient, thorough testing of your Diebold, NCR, and Wincor ATMs — and the messages between those ATMs and your host system.

Testing ATM Configurations and Transaction Flow

If you are responsible for verifying the branding or the operations at the ATM, your testing may need to address questions such as: Do your ATM screens display correctly? Is the screen layout attractive? Are targeted ATM marketing messages available for ATMs in airports, shopping malls, and other locations? What about the operation of your ATM screens? Do function keys operate as expected? Can customers sucessfully use your latest features? Do ATM error conditions trigger the appropriate messages?

ATM testing with ATMulator Plus™ is the right choice when your organization needs to build and test the load file (also known as the configuration file) for the ATMs in your network. You can use ATMulator Plus, for example, to:

View or change ATM screens, including adding audio, graphics, video, or even HTML
Simulate and test new features (such as chip card support, envelope-free deposits, audio support)
Examine or change ATM state settings
Simulate the transaction flow from the ATM user's perspective (examining receipts and journal data)
View your ATM screen flow from the perspective of a "not-on-us" customer
Validate the screen displayed in an error situation

Testing the Processing of ATM Messages

Perhaps you are responsible for validating your ATM messages and ensuring your host system processes them correctly. Your testing addresses such questions as: Are your messages formatted correctly? Do they contain the information expected by financial networks or switches? Does your host system recognize messages from the ATM and respond appropriately? Have recent changes adversely affected previously existing ATM functions?

ATM testing with FASTest™ is the right choice when your organization needs to test the ATM-driving application. Use FASTest, for example, to:

Create (and replay) messages for advanced ATM functions (such as multiple currencies, non-currencies, non-envelope deposits)
Perform testing with messages that contain specific field data (building valid and invalid messages, simulating transaction reversals, etc.)
Rapidly replay existing QA and regression test scripts
Run all transactions with all of your test cards (hot cards, chip cards, not-on-us cards, and others)
Import a log of ATM transactions from your host or from ATMulator that you can use for testing

For more information about improving and extending your ATM testing with Paragon solutions, contact sales@paragonedge.com.