Configure Dinner Money for Online Payments
Useful Information
The physical bank account to be used with SCO Online Payments can be an existing bank account or a new bank account set up specifically to use with SCO Online Payments.
Within SCO, all bank accounts with cost centres containing products or trips that will be made available to purchase via SCO Online Payments must be configured to be used with either VMS or your Local Authority’s ePayment gateway (specific LAs only).
If you don't yet have a VMS account, please contact support@tucasi.com.
Configure Dinner Money for Online Payments
Click on the Configuration tab
Select Banking configuration
Select Pre-payment accounts
Click on Dinner Money
Ensure the Cost centre selected is Dinner money
Select from the following options:
Set Account Codes/VAT | Select the relevant codes for Pupils and Staff meals (this is mandatory for schools using a Local Authority Payment Gateway) |
Available online | Tick Available online to activate Dinners on http://scopay.com immediately for parents to pay for school meals |
Minimum online top-up | Enter a Minimum online top-up (the minimum amount the parent can pay on checkout). |
Online meal preferences | If your parents order in advance, they can set View or Edit their preferences online. |
Allow online code entry | This option will allow parents to order/book meals online |
Require positive balance | Tick this to prevent parents ordering/booking meals online unless they have paid first and have enough credit |
Advanced booking limits - From | This setting controls the cut-off point when a parent can book their child's meals. |
Advanced booking limits - Cutoff time | The Cutoff time is only available if the from days is set to zero. This means that parents can order on the same day, but the cutoff defines by what time they have to be ordered. For example, if it's 11:00, then parents will not be able to order meals for today after 11:00. |
Advanced booking limits - To | This setting controls how far into the future a parent can book their child's meals. |
5. Once complete, click on Done to save these settings, then you will need to set which meals parents can book online
6. Click on Pre-payment accounts
7. Click on Dinner Money
Set meal codes | Select which meal codes parents can order online. |
8. Click on Done, Close
9. Check that the Dinner Calendar is not Disabled online
We recommend logging on to your http://scopay.com account to check the settings selected above for Dinners prior to notifying parents.
See also
Displaying Items Online - Quick Guide
Display or remove the Online Dinners Calendar
How to Order Dinners Online (Parent Guide)
Set up a Rotating Menu Cycle on SCOPAY
For further assistance
Contact our Customer Support Team
support@tucasi.com | 02380 016 564
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