CNS offers our clients a variety of solutions to maintain software hygiene on their networks. Most of these solutions are automated, and with user cooperation to complete reboots, it's relatively easy to keep your systems up to date with current software versions. However, there are some important limitations to the automated processes that are important to understand. This article presents those considerations. For Complete Care Clients that do NOT Elect Third Party Patching Services:   More...

CU*BASE GOLD requires that the following networks be routed to the CU*Answers CU*NextNET connection: For all CU*Answers privately routed networks below, all ports/services should be allowed outbound from the LAN Required for standard Production connectivity: 63.150.21.96/27 63.236.240.16/28 63.236.240.48/28 63.236.240.79/32 63.236.240.128/29 63.236.240.138/32 63.236.240.144/28 Required for HA/Disaster Recovery connectivity: 216.111.149.  More...

Enter your device library by launching Tool #326 CU Hardware Configuration. You will need the correct authority to do so. Decide what the ID for the new device should be based on your existing device listing. Complete a Workstation Request form and fax it to the Systems Team at (616) 285-5735. If you don't have one available, you can get one by by going to NET > Technical Support Info > Links in your GOLD session; choose the New Workstation Request. Requests will be completed within   More...

If you need to allow an employee to perform upload and/or download tasks (FinCEN, AIRES, ALM, uploading G/L entries to post, etc.), you must first complete the iShield Security Access Request form and have it signed by your credit union’s designated Security Officer to sign. Once our Client Services team receives your signed form and verifies it, a request will be submitted to our System i administrators, and you will be notified when the new permissions have been granted. This process wi  More...

For CU*Answers online clients, effective in March 2017 the standard online retention is 12 months for basic savings and checking accounts, and 48 months for all certificates, IRAs (shares and CDs), HSA share and checking accounts, club accounts (such as vacation, holiday, Christmas), tax escrows, and all loans. Prior to March 2017, data retention was 6 months for savings/checking, and 24 months for other member transaction history . Note that when this data is purged, it also removes the additio  More...

When members receive an error code of 1 or 2, there is a very simple fix for it in CU*BASE. It's Me 247 online banking and bill pay (Fiserv) programs communicate with each other automatically through an authentication PIN every time we go from one to the next. When we see a status code of 1 or 2, it is telling us there is an issue with this PIN. It is easy to reset and the member will be able to get into bill pay within 24 hours. Launch Tool # 14 Member Personal Banker. Enter the member&r  More...

Check disbursement history for all check items, regardless of their status, is retained on CU*BASE for 24 calendar months . Check items that are at an outstanding status are retained forever. For our online clients, we purge all checks marked cleared, void, or spoiled that are older than 24 months on the second weekend of every month. NOTE: Prior to March 2008 the retention period was 18 months.

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The e-Alerts that warn a member his balance has gone below (or above) a certain dollar amount are generated once the member's available balance falls below or above the configured tolerance. At that time, the e-Alert will appear in the online banking message center. The accompanying email notifications are sent within 30 minutes of the the online banking notification. (Self-Processors and other cuasterisk.com partners may opt to send email notifications more or less frequently based on syste  More...

There are several common reasons for this issue. The following questions may help uncover your member’s problem: Is the member's password slightly different than what they remember? A member may accidentally type a different password than the one that was used when they set up their password. Is the member typing their password with capital and lower case letters? Your member may not realize that passwords are case-sensitive. This is different from usernames and security question an  More...

Encrypted backups are made to NAS devices. Backup system is monitored 24/7. Backups are made daily. Backups are virtualized for speedy recovery. Credit unions may purchase media, or may download all their reports and documents to their own in-house devices. These backup processes are tested quarterly.

The following Reason Codes are used with the A2A processing: 00 - Payment accepted 01 - Invalid bank routing number 02 - Invalid checking account number 07 - Algorithm code invalid 08 - Invalid alternate company 09 - Missing or incomplete data in URL 10 - Invalid date format 11 - Invalid access number 16 - Bad password 17 - Invalid User ID 18 - Transaction already processed 19 - Account info does not match 20 - Invalid credit card number 21 - invalid credit card expiration date 22 - Credit card   More...

The previous calendar month totals for principal, interest, escrow and fees come from the TRANS2 file and are captured as indicated below. Principal last month Tran code 22/All tran types = add PRINCP (principal amount) Tran code 23/ Tran type not 60 or 61 = add PRINCP Tran code 23/ Tran type 61 = subtract TRAMTP (Transaction amount) Tran code 24/ Tran type 85 = add PRINCP Tran code 25/ Tran type 95 = subtract PRINCP (Type 60 is fine payment and 61 is escrow payment. Type 85 is credit/post  More...

Online : This is the real-time card transactions as they occur and are posted to member accounts. The system writes entries to the card transaction activity files and general ledger files 24/7 in CU*BASE. NOTE: See this detail for one member on the Recorded Card Activity screen in CU*BASE. (See help link below.) Use Query (Report Builder) to view all card transactions for the previous 30 days in the ISOCUDTA table. (This file includes transaction data for all vendors used by your credit union.  More...

The phone number for general support at Dell is 1-800-624-9896 . Be prepared to give Dell the 7-character service tag ID which is on the computer case. dell optiplex

When history is purged a report (PPRGC) is produced showing all records that are purged for historical archives. For our online clients, this process is done on the second weekend of every month. If you need to look up check activity that has already been purged, go to your monthly reports CD (or fiche if it’s really old) two years after the issue date of the check you are looking for. One exception: For a brief period of time prior to March 2008 the retention period was 18 months, not  More...

Contact Dell Support at 800.624.9896. You will need to have the express service code and service tag available, which can be found on the workstation. Explain what is going on to the Dell technician and you will be asked to perform a series of troubleshooting steps. If this is a serviceable request, the technician will inform you of the next step to take whether it be an on-site visit, a shipped replacement, or what have you. This Dell service will be of no charge provided the hardware is st  More...

WESCO Net is an authorized Dell reseller and offers computers pre-configured for your network with IBM iSeries Client Access, Seagull Jwalk and Gold already installed. WESCO Net will also apply all Microsoft Critical Updates and Service Packs prior to delivery so you can be assured your new computer is completely up-to-date. Let us take care of all the work, you just take it out of the box and plug it in. Contact a WESCO Net representitive at 616-974-1174 or the Systems Department at 800-327-34  More...

The easiest way to find out the status of the warranty is to call Dell. The first thing that should be done is find the Express Service Code . This is a 10-digit numerical code that is located on the PC. Once the Express Service Code is found call Dell Customer Support at 1-800-456-3355.

Contact Dell Support at 800-624-9896. You will need to have the express service code and service tag available. These items can be found on the workstation. Explain what is going on to the Dell technician and you will be asked to perform a series of troubleshooting steps. If this is a serviceable request, the technician will inform you of the next step to take whether it be an on-site visit, a shipped replacement, etc. This Dell service will be no charge provided the hardware is still under warr  More...

As of the 24.10 Release, you can configure the system to calculate the average daily transaction amount based on either the number of days in the period or the number of transactions in the period. For example , let’s say we set a 30-day period, and a member submits RDC checks for $300, $400, and $500 every month, adding up to a total of $1200 worth of RDC transactions per period. Using the # of days calculation option, the system would divide the $1200 total by 30 days (the configured p  More...

Channelized T1 (also called Integrated T1) is a digital carrier modulation method in which a T1 line is divided into 24 channels, each having a maximum data speed of 64 thousand bits per second (Kbps), and each capable of supporting a unique application that can run concurrently with, but independently of, other applications on different channels.

No. Unfortunately, we cannot take the fee directly from the incoming deposit. However, we have introduced an option for these situations with the 24.05 CU*BASE release. In the ACH On-Demand Posting Configuration, you may uncheck the Base deposit (seq 99) suffix must have sufficient funds for fee in advance, without the incoming deposit checkbox to skip available funds verification when the base deposit (99) account (which must be a savings/checking account) is chosen as the fee account. If this  More...

As a Dell partner we can get you great pricing and your PC will come preloaded and preconfigured with all necessary software to run CU*Answers applications, including CU*BASE GOLD.

Yes, Because the Answer Book is an internet solution, it is accessable from any PC with Internet capability. From our website www.cuanswers.com , Choose the "client" selection on the left.Then, under "Docs Information, choose "Answer Book", then click on the 'Answer Book Icon in the middle of the screen. or Use the following link: https://kb.cuanswers.com/cuanswers/consumer/search.asp Knowledge Base Q&A