Orbital Payments is a payment gateway that provides services to merchants in the US, UK, and Canada. You can learn more about Optimal Payments here: http://www.optimalpayments.com
- Open the Payment Gateways table in Squirrelcart's control panel
- Click the record row labled Optimal Payments
- Enter your Merchant Account Number in the Merchant Account Number field. This should be a 10 digit number.
- Enter your Merchant Password in the Merchant Password field.
- Enter your Merchant ID in the Merchant ID field.
- Choose your Transaction Type
- Set the Connetion Method field to Store Hosted / Server to Gateway
- Check the Enabled field
- If you are using a test account, check the Test Mode field. If you are using a live account, do not check this field.
- Click
- Open your Address Form Settings page:
- Optimal requires certain fields for transactions. Make sure all the fields below are checked under Billing Fields and Required Billing Fields:
- First Name
- Last Name
- Street
- State or Province (if this is required and set to "other", the State Other field is automatically required)
- Postal Code
- Country
- Email Address
- Phone
- Click

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