Technical Note: 20011004025

Setup of the Communication Server application

(Maitre'D 2002, and later versions of Maitre'D)
To access this application, double click on the Icon in the task bar.
The following screen displays:

Current Sessions

This page shows you information regarding the current session of file importation such as;

Report

This report will show information on the communication operation such as files received and starting time of the application. This information is also included in the log journal but more accessible for the end user.

General

DBF

Enter the path where you want to store the information that will be available for the Database Manager and Analyzer applications.

Incoming

Enter the path where you want to store the information received by the Communication Client application. The default path is C:\POSERA\CCM\INCOMING\SERVER.

Outgoing

Enter the path where information is stored that will be sent to the Communication Client application. The default path is C:\POSERA\CCM\OUTGOING\SERVER.

Multi-Unit DATA

The path where all sub-directories are stored C:\POSERA\MAITRED\DATA.

Multi-Unit PRG

All programs of the restaurants are stored in C:\POSERA\MAITRED\PRG

Connection

Connect

Enter in seconds the time-out before the Communication Server will disconnect if it has not been able to synchronize with the Communication Client PC.

Send

Enter in seconds the time-out before the Communication Server will disconnect if after synchronization, the Communication Server PC is not able to send data.

Receive

Enter in seconds the time-out before the Communication Server will disconnect if after synchronization, it did not receive any data.

Diagnostic

Log Enable

Select this option to start a log file of all connection operations.

View Log

Touch this button to see a log of all connection operations. If you wish to reset that file, it is usually located in the \POSERA\CCM directory. The file name is TCPSLOG.TXT. This report is for the system administrator only.

Disable transmission

Enable this option to disable the transmission to Communication Client PC.

Close application

Touch this button to close the Communication Server application. If you do so, the Communication Server icon will be removed from the task bar and the Communication Server application will no longer be active.