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Server Configuration In Depth
Installation & Reference Guide — Doc. 5798
real address. If you leave this field blank, all mail sent will appear to be from
.
4.
Set recipient e-mail address. The database file must contain a valid e-mail
address for testing purposes.
The demo database file,
maildemo.mdb
, does not ship with this data. You must
enter at least one such address in order to confirm that the demos 1, 2, and 3 are
actually sending mail.
To do this, close the
Configuration Options
window and select
Tables | e-Mail
to
open the
e-Mail Tables
window. Enter an e-mail address for some record in the
eMail_Addr
table (such as record ID=1, “George Washington”). (Use an
address to which you have access so that you can confirm that the system sent the
mail successfully.)
5.
Set mailbox e-mail address. Each e-mailbox signal block must contain a valid
e-mail account name and password. See “Mailbox Name and Password” on
page 34.
The demo configuration does not ship with this data; you must fill in the blank fields
in the DEMO4 signal block to run demo4 and test receiving e-mail.
6.
Indicate control system connection. Point each active signal block to a
COM Settings definition. (If you have not yet defined the connection through
which this signal block will communicate, you can leave this blank for the
now. However, the signal block cannot be activated until it references a
COM Settings definition.) See “COM Settings” on page 29 for a description
of how to point a signal block to a COM Settings definition.
All the signal blocks in the demo configuration already point to a COM Settings
definition.
The Signal Analyzer is intended
for debugging and demo purposes
only. It should not normally be left
opened because it does place
additional processing demands on
the server, creating a perceptible
delay on slower systems.
7.
Start server protocol. Select
Server | Start
to start the server protocol, or
Server | Start w/ Signal Analyzer
to start the server protocol with the
Signal
Analyzer
window
opened. This window can be freely opened and closed
while the server is active. While opened, the Signal Analyzer monitors signals
going back and forth between the server and the control systems. Incoming
and outgoing signals can also be simulated from here; and all signal block
signal lists can be printed from here.
Server Configuration In Depth
This section is a reference to all the options available in the
Configuration Options
window. Changes to options in this window are saved to the current Configuration
Settings file when the
OK
or the
Apply
buttons are actuated. Therefore, it is
important to make sure you are operating on the appropriate Configuration Settings
file before opening the window.
Specifying a Configuration File
The installer registers the file
demos\demomail.ini
as the current
Configuration Settings file. This file pre-configures the server for all four demos; and
particularly for use with the Quick Start Guides — which instruct you to load demo3
and demo4.
You can use the
File | Configuration file…
command to select a Configuration
Settings file of your choice. The file pathname so specified is stored in the Windows
registry on your machine. In addition to specifying the configuration filename, this
command also instantly reconfigures the server based on the named file. This is a
very useful feature for the developer working on multiple projects.
