Milestone XProtect Transact - Manual (Page 16)

Milestone XProtect
®
Transact
Administrator's Guide
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Outside port
Specify the outside port number on which communication between
the XProtect Transact Server service and the client applications
should take place so they can communicate over the internet.
Sources and configurations
A source is a data source through which transaction data is fed to the XProtect Transact Server and
subsequently stored in the XProtect Transact Database. transaction data can originate from cash
registers, ATMs, etc. The connection between the XProtect Transact Server and the cash registers,
ATMs, etc. is in the XProtect Transact Administrator established through the definition of a source
provider.
The data initially received from sources typically consists of a single long string of information, and
includes control characters or other characters that are irrelevant and confusing when end-users want
to view the transaction data. You can transform the transaction data of this kind into a presentable,
reader-friendly form through configurations. Configurations are managed in the XProtect Transact
Administrator window's Sources tab since configurations are associated with and customized to the
different sources.
See also
Interaction with sources and surveillance solutions (on page 7)
Different source providers
There are five different kinds of source providers through which the transaction data is fed from a PoS,
ATM or others to the XProtect Transact Server:
Name Description
Troy Box XProtect Transact
provider
Use when receiving transaction data from a Troy box on your
network through port 9100. Troy box is a popular name for a Troy
serial server. Provided the Troy box has been assigned an IP
address, it is able to receive serial input from a cash register, ATM
or any other RS-232 source and relay it to the XProtect Transact
Server through your network.
Serial Port XProtect Transact
provider Use when receiving transaction data as input on the computer's
own serial port.
TCP XML XProtect Transact
provider
Use when receiving transaction data through a serial server device
and the transaction data is fed as XML packages. It is prerequisite
that the content of the XML packages includes a time stamp in the
following format: <Timestamp>date and time according the RFC
3339 standard</Timestamp>.
TCP Client XProtect Transact
provider
Use when receiving transaction through any kind of serial server
device. This option also allows you to receive data directly from a
PoS (Point of Sale) source, such as a cash register, provided the
PoS source can be configured for this purpose.