Milestone XProtect Transact - Manual (Page 17)

Milestone XProtect
®
Transact
Administrator's Guide
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Analytics XProtect Transact
provider
Use when receiving alarm data in connection with the XProtect
Analytics software.
Additional kinds of sources may be available in customized
XProtect Transact installations.
When creating and editing a source (see "Managing sources" on
page 18), the different source settings vary depending on your
choice of source provider. See Managing Sources on page for
more information about how to create or edit sources.
Reader-friendly data through configurations
You can omit and substitute characters and define where individual transactions begin and end, so
end-users can view the transaction data in a format matching real-life till receipts, ATM receipts, etc. If
the data originates from a printer connection, it may for instance contain unprintable characters used
for indicating line breaks, when to cut off a till receipt, etc.
By creating a configuration, you can:
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Clearly define when individual transactions begin and end.
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Make sure line breaks are used as required.
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Filter out unwanted characters.
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Substitute characters, if required.
Tip: XProtect Transact comes with two built-in configurations called Epson default and Analytics.
The Analytics configuration is only available for sources that use the source provider TCP XML
XProtect Transact provider. Epson default is available for all the other source providers. Epson is a
widely recognized printer manufacturer; thus Epson’s way of dealing with control characters is often
supported by printers of other makes as well. You can often save time by
basing your configuration on
a copy (see " Copy a configuration " on page 28) of the Epson default configuration.
The built-in configuration for the TCP XML XProtect Transact provider, Analytics, contains the
necessary configuration for transaction data received as XML packages through a serial server device.
Further configuration is not needed.
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
Create a configuration (on page 23)
How to omit characters (see "Export/import a configuration" on page 29)
How to use substitutions (see "Use substitutions" on page 30)
How to add line breaks (see "Add line breaks" on page 31)
How to use start and stop masks (see "Use start and stop masks" on page 31)