Milestone XProtect Transact - Manual (Page 26)

Milestone XProtect
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Transact
Administrator's Guide
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We have noticed that all transactions end with a line beginning with the characters Date. We
therefore type Date in the Stop Mask field. In the Filtered data field, XProtect Transact
automatically inserts a horizontal line below occurrences of the stop mask, as an indication of
the end of a transaction:
In this example, the stop mask occurred at the beginning of a line, but start and stop masks
may appear anywhere on a line: When XProtect Transact detects a start mask anywhere
within a line, it will know that a new transaction begins with that line. When XProtect Transact
detects a stop mask anywhere within a line, it will know that a transaction ends with that line.
Tip: You can use wildcards in start and stop masks. A wildcard is a special symbol that stands
for one or more characters. Three different methods for wildcard use, selected in the Use field,
are available. See
The Create/Edit Configuration window (on page 32) for more information
about the Use field and other configuration settings.
1. When ready, click OK to save the configuration.
Configurations are saved together with the type of source (serial port, TCP client, TCP XML or Troy
box) for which it has been created. However, exported filters can be used with configurations created
for any type of source.
Tip: If you are going to create several near-identical configurations, you can use the Copy... button or
the Export Filters... and Import Filters... buttons in the Create/Edit Source window to quickly create
new configurations based on an existing configuration. See Copying a Configuration on page and
Exporting/Importing a Configuration on page for more information.
Capture transaction data
You can capture sample transaction data on which to base your configuration. If relevant you can
apply some filters and test your filters on the captured transaction data and see the result in the
Create/Edit Configuration window while you are applying the filters.
To capture sample transaction data, do the following: