Milestone XProtect Transact - Manual (Page 27)

Milestone XProtect
®
Transact
Administrator's Guide
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1. Access the Select Input Source window by clicking the Capture from source... button in the
Create/Edit Configuration window.
2. In the Select Input Source window's top section, select the required input source. Properties
of the selected source will be displayed in the Select Input Source window's lower section.
Tip: The list will only contain input sources matching the type of source you are currently
working with. Example: If you are currently working with a configuration for a serial port source,
only serial port input sources will appear in the list.
3. Click the Start button to begin capturing transaction data. When clicked, the Start button
changes to Stop.
4. Wait for at least one, but preferably more, transactions to complete. If the cash register, ATM,
etc. providing the transaction data is visible from where you are situated, you will easily be
able to determine how long to wait for. If the cash register, ATM, etc. is not visible, use the
number of captured bytes (displayed near the bottom of the window after you click the Start
button) as an indication of the amount of data captured. In most cases, capturing
approximately 3000 bytes of data is enough.
5. Click Stop to stop capturing transaction data.
6. When ready, click OK. The captured transaction data is displayed in the Create/Edit
Configuration window's Raw data field, ready for use when defining the properties of the
configuration..
Tip: You can save captured transaction data in a .capture file, and load the previously captured and
saved transaction data when you create a new configuration.
See also
The create/edit configuration window (on page 32)
Creating a configuration (see "Create a configuration" on page 23)
Edit a configuration
You do not need to edit the built-in configuration Analytics that is used in connection with the source
provider TCP XML XProtect Transact provider. Simply use the built-in configuration Analytics as is.
To edit a new configuration to a source, do the following:
1. Open the XProtect Transact Administrator window.
2. On the XProtect Transact Administrator window's Sources tab, click the Add New... button
if you want to add a new source or the Edit... button to edit an existing source.
3. In the Create/Edit Source window's Configuration section, click the Edit... button.
You can now edit the configuration.
Tip: If you are going to create several near-identical configurations, you can use the Copy... button in
the Create/Edit Source window to quickly create new configurations based on an existing
configuration for the same type of source. You can also use the Export Filters... and Import Filters...
buttons in the Create/Edit Configuration window to quickly create new configurations based on an
existing configuration for a different type of source.