Milestone XProtect Transact - Manual (Page 29)

Milestone XProtect
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Transact
Administrator's Guide
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Edit a configuration (on page 27)
The create/edit configuration window (on page 32)
Export/import a configuration
If you want to reuse a configuration between different source types (serial port, TCP client or Troy box),
you can export the configuration from one source type and import it when you create or edit the
configuration for another source type.
Do the following:
1. Open the XProtect Transact Administrator window.
2. On the Sources tab, select a source that has the required source type (serial port, TCP client
or Troy box) for your export.
3. In the Edit Source window's Configuration section, select the required configuration and click
the Edit... button.
4. In the Edit Configuration window, click the Export Filters... button.
5. Specify a name for the export file and save it by clicking Save. The exported configuration's
filters are saved as a .filter file.
6. Cancel the Edit Configuration window and close the Edit Source window.
7. On the Sources tab, select the source that should reuse the exported configuration settings
and click the Edit... button. If you would like to add a new source, click the Add New... button.
See Creating a Configuration on page for more information.
8. In the Create/Edit Source window's Configuration section, click Add New... or Edit... as
required.
9. In the Create/Edit Configuration window, click Import Filters.... Select your previously
exported file and click Open.
10. Edit if relevant the imported filter settings. Specify a start mask and —if relevant—a stop mask
and click OK to save your new configuration.
For each transaction, a start mask followed by a new line is compulsory – otherwise no date will be
recognized and fed into the system.
Tip: If you are going to create several near-identical configurations for several sources of the same
source type, you can use the Copy... button in the Create/Edit Source window.
See also
Copy a configuration (on page 28)
Create a configuration (on page 23)
Omit characters in a source's configuration
You can filter out unwanted information (single or several characters) in the raw, unformatted
transaction data.