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MDE-4488A PC/1000 User’s Guide · April 2008 Page 9
Terms to Know PC/1000 Basics
Log Files
A polling log is a listing that indicates the outcome of a polling session. It contains messages
for each site polled stating the date, time and number of transactions polled, and the status of
all polling actions. PC/1000 stores polling logs from the last seven polling sessions. These
polling logs are named SESSION1.PLG through SESSION7.PLG. You can have the poll log
from the current session print automatically by clicking Automatically Send Polling Results
to Printer on the Setup/Communications Parameters form or print polling logs later from the
View Log Files form on the Files menu. The most recent log is highlighted by a checkmark.
Each polling log contains date, time polling started, a list of error (status) codes, and the
following:
• Site number – number of the site polled
• Description – description of the site polled
• Time polling started - the time at which the polling started.
• Connect status – contains OK if connection to site is completed successfully or an error
code, if unsuccessful.
• Trans status – contains OK if transaction polling completed successfully, an error code if
unsuccessful, or dashes indicating that the action was not selected or was not executed.
• First Trans – contains number of first transaction polled.
• Last Trans – contains number of last transaction polled.
• Lockout Status – contains OK if lockouts were sent successfully, an error code if
unsuccessful, or dashes indicating that the action was not selected or was not executed.
Polling (Autopolling, Unscheduled)
Polling is the process by which the PC software contacts a Fuel Management System and
extracts the raw transactions from the Fuel Management System at the site. Another action,
updating lockouts, may also be performed at this time. There are two polling options available
through the Gasboy PC software: autopolling and unscheduled polling.
Autopolling is the easiest and most automatic way to poll your sites on a regular basis. You
can include all of your sites, or just selected sites. When you set up your Fuel Sites, each site
that you wish to include in the Autopolling process must have the Autopoll Flag field set to
YES. You can set the PC software to autopoll up to three times each day when the PC will
automatically attempt to perform your selected polling actions. If connection cannot be
established with a site, PC/1000 continues polling other sites and then makes two more
attempts to re-poll the site. If an error occurs during any polling action, the connection is
terminated and no further actions are performed for that site. Upon completion, a polling log is
generated.
Unscheduled polling is a manual polling option that allows you to poll one or more sites at any
time (on demand). Because autopolling is performed only on sites where the Autopoll Flag is
set to YES, if you wish to poll other fuel sites (or even one typically scheduled for
autopolling), you would use unscheduled polling. The available polling actions are identical to
those you can select under autopolling.