Function

Updates the command file asctlog.cmd. The Back Office creates the .cmd file as a signal to a third party program.

Possible values

Y - yes, update the command file.

N - no, do not update the command file.

Default value

N

Function

Defines the folder on the server that ASCII TLog files are trickled from. The folder is different for each customer.

Defines the directory for the XML-wrapped transaction TLogs.

Possible values

Enter the full path of the folder that ASCII TLog files are trickled from.

Function

Fixes the size of each ASCII TLog record to 148 bytes. When the record is smaller than 148 bytes, placeholders are used to fill it; when the record is larger than 148 bytes, it is truncated. If you do not use this option, you can use the MAXASCTLOGRECLEN option to define the maximum record length.

Possible values

Y - yes, fix the size of the ASCII TLog record to 148 bytes.

N - no, do not fix the size of the ASCII TLog record.

Default value

N

Function

Updates the file sdata/sd.sig with the CM2020 signature capture device’s records from all the POS’ during the day. When the cashier runs the End of Day function the sdata/sd.sig file is renamed ssssqq.sig and copied to the upload folder so that it can be polled by the head office (ssss is the store number, and qq is the end of day sequence number).

Possible values

Y - yes, update the sdata/sd.sig file and place the information in the upload folder for polling.

N - no, do not update the sdata/sd.sig file or make the information available for polling.

Default value

Y

Function

Updates the CM2020 signature capture record from the .txn file into the ASCII TLog. The capture record contains a snapshot of the customer’s signature to correspond to the transaction entry in the TLog.

Possible values

Y - yes, update the record in the ASCII TLog.

N - no, do not update the record in the ASCII TLog.

Default value

Y

Function

Defines the maximum length of the transaction records written to the ASCII TLog. Use this option when you are not using the ASCTLOGFIXED option to fix the maximum length at 148 bytes. If a record is longer than the maximum length, it is automatically truncated.

Possible values

Enter a number less than 1000 to define the maximum length of transaction records written to the ASCII TLog.

Default value

149 (148 + new line character).

Function

This option is a time-out value in seconds. This function controls the amount of time that the host computer should wait for asctlog.ext file to be created so that it can read the ASCII Tlog before removing it.

Possible values

0-65535 (0=Wait Infinitely).

Default value

300 seconds

Function

Sets up the messages that are displayed when specific error messages are sent from the STS Comm Server.

Possible values

Format: Number;Alphanumeric message.

Enter one of the following combinations:

8;Bad Service Number

9;No connection established with service

6;Device timed out waiting for reply from Resource Manager

5;Got your message 5

Default value

No default value.

Function

Sets up the service number for different credit cards.

Possible values

Format: Number;Number (for example, 1;3)

First number - enter a number from STS which corresponds to the service.

Second number - enter a number defined by SAP from the following list:

0 - Check

1 - Visa

2 - MasterCard

3 - American Express

4 - Diners

5 - Carteblanche

6 - Discover

7 - JCB

8 - JAL

Default value

No default value.

Function

Defines, in milliseconds, the waiting time for a sent message for STS credit.

Possible values

Enter the waiting time in milliseconds.

Default value

15000

Function

Sets up, in milliseconds, STS transmit request message time out.

Possible values

Enter the message time out time in milliseconds.

Default value

60000

Function

Defines port information for credit authorization.

Possible values

Format: COM#, BAUD RATE, PARITY, DATABITS, HOST ACK TIME OUT, HOST RESPONSE TIME OUT

COM# - enter a number between 1-8.

Host ACK Time Out and Host Response Time Out - enter a number to represent time in seconds.

Default value

3, 9600, 2, 1, 20, 30

Function

Defines the store’s terminal ID number and used to identify a store in a chain for Harmonics. This number is provided to you by Harmonic Systems Inc.

Possible values

Enter the number provided by Harmonic Systems Inc.