User`s guide
PC*MILER-AS/400 MVS User’s Guide 6
1.0 Introduction
PLEASE NOTE: In this User’s Guide, any reference to “PC*MILER” also
applies to PC*MILER|Tolls unless otherwise specified. Instructions specific to
Tolls products are included.
A high-end function of PC*MILER
®
|Connect and PC*MILER
®
|Tolls-Connect,
the Multi-Version Switch (MVS) serves as an integration tool designed to
simultaneously support multiple versions of the product that are installed on one
server or on several different servers. Replacing the need to manually query data
from each individual version, the MVS functions as the main connection point to
programmatically gain access to the version of choice.
MVS eliminates the need to purchase and maintain multiple PCs or servers to
generate mileage calculations. It supports your bid preparation, accounting
functions and customer contracts that may specify a different version of
PC*MILER mileage or toll amounts generated by PC*MILER|Tolls. MVS
allows you to easily price each customer’s rates accurately based on their
negotiated, contracted and requested version.
Product features and benefits include:
Simultaneously support multiple versions of PC*MILER|Connect and/or
PC*MILER|Tolls-Connect on a single server or desktop computer.
Reduce the number of dedicated network servers to support along with
their maintenance costs and setup fees.
Cut labor costs by eliminating manual route entry processes.
Ensure customers that contracts can be made and kept using their version
of choice.
IMPORTANT NOTE: MVS provides connections to the most current version
release and to past releases. If the intended use of the product includes generating
driving directions, we strongly recommend that the newest version release is not
only integrated but is the version that’s accessed when requesting routing results.
The newest version release is the most up to date reflection of the current highway
and street-level networks. New version releases include significant database
updates that enhance the routing network with updated truck restrictions and
allowances, new highways and streets, updated exit ramp structures, road
alignment enhancements, and more.