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Customizing the DecisioNet System D-33
Auto Mode (A):
A status tag displays messages upon demand. The SmarTalker
displays the message for a configurable period of time and then
displays a default message when the specified time expires. The default
message is sent to the status tag before the time expires, and it retains this
information even when the DecisioNet System is turned off. In the case of
reporting the status of the DecisioNet System, the Status Tag Manager
updates the status tags even if the DecisioNet System suffers
catastrophic problems such as a complete power failure. The
SmarTalker’s button has no effect.
Displaying Status Information
The Status Tag Manager displays alphanumeric information on one or
more SmarTalkers. An application may configure the Status Tag
Manager to display messages on multiple SmarTalkers by allocating
more than one SmarTalker in the status.cfg file. For example, a back
office application may notify the manager of a point of sale terminal
failure by displaying a message on multiple SmarTalkers as shown in
the following illustration.