Integration Guide

Software Description
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WaveWorks PSS, Integration Guide, 1.10 Page 96
© 2000, Symbol Technologies, Inc. February 1, 2000
Settings that Apply to the POS Interface Subsystem as a Whole
Configuration Group (Name column on System Settings Page)
POSInterface
Configuration Item (Subname column on System Settings Page)
LocalTransferArea Directory to monitor for the arrival of files from the POS and where PSS should place
files for the POS to retrieve
RemoteTransferArea (Future)Location on POS where files are to be deposited or retrieved
ProcessedFileArea
Directory where PSS should place files when done processing them
POSControllerType Type of POS which PSS is interfacing to (4POSS is the 4690 interface)
POSControllerName Network Name of the POS controller
LanAdapterNumber LANA number of the network interface that the POS computer is connected to
PSSItemBarcodeLength Number of valid digits in the item barcode field of a file exchanged with the POS.
This field is pre-sized to 24 digits in the files, but most barcodes have fewer digits.
PSSTransactionType TICKETONLY/LOYALTY
UsePSSPrice Set to Yes if the POS does not place price information in the POSTransactionFile.
PSS rescan logic will not do price comparisons
ExcludedDepartments Identifies items not to be loaded into the PSS database if they are associated with
these department numbers
Trace_Level Identifies the amount of status information that should be written to the PSS System
Log by the software that is part of the POSInterface system. This value may be
overridden by definition of a Trace_Level for a specific POSInterface component
PSS_Global
LoyaltyCardLength Number of valid digits in a customer loyalty card
FileHouseKeeping
HousekeepingEnabled Whether or not File's should be deleted from the ProcessedFileArea when the
FileHousekeeping job runs
FileKeepDays Number of days a file should remain in the ProcessedFileArea before being deleted.
This is actually the number of 24 hour periods to be kept. If the File Houskeeping job
is set to run more frequently than once per day, some files dated on a specific day
may be deleted and others remain.
ImportItemData
CheckDigitExists Indicates whether or not a check digit is part of item file barcodes
ValidateCheckDigit Indicates whether check digit item file barcodes are valid