POS Transaction Analyzer User and Installation Guide, SST Version 1.2

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ELINK Configuration Parameters
Section: Global Parameters
Parameter Description
SET ELINK TRACE Specify the Elink trace levels. The values available are:
• None: Does not log any message.
• Error: Logs all the error messages
• Warning: logs all the error and warning messages.
• Progress: Logs all the error messages, warning messages and information
messages.
SET ELINK LOGFILE Name of the log file.
Default: elink.log
SET ELINK REMOTEPORT Port used for remote connection.
The default value is 8976
SET ELINK LOCALPORT Port used for local connection.
The default value is 8976
SET ELINK LOGFILELEN Log File size in bytes.
The default value is 5000000
SET ELINK ALIVEPROBE Time interval to send the alive probe message to remote elink(s)
The default value is: 60
SET ELINK ALIVECOUNT If alive probe message does not respond to the specified number of counts, the
connection is stated as Dead.
The default value is 3
SET ELINK LOCALIP The IP address of the local system that will be used to make connection to the remote
Elink and the local application.
When the line is not specified, the local system IP address will be used.
Section: Remote Connection Parameters
Parameter Description
SET SERVICE TYPE Specifies the type of connection with the backend.
The value is ALERT
SET SERVICE DOMAIN Specifies the service domain type for elink.
The value is INET
SET SERVICE NODE Specifies the HP NonStop node name.
SET SERVICE HOST Specifies the IP address or domain name of the host.
SET SERVICE IPADDR Specifies the IP address of the host.
SET SERVICE PORT Specifies the port used for remote elink.
SET SERVICE PROVIDER Specifies the types of service provided by the backend.
The value is POS.
ADD SERVICE Add the above configuration parameters to the elink.
The value is #ELINK
NOTE: You can establish N number of remote connections by specifying the set of N number of remote
connection parameters in Elink.cfg file.
NOTE: If a Configuration Parameter is specified with some value in the .INI file then it will consider the given
value. If the parameter is not specified, the default value will be considered. To specify a “no value” for a
parameter, add the corresponding parameter in the file and remove its value. This will update the stats table
with the blank value for the corresponding parameter. For example if the value of "Reversal Transaction Codes
= " in the .INI file, then "No Values" will be considered for Reversal Transaction Codes.
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