Specifications

Managing the Subscriber Database with ZbaseW
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This function is used when doing maintenance and update activities on the paging
terminal. You should not use this function if you do not fully understand it. In most cases,
you will be working with Zetron personnel who will walk you through using this as part of
a larger procedure.
This function creates a binary version of your subscriber database file, for use by the
paging terminal internally. It converts the subs2000.dat data file into a subs2000.bin file.
The reasons that you would use this function, and the process of safely updating the
terminal, may not be straightforward. This is why it needs to be coordinated with Zetron.
Backup Database
The Backup Database function allows the system operator to take a “snapshot” of the
current paging terminal database file and store it in a different folder to be used for
restoring the system database should that become necessary.
When you select the backup button, ZbaseW first provides the following caution.
When you click the OK button, ZbaseW opens a browser window and prompts you to
select a folder as the destination for the backup file.
Whatever the destination is (you hard drive, a removable disk, or a flashdrive), it must be
large enough and have enough empty room left on it to accept the backup file as a single
file. The older DOS version of Zbase had the capability to break the database up across
several diskettes (because of storage limitations at that time), but ZbaseW does not.