Specifications

Office Computer Operations Guidelines

Database Operations

This is how our system works: you make changes to your subscriber database on the office

computer, using our ZbaseW software. Then you link up to the paging terminal and

transfer the revised database to the paging terminal.

This means that the master database resides on your office computer, not on the paging

terminal.

While there is a binary version of the paging system database residing on the paging

terminal, the binary version is completely different from the subscriber data file on your

office computer. Subscriber changes go only one way: from the office computer to the

paging terminal. There is no direct way to use the binary version of the database from the

paging terminal in your office computer.

Let us emphasize two main points here:

• Do frequent backups! The subscriber database on your PC must be backed up on a

regular (and frequent) basis.

• Use only one computer!

The following sections cover these in more detail.

Backups

Once you have spent much time entering your subscriber/pager info, you should back it

up. This is easy using the handy Backup selection from the ZbaseW main menu.

Alternatively, use your own favorite backup method. In any case, develop a proper multi-

level backup system, and stick to it! This is discussed in more detail in the Operations

manual that comes with the ZbaseW software.

Only One Computer for Database

There should be one, and only one, office computer used for maintaining the paging

system subscriber database file. If multiple computers are used, there is a high probability

that changes will be made at one site and not the others. This soon results in both user

complaints about system operation and general uncertainty about which version of the

database found on the office computers is correct.

If you are in the position of needing to maintain the paging system subscriber database

from several separate physical locations, it is recommended that you make use of an IP

network to tie together all of the computers running ZbaseW with the single computer that

is holding the database file and the paging terminal.

Training and Classes

We offer a class once a month on the 2000 Series system. It is a general interest course,

familiarizing you with the overall system and how to use it. It is suitable for owners/