Chapter One: Setting Up FSMS
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Configuring FSMS
This section of the FSMS User Guide contains step-by-step instructions for configuring the FSMS
software on a server.
Before using FSMS, the application must be properly configured using the FSMS Configuration Utility,
which allows you to enter and store user and system specific data. The FSMS Configuration Utility has
nine tabs used to enter function level data:
• Shipper Settings
• Report Settings
• Label Settings
• Doc-Tab Settings
• System Settings
• IPD/IED/IDF Settings (International Priority Distribution Configuration)
• Tracking Numbers
• Meter Settings
• Advanced Settings
Before you begin configuration of your FSMS installation, the following entry tips are provided to make
input easy:
9 Always tab out of a text field on any of the Configuration windows. Otherwise, the function
buttons on the window may not be enabled.
9 If a text field is displayed in red prior to or after tabbing out of the field, an invalid field value has
been entered and should be corrected before exiting the window.
9 Holding the mouse cursor over a field introduces a Tip that provides the valid data entry for the
field, as well as the access level required to edit the field.
9 Closing the FSMS Configuration Utility by using the X will NOT save the data you entered. You
must click the Apply or the Apply & Exit button to save your entries.
9 If you are making configuration changes in an existing version of FSMS, you must be sure to
perform a Close before changing any information.
Shipper Settings
The Shipper Settings tab is used to enter information about the shipping origin location. FSMS supports
the configuration and use of an unlimited number of shipping locations. A unique meter number is needed
to establish and identify each shipping location. The unique meter number established and assigned to a
shipping location is used for many FSMS functions such as meter level report generation, revenue data
upload, and tracking number assignment. Meter numbers are unique to FedEx account numbers and may
not be used with any account number other than the one to which it has been assigned. However, a
single account number or a single location can be assigned many meter numbers.
Shipper settings should be configured before any other configuration information is added. The first meter
added to this configuration should be the Master meter; all subsequent meters to be added are Child
meters that are associated with the Master meter.
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