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Figure 58 — Text-In Settings screen.
The DVR can be set to react to text input from devices such
as ATMs (Automated Teller Machines) and POS (Point of
Sale; i.e., cash registers). This screen allows you to configure
the DVR for each text-in device.
Highlight the box under the Setup heading, and press the
button. Selecting the Setup heading changes all the parameters
excluding Port settings of all the text input channels.
NOTE: The system performance might be affected when
a large quantity of text inputs are detected from
several channels at the same time.
Figure 59 — Text-In Device screen.
Highlight the box beside Port, and press the
button. Select
from None, RS232, RS485, USB-Serial (1~8) and LAN (1~16).
NOTE: If you have set the Port as None, you will not be able
to make any changes to the screen.
NOTE: When using the USB to serial text-in device, do NOT
remove the USB cable from the port while the system
is running.
NOTE: Text-in data might be lost when the text-in buffer is
filled by simultaneous text-in transactions from all
16 LAN channels.
Highlight Setup…, and press the
button. Use the ATM or POS manufacturer’s recommended settings when configuring
the RS232, RS485, USB-Serial or LAN ports.
Highlight the box beside Text-In Product, and press the
button. Select your device from the list.
NOTE: The following description is for a Generic Text Device. The screen changes for different types of text
input devices, and there will be different parameter boxes for you to enter information.
Highlight the box beside Transaction Start, and press the
button. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the Transaction
Start string. Refer to the device manufacturer’s documentation for the text string that the device first sends when a
transaction starts.
If you want the DVR to react to any character sent from the text input device, you will want to turn On Any Character.
Highlight Any Character, and press the
button to toggle between On and Off.
NOTE: If Any Character is turned On, you will not be able to enter any text in the Transaction Start box.
Highlight the box beside Transaction End, and press the
button. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the Transaction
End string. Refer to the device manufacturer’s documentation for the text string that the device sends when a transaction
ends.
Highlight the more line(s) box, and press the
button. Select the number of additional lines of text that you want
the DVR to record. You can choose from 0 to 10.
Highlight the box beside Line Delimiter, and press the
button. Use the virtual keyboard to enter the character(s)
that the device uses to indicate the end of a line. Special characters can be created using ^ and a capital letter; e.g., ^J
for NL (New Line), ^M for CR (Carriage Return). Refer to the device manufacturer’s documentation for Line Delimiter
character(s).
Highlight the box beside Ignore String, and press the
button. Use the virtual keyboard to enter any strings of text
that you want the DVR to ignore. Refer to the device manufacturer’s documentation for text strings that the device
sends during transactions, so you will know which ones you do not want recorded.
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