Track: Getting Started

Getting Started

Track must run on the EasySpooler server. This server becomes the Track host. After you purchase the Track module and enter the license key on the Track host, you can activate Track. The Track administrator can configure Track, as well as chart and export Track data. You can also set up a user who can view Track information. See Security: Roles and Capabilities for more information.

 

Before you start using Track, you must make some decisions and do some setup. To get started with Track, complete the items in the following checklist:

NOTE: The EasySpooler administrator has the TrackAdmin capability by default. If you want another user to be the Track administrator, add the TrackAdmin capability for that user through the EasySpooler security system. See Security: Roles and Capabilities for more information. Track appears on the main menu in the Web UI when the Track administrator logs in.

NOTE: Track appears on the main menu in the Web UI when the user with the TrackView capability logs in.

 

Before you can configure and use Track, you must activate it.

To activate Track:

  1. Click Admin in the main menu and select Global tuning from the menu options. The Global Tuning window opens.

  2. Click the Miscellaneous tab.

  1. Find the parameter trackhost and select the name of the Track host from the pull-down list.

  2. Find the parameter trackport. If the port for the Track host is not 2516, type in the correct port.

  3. Find the parameter track_timeout. If you want to change the number of seconds, type in the number. The default is 15 seconds.

  4. Find the parameter track_timeout_action. If you want to change the action, select it from the pull-down list. The default is Accept.

  5. Click OK.

  6. Exit from the Web UI.

  7. Stop and restart the Track host:

On UNIX:

Stop the Track host by entering the following command:

install_dir/adm/bin/stop

Restart the Track host by entering the following command:

install_dir/adm/bin/start

On Windows:

Stop the Track host:

    1. Open the Control Panel.

    2. Double click Administrative Tools. The Administrative Tools window opens.

    3. Scroll down and find the ROC EasySpooler line.

    4. Click Stop the service in the left-hand panel.

Restart the Track host:

    1. Make sure ROC EasySpooler is highlighted.

    2. Click Start the service in the left-hand panel.

  1. Restart the Web UI.