REVISION HISTORY
| DATE | REVISION |
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RELEASE NOTES
| VERSION | DATE | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2022-Aug-15 | Released; new functions introduced:- a) when engine is stopped, e-mail alert will be triggered and attached with log file b) when any modem is unable to initialize, e-mail alert will be triggered and attached with log file |
GENERAL CONFIGURATION
| STEPS | SCREEN CAPTURE |
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| Make Control Panel to always run as administrator. Right-click on Control Panel -> Properties. |  |
| In Control Panel Properties go to Compatibility tab and check "Run this program as administrator" box in Privilege level section. Click OK. |  |
| Open Control Panel program by double-click on the shortcut. In this example the shortcut is located at the desktop. |  |
| Click Open Configuration File to choose "configuration file". |  |
| Select "config" and click open which is located in "C:/Program Files/SMS Engine Enterprise Edition". |  |
| Set the "RETRY SEND", "QUEUE SIZE", "ROUTING" and "Data Source". |  |
| Enter value for "ID", "PORT". Set to "True" to enable the modem. |  |
| Click Save to save the changes made. |  |
| Configuration is saved successfully. |  |
STARTING AND STOPPING THE ENGINE
| STEPS | SCREEN CAPTURE |
|---|---|
| Click "Start Engine" to start the service. |  |
| Service started successfully. |  |
| To check whether the Modem are initialized or not >> Go to "Log" tab >> Click "Open Log" in control panel. |  |
| Open current date Log File which is located in "C:/Program Files/SMS Engine Enterprise Edition/log". |  |
| The log file will show the SMS Engine is started and Modem ID 2 is initialized. |  |
| In control panel the MODEM STATUS textbox will change according to the modem's current status. |  |
| Click "Stop Engine" to stop the service. |  |
| Service stopped successfully. |  |
| The status of Modem ID 1 is now "Stop". |  |
MONITORING THE STATUS OF MODEMS
| STEPS | SCREEN CAPTURE |
|---|---|
| Modem status is logged in "modem_state" table. Note: 1= Stop; 3= Fail; 5= Initialized; 0= Disable; 1= Stop |
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| In Control Panel click "Start Monitoring" to monitor the modem status. Note: monitoring cannot be started if either the MS SQL Server or MySQL service is not running. |
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| Control Panel will read the values from "modem_state" table and display it. Note: Stop=red; Fail=red; Initialized=Green; Disable=yellow |
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| Click "Stop Monitor" to stop monitoring. Note: monitoring will automatically stopped if connection to SQL server is disconnected. |
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| The "Modem Status" colour will be reverted. |  |
E-MAIL NOTIFICATION
| STEPS | SCREEN CAPTURE |
|---|---|
| Notification is used to send the log file by e-mail in these 2 conditions: 1) when engine is stopped 2) when any modem is unable to initialize Click on "Notification" menu. |
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| Enter the recipient's e-mail address. |  |
| To test sending an e-mail, click "Test Sending an E-Mail" button. Check the recipient's inbox for a new e-mail. |  |
| To test sending a log file, click "Test Sending a Log File via E-Mail" button. For this to work, please make sure there is a log file with current date in "..\SMS Engine Enterprise Edition\log" folder. An e-mail with the log details will be sent to recipient e-mail that has been set earlier. |  |
| To receive e-mail notification when the engine is stopped, enable "Send Log File by E-Mail When Engine is Stopped". |  |
| To receive e-mail notification when any modem is unable to initialized, enable "Send Log File by E-Mail When Any Modem is Unable to Initialize". |  |
| Click "Save" button to save settings made. |  |