Standard GateKeeper.INI settings
The following settings are included in the GateKeeper.INI file and are used for all setups. There are also advanced settings that may or may not be necessary for your installation. These are explained later in this document.
[Preferences]
ReadyBmp: Image used at the Ready screen
GoodBmp: Image used at the Good Scan Response screen
BadBmp: Image used at the Bad Scan Response screen
GoodSound: Sound played at the Good Scan Response screen
BadSound: Sound played at the Bad Scan Response screen
ResponseTimeout: The amount of time in milliseconds (1/1000 sec.) that the Scan Response image (Good or Bad) is displayed.
VerbosityLevel: Log Verbosity Level
RolloverMonth: See information in
Rollover setting Salespoint: Salespoint name that is recorded with validations (is truncated to six characters)
Operator: Operator name that is recorded with validations (is truncated to six characters)
Location: Location name that is recorded (written into the data) with validations. Also used for validation of location-based tickets. There is more information on this in a later section
Note: The Salespoint and Location .INI settings must be unique amongst all GateKeeper stations. If desired, all GateKeeper stations can share the same Operator. Furthermore, it is important that the Salespoint setting not match a Sales station’s salespoint name to prevent issues with reporting.
CheckExp: The value of this setting determines whether scans are to be validated with encrypted expiration date
DCI: See information in a later section
ReconnectInterval: The number of scans between attempts to reconnect to SalesEZ application
ReconnectSeconds: Amount of time with no activity that must pass before GateKeeper attempts to reconnect to SalesEZ application to trickle offline scans
DisconnectSeconds: Amount of time with no activity that must pass before GateKeeper module disconnects from SalesEZ application. This is to prevent issues with GateKeeper module improperly disconnecting from SalesEZ when idle.
[SalesEZ]
IP: IP Address of the SalesEZ Pool Manager server
Port: Port of SalesEZ Pool Manager server. 4203 is the default
Timeout: Timeout in seconds for connection to SalesEZ application
[Output1] Information on the settings in these sections is later in this document
[Output2]: Information on the settings in these sections is later in this document
[Trickle]: Information on the settings in this section are detailed in
Trickling
[Internal]
Prefix: This is populated when GateKeeper connects to SalesEZ application. It corresponds to the Prefix table in the system.