Enable

If you want to disable the transaction source, clear this check box. The stream of transaction data stops, but the data already imported remains on the event server. You can still view transactions from a disabled transaction source in XProtect Smart Client during its retention period.

Even a disabled transaction source requires a transaction source license.

Name

If you want to change the name, enter a new name here.

Connector

You cannot change the connector you selected when you created the transaction source. To select a different connector, you need to create a new transaction source, and during the wizard, select the connector you want.

Transaction definition

You can select a different transaction definition that defines how to transform the transaction data received into transactions and transaction lines. This includes defining:

• when a transaction begins and ends.
• how transactions are displayed in XProtect Smart Client.

Retention period

Specify, in days, for how long transaction data is maintained on the event server. The default retention period is 30 days. When the retention period expires, automatically the data is deleted. This is to avoid the situation, where the storage capacity of the database is exceeded.

The minimum value is 1 day, whereas the maximum value is 1000 days.

TCP client connector

If you selected TCP client connector, specify these settings:

• Host name: enter the host name of the TCP server associated with the transaction source.
• Port: enter the port name on the TCP server associated with the transaction source.

Serial port connector

If you selected Serial port connector, specify these settings and make sure that they match the settings on the transaction source:

• Serial port: select the COM port.
• Baud rate: specify the number of bits transmitted per second.
• Parity: specify the method for detecting errors in the transmissions. By default, None is selected.
• Data bits: specify the number of bits used to represent one character of data.
• Stop bits: specify the number of bits to indicate when a byte has been transmitted. Most devices need 1 bit.
• Handshake: specify the handshaking method determining the communication protocol between the transaction source and event server.