Acroprint AcroComm - Manual (Page 9)

AcroComm Programming Manual
1. AcroComm.exe Windows -
The AcroComm program provides the Software Developer / System Integrator the necessary tools
to integrate the data collection terminals with their application. AcroComm Windows Software
provides the developer the GUI front end to easily customize, configure and program the Acroprint
Data Collection Terminal. The software allows the developer to configure multiple input devices,
such as Biometrics / Fingerprint Readers, Proximity readers, internal and external Bar Code
readers, as well as Magnetic Stripe readers.
ACROCOMM is the program that allows the user to communicate with Acroprint terminals;
without this program, the terminal cannot communicate with any other entity.
ACROCOMM performs the following tasks:
· Poll TRANSACTIONS stored in the clock,
· Poll information related to the transactions from the CLOCK,
· Initialize the CLOCK’s memory,
· Send configuration values to the CLOCK that it will use to function,
· Update the CLOCK’s Time and Date
This program may be used in two ways:
· As a Windows Menu, where the program displays a menu of the tasks it can
perform and the user selects the option desired, and
· As a Command Line, where it receives parameters that represent the tasks
that the user wants the program to perform.
1.1. Installing AcroComm
A self-extracting zip file SETUP.EXE that creates an ACROCOMM subdirectory
containing the following files:
· ACRO.ICO Icon
· ACROCOMM.EXE Windows NT/95 Communications program
· ACROCOMM.INI AcroComm setup file
· ACROCOMM.TXT Installation text
· DATALOG.DAT Temporary data storage
· MCW16.DLL Dynamic Link Library
· POLL_CLK.5.3.4.XLS Excel Sample Macro
· PROGRAM.CLK Clock command list
· README.TXT Updated information
· SUPPORT.TXT Support Information
To use Acrocomm as a Windows Menu, parameters should not be passed to the program. From the
RUN command, for example, it will be executed as follows: ACROCOMM.EXE
To use Acrocomm as a Command Line, refer to Command Line operation in this manual.
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