Under the Connection Endpoints tab you see the associated connection endpoints, i.e. addresses that ACEAgent, ACE Admin, ACE Pulse and ACE Report are to use when connecting to the servers of the ACE system.
This is how you add a connection:
Click on New connection.
In the dialogue that opens, enter a descriptive name for the connection.
The name is only a logical denomination for the environment, the ACE system that the computer is to be connected to. However, the adherent connection endpoints details are crucial.
Click on New connection endpoint button to open the box where you enter the domain name or the IP address of the server you are going to work against, and the port number.
OK adds the connection endpoint to the list of connection endpoints.
If the Update connection endpoint list on client startup check box beneath is checked you will get any other connection endpoints and replace existing at start up. If you have entered an IP address, it will automatically change to the correct server name.
Select a default connection
If no default connection is selected the user will have to select a connection each time an ACE client is started.
Selects the connection to be used by the ACE clients by
marking the name
clicking the Set as default connection button or tick the box by the name. Without a mouse you move there using the arrow keys or select the box with spacebar.
clicking on Save at the bottom right of the Personal Settings window. Should you instead want to undo the removal of a connection or any other modification your settings can be undone using the Revert menu choice under the File menu.
Modify or remove connection endpoint
To modify a connection endpoint you
mark the name of the connection to be modified,
click the Update connection endpoint button,
enter a new value for Server name. It is seldom necessary to modify the Port.
To remove a selected connection you click on Remove connection.
Automatic update of endpoints
At the bottom of Configuration Utility Connections tab you choose whether or not to get connection endpoints updated and replaced when an ACE client is started.
If the Update connection endpoint list on client startup check box beneath is checked you will get any other connection endpoints and replace existing at start up. If you have entered an IP address, it will automatically change the number to the correct server name.
Here is a case where you do not want Update connection endpoint list on client startup to be active:
Valid connection endpoints are A1 and A2. A user at a specific location cannot connect to the ACE system using A addresses. In Configuration Utility he will have to specify a particular IP number, or an alias for A1, to get a valid connection.
At connection, the connection endpoints are normally fetched from the database. The settings in Configuration Utility are then replaced, in this case with the names A1 and A2. Before the next connection the user once again must change to the particular IP number or his alias for A.
If the Update connection endpoint list on client startup check-box is not checked the user only needs to specify the particular IP number the first time.
An example of when you want to not use Update connection endpoint list on client startup...