Communications Driver Files and Database Records

Communications drivers are usually based on library files, such as DLL (Dynamic Link Library) files on Microsoft Windows, or shared object files on UNIX. Alternatively, they might be executable files or other types of files. Each driver file must be written to support the Siebel Adaptive Communications API.

Communications driver files are located by default in the bin subdirectory of the Siebel Server installation directory for Windows, or in the lib subdirectory for UNIX. You can store them in another directory, if you specify an absolute path. (On UNIX, this location cannot be the bin subdirectory of the Siebel Server installation directory.)

Each communications driver file has one or more corresponding database records in the Communications Drivers and Profiles view of the Administration - Communications screen.

Note: In this book, in discussions of configuration tasks in the Administration - Communications screen, the term communications driver or driver sometimes refers to a database record that references a driver file. In discussions of developing drivers, however, the term generally refers to the driver file itself, which is the direct product of the development process.