The Argus Interchange Server is meant to off-load Interchange Service from the Argus Transaction Server. Alternatively, Interchange Service can be installed on the Transaction Server itself. To configure Interchange Services through Interchange Mapping user interface, both must be installed on the same system.
Obtain a domain account with local administrator privileges.
Uninstall the existing Interchange Services.
Create a network account to enable Interchange Service to communicate with the e-mail system and access the shared folders on the Axway B2Bi Server.
Log in as the Administrator on the system where Argus Safety is being installed.
Copy the installation package to the local directory of the target machine.
Open the Argus Safety folder and click setup.exe.
In the Argus Suite Solution Components Installation Wizard, click Next.
Enter the User Name and Company Name, and click Next.
In the Default Directory screen, to select the default installation directory where the Argus Suite Solution Components will be installed, click Browse.
To display the Argus Suite Components list, click Next and select the default installation directory.
Under Transaction Server, select Argus Interchange Service, and click Next.
The Argus Suite Solution Components Report Directory appears.
Select the directory where temporary reports will be stored, and click Next.
You can browse through any path or leave this as default (C:\Temp).
Click Yes to configure a database for Argus Interchange.
Enter the database name as you want it to appear in Argus Interchange and click Next.
Enter the database SID and click Next.
To add an additional database to Argus Interchange, click Yes.
In the Setup Completed dialog box, click Finish.
Click OK to reboot.
To set up the Argus Cryptography Key, refer to Section 19.1.3, "Argus Safety Application Servers".
Select Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools.
Double-click the Component Services shortcut.
In the left navigation pane, click Services.
From the list of services (in the right navigation pane), right-click the Argus Interchange Service, and click Properties.
In the Argus Interchange Service Properties > General tab, from the Startup type drop-down, select Automatic.
Click the Log On tab, select This account, enter the parameters, and click OK.
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You must enter a domain account with access to the domain printers.Click OK.
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You can view the log file at the specified path in the Interchange Service INI file.Log in to the machine where Interchange Service is installed.
Browse to the data folder in the Axway B2Bi installation directory.
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If the data folder is not shared, contact the System Administrator for access to the folders.Verify that you can access the following folders:
<company profile>/ediin
<company profile>/ediout
<company profile>/xmlin
<company profile>/xmlout
Log off of the EDI Gateway machine.
Log in the Interchange Service machine and make sure no password is required for connecting to the shared folders on the EDI gateway machine.
You can configure Interchange Service by changing the items in its initialization (INI) file from the Interchange Mapping interface.
Open ESM Mapping.
In the Service INI File Setup dialog box, enter the following parameters and click OK.
Field Name | Description |
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IT E-mail | e-mail address that will be used by Interchange Service in case the transmit time-out occurs (Physical Media or EDI Gateway time-out). |
Business E-mail | e-mail address where a message can be sent if the Receive ACK time-out value is reached. |
User E-mail | e-mail address where a message can be sent if the user does not process the E2B Report within the time-out value. |
EDI Software Name | EDI Software name used i.e. Axway B2Bi |
EDI Database Name | Database name for the EDI software |
EDI User ID | User name for EDI database |
EDI Password | Password for the User ID |
EDI Client Software | Type of database used by the EDI software |
DTD Path | Path to the location of the DTD file |
Log File Path | Path where Interchange Service will write the log files |
Multiple Database Section | Displays all the configured databases for Interchange Service. |
Delete Button | Removes the entire database configuration from the Interchange Service INI file. |