Note: Parameters and Controls should be set up first.
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This functionality is available to Priority 8 or 9 users. It enables you to access, set up, or edit, the GM Exchange 1.1 parameters and controls.
To access, set up, or edit, the GM Exchange 1.1 parameters and controls:
From the GENERAL MOTORS OPERATIONS Menu, select the Exchange 1.1 option.
The Point-of-Sale Company selection form is displayed.
Select the Aftersales (Point-of-Sale) Company required.
The GM Exchange Transmissions and Receipts form is displayed.
From the menu bar, select Tools > Parameters and Controls.
The GM Exchange 1.1 parameters and controls form is displayed.
This form is displayed when you select Tools > Parameters and Controls from the menu bar on the GM Exchange Transmissions and Receipts Form. It enables you to access, set up, or edit, the GM Exchange parameters.
Tabs:
Buttons:
Save: Saves any changes you have made to the parameters.
Exit: Returns you to the GM Exchange Transmissions and Receipts form.
Help: Displays this help topic in your default company browser.
Parameters:
Aftersales company: Aftersales company number.
GM Dealer Code: General Motors dealer code.
Transfer directory: Location of Inbound payloads to GME. Standard setting: ^XFR/GM-TRANS.
Import directory: Locations of raw data imported from GM. Standard setting: ^XFR/GM-OUTBOUND.
MIME Content ID: MIME Content ID.
Aftersales server IP: Internet Protocol address of the Cyclone server.
CPA ID: Collaborative Protocol agreement ID, supplied by ebXML client installation.
Code Page: Local language code page. This value is normally set by selecting Tools > Set Client Code Page from the GM Exchange Transmissions and Receipts Form.
Warning: Do not edit the code page manually unless you are sure you know what it should be. Use with extreme caution!
ebXML Client Path: Aftersales server ebXML Client path.
FTP User: User ID to log on to the remote computer.
FTP password: Password to use with FTP user ID when logging on to the remote computer.
Transmit in test mode: Should the transmission be made in test mode? (Yes or No).
Warning: If the transmission is made in test mode, the data transmitted will not reach the GM back-end system.
The following three parameters have values automatically assigned when the record is created and populated by the software, as follows:
Days to display: The transactions for how many previous days are to be displayed? (14).
Purge days: Delete transaction records older than this number of days (300).
Warning: This parameter should be set with caution.
Daemon interval: Number of minutes in between daemon payload transmissions (ftp requests), when files are sent and received (10). On slow or large user systems, this should be set to a longer interval.
Warning: If you set this to run at intervals greater than half an hour, tell the dealership, as they will expect parts orders to be sent as soon as possible.
Verbose logging: Either Y or N. When set to Y, the Exchange daemon generates more explicit entries in the system log file (not the exlog table), which can be viewed by clicking View log on the GM Exchange Daemon Record Form.
This is the transaction types table. When Send Authorisation Request is selected, on setup, this grid is populated by the daemon with the transaction types the dealer code is authorised to carry out by General Motors.
Transaction: Transaction types used by the dealership.
Sequence: Sequence number of the transaction type.
GME Off-peak times:
You can define weekday and weekend off-peak periods for GM Exchange transmissions. GME accepts payloads greater than 6Mb only during off-peak times.
Note: When you set the off-peak times you should enter the local times that correspond to the GME off-peak times, including any time zone differences.
