Running Multiple Copies of FastSync 3780 on a Network

IMPORTANT NOTE: A SPECIAL LICENSE IS REQUIRED TO RUN FASTSYNC 3780® WITHIN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT IF MORE THAN ONE NODE IN THE NETWORK HAS A MODEM WHICH CAN RUN THE COPY OF FASTSYNC STORED ON THE FILE SERVER.

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Although the current FastSync 3780 software can run in a network environment, a special Network License is required.  Normally, the standard FastSync 3780 license allows the software to be run on a single computer.  But, FastSync 3780 can run within a network environment, where users at the network nodes can use the single copy of FastSync 3780 stored on the server to access remote sites through modems at the more than one network node.  In other words, one master copy of the software can be on the network server, and multiple users on the LAN can use it so long as they run it from their own desktop and have one of the Hayes Optima modems from CTI.

If FastSync 3780 and its support files are to be stored on the network drive, FastSync 3780 can execute from the nodes (PCs) on the network.  The node running FastSync 3780 must have its own modem (and sync card if necessary - e.g., when using Bell 201/208 protocol).

Normally FastSync 3780 will look to the current default directory for its startup files, although this can be overridden with command line arguments.   Simply invoking the network drive in the FastSync 3780 command loads the version of FastSync 3780 from the network. This copy of FastSync 3780 looks to the current drive of the computer where FastSync is running for its startup files.

To illustrate, assume that the network drive is I: and the network FastSync 3780 is in I:\3780.  The customer wants to run FastSync 3780 from his node and use a modem attached to his computer.  For this illustration, assume that the customer wants to run FastSync 3780 from C:\3780Copy.

The directory C:\3780Copy will need some files to run FastSync 3780 without any command line arguments:
XLAT.TBL copy from I:\3780
FastSync.CFG copy from I:\3780. Can be modified through I:\3780\RJECFG.EXE from C:\3780Copy.
SCC.CFG With C:\3780Copy as the current directory, run I:\3780\SETCARD.EXE. The hardware setup file will be written to the local directory.

At the installer's option, command line arguments can be provided to reference the translation file in I:\3780 and the configuration file in I:\3780.   The following command line would do this:

FASTSYNC .XLAT (I:\3780\XLAT.TBL) .CFG (I:\3780\FASTSYNC.CFG).

Or the user could run I:\3780\CMDLINE.EXE and add the command line arguments through CMDLINE.EXE.  This would allow the user to use the network FastSync 3780 version as if it were running from C:\3780Copy.

That's all there is to it. The FastSync 3780 report file will be automatically written to C:\3780Copy.