Like other products in the FotoWare 7.0 range, FotoWare Connect is entirely configured in a web interface. The web service with the Operations Center and the Connect configuration console runs on the server where Connect is installed. Members of the FotoWare Operators group may access the Operations Center to start and stop the Connect Service, while you will have to be a member of the FotoWare Administrators group to make changes to the Connect configuration.
Status
This is the home screen where Connect displays the current channel activity and the status of all channels, whether active or disabled. You can toggle the status of a channel by right-clicking it in the Channel Status area and choosing Enabled or Disabled in the context menu.
The Connect service can be started or stopped using the Start/Stop Service button next to the Current Activity field, and you may restart the service if such is required by clicking on the Restart Service button.
Servers
The Servers screen is used for configuring sources and destinations.
Configuring servers separately from the actual processing channels has some clear benefits: When you configure a server, you choose the type of protocol to use when connecting to it and the folders on the server where the files should be transferred to / from. The folders can be either input (source) or output (destination) folders or both for two-way communication. When later configuring channels, you will then easily be able to choose inputs and outputs for your channels with a few clicks. Another upside to this is that if a change in the configuration requires you to change the actual placement of the input and output folders you do not need to make any modifications to the channels. Simply updating the input and output folders in the Servers area will automatically update the associated channels.
Routings
The Routing area lets you set up routing rules that can be independently associated with a channel. Files can be routed by filename prefix (with an optional subfolder association table), by folder size (maximum number of files or megabytes in each subfolder) or by file type extension (also with an optional subfolder association table).
Channels
Having set up the input and output folders in the Servers area and routings in the Routings area, this is where you set up the actual processing channels. It's a matter of choosing input and output folders from the preconfigured servers and associating a routing method if such is required.
Service Options
In this area you set up service-specific options such as virus scanner preferences.