Download Tools; Download Content - VeriFone VX 675 Reference Manual

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Back-to-back downloads: Files and data transfer from a sending
VX 675 terminal to a receiving VX 675 terminal are sent over using the service
dongle, it connects the RS-232 serial ports of the two systems.
An external UART Dongle on both the sending and receiving terminal is required
to attach the special cable.
Three software tools are available from VeriFone for performing downloads:
VeriCentre Download Management Module (DMM), VeriCentre, and DDL.EXE
(Direct Download Utility).
Because of the large size of some download files, VeriFone recommends only
using download tools provided by VeriFone. CRC and other error checking is not
supported on the GSM system. VeriFone download tools provide these error
checking mechanisms.
The following tools perform direct downloads from a host computer to a VX 675
terminal:
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VeriCentre DMM: Multi-user environment for software downloads. DMM
supports Windows NT clients and has a sophisticated database to manage up
to 100,000 terminals. The VX 675 operating system supports file
decompression for archives created using DMM.
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VeriCentre: PC-based software tool to manage applications and data for
VeriFone. In addition to being a database and communications management
tool, VeriCentre automates application downloads and updates to terminal
records.
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DDL.EXE: Downloads files and data from a development system or another
host computer, directly to a VX 675 terminal over a serial cable connection.
DDL.EXE is a Windows program included in the Verix eVo DTK (Verix eVo
Developer's Toolkit).
No special software tool or utility is required to perform back-to-back application
downloads. Only a serial cable connected between two terminals is required.
This data transfer procedure, invoked from within Verix Terminal Manager, is
handled by the OS software and firmware of the sending and receiving VX 675
terminals.
In general, you can download files and data to a VX 675 terminal. The types of
files and data can be grouped into the following functional categories:
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Operating system files: A set of related programs and data files provided by
VeriFone to control the terminal's basic processes and functions. Files that
belong to the OS are stored in a reserved area of the terminal memory.
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