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Each test station contains a local copy of the master names.txt files, so that a user can be tested at any test station. If the user
information is changed on the server master copy, all test stations will automatically read the new information whenever the new
copy is downloaded into their local directory. To download the names.txt file to the test stations after it is modified on the server
(such as when a new user is added), run the SendNames function in the Auto Email report generator on the server to automatically
download them, or manually click Tools, "Send user information to test stations".)
The test data log file is named Log.txt, which stores one line of data every time a user tests. When it is desired to consolidate the
remote test station data (e.g. before running a report), the server runs the LogSort function to read the data from the remote test
station log.txt files, append the data to the local remote log history files called 'loghist.txt', resets the local log.txt file, and stores the
data in the server log.txt file. The function also sorts all the data in chronological order.
The sequence of the server operation will thus look something like this:
1. Each day, the data from all the test stations should be gathered to produce a combined log.txt data file on the server for
report generation. On the server, either manually click on Reports, Run LogSort; or run it automatically from the task
scheduler in the AutoGenerate Email feature. The LogSort function will combine the data from the test stations listed in the
NetList.txt file. If the NetList.txt file does not exist, the LogSort function will combine the data from the test stations mapped
to the four drives I:, J:, K:, and L. The LogSort function will:
a. Rotate the backup the server logbak1.txt file to the server logbak2.txt file
b. Rotate the server log.txt file to the server logbak1.txt file
c. Append (and sort by time if needed) the test station Log.txt files to the server Log.txt file.
d. Append each test station's Log.txt file to the test station's LogHist.txt file.
e. Delete each test station's Log.txt file (which will be re-created after the next test).
2. The daily exception report can be generated from the from the server computer EsdTest program by clicking Reports,
"View or Print Exception Report", (refer to Help.txt) or can be run automatically from the AutoGenerate Email feature.
3. Other reports can be generated such as the monthly report, for ISO9000 documentation
4. The Log.txt file should be resent periodically to prevent it from growing so large that it slows down report processing. Click
"Tools" and select "Reset Log File". It will ask for a backup file name. Large companies should back up the log.txt file to a
monthly backup file (for example Log0601 for June 2001). For small companies a back up should be done once every
year.
5. If employees are permitted to enter their names when a badge is not recognized, then the individual tests station names.txt
files may be consolidated into a master name.txt file. Run the GetNames and SendNames function from the server Auto
Email window, or manually click the Tools "Add new names entered from Test Stations", "Sort names alphabetically", "Send
names to test stations".
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