GuestWorks and DEFINITY ECS Release 9

Issue 1

Technician Handbook for Hospitality Installations 555-231-743

November 2000

Translations and Testing

 

INTUITY Lodging-to-PMS Translations

198

 

 

Stand-Alone Interface Link

To administer the stand-alone interface link, do the following:

Disable the integrated link feature on the switch

Install the software on the INTUITY

Set up the link on the INTUITY

Set up the system parameters on the INTUITY.

To use the hard-wired link between the INTUITY and the PMS (Figure 10), you must first disable the Switch/INTUITY/PMS Link Integration feature. Enter an n in the Forward PMS Messages to Intuity Lodging field.

change system-parameters hospitality

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HOSPITALITY

 

 

Message Waiting Configuration: act-nopms

Controlled Restrictions Configuration: act-pms

Housekeeper Information Configuration: act-pms

Number of Housekeeper ID Digits: 0

PMS Log Endpoint:

Journal/Schedule Endpoint:

Client Room Coverage Path Configuration: act-nopms

Default Coverage Path for Client Rooms: 1

Forward PMS Messages to Intuity Lodging? n

 

PMS LINK

PARAMETERS

 

 

 

PMS Endpoint:

7899

 

PMS

Protocol Mode:

transparent ASCII mode? y

Seconds before PMS Link Idle Timeout:

20

Milliseconds before PMS Link

Acknowledgement Timeout:

500

PMS Link

Maximum Retransmissions:

5

PMS Link Maximum

Retransmission Requests:

5

Take Down Link for

Lost Messages?

y

Then, verify whether the INTUITY system has the Stand-Alone Mode link software installed and active. Use the Software Management screen to display or change the available options.

If the “Stand-Alone PMS Interface” is currently installed, no changes are needed.

If the “PMS Interface for GuestWorks” is currently active or no interface has been installed, install the “Stand-alone PMS Interface” option. Follow the instructions to install the software.

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Avaya 555-231-743 manual Stand-Alone Interface Link, Forward PMS Messages to Intuity Lodging? n