Bosch Appliances PT-400 manual Importing a Subscriber Database

Security Escort Technical Reference Manual

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7.0 Importing a

Subscriber Database

This section describes the file format required to import data into the Subscriber Database. There is no way to undo this operation, therefore, DO A DATABASE BACKUP FIRST and verify the updated data before the changed database is placed in service. If there are problems, restore the Subscriber Database from the backup.

The file of new data record entries must be in tab delimited text format. It must be placed in the Security Escort subdirectory (typically C:\Escort) and be named TABMERGE.DAT. The data fields must be in the following order, delimited by the horizontal tab character (decimal 8), and the record must be terminated with a carriage return (decimal 13). If a data field has no data, store the terminating tab character for that field. The total number of characters in all the fields of a record must be 255 characters or less, including the tab and carriage return characters. After the TABMERGE.DAT file is stored in the Security Escort subdirectory, start ESC32.EXE, enter the Subscriber Database, and click the DATA MERGE button. Be patient, it may take a while. Watch for the disk activity to stop. After the data is successfully merged, it is a good idea to remove the TABMERGE.DAT file to disable the DATA MERGE feature.

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