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This article outlines the basic details of the Starfleet Interface with which Reslink.exe directly communicates. The article also contains a sample RMSCONFIG text for this type of interface.

This article outlines the basic details of the Starfleet Interface with which Reslink.exe directly communicates. The article also contains a sample RMSCONFIG text for this type of interface.

About

  • The STARFLEET property management system is interfaced the same as the RMS System, Typically Reslink.exe communicates with these systems directly; however, STARFLEET does not actually have a direct communications interface specification, it uses Ascii Files shared between the systems
  • They only have the ability to send us a list of open rooms via an ASCII file, that we then must lookup for validate room charging
  • We read this file every 30 seconds and update an internal Room List
  • Then we can only "send" them room charges by writing to another ASCII file. The problem with this is the fact that there is no direct confirmation from their system that the charge has been accepted and written ok
  • The RMSServer.exe is configured in Bepoz as if it was Reslink.exe, in other words, it directly replaces Reslink.exe in these venues. Therefore setup BEpoz and the Tills as if it were using Reslink
  • The RMS Server program uses a configuration file call RMSCONFIG.TXT located in the execute directory. It contains directory and Sort Type setup information to the program. This can be edited using notepad.exe. Each Sort Type must be set to add to one of the FOOD, BEVERAGE or OTHER Totalisers (Default is FOOD)
  • The RoomNumLength setting determines the minimum number of digits in the Room Number when sent back to StarFleet
  • The Room numbers in StarFleet need to be padded left with zeroes and require these zeroes to identify the room numbers properly. If the Folio and Room numbers are like 20002 then use a length of 4 (folio is first digit 1). If the numbers are to be like 2002 then use 3 etc
  • Note, if this is set to a value less than the actual room number; i.e. value is 2 but room number is 187, the room number is NOT truncated, meaning the whole room number, 187 is still sent. (This means that this setting is a "padding" value") 

Backoffice Setup:

  • Ensure IP address:
  • Port number: 19850
  • Name: StarFleet
  • Item Totals: Sorts

Create a new TXT File Called RMSCONFIG.TXT with the following Example:
Copy or Save the File to Bepoz\Programs\


Sample RMSCONFIG.TXT

  • Interface,StarFleet
  • RMSSharedDir,"D:\BEpoz\StarFleet"
  • RMSServerTCPPort,19850
  • ROOMNUMLENGTH,4
  • Sort1,FOOD
  • Sort2,FOOD
  • Sort3,FOOD
  • Sort4,FOOD
  • Sort5,BEVERAGE
  • Sort6,BEVERAGE
  • Sort7,BEVERAGE
  • Sort8,BEVERAGE
  • Sort9,BEVERAGE
  • Sort10,Other
  • Sort11,Other
  • Sort12,Other
  • Sort13,Other
  • Sort14,Other
  • Sort15,Other
  • Sort16,Other