Connecting to the Host System

Session Configuration

Prior to establishing a host system connection, users must set Session Configuration parameters. Session configuration consists of:

Selecting an existing or Defining a new Connection Type and configuring its connection settings.
Add any commands to the Initial Commands list for the current host.

Configuration consists of Connections, Options and License Manager setup.

Connections Tab

FTP Connections ----

Connection List: Contains the names of the defined host connections. A total of 64 connections may be specified.
New: Used to create new host sessions. When clicked, the Define New Connection dialog will appear.

Edit: Used to edit an existing host connection. When clicked, the Edit Connection Dialog for the highlighted connection will appear.

NOTE The Edit Connection dialog is essentially the same as the Define New Connection dialog. Use the Define New Connection dialog as a reference for the Edit Connection dialog.

Copy: Used to copy an existing host connection. When clicked, the Edit Connection Dialog will appear with all the information of the connection that was highlighted except for Connection Name.
Remove: Used to remove an existing host connection. When clicked, the highlighted connection will be removed from the list.

Options ----

Auto-Connect Session: If checked, the application will automatically start the host connection that is highlighted in the Connection List.
Prompt on Disconnect: If checked, BlueZone will display a message box "Are you sure you want to disconnect and close session? whenever an attempt is made to disconnect a host session, or when the BlueZone application is closed with an active host session.
Connect Retry: If checked, BlueZone will try to connect to the host the number of times selected in the Retry up to list box and use the interval selected in the times, retrying every list box.

Options Tab

Double-Click ----

You can choose the behavior of the mouse left double-click.

Send / Receive File: If selected, the mouse left double-click will signal the application to send or receive files.
View File: If selected, the mouse left double-click will launch the associated program for viewing the selected file.

Viewer for unregistered file extensions: If enabled, supply the file name of an application that can be used to view files.

Browse: Used to browse for the above application.

Logging Options ---

This feature allows you to configure BlueZone FTP to automatically create a log of all of the FTP activity of the current BlueZone FTP session. Each time a BlueZone FTP session is started, a new log file will be created. Each time the BlueZone FTP application is closed, the current log file will be closed.

This is a global feature. When this feature is enabled, it will be in affect for the entire BlueZone FTP session regardless of how many different hosts you connect and disconnect from during the session.

For example, if you want to connect to three different hosts, transfer or receive files, and wind up with three different log files, you will have to shut the BlueZone FTP application down completely in between each host connection, in order for BlueZone FTP to create three separate log files.

File Format

The log is created in .csv (comma separated values) format. The file name is created by appending the date followed by the session sequence number, to the letters LOG. For example, LOG05042005-001 was created on May 4th, 2005 and is the first log created on that day. On each new day, the sequence number is reset to 001.

Enable Logging: Checking this box will turn the Logging Feature on.
Delete Logs after XX days: Used to set the number of days that you want the log files to be kept on your system before being automatically deleted. the default setting is 30 days.
Log Directory: This is the location where the log file will be stored.
Browse: If desired, you can use the Browse button to change the location of the log file.
Log File Location and Name: The location and the name of the current log file will be shown here.
View: Click this button to view the log file in your Windows registered viewer. For example, if Microsoft Excel is registered to view .csv files, then clicking the View button will automatically launch Excel and view the current log file.

License Manager Tab

The License Manager Tab is used to store the IP address of the SEAGULL License Manager server. This is necessary when using a "Concurrent" licensing scheme.

NOTE The License Manager Tab will only appear if you are using a "Licensed" copy of the application. If you are currently "evaluating" the product, this tab will not appear.

License Servers ----

Use this group to configure your SEAGULL License Manager IP address.

Add Server: Place the IP address of the server or servers that are running the SEAGULL License Manager in this filed and click the Add button.

NOTE If your SEAGULL License Manager is using a Listening Port other than the default of 8421, you must add the configured port number to the end of the IP address, using a coma as a separator.

Example: 63.75.199.234,80

CAUTION! Do not use a colon (:) between the IP Address and the Port number. You must use a coma as shown above.

Server List: This will display the IP addresses of your SEAGULL License Manager server (if any).
Use the Remove and Clear buttons as needed.

Group Information ----

This field is only used if you are using the Group feature of the SEAGULL License Manager.