FlashConnect Socket Server Manager

FlashConnect Socket Server Manager

FlashConnect uses the FlashConnect Socket Server Manager to provide support for client applications. The FlashConnect Socket Server Manager provides server and monitoring information and allows you to add new socket servers, start and stop socket servers, and monitor socket server events.

  1. Accessing the FlashConnect Socket Server Manager
    The FlashConnect Socket Server Manager (fcss.jar) installs with FlashConnect, provided a Java Virtual Machine is available on your machine.
  2. Starting the FlashConnect Socket Server Manager from the Windows Control Panel
    The FlashConnect Socket Server Manager provides a visual interface for starting, stopping and monitoring socket servers.
  3. Starting the FlashConnect Socket Server Manager manually
    This procedure employs the fcsocketserver command to start the FlashConnect Socket Server Manager and the port that you set in the configuration.
  4. Adding FlashConnect socket servers
    You can add an unlimited number of socket servers depending on the resources available on the computer. However, in most cases, only one socket server is needed.
  5. Stopping FlashConnect socket servers
    If you have multiple FlashConnect socket server ports, you can stop a connection at any time using the FlashConnect Socket Server Manager.
  6. Terminating FlashConnect socket server connections
    FlashConnect Socket Server connections can be terminated individually or in groups (those connected using a particular IP address).
  7. Setting FlashConnect socket server log options
    The FlashConnect Socket Server log information can be displayed in either or both the Monitoring pane and log file.
  8. FlashConnect socket server log information
    This topic provides FlashConnect Socket Server log error code information and describes other information presented in the FlashConnect Socket Server Manager.