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If you are transferring orders from a remote location, you can configure the APM Dispatcher to transfer the APM orders to an FTP server at your lab. You can create as many connections as you need to transfer the orders.
Adding a Connection:
1. Open the APM Dispatcher.
2. Click on the Connections menu.
3. Select ‚New Connection.?
4. Name the connection, and then click on the OK button.
5. Enter the Server name.
6. Enter the Username and Password that have been configured at the FTP server.
**Note: This user needs to have read and write access to the FTP site, as it will be uploading images to it.
7. Check ‚Auto-start? so that this connection works as soon as the APM Dispatcher is up and running.
8. If you are using an FTP server with a passive connection, check the ‚Passive? box. If you are using an Active FTP server, then leave it unchecked.
*Note: Most FTP servers behind a firewall use a Passive connection.
9. Unless the FTP server is using a port number different from the standard FTP port, leave the port number at 21.
10. Make sure that the Hot Folder settings show the correct folder. This should be the same location where the APM is saving the orders. By default, the setting should be: C:\APM_TRANSFER\Orders\Fulfillment OR C:\APM_TRANSFER\Orders\local .
11. Enter the scan time and select either minutes or seconds. (Five minutes is the default setting).
12. If you would like to keep a backup of the orders that will be uploaded, enter the file path name in the Backup Folder field.
13. Under Processing Options, make sure that the ‚Process Folders? option is checked and that the ‚Remove files after upload? option is checked.
14. In the File/Folder mask, enter *.order.
15. Click on the Apply button.
16. Click on the Start button to start the connection.
17. Click on the FTP Log tab to confirm that the APM Dispatcher can connect to the FTP server.
Deleting a Connection:
- Open the APM Dispatcher.
- Click on the connection tab you wish to remove.
- Click on the Connections menu at the top left of the APM Dispatcher, then select Delete Connection.
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The sample below shows how orders (anything with *.order as a folder extension) from C:\APM_Transfer\Orders\Fulfillment\ transfers orders over to \\ORDERSERVER\APMORDERS\
17. Click on the FTP Log tab to confirm that the APM Dispatcher can connect to the FTP server.