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The active911-connector application
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Setting up the application
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When you receive the installer (a .exe file), double click on the file to install it onto your Windows machine.
Once it is installed, open the application
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and
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you
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you will see the Set Up page where you will configure the application to connect to your HTTP Rest endpoint and connect your FlexDex agency identifier to an ActiveAlert agency alerting email.
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HTTP Rest Endpoint
The first section is to input your credentials and URL for your HTTP Rest endpoint.
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The Active911 Connection Options currently only has the selected options. When the options expand to have more choices, this document will be updated to include details on each one.
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following options:
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“Connect to Active911 using”
The connection to Active911 uses SNPP via port 444 and this is not currently configurable.
“Send alerts every…”
By default the app queries the DataExchange every 20 seconds. This can be customized with any value between 5 and 1800 seconds.
Check for updates to alerts created within…
By default the app will limit the query to only pull Calls from the last 60 minutes. This can be customized to include any value for minutes.
Cad# Source
In order to identify the call a field needs to be chosen which then maps to the Cad Code on the generated Active911 Alert. By default the app uses Record Number but the Incident Number can be selected as an alternative option.
Windows Service
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Clicking install will create a windows service that performs the DataExchange query and forwarding to Active911. This will prompt the user for Admin permissions. After installing the windows service the app will no longer be able to be updated unless you first uninstall the windows-service, update the app, and then reinstall the windows-service.
Configure Agencies
The last step is the Configure Agencies section.
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