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Using a Different PC on a Network
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When Martial Class™ is up and running (and so is Full Contact™), and there is a network connection between them, all scanned data and control commands flow directly through to Martial Class™ for immediate processing. This includes scanning members for attendance and scanning items for sale, for raising purchase orders and for receiving stock.
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When Martial Class™ is not running (or if the TCP communication fails), Full Contact™ automatically detects the lack of connection and reverts to storing attendance directly into the Martial Class™ database. In this mode no scanned stock items are handled. However, Full Contact™ is still capable of full attendance recording, and displaying full member details upon a successful match.
When Martial Class™ starts up again, shortly after initialising it checks to see if any scanned items were recorded in the database and processes them, thus automatically bringing your system up to date. |
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Any time the Martial Class™ database becomes available to Full Contact™, data relating to class schedules, scanner assignments, member details and other settings is constantly being mirrored into the local database for Full Contact™ to use when needing to run completely standalone.
It is possible that a machine failure, network failure or some other event will stop Full Contact™ having access to the Martial Class™ database. In this case, Full Contact™ reverts to using its local cached data (including class scheduling and scanner assignment) and continues operating. Attendance is recorded in a local cache table and uploaded the next time Martial Class™ connects. |