Overview

DataXchange has two primary components, a Windows service and User Interface.  The DataXchange Windows service does all of the work of communicating to the equipment and transporting the data.  The service is designed to be on one or multiple computers within the facility where the equipment is located. 

The user interface, called the Client Interface, is used for a variety of things.  The Client is used to setup all of the necessary information needed to collected data.  For example, defining all of the equipment, creating users, resetting password, etc.  The Client is also used to run charts and reports.  The Client is installed by a per windows user basis.

Another task the Client performs is to configure and manually control the DataXchange Windows service.  For this task the Client must be installed on a computer that can access the computer over IP with the Windows service installed. 

The default for communication between the Client and the Service is HTTP over TCP port 80 making the application firewall friendly.

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