APTRA

Advance XFS

Product Overview

B006-0000-6166
01.00.00
Dec 1999
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Contents

Preface

About This Document ......................................................... ix

Purpose ........................................................................... ix
Audience.........................................................................ix
Objectives........................................................................ ix
Support ............................................................................ x

Chapter 1
Introduction to APTRA Advance XFS

Introduction ........................................................................1-1
What’s New..................................................................1-1
What’s No Longer Supported ...................................1-2
What is APTRA Advance XFS? ..........................................1-3
Customer Requirements ...................................................1-5
Open Systems...............................................................1-5
GUIs and Browsers ....................................................1-5
Configurability.............................................................1-6
Security .........................................................................1-6
The Aim of APTRA Advance XFS......................................1-7

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Chapter 2
Features of APTRA Advance XFS

Features of APTRA Advance XFS ...................................... 2-1

Introduction ................................................................. 2-1
Application Interfaces ................................................ 2-2
APTRA Exception Handling ........................................ 2-4
Application Development Environments................ 2-4
APTRA Self-Service Support System Application .... 2-5
Third-Party Product Support .................................... 2-6
Operating System Support ........................................ 2-7
Installation, Configuration and Localisation ................. 2-8
Installation.................................................................... 2-8
Configuration............................................................... 2-8
Localisation .................................................................. 2-9
SNMP Agent..................................................................... 2-11

Appendix A
Technical Information

Technical Information ...................................................... A-1

Supported SST Models .............................................. A-1
SST PC Core Hardware Requirements ................... A-2
Development PC ........................................................ A-3

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 Preface
About This Document

About This Document

This document provides a top level overview of the

Purpose APTRA Advance XFS software.

This document can be used by anyone seeking

Audience background information on APTRA Advance XFS. It is
particularly suited to the following audience:
● Sales personnel
● Customer management
● System administrators
● Software developers
● Software installers
● Service personnel

The Product Overview should serve as a starting point for

Objectives all those who wish to understand the business
background and basic structure of APTRA Advance XFS.

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Preface
About This Document

More detailed information is available in the

documentation provided, which includes the following
titles:
● APTRA Advance XFS, Product Overview
(B006-0000-6166)
● APTRA Advance XFS, Installation and Configuration
Guide
● APTRA Self-Service Support, System Application User
Guide (B006-0000-6167)
● APTRA Self-Service Support, Programmer’s Reference
Help*
● APTRA Self-Service Support, SNMP Agent 2.1 Reference
Manual (B006-0000-6017)
● APTRA Component Definition Tool Help*
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Chapter 1
Introduction to APTRA
Advance XFS

Introduction 1-1
What Is New 1-1
What Is No Longer Supported 1-2

What is APTRA Advance XFS? 1-3

Customer Requirements 1-5

Open Systems 1-5
GUIs and Browsers 1-5
Configurability 1-6
Security 1-6

The Aim of APTRA Advance XFS 1-7

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Introduction

Introduction 1

The purpose of this document is to provide an overview

of APTRA Advance XFS, a package containing APTRA
Self-Service Support and APTRA Exception Handling. The
first part of this chapter is aimed at existing users and
describes the new features of this release. The rest of the
chapter provides useful background information and
tells you what makes APTRA Advance XFS different.

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What Is New 1
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with the following additions:
● The CEN Extensions of Financial Services (CEN XFS)
API (formerly released as a separate product called
WOSA/XFS) now includes:
— XFS support for MIMIC card readers
— XFS support for CIM86
— XFS support for coin dispensers
— XFS support for cash dispensers enabling seven
cassette types and EPS2
— XFS support for graphics on 40 column thermal
printers
● Improved exception handling
● New hardware support, including:
— P86 stage 1 support
— Simplified preconfiguration of site specific
information
— Improvements to the keyboard configuration for
BAPE and EOP
— Motorised card reader/writer: EMV and HICO

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— Configurable automatic touch-screen calibration

on installation
— P86 envelope depository
— 12.1-inch sunlight-readable SVGA LCD
— EKCSM
— SDC miscellaneous interface: seven media
entry/exit indicators
— Updates for printing Euro symbol on 40 column
dot matrix printers, 40 column thermal printers,
SDC 80 column thermal printers, SDC
statement/passbook printers and RS232 page
turning passbook printers
— Performance updates for RS232 and SDC 40
column thermal printers
— Performance updates for SDC primary
— EPS2 / 7 cassettes

The following APIs are still present but not supported by

What Is No Longer NCR. They may be removed in a future release of APTRA
Supported 1
Advance XFS. It is therefore recommended that existing
applications that use these interfaces are changed to use
the recommended interfaces.
● Migration API
● Transaction Service Manager API
● Localisation API
● Station API
● NVS API
● System Application API
● Event Log Management API
● Exception Handling API
● Automatic Loading Mechanism API
The Banksys hardware feature has been removed.

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What is APTRA Advance XFS?

What is APTRA Advance XFS? 1

APTRA Advance XFS is a 32-bit run-time platform which

gives developers a powerful vendor-independent API to
create applications for Self-Service Terminals (SSTs). But
what makes it so special? NCR recognises that the
industry is driven by market forces; trends indicate that
software which allows users access to the extensive
features offered by the most popular of PC operating
systems will be best suited for the future demands of the
customer. Compliance with de facto industry standards
for software interfaces is seen as essential.
APTRA Advance XFS uses the device-independent CEN
XFS standards, as published by the European Committee
for Standardisation. This supports a wide range of retail
banking peripherals, enabling devices such as cash
dispensers, card readers, PIN PAD entry devices,
printers and so on, to interface with your Windows-
based applications.
Being device-independent, APTRA Advance XFS will
allow you to deploy new services and offerings more
quickly at reduced development costs, providing hooks
to handle a mixed vendor base with a single software
application, work smarter and exploit cross-channel
re-use.
Compliance with industry standards maximises re-use
potential, protects self-service investment and leverages
industry best practices.
Figure 1-1 shows how APTRA Advance XFS fits into the
standard architecture of an SST hardware platform. As
you can see from this, it operates with PC and SST
components to provide a complete run-time

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environment for your applications. It also provides

developers with the necessary Application
Programming Interfaces (APIs) to cater for SST-specific
devices.

Figure 1-1 Architecture

Appendix A, “Technical Information”, details the SST

model ranges which can support APTRA Advance XFS.

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Customer Requirements

Customer Requirements 1

In line with changing market trends, the following areas

are perceived as key points in the needs of today’s
customer, and have influenced the final design of APTRA
Advance XFS.

The concept of open systems is now becoming a

Open Systems 1

commercial reality. An open system is one in which

software and hardware products from different vendors
can be mixed and matched without relying on
proprietary products, in effect releasing the customer
from dependency on one supplier at all levels of the
development and production processes. APTRA Advance
XFS’s support for an industry-standard operating system
and peripherals offers customers a wide choice of
approach to all their developments.

The Graphical User Interface (GUI) and more recently

GUIs and Browsers 1

the Browser are the most popular and sophisticated

methods of display and control for various mainstream
operating systems. Applications written to use a
particular operating system automatically take
advantage of the GUI or Browser’s native features.
APTRA Advance XFS has been designed to work with the
GUI/Browser environment your operating system
provides, both with the supplied system utilities and
with your own applications.

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Customer Requirements

APTRA Advance XFS can be configured to meet the

Configurability 1

specific requirements of each system. This can be done

either locally (when installing on a single machine or a
very small network of machines) or by pre-configuration
(when performing multiple installations). Details are
given in the Installation and Configuration Guide.

Customers can make use of the security system built into

Security 1

Windows NT for user authentication, user privileges and

access rights as well as the NTFS file system. Details are
given in the Installation and Configuration Guide.

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The Aim of APTRA Advance XFS

The Aim of APTRA Advance

XFS 1

APTRA Advance XFS will enable NCR customers to

improve their competitiveness in terms of their ability to
respond rapidly to customers’ changing requirements.
NCR customers will be able to realise the productivity
gains from using their preferred Application
Development tools, and make use of standard hardware
and software products to build new device-independent
solutions to meet customers’ needs.
Through attention to general industry trends and the
practices and aims of the customer, APTRA Advance XFS
has been developed to provide the ideal platform for the
operation and maintenance of SSTs. The next chapter of
this document outlines the many potential advantages of
adopting APTRA Advance XFS and provides more detail
on the specific features of the product.

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Chapter 2
Features of APTRA Advance
XFS

Features of APTRA Advance XFS 2-1

Introduction 2-1
Application Interfaces 2-2
CEN XFS 2-3
Device Status Management API 2-3
Standard APIs 2-4
APTRA Exception Handling 2-4
Application Development Environments 2-4
APTRA Self-Service Support System Application 2-5
Third-Party Product Support 2-6
Operating System Support 2-7

Installation, Configuration and Localisation 2-8

Installation 2-8
Upgrade of SST from S4/S4I 2-8
Configuration 2-8
Configurable Parameters 2-9
Run-time Profiles 2-9
Localisation 2-9
Country-Specific Operating Systems 2-10

SNMP Agent 2-11

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Features of APTRA Advance

XFS 2

The following pages outline the major features and

benefits of APTRA Advance XFS.

APTRA Advance XFS, in conjunction with the Windows

Introduction 2

NT operating system, provides the customer application

with an industry-standard environment. This makes
available a set of open interfaces to generic computing
facilities such as communications, networking, file
systems, database access and many others.
Through this architecture, APTRA Advance XFS provides
the functionality to support the use and maintenance of
self-service devices in an unattended self-service
environment. Applications can access self-service
functionality through one of the following methods:
● The CEN XFS API
● Device Status Management
● CEN XFS also allows a system to be placed in Vendor
Dependent Mode (VDM) through the VDM Service
Provider. On an NCR SST, this allows access to the
APTRA Self-Service Support System Application,
which gives operators and customer engineers access
to maintenance functionality.
This list may be extended in the future.
Figure 2-1 illustrates a typical customer application in a
CEN XFS environment.

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Figure 2-1 CEN XFS Example for a

Customer Applications
Branch Office Banking System Configuration
Information

CEN XFS API

CEN XFS Manager
CEN XFS SPI

Passbook Identity Card

Printer Service (IDC) Service
Provider Provider

Passbook Magnetic Card

Printer Device Reader Device

APTRA Self -Service Support APIs provide conventional

Application Interfaces 2

access methods to all of its functionality for developers

creating customer applications. Essentially, the product
provides the ability to drive and maintain SSTs.
Functionality includes the following:
● Application interfaces to make use of self-service
devices (CEN XFS)
● Application interface to obtain device status and
fault management
The APIs adhere to the _stdcall calling convention.
This means that applications developed using any
language which supports _stdcall (such as Visual
C++ and most other programming languages) can use it
directly. Applications written in languages not meeting

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this convention require an additional layer to bridge the

interface.

CEN XFS 2

CEN XFS provides a general device-independent

interface for Windows-based applications to access
self-service devices that are unique to terminals in the
financial and self-service markets. Since these devices are
often complex, difficult to manage and proprietary, the
development of a standardised interface from
Windows-based applications and the Windows NT
operating system can offer application developers
immediate enhancements to productivity and flexibility.

Device Status Management API 2

The Device Status Management (DSM) API provides an

interface to device and module related functionality such
as the following:
● Looking up a device handle
● Getting a list of all device handles in the system
● Querying operational details of a device
● Getting a list of module IDs for a specific device
● Querying operational details of a module
● Querying the operational state of a module
● Making a fault ID from a module state
● Querying action details for a device
● Resetting the operational state of a module
● Getting a description of a device, module, state or
action

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Standard APIs 2

All native operating system features, such as file access,

security, communications, internationalisation and
native GUIs are available to a customer application
through the Win32 interface. In fact, APTRA Advance XFS
does not provide a proprietary interface to the SST front
screen. Instead, all interfacing with users is done via the
standard GUI or Browser. As a discrete subsystem,
APTRA Advance XFS has no effect on the operational
characteristics of the host operating system (apart from
suppressing pop-ups normally displayed by Windows
NT’s built-in Exception Handling).

The vendor-independent Exception Handling

APTRA Exception components of APTRA Advance XFS prevent the
Handling 2
suspension of operations on an SST by intercepting and
dealing with exceptions and automatically restarting
normal operations if necessary.
Exception Handling deals with critical errors such as
processor exceptions and memory protection violations,
operating system exceptions, device exceptions, kernel
level exceptions, catastrophic software problems,
persistent failures and power failures.

APTRA Advance XFS supports the use of all industry

Application standard ADEs such as Microsoft Visual Studio.
Development
Environments 2

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The System Application provides users with an interface

APTRA Self-Service to all maintenance and configuration functions.
Support System
The application is for use by customer engineers (CEs)
Application 2

and operators. After installation, it can be used to verify

correct operation of an SST, to set up user-specific and
machine-specific configuration and for performing some
basic maintenance functions.
In summary, the features provided by the System
Application are as follows:
● Configuration of certain device-specific properties
and system information
● Basic maintenance functions
● Diagnostics
● NT event logs
NT event logs contain application, system and security
events, and can be saved to diskette from the System
Application.
Software, device and communication event logs and
service tallies can be displayed, printed and saved to
diskette.
Access to specific CE diagnostics is restricted to
authorised persons via a key diskette.
The System Application can be started and stopped in a
number of ways. The system can enter Vendor
Dependent Mode by using the VDM service provider.
NCR supplies a VDM-aware application called VDA
(Vendor Dependent Application). When the VDA
receives notice that the system has entered Vendor
Dependent Mode, it starts the APTRA Self-Service
Support System Application automatically.

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The System Application can also be stopped and started

from the Desktop on machines with a monitor attached.
Further detailed information can be obtained from the
Programmer’s Reference on-line help system.
For more information about the System Application
itself, see the System Application User Guide.

One of the key benefits of using APTRA Advance XFS is

Third-Party Product the ability to add third-party software and hardware to
Support 2
an SST system. Typically these components would be
used as stand-alone modules. However, if it was a
requirement to have a third-party component integrated
into the System Application (for local management) or
SNMP (for remote management), the customer should
contact their local NCR representative.
Note: Correct operation of uncertified third-party
products on SSTs cannot be guaranteed because of the
range of diverse products available. Technical support
for third-party programs and peripherals must be sought
from the original supplier or obtained through standard
support routes, such as specialist support houses,
negotiated support contracts and on-line services. In
addition, SSTs must be tested for electro-magnetic
compatibility (EMC) approval if any third-party
hardware is added.

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The Windows NT operating system is an industry-

Operating System standard product available commercially. It is not
Support 2
bundled as part of the APTRA Advance XFS package, and
must be licensed by the customer.
APTRA Advance XFS is compatible with Windows NT
Workstation version 4.0. Additional requirements, such
as Windows NT service packs, are detailed in the
relevant release bulletin which is supplied with the
product. Appendix A, “Technical Information”, lists the
hardware required and recommended to run the
product.

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Installation, Configuration and Localisation

Installation, Configuration and

Localisation 2

APTRA Advance XFS requires Windows NT and a

Installation 2

compatible NT service pack to be installed before

commencing installation of the software.
Details of the installation procedure are contained in the
Installation and Configuration Guide.

Upgrade of SST from S4/S4I 2

The Installation and Configuration Guide also provides the

procedure to be followed when an SST with S4/S4I is to
be loaded with Windows NT and APTRA Advance XFS.
Note that application migration from S4/S4I to APTRA
Advance XFS is not supported.

The software requires configuration before it can be

Configuration 2

used. The Installation and Configuration Guide provides

details on how the system should be configured.
Configuration can be done locally on the SST or,
alternatively, the software can be pre-configured.
● After installation on the target SST has been
completed, local configuration can be carried out
using the APTRA Self-Service Support System
Application.
● APTRA Advance XFS can be pre-configured prior to
installation on a PC.

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Configurable Parameters 2

Because of the modular nature of APTRA Advance XFS,

configuration options are available for a number of
items, listed below. These allow a high degree of
configurability of the final run-time system.
● Hardware related resources, for example, interrupt
number and port assignments
● Product variants
● Device variants
● Customer-specific preferences, such as currency
type, coin characteristics and bill presentation order
● File directories

Run-time Profiles 2

APTRA Advance XFS’s run-time subsystem comprises a

set of software components including device features.
This set is called a Profile. The final run-time system can
be tailored to include only those components required.

Localisation is the process by which APTRA Advance XFS

Localisation 2

software is configured to a particular language.

Although APTRA Advance XFS ’s run-time subsystem
and utilities are released with user dialog text strings
configured for UK English, localisation can be employed
in order to alter APTRA Advance XFS to cater for local
language, cultural differences and user preferences. It is
possible to have more than one language loaded on the
same SST, although only one language can be active at
any time.
Localisation is achieved using the Localisation Utility
which is provided as part of APTRA Advance XFS. This
utility runs in a standard PC environment and assists the
localisation process by providing functions to edit text.

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Note: Localisation should not be confused with

internationalisation, which is the term used to describe
the ability of APTRA Advance XFS to support many
different languages without a source code change.

Country-Specific Operating Systems 2

In order to tailor APTRA Advance XFS for a specific

country/language standard, the native operating system
in use should also be installed as a specific language
version. Any country-specific I/O devices, such as
keyboards, should also reflect the language and country
settings used by the operating system. This will allow
customer applications to access native country-specific
features of the operating system such as currency
symbols, date formats, and so on.

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SNMP Agent

SNMP Agent 2

For network management and trap handling based on

the industry-standard Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP), the APTRA Self-Service Support SNMP
Agent 2.1 is supplied with APTRA Advance XFS.
SNMP Agent 2.1 is based on two well-established
standard protocols: SNMP v1.0 and the Desktop
Management Interface (DMI) 2.0.
The agent enables remote access to the data available on
an SST about devices and their components and services.
SNMP traps can be forwarded to one or more
management stations when state changes or other
significant events occur. Users can decide how much
information is to be forwarded and which management
stations are to receive it.
In addition, the management stations can query the SST
to retrieve information about the devices, for example,
their operational state, and to change data values.
The agent supports Unicode and ANSI formats, and
dial-up connections. It is automatically installed and can
be pre-configured to meet user requirements.
The APTRA Self-Service Support, SNMP Agent 2.1 Reference
Manual gives details of the standards on which the agent
is based, the definitions used, the data values that can be
queried and modified, and the information that can be
forwarded as traps.

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Appendix A
Technical Information

Technical Information A-1

Supported SST Models A-1
SST PC Core Hardware Requirements A-2
Development PC A-3

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Technical Information

Technical Information A

All 56XX, SHUVRQD6 (other than 5840), 5920, and Self

Supported SST Checkout for Express SSTs are supported by APTRA
Models A
Advance XFS, subject to the minimum interface
hardware requirements (that is, an Enhanced Operator
Panel on a rear-replenishment machine) and Windows
NT Workstation hardware requirements as detailed
overleaf. 50XX/50XXXA SSTs are not supported, nor is
the 56XX Document Processing Module option. In
addition, certain existing 56XX product hardware
components may not be supportable because of the
unavailability of operating system software drivers, for
example, Antex digital audio board and Number Nine
graphics board under Windows NT.

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The following table illustrates the minimum and

SST PC Core recommended configurations of PC hardware platform
Hardware required to operate APTRA Advance XFS’s run-time
Requirements A subsystem on the supported operating system. Please
note that hardware requirements can be different for
country-specific versions of the operating system and
may change with new releases. The data shown below
represents requirements current at the time of
publication.

Table A-1 Hardware Requirements Minimum Recommended

Processor Pentium Pentium

RAM 32 MB* 64 MB

Fixed Disk 1.2 GB >1.2 GB

Load Device 1.44 MB Diskette 1.44 MB Diskette

CD-ROM CD-ROM

Primary Display VGA SVGA

(Front)

* All new SSTs should be ordered with a minimum of

64 MB RAM.
In addition, Self-Service Personality Boards must be
installed and an un-interruptible power supply (UPS) is
recommended.
Installation of Windows NT Workstation operating
system, the platform’s subsystem and any other
third-party software requires a standard PC user
interface (VGA compatible display module, local PC
keyboard and pointing device) on the SST, unless the
Unattended Installation method is used (in which case a
local PC keyboard is required).
Other factors may also influence the hardware
requirements. These factors include the following:

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● The transaction application being used

● Any third-party software which is installed

A typical development PC configuration required to run

Development PC A

APTRA Advance XFS’s utility programs (such as the

Localisation Utility) is a Pentium with 64 MB RAM or
greater, 1.44 MB diskette, CD-ROM, CD-ROM writer
and a 1.2 GB fixed disk.

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 Glossary

Glossary

ADE Application Development Environment.

A
API Application Programming Interface. A set of
functions providing an extension to a standard
programming language.

Browser. A Graphical User Interface used to navigate

B and display information held on the Internet or an
Intranet.

CE Customer Engineer. An NCR representative,

C responsible for servicing equipment supplied by the
company.
CEN The European Committee for Standardisation.

Device A hardware component of an SST, such as a

D printer or a cash dispenser.
DSM Device Status Manager.

EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility.

E
GUI Graphical User Interface.
G
Microsoft Windows NT A 32-bit multi-tasking, multi-user
M operating system.

PC IBM-compatible Personal Computer.

P
PM OS/2 Presentation Manager.

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RAM Random Access Memory.

R
S4 Self-Service System Software. NCR System Software
S based on IBM/Microsoft OS/2 version 1.x.
S4I lf-Service System Software IBM. NCR System
Software based on IBM/Microsoft OS/2 version 2.1 or
later.
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol.
SSDS Self-Service Development System, a NCR ADE
SST Self-Service Terminal.

User Any person using an SST - the consumer or anyone

U with responsibility for the replenishment, maintenance,
installation or configuration of the SST.

VDA Vendor Dependent Application.

V
VDM Vendor Dependent Mode.

XFS eXtensions for Financial Services.

X

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Symbols
APIs 1-4
A Functionality 2-2
No longer supported 1-2
Application development environments 2-4
Application Interfaces 2-2
Application interfaces 2-2
Audience ix

Benefits 2-1
B Browsers 1-5, 2-4

CE diagnostics 2-5
C CEN 1-3, 2-1
CEN XFS 1-1, 1-3, 2-1, 2-3
Configurability 1-6
Configurable parameters 2-9
Configuration 2-8
Minimum A-2
Recommended A-2
Country-specific operating systems 2-10
Customer engineer functionality 2-5
Customer requirements 1-5

Development environment A-3

D Device Status Management 2-1, 2-3
Diagnostics 2-5

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European Committee for Standardisation 1-3

E Event logs
Communication 2-5
Device 2-5
NT 2-5
Software 2-5
Exception handling 1-1, 2-4

GUIs 1-5, 2-4

G
Hardware requirements A-2
H
Installation 2-8
I Internationalisation 2-9

Language support 2-2

L Load device A-2
Local PC keyboard A-2
Localisation 2-9

Maintenance functions 2-1, 2-5

M Minimum configuration A-2

NT event logs 2-5

N
Open systems 1-5
O
Recommended configuration A-2
R Retail banking peripherals 1-3
Run-time profiles 2-9

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Security 1-6
S SNMP Agent 2-11
SST hardware platform 1-3
Standard APIs 2-4
Support x
Supported SSTs A-1
System Application 2-1, 2-5
Starting and stopping 2-5

Third-party product support 2-6

T
Unattended Installation A-2
U Upgrade of SST from S4/S4I 2-8

Vendor Dependent Application 2-5

V Vendor Dependent Mode 2-1, 2-5

Win32 interface 2-4

W Windows NT 2-7
Built-in exception handling 2-4

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