Distance engines – Configure external engines

External Engine ID

A unique identifier for the External Engine. This will be system-defined for External Engines that will be used for distance/transit time retrieval. External Engine ID cannot be modified. New External Engines for Distance Transit Time Retrieval cannot be created.

External Engine Description

A description for the External Engine. Description can be modified in Update mode.

External Engine Type

External Engine Type will be "Distance Transit Time Engine". This is not updatable for existing External Engines.

Active

The Active flag is only applicable for distance transit time engines. It is not applicable for other external engines. Only the distance transit time engines marked as true will be loaded by the distance server.

Customer ID

Customer ID is not applicable for External Engines used for Distance Transit Time Retrieval.

Function Name

Function Name is not applicable for External Engines used for Distance Transit Time Retrieval. Since field must contain a non-null value, field will be initialized with a meaningless string (for example, "N/A").

Directory

Directory is applicable for the External Engine corresponding to the I2Distance Engine. Designated path will be used when value is not "DEFAULT". This information will be used by the distance server during startup.

Directory is not applicable ("N/A") for the other Distance Engines.

Cache Control

Connection Information

Connection information is applicable for External Engines corresponding to the Rand McNally Distance Engine when the IntelliRoute Client/Server product is installed. This information will be used by the distance server during startup.

The User Name / Password must be defined in the following format:

UserID:Password:ClientID:GroupID:ProductCode:ApplicationCode:ServerPort:ServerAddress

where

UserID string[10]

Password string[10]

ClientID string[10]

GroupID string[10]

ProductCode Short

ApplicationCode Short

ServerPort Integer

ServerAddress string[80]

Example:

MyName:MyPassword:MyClientID:MyGroupID:9394:7086:1234:333.444.555.666

Connection information is not required for the other Distance Engines.

See Also

Distance engines