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Table of Contents

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Product Overview
Preface

About This Document ......................................................... ixPurpose ........................................................................... ixAudience......................................................................... ixObjectives........................................................................ ixSupport ............................................................................ x

Chapter 1Introduction to APTRA Advance XFS

Introduction ........................................................................1-1What’s New..................................................................1-1What’s No Longer Supported ...................................1-2

What is APTRA Advance XFS? ..........................................1-3Customer Requirements ...................................................1-5

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

The Aim of APTRA Advance XFS......................................1-7

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Chapter 2Features of APTRA Advance XFS

Features of APTRA Advance XFS ...................................... 2-1Introduction ................................................................. 2-1Application Interfaces ................................................ 2-2APTRA Exception Handling ........................................ 2-4Application Development Environments................ 2-4APTRA Self-Service Support System Application.... 2-5Third-Party Product Support .................................... 2-6Operating System Support ........................................ 2-7

Installation, Configuration and Localisation .................2-8Installation.................................................................... 2-8Configuration............................................................... 2-8Localisation .................................................................. 2-9

SNMP Agent.....................................................................2-11

Appendix ATechnical Information

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

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About This DocumentPreface

About This Document

PurposeThis document provides a top level overview of the APTRA Advance XFS software.

AudienceThis document can be used by anyone seeking 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

ObjectivesThe Product Overview should serve as a starting point for all those who wish to understand the business background and basic structure of APTRA Advance XFS.

PrefaceAbout 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*

Publications marked with an asterisk (*) are presented in the form of interactive on-line help systems, the rest as PDF files.

SupportIf you have any questions about the material covered in this document, please contact your internal support department, or your local NCR representative. NCR provides a wide range of support programmes - contact your local Account Team for more details.

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Table of ContentsIntroduction to APTRA Advance XFS

Chapter 1

Introduction to APTRA Advance XFS

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

What is APTRA Advance XFS? 1-3

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

The Aim of APTRA Advance XFS 1-7

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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.

What Is New 1

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● 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

What Is No Longer Supported 1

The following APIs are still present but not supported by NCR. They may be removed in a future release of APTRA 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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Introduction to APTRA Advance XFSWhat 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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Introduction to APTRA Advance XFSWhat is APTRA Advance XFS?

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.


Introduction to APTRA Advance XFSCustomer 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.

Open Systems 1

The concept of open systems is now becoming a 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.

GUIs and Browsers 1

The Graphical User Interface (GUI) and more recently 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.


Introduction to APTRA Advance XFSCustomer Requirements

Configurability 1

APTRA Advance XFS can be configured to meet the 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.

Security 1

Customers can make use of the security system built into 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.


Introduction to APTRA Advance XFSThe 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.


Introduction to APTRA Advance XFSThe Aim of APTRA Advance XFS


Table of ContentsFeatures of APTRA Advance XFS

Chapter 2

Features of APTRA Advance XFS

Features of APTRA Advance XFS 2-1Introduction 2-1Application Interfaces 2-2

CEN XFS 2-3Device Status Management API 2-3Standard APIs 2-4

APTRA Exception Handling 2-4Application Development Environments 2-4APTRA Self-Service Support System Application 2-5Third-Party Product Support 2-6Operating System Support 2-7

Installation, Configuration and Localisation 2-8Installation 2-8

Upgrade of SST from S4/S4I 2-8Configuration 2-8

Configurable Parameters 2-9Run-time Profiles 2-9

Localisation 2-9Country-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.

Introduction 2

APTRA Advance XFS, in conjunction with the Windows 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.

Features of APTRA Advance XFSFeatures of APTRA Advance XFS

Figure 2-1 CEN XFS Example for a Branch Office Banking System

Application Interfaces 2

APTRA Self -Service Support APIs provide conventional 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

Customer Applications

CEN XFS Manager

CEN XFS API

CEN XFS SPI

Configuration Information

Identity Card (IDC) Service

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Magnetic Card Reader Device

Passbook Printer Device



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



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).

APTRA Exception Handling 2

The vendor-independent Exception Handling components of APTRA Advance XFS prevent the 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.

Application Development Environments 2

APTRA Advance XFS supports the use of all industry standard ADEs such as Microsoft Visual Studio.



APTRA Self-Service Support System Application 2

The System Application provides users with an interface to all maintenance and configuration functions.

The application is for use by customer engineers (CEs) 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.



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.

Third-Party Product Support 2

One of the key benefits of using APTRA Advance XFS is the ability to add third-party software and hardware to 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.



Operating System Support 2

The Windows NT operating system is an industry-standard product available commercially. It is not 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.


Features of APTRA Advance XFSInstallation, Configuration and Localisation

Installation, Configuration and Localisation 2

Installation 2

APTRA Advance XFS requires Windows NT and a 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.

Configuration 2

The software requires configuration before it can be 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.



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 2

Localisation is the process by which APTRA Advance XFS 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.



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.


Features of APTRA Advance XFSSNMP 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.


Features of APTRA Advance XFSSNMP Agent


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Appendix A

Technical Information

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

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Supported SST Models A

All 56XX, SHUVRQD6 (other than 5840), 5920, and Self Checkout for Express SSTs are supported by APTRA 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.

Technical InformationTechnical Information

SST PC Core Hardware Requirements A

The following table illustrates the minimum and recommended configurations of PC hardware platform required to operate APTRA Advance XFS’s run-time 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

* 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:

Minimum Recommended

Processor Pentium Pentium

RAM 32 MB* 64 MB

Fixed Disk 1.2 GB >1.2 GB

Load Device 1.44 MB DisketteCD-ROM

1.44 MB DisketteCD-ROM

Primary Display (Front)

VGA SVGA

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● The transaction application being used● Any third-party software which is installed

Development PC A

A typical development PC configuration required to run 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

AADE Application Development Environment.

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

BBrowser. A Graphical User Interface used to navigate and display information held on the Internet or an Intranet.

CCE Customer Engineer. An NCR representative, responsible for servicing equipment supplied by the company.

CEN The European Committee for Standardisation.

DDevice A hardware component of an SST, such as a printer or a cash dispenser.

DSM Device Status Manager.

EEMC Electromagnetic Compatibility.

GGUI Graphical User Interface.

MMicrosoft Windows NT A 32-bit multi-tasking, multi-user operating system.

PPC IBM-compatible Personal Computer.

PM OS/2 Presentation Manager.

Glossary

RRAM Random Access Memory.

SS4 Self-Service System Software. NCR System Software 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.

UUser Any person using an SST - the consumer or anyone with responsibility for the replenishment, maintenance, installation or configuration of the SST.

VVDA Vendor Dependent Application.

VDM Vendor Dependent Mode.

XXFS eXtensions for Financial Services.

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AAPIs 1-4

Functionality 2-2No longer supported 1-2

Application development environments 2-4Application Interfaces 2-2Application interfaces 2-2Audience ix

BBenefits 2-1Browsers 1-5, 2-4

CCE diagnostics 2-5CEN 1-3, 2-1CEN XFS 1-1, 1-3, 2-1, 2-3Configurability 1-6Configurable parameters 2-9Configuration 2-8

Minimum A-2Recommended A-2

Country-specific operating systems 2-10Customer engineer functionality 2-5Customer requirements 1-5

DDevelopment environment A-3Device Status Management 2-1, 2-3Diagnostics 2-5

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EEuropean Committee for Standardisation 1-3Event logs

Communication 2-5Device 2-5NT 2-5Software 2-5

Exception handling 1-1, 2-4

GGUIs 1-5, 2-4

HHardware requirements A-2

IInstallation 2-8Internationalisation 2-9

LLanguage support 2-2Load device A-2Local PC keyboard A-2Localisation 2-9

MMaintenance functions 2-1, 2-5Minimum configuration A-2

NNT event logs 2-5

OOpen systems 1-5

RRecommended configuration A-2Retail banking peripherals 1-3Run-time profiles 2-9

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Starting and stopping 2-5

TThird-party product support 2-6

UUnattended Installation A-2Upgrade of SST from S4/S4I 2-8

VVendor Dependent Application 2-5Vendor Dependent Mode 2-1, 2-5

WWin32 interface 2-4Windows NT 2-7

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