FAQ's

General Questions

1)Does this Scheduler Support SSL or SSH

2)What is the benefit of registering

3)What does this ftp scheduler afford me that the others in it's genre doesnt?




User Guide Questions

6)How do I connect to FTP servers from behind a firewall or proxy

7)Can I have the scheduler search for any occurrence of a particular file pattern?

8)Does the scheduler report errors as well as successful transfers?

9)Can I specify the scheduler to run any part of an hour?

10) Can I sepcify that scheduler runs precisely at what time of the hour to initiate?

11)Can the scheduler run minimised to the system tray to prevent being closed accidentally?

12)Can the scheduler connect to SFTP sites?

13)Can the scheduler sites requiring Certificat Authentication?

14)Why can't I manually select files ?

15)What makes this ftp scheduler more powerful than the other schedulers ?

16)What is a wildcard ?

17)What does spider/recursive mean exactly ?

18)What is the longest time this scheduler can run ?

19)Will the scheduler retry if a transfer fails ?

20)Can the scheduler delete and clean up files after a transfer completes?

21)Can the scheduler prevent a transfer from triggering while a shell script is still not complete?

22)If FXP is not supported can the scheduler accomplish transfering between two sites?

23)If I wanted to initiate a transfer every 15mins can the scheduler accomodate?

24)What does this 'Check for Upload' option do?

25)What is a shell script and why do I need this option?

26)Can I Auto Close the shell (BAT) scripts after they complete if they seem to stay open indefinitely?




1) YES

All forms of secure connections are supported including Certificate Authentication in addition to Private/Public Key encrypted protocols.

2) No Expiration

The UnRegistered version will expire within a few months. Also the Registered version allows the user to specify

  • The number of retries in the event a transfer fails
  • Hourly transfers

    • 3) Automation

    Pure automation without the need to manually highlight which files to transfer. Simply highlight the file pattern and the frequency of transfers and the tool will run for months or years without requiring human intervention

    6) Simple

    Simply check the following submenu otions:

    7) YES

    Simple check the following sub menu option:

    8) YES

    Any activity Success/Failure is logged in the files specified in the user documentation

    9) YES

    You can set the scheduler to run any part of the hour immaterial of the precise time

    10) YES

    You can set how many minutes after the hour to initiate

    11) YES

    You can minimise the application by selecting the Menu option HIDE. Also to prtect the integrity of any transfer being closed prematurely the application will minimise when a person attempts to close the scheduler while it is initiating a transfer

    12) YES

    You can connect to any secure FTP (SFTP). You have to ensure you have a private key already configured as outlined in the document. Or you can Generate one and SAVE it prior to attempting to connect

    13) YES

    You can once you follow the steps putline in the document. Keep in mind a certificate will hold common information as well as the public key and it will check that a corresponding private key is loaded into memory. This can be acheived by generating a Key prior to generating or requesting a certificate (More documentation to be amended to the core instruction manual to explain in detail for the various scenerios

    14) N/A

    This utility is geared towards minimal Human Interaction. For automation purposes it defeats the purpose to replicate interface features already saturating the market. The hidden checkign routines ensures no errors due to mishaps or mis-selecting by an end user in highlighting files

    15) Flexibility

    The core features setting this scheduler apart from the rest is the

    16) Power

    Wildcard is the term used to denote a file pattern as shown below:

    17) Sub-Dir Search

    This term means the scheduler can serach through the parent/child folders even when only the parent folder is submitted

    18) Indefinitely

    This utility has the capabilty to run FOREVER in the background hidden from users view performing tasks/transfers

    19) YES

    This utility will retry until the number of retries set has been exceeded (ONly one retry for UnRegistered version)

    20) Yes

    This utility can launch scripts that will execute programs and or Batch script command to perfoma any cleanup/task desired

    21) YES

    This utility has the ability to toggle ON/OFF blocking for the triggering of Shell Scripts to enforce synchronous behaviour if desired

    22) YES

    Simply toggle off the FXP option in both Download and Upload sites and synchronise the timing so the Download completes before the Upload time is set to kick off

    23) YES

    You have two methods to accomplish this task. The unregistered version you will have to setup 96 instances of the site each set at different hours in 15min intervals. However in the registered version all you need do is set up 4 instances of the site in question AND check the 'Every Hour' menu option.

    24) YES

    The system compares the file count in the path that matches the file pattern, when the counts differ it triggers a transfer session.

    25) YES

    In this application the shell script is basically a Batch file which simply means you can run standard DOS commands as well as launch other applications. The functionality was included to afford experienced users the ability to synchronise tasks in one application which normally would take several applications and otherwise introduce synchronisation issues.

    26) YES (Version 6.7 upwards)

    Set (Check) all three(3) Sub Menu items shown below to enable this feature.