Automatic emailing and uploading to FTP sites
Every time data are downloaded from a LogTag®, LogTag® Analyzer can automatically email the resulting data files to pre-selected recipients or upload them to an FTP site.
Email uses SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), which defines how electronic mail is distributed across networks.
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) describes a mechanism by which files are transferred between different computers and networks.
LogTag® Analyzer supports different authentication methods for each protocol, which you can select when you configure the settings for each service.
If you wish to learn more about FTP, SMTP, email and networking please refer to one of the many good articles available on the Internet, such as the ones on Wikipedia or the various FTP and SMTP client providers.
You can select individually whether you wish to make the process automatic, on request, or allow both. If you activate manual uploading/emailing, but not automatic uploading/emailing, you need to click he Upload button on the toolbar to upload or send the file in the currently active window.
Active and inactive Upload Toolbar Icon
If the button is inactive, neither email nor FTP options are enabled.
When neither box for emailing has a tick, no emailing will be possible. Similarly, when neither box for FTP upload has a tick, no uploading via FTP will be possible, however in both cases any settings entered in the Settings windows will remain stored.
Clicking on the FTP or Email settings buttons brings up the dialogue windows for the FTP settings or the Email settings. Usually this information will be provided by your network administrator, who may also provide you with a file containing the required settings. Your network administrator will detail instructions how to import these settings into LogTag® Analyzer.
When uploading or emailing files this will be shown in the status bar Upload Status.
Tip: The manual email function described here is different from the "send mail" button on the toolbar. The Send mail button opens a draft message in your standard email program and attaches the data file. You then need to complete the recipients' email addresses and press the send button. The manual email function via SMTP does not use your standard email program, but the configured SMTP settings and requires no further action once the Upload button on the toolbar is clicked. You can, however, not change the recipient without changing the SMTP settings.
Note: The automatic functions only work if a file is created by downloading data from a LogTag® in the interface. If the uniqueness settings in the File and Folder Settings are set so that certain conditions do not result in creation of a new file, no file is uploaded or emailed either.
Note: If you upload a file via the manual or automatic FTP function, any file that already exists on the server with the same name will be overwritten without warning. It is up to you to make sure files are created with unique file names.