Internal communication

These preferences configure advanced settings related to the communication between Switch application components. Do not change these settings unless you understand why you need to change them.

Property

Description

Server name

The name of this instance of the Switch server as it is displayed to users of SwitchClient.

Port for Switch Designer

The port used for communication between Switch server and Switch Designer, in the range of 1 to 65535.

Note: The port in the range 0 to 1023 are often managed by the IANA and are available for use only to privileged users.

Port for SwitchClient

The port used for communication between Switch server and SwitchClient instances, in the range of 1 to 65535.

Note: The port in the range 0 to 1023 are often managed by the IANA and are available for use only to privileged users.

Port for Switch Watchdog - Server communication

The port used for communication between Switch server and Switch Watchdog, in the range of 1 to 65535.

Note: The port in the range 0 to 1023 are often managed by the IANA and are available for use only to privileged users.

Port for Switch Watchdog

The port used for communication between Switch Designer and SwitchClient Watchdog, in the range of 1 to 65535.

Note: The port in the range 0 to 1023 are often managed by the IANA and are available for use only to privileged users.
Compress SwitchClient jobs

If set to "Yes" (the default), jobs transferred from and to SwitchClient instances are compressed (higher processing time and lower bandwidth consumption)

If set to "No", jobs are not compressed (lower processing time and higher bandwidth consumption); this is meaningful for high-speed local networks

Maximum number of mobile SwitchClients Define the maximum number of simultaneous mobile SwitchClient connections you want to allow
Enable Push notifications Set this to "Yes" to enable Push notifications for SwitchClients to your iPad. These notifications are used to send job and status information from the Switch Server to SwitchClient for iPad

Set this to "No" to disable this option

Send every (hours) Set the time interval in hours for Push notifications