PSListener Configuration

All configuration settings are available for viewing and modification in the PSLConfig.exe application located in the PSListener installation folder. The configuration editor will allow you to make changes that will take effect on either the next run of PSListener, or if it is running, on the next interval that it checks for updates. In some instances you may need to restart the PSListener.

PSListener Screen Features

TCP Port

This value specifies the port number PSListener will bind to while accepting TCP connections. This value does not pertain to the Internal method of communication. This option must match the Port setting on the PeerSync side. The default TCP Port is 7333.

Max Thread Count

This value specifies the maximum number of simultaneous connections that can be made to the PSListener. Any requests for connections that exceed this limit will be replied to with a 'Busy' message. PeerSync will then either retry, or copy the entire file depending on its configuration. By default the Max Thread Count is set to 200.

Enable Logging

PSListener can log messages to the log file at 3 different levels:

Full (default)

All Status, Success, and Errors messages are logged to the log file.

Errors Only

Only Errors messages are logged to the log file.

None

No messages are logged to the log file.

Log File Path

This path is the location where log files will be stored. The Log File Path Icon button will open an Explorer window to the folder specified. The default Log File Path is the C:\WINDOWS\system32\Logs folder.

Log File Name

The name of the log file. The Log File Name Icon button will open the log file in your default text editor. The default Log File Name is PeerSyncListener.log.

Log File Size

The maximum size of the log file. When this value is exceeded, it will either overwrite the original log file data if no backups are specified, or will rename the log file to a backup name based on the Log File Backup Count. By default the Log File Size is set to 1000000 bytes.

Log File Backup Count

UserName

This is an optional setting that allows you to specify a UserName and PassWord to be used for encryption as well as authentication purposes when connecting to PeerSync. In order to activate encryption or authentication, you must specify both a UserName and a PassWord value. Strong DES encryption will be used to encrypt the data and communication as it is being transmitted over the Internet, LAN, WAN, or VPN. These values must match the UserName and PassWord settings on the PeerSync side.

PassWord

RootPath

Use this option when performing replication/synchronization via TCP (see TCP WAN Connector). This option is similar to how FTP servers set Root Paths to limit user access to a local file system. Entering a path in this field limits PeerSync's access to directories on the remote device to only those equal to or below the Root Path level. In no circumstances can PeerSync access directories located above this path. If the remote path on the PeerSync's Profiler side references a directory above the Root Path, PeerSync will create that folder structure below the Root Path.

Note: The "Root Path" will be ignored when performing byte-level replication using non TCP Mode (i.e. Normal Mode with Local or UNC paths).

Root Path Examples:

	RootPath	PeerSync Remote Path	Actual Remote Path
1	-	C:\My Documents	C:\My Documents
2	C:\Backup\Users\Admin	C:\My Documents	C:\Backup\Users\Admin\C\My Documents
3	C:\Backup\Users\Admin	C:\Backup\My Documents	C:\Backup\Users\Admin\C\Backup\My Documents

Enable Unicode Logging

This option enables UNICODE characters to be correctly displayed in the log file. This however will double the size of the log file, in order to support Unicode characters. By default this option is disabled (False).

Priority

This is the application and thread priority used in the Windows environment. Setting the priority to "High" may cause instability on your system. The default Priority setting is Normal.

CPU Utilization

This controls the amount of CPU used by the process. Low will use a minimum of CPU, while High will run unrestricted. The default CPU Utilization setting is Normal.

Affinity

Allows you to limit which CPUs to use in a multi-processor environment. Each CPU is represented by 2x-1 value. The default is 0: Use all CPUs. The default setting is 0.

Affinity Examples:

Reload Interval

This value is the interval that PSListener will check for updated configuration data, and if updated, will load the new information. The default Reload Interval is 30 seconds.

PSListener File Menu This menu includes items allowing you to load and save configurations as well as exit the configuration tool.
Load	This item allows you to load local and remote configuration files (.cfg).
Save	This item saves the current configuration.
Exit	This menu exits the configuration tool. It does not shut down PSListener if it is running.

PSListener Help Menu This menu includes items for support such as README documentation, help files, and information about PSListener and Peer Software, Inc..
PSListener Help	Will open the application help file to the contents section. You may also access specific parts of the help file for features you are currently observing by pressing 'F1' on your keyboard.
PSListener Readme	Opens the Readme text file.
PSListener Product Guide	Opens the Product Guide document.
About	Will display an about screen, which contains information about the current PSListener you are running.