Running the Automation Script
Once the script is running, it will attempt to connect to the TCP socket that the automation server has setup. This is successful if you see the “Accepted TCP client on Port {?}” in the window of the automation server. Then the script will begin to execute the commands in the correct order. The first command must be "Start FTS". This command starts the instance of the Frontline software to run. The server will always launch the instance that is in the same directory as the Automation Server that is running or it can be configured to launch different instances. The last command to always run is "Stop FTS". The "Stop FTS" command always shuts down the instance of the Frontline software that is running. Some commands are specifically for a given certain type of hardware. For example, the Start/Stop Sniffing, Resync Status Now, and Sync Status are commands that are specific to Bluetooth sniffing hardware. If any of these commands were sent to a Frontline 802.11, the status return would be “Command not supported.”