2 | Bally Interface Setups

This article is a CALink BackOffice setup guide for the Bally interface. This interface allows Operators to get customer details and points and redeem them via SmartPOS. Once the CALink Setup is completed, Operators can move on to the BackOffice settings.

This article is a CALink & BackOffice setup guide for the Bally interface.

This interface allows Operators to get customer details and points and redeem them via SmartPOS. Once the CALink Setup is completed, Operators can move on to the BackOffice settings.

Bally is a SOAP based service and Bepoz may require multiple calls to interface to achieve functionalities.

Prerequisites

For an operator to be able to set up the interface with Bally, the following privileges must be enabled
Main Tab (General Settings) - Venue Maintenance

All 'System Setup' Flags

CALink Setup

Bally requires two CALlinks to be run in parallel so that the first CALink is used for Points and the second one is used for Account Balance
To set up the first CALink, open the CALink program and select Bally as Server Type

Then, complete the CALink Settings as required using the table below as a guide

Device Options

Fields/Flags	Description
Server Type	This is the type of Server to be selected from the given list
Server IP Address	This is the IP address provided by Bally
Server TCP Port	This is the port CALink connects to the interface This is provided by Bally
Till connection TCP Port	This is the port at which CALink connects with BackOffice
Reply Timeout	This is the time (seconds) at which CALink will timeout while waiting for an answer from Bally
Send Dollar Amount (not Point)	This flag determines that whether CALink will send through Dollar value or Point value of the transaction from SmartPOS to Bally Interface
Comp/Promo Config	Bally supports multiple points buckets This field will decide which bucket will be used first to redeem the points in SmartPOS The options are: 0= Comp Only 1= Promo Only 2= Comp them Promo 3= Promo then Comp
Get Member Photo	This flag (if enabled) will request for member photo from Bally
LocationCode	This is the location code provided by Bally

To set up the second CALink, follow the given steps
- Create a shortcut for CALink 1
- Rename the shortcut to CAlink2
- Right-click on the application to open Properties
- In the Shortcuts Tab, change the Target name to C:\Bepoz\Programs\calink.exe /CALink2
- Apply and Save

Once the second CALink is setup, configure CALink2 with similar settings to CALink 1 however, the Till Connection TCP Port must be different

BackOffice Setup

There are mainly two BackOffice setups that need to be configured which allows BackOffice to connect to CALink

Venue Setup

Go to Backoffice > System Setup
Select Venue, Stores & Tills, and open Venue Maintenance
Select a venue and open Venue Maintenance
In the External Links Tab, set the CALink #1 Gaming Points Link and CALink #2 Account Charge Link as follows:

Till/ Workstation Setup

Login to Backoffice and go to System Setup
Go to Venue, Stores & Tills which will open a window
Select a Till and open Workstation Maintenance
In the Flags/Other Tab, enable the 'Use CALink' Flag