Consultant Plus (transfer/installation)

Few people know that there is another way to set up automatic updates. The ability to set the schedule for launching Internet top-ups directly from the interface of the Offline version of Consultant Plus. This feature is implemented using the built-in replenishment scheduler (hereinafter, Scheduler Consultant Plus).

Replenishment launched from the built-in Scheduler of Consultant Plus is about 15% faster than that launched through the Windows Scheduler. This is because tasks in the Windows Scheduler run by default with a low priority (in Windows terminology - “Below Medium”) and there is no way to change this priority through the scheduler interface. Scheduler Consultant Plus is easier to set up than the Windows Scheduler, which has a more complex interface due to its versatility. In the Consultant Plus Planner, you do not need to set up the Consultant Plus working directory. According to statistics, an error in setting up a working directory and an error in setting permissions to work with this directory are the most common causes of Internet top-up failure for a client. Scheduler Consultant Plus implements replenishment mode when the user is inactive (when the computer is idle). Before setting tasks in the Consultant Plus Scheduler, you need to make sure that there are no update tasks created in the Windows Scheduler. If such tasks are present, then they must either be stopped or deleted in order to avoid duplication of tasks.

The scheduler is an executable servcons.exe contained in the folder K:\Consultant\SYSTEM\SERVCONS. The specified file is automatically created and updated from the servcons.zip archive in the SYSTEM folder, which is transferred with replenishment in the cons*.ans file. To work with the scheduler, you must log in to Consultant Plus in Administrator mode Consultant Plus (key /adm). The scheduler settings are called by the "Recharge Scheduler" button in the "Internet" tab of the "Tools/Settings" menu.

If Consultant Plus was logged in not in the Consultant Plus Administrator mode, the "Recharge Scheduler" button will be inactive.

The "Recharge Scheduler" button is available when three conditions are met:

1. Consultant Plus running in Administrator mode Consultant Plus (key /adm)
2. In the folder K:\Consultant\SYSTEM\SERVCONS lies the file servcons.exe
3. The kit is not a flash version

On first start, you need to install services (servcons и servcons_update) needed to work with the scheduler, as well as specify the details of the account under which the tasks of the scheduler will be launched. To start working with the Consultant Plus scheduler (installing services), you must perform the following actions in the "Account for starting and service status" block:

— specify the username and password of the user on behalf of which the scheduler tasks will be launched (in the case of using a domain account in the "Username" field, it is mandatory to indicate the domain in the following format - domain\user);

• click on the link "Update user credentials" (optional);
• click on the "Install" button.