Lighthouse Delivery

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	Lighthouse Delivery

The Lighthouse plugin for the Aurora generation of WinTOTAL was designed expressly for use with WinTOTAL as a means of converting your report to a format that can be sent via Lighthouse. It actually converts a WinTOTAL file back to our older Olympus format. This involves removing the file’s encryption, renaming any report contents (such as digital photos) that had long file names back to a 16-bit “8 dot 3” convention for Lighthouse, converting images saved in the newer PNG format back to the JPG format, removing advanced formatting from supplemental addenda files and other internal conversions. Due to the number of conversions that are taking place in the plugin and Lighthouse, we recommend reviewing the Lighthouse file before delivering to your client.

For data security purposes, you can only deliver WinTOTAL reports created using the same customer number as the system converting the report through the Lighthouse plugin. If you work with sub-contracted appraisers and need to upload their files through Lighthouse, start the jobs on your system, deliver them to the contractor using WinTOTAL’s Report Delivery functions, and then have the appraiser deliver the completed report back to you.


		Note: Lighthouse is a third-party product that must be purchased and maintained separately from ACI/PDSI in order to send reports to clients requiring that system. For assistance the Lighthouse application, consult the documentation supplied with that software, or contact ACI/PDSI directly.

To use the Lighthouse delivery plugin…

Open you report in WinTOTAL and click Deliver Report, Using any XSite Order Manager Plugin from the menus.
Select Lighthouse and click Finish in the screen that appears.
The first screen is an introduction to the wizard. It gives you an overview of the steps. Click Next to continue.
Stand by as the report is converted to the Olympus format. When it’s finished a screen notifying you that the conversion is complete appears. The converted file is stored in a subdirectory of your Lighthouse program directory. By default the full path is:

C:\Program Files\Lighthouse32\Applications\Data\Mercury.
Click Finish to complete the process. The Lighthouse Plugin then starts the ACI/PDSI Lighthouse application.


		Note: If you receive an error 76 while trying to start Lighthouse, you may not have Lighthouse properly installed on your system. In that case, verify your installation of Lighthouse (possibly with ACI/PDSI’s support) and try the export again.

Once you are in the Lighthouse application, you may need to, among other things, review the converted report for accuracy and apply your ACI/PDSI digital signature before uploading to your client. Be sure to consult your Lighthouse documentation for additional help.