Overview

The PageGate service manager (PageGate.exe) runs on all computers that run a portion of the PageGate Server application (except PG Admin, PG Monitor, or the PageGate GUI Client). It runs in the background whenever the PageGate application is active. The service manager can run as an application, a Windows 9x service, or a Windows NT service. It is responsible for starting and stopping all the other server modules. If PageGate is setup to run as a Windows NT system service, it is the only module set to start automatically (it will start the other modules). This is the only server module that should ever have more than one instance running (only if PageGate is installed across multiple machines).

When PageGate is running as an application or Windows 9x service, the PageGate service manager's icon (small pager) will appear in the Windows system tray (bottom right corner of the screen, next to the clock). Note: the PG Admin and PG Monitor programs can easily be started by clicking on this icon. Quitting the icon when PageGate is running as an application or Windows 9x service will stop the PageGate Server application. If the PageGate service manager is running as a Windows NT system service, a separate application (PGSystray.exe) runs in the windows system tray to provide the icon and popup menu. This program gives similar functionality as the pager icon when PageGate is running as an application or Windows 9x service. However, stopping this program has no effect on the rest of PageGate.