PNS Communicator

PNS Communicator shared resource for Send Push Notification activity related to legacy APNS connection and GCM service. This field is optional. However, it must be configured if Send Push Notification, Acknowledge Receiver, Feedback Receiver, Timeout Receiver, or Wait for Acknowledgment activities are used.

General

The General tab has the following fields.

Field Description
Name Name of the PNS communicator shared resource.
Description Short description of the PNS communicator resource.

APNS Configuration

Specify appropriate values in the following fields.

Field Literal Value/Module Property Description
Host Name Yes Host name or IP address of the APNS.
PNS Port Yes Apple Push Notification service port number. Default is 2195.
Feedback Port Yes Apple Push Notification Feedback service port number. Default is 2196.
Feedback Poll Interval (Mins) Yes Interval in minutes for polling the feedback service. Default is 15 minutes.
Dispatcher Thread Pool Size Yes Specifies the number of threads to be employed to push the notifications to APNS. Every thread maintains its own separate persistent connection to APNS.
Minimum Notification Expiry (Secs) Yes Minimum time to live threshold for the iOS notifications. Any value below this threshold will be automatically promoted to this threshold value. Default is 300 seconds.

APNS Certificates

Specify appropriate values in the following fields.

Field Literal Value/Module Property Description
Trust Store Location Yes The Trust store contains trusted certificates. Provide the location of the Trust Store file.
Trust Store Password Yes The password to access the trust store file.
Key Store Location Yes The Key store contains private keys certificates. Provide the location of the Key Store file.
Key Store Password Yes The password to access the key store file.

GCM Configuration

Specify appropriate values in the following fields.

Field Literal Value/Module Property Description
API Key Yes Specify the API key which the device will use to send requests to the GCM server.
Dispatcher Thread Pool Size Yes Specifies the number of threads to be employed to push the notifications to GCM.
Minimum Notification Expiry (Secs) Yes Minimum time to live threshold for the Android notifications. Any value below this threshold will be automatically promoted to this threshold value. Default is 300 seconds.