How does Lodging Link Work?

Physical Connections

There are two options offered to Hotel System Devices and Property Management Systems (PMS) for connecting to Lodging Link:

A UDP Ethernet or TCP/IP Client Server (available only on Lodging Link Premier or PTS only) connection can be established via the Ethernet port on the Lodging Link box.
A serial connection allows for standard baud rate/data bits/stop bits configurations and connects to one of the 8 available serial ports on the Lodging Link box.

PMS Communications with Lodging Link

A PMS has two options for communicating with Lodging Link:

Use Comtrol's Lodging Link ActiveX control (OCX) which handles all communications with the Lodging Link box; or,
Implement UHLL in the PMS to communicate directly with the Lodging Link box.

Monitoring

Users can monitor all data traffic within Lodging Link by connecting a COM port on a PC, notebook, etc. to the console port on the Lodging Link box and running a standard application such as HyperTerminal. Data traffic may also be monitored via an Ethernet connection by running Comtrol's Link Monitor product.

Example Installation

In this installation, the PM is a property-based PM located at the same physical site as the hotel system devices and the Lodging Link box. Two of the hotel system devices connected to Lodging Link use serial connections and the other two hotel system devices connected to Lodging Link use an Ethernet connection. The PM has opted to use Comtrol's OCX with its software and allow the OCX to handle communications with Lodging Link, via a serial connection.

Example Installation

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