SPAT

SPAT, or Sales Presentation Admin Tool, is a proprietary ICOM app for displaying courses and course-related information for sales meetings, info sessions, etc.. There are multiple installs in the Calgary office in addition to an installation on each Sales Team member laptop. Updates sync between all clients.

Warning!!! Deletions also sync to others. Do not delete SPAT files without disabling and uninstalled SyncThing first!

Usage

Devices used to run SPAT usually have shortcuts to SPAT on it's Desktop.

Calgary Network version

In the Calgary Office Suite, the SPAT master copy can be run over the network.

Warning! Since this is over the network it might have a little lag

Local version

Calgary boardroom PCs and Sales Team laptops will usually also have a local copy that syncs with other peers, including the Master.

To launch, locate the Desktop shortcut or double click

Examples launch

Add Examples

Click Launch

Search and launch course

Troubleshooting

SPAT Folder empty?

Is your device syncing?

For users installing the new SPAT for the first time, please contact an administrator for assistance.

For administrators, please see the guide to Installing SPAT with Syncthing.

SPAT File Syncing

Spat uses a third-party syncing software called Syncthing ( https://syncthing.net/ ) to keep files up to date on all synced PCs.

Syncthing is a peer-to-peer system that allows rapid transfer of the entire SPAT contents onto the local PC from any connected SPAT user.

We have assembled the syncthing network of users and folders in such a way that the W drive is the authoritative version of SPAT content. Content on the W drive is administered using a separate tool, ICOM SPAT Admin. Once changes are made on the W drive, a single syncthing account (ICOM Sync Master) is set to watch the W drive and sync all changes from that folder to the other syncthing users. From there, other syncing users will receive the updated version synced by ICOM Sync Master and any of their peers that also have the newest version.

Browser change?

Example courses in SPAT can link to HTML or EXE files. What web browser is used to open your HTML files is dictated by your specific PC. To open all HTML links in Firefox, follow these steps: