Creating and Configuring a DirectConnect Server

Use the Create Server wizard to create a DirectConnect service.

Start the Create Server wizard by navigating to the %SYBASE%\DC-15_0\DCWizard directory and executing the DCWizard script. The Welcome Create Server wizard appears. Click Next.
Select ECDA Option for ODBC. Click Next.
Enter the server name for the new DirectConnect server and the port number that you want the server to listen on. Click Next.
Enter the ECDA access service name that you want to use for the replicate Microsoft SQL Server database, for example, my_mssql_access_service. Click Next.
Verify the DirectConnect server information. If correct, select Create Server. Otherwise, click Back to return to the previous window and provide the correct information.
Open the %SYBASE%\DC-15_0\servers\servername\cfg\dcany.cfg file, where servername is the name of the server you created.
In the file, locate the name of the Microsoft SQL Server access service that you created. Under that, set the ConnectionSpec1 parameter to the name of the Microsoft SQL Server ODBC data source you created. For example:
```
[Service Library]
```
```
{Client Interaction}
```
```
SvclibDescription=Access Service Library for ODBC
```
```
{Logging}
```
```
LogSvcLibStatistics=0
```
```
[my_mssql_access_service]{ACS Required}
```
```
ConnectionSpec1=my_mssql_datasource_name
```
```
{Client Interaction}
```
```
EnableAtStartup=yes
```
```
TransactionMode=long
```
Note:
TransactionMode=long indicates that the client session will manually issue the commit command for transactions.
Start the DirectConnect server:
1. Open a command window, and navigate to the DirectConnect installation directory. For example:
```
cd c:\sybase\DC-15_0
```
2. Execute DC_SYBASE.bat to set the DirectConnect environment variables.
3. Navigate to the DirectConnect bin directory:
```
cd bin
```
4. Start the DirectConnect server. This also starts all of the configured access services:
```
DCStart -Sservername
```
  where servername is the name of the DirectConnect server.
Click Finish.