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Disclaimer: These are my views and obviously not endorsed by any DMS provider

1) RCI (reynolds certified interface) is an opportunity for Reynolds to charge vendors to interact with dealer owned data.  Ex. The higher gear group after spending some outrageous amount of money to be "RCI" enabled pulled out of the agreement and does not support RCI data interaction between ERA and their product.

To define what RCI Is: It is software installed in the ERA System that allows SOAP based calls to read,write and update the database.  It is fairly easy to program against, assuming you can find the correct fields / structure.  Not all database fields are represented.  Arkona has a similar concept with OpenTrack and are much nicer to work with.

2) It is a SOAP interface, however my server did not need a "FEE" to talk...  See post #5 against this thread

3) To answer your questions about legal consequences regarding circumnavigating RCI to commence data exchange with reynolds; I am not going to touch that with a ten foot pole. 

Business consequences are simple, if your non-certified interface stops working you cant call and complain to reynolds.

Hope this helps,

If you need any addition help in data access pm me and I will get you pointed in the right direction

Jarrett