Installation

MEVInet-Q2
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Contents

1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 4
1.1 General .............................................................................................................................. 4
1.2 System Requirements ....................................................................................................... 4

2 Preparations ..................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 Configure SQL Database ................................................................................................... 5
2.1.1 Important Database Settings ............................................................................................. 6
2.1.2 Settings for “IMS” Database .............................................................................................. 6

3 Installation of MEVInet-Q2 and Individual Components .............................................. 7

3.1 Install MEVInet-Q2 ............................................................................................................. 7
3.2 Configure ImportService .................................................................................................... 9
3.3 Configure DCLService ....................................................................................................... 9

4 Configure DataViewer Client ........................................................................................ 11

4.1 Configure NetClient (Recommended) ............................................................................. 11
4.1.1 Preparations .................................................................................................................... 12
4.1.2 Configure NetClient ......................................................................................................... 13
4.2 Standard Client ................................................................................................................ 16

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1 Introduction
1.1 General

Multiple components The IMS MEVInet-Q2 system consists of various software components that
have to be installed and configured on the target platform.

Necessary knowledge This document describes the individual steps for a complete system setup. It
is aimed at people with knowledge in the following:
 administration of Windows operating systems.
 MEVInet-Q2 system components.
 use of SQL servers and databases.

1.2 System Requirements

Individual hardware The hardware for the IMS MEVInet-Q2 system must be coordinated with IMS
for the intended purpose on a case by case basis. It is not possible to
generalise in this regard.

MS Windows Server Microsoft Windows Server is used as operating system and Microsoft SQL
SQL Server
Server as database.

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2 Preparations

Installation requirements The following preparatory work must have been completed before installing
the MEVInet-Q2 system:
 installation of the operating system,
 installation of SQL Server,
 installation of Microsoft .NET Framework.

The appropriate version of .NET Setup is included in MEVInet-Q2 Setup. It is

located in the sub-directory “Prerequisites” of the MEVInet-Q Setup
directory.

The database directory for SQL Server should be placed in its own separate
disk partition of suitable size. This prevents later problems with system
memory.

2.1 Configure SQL Database

Create database “IMS” An empty database named “IMS” must be created in SQL Server on the
target platform for initial installation. It is best to use the management tools of
SQL Server for this.

Limit database size Once the “IMS” database has been created, its growth must be restricted to a
maximum size derived from the disk space available. The log file is also
restricted.

A description on how to edit the settings with the management tools is to be

found in the respective online helps.

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2.1.1 Important Database Settings

The following overview contains all important database settings:

Setting Action/Value Description

Server authentication SQL Server and This method enables direct logging on at
Windows SQL Server and allows the MEVInet-Q
authentication system to log on.

Permission to connect to Enable The account for the SQL Server user “sa”
database engine first has to be enabled after a new installation
(version-dependent).

Password “saims” The password for the user “sa” must be set
once. The MEVInet-Q system is pre-
configured for this password. The password
must therefore be changed on both sides.

Database default locations D:\MSSQL\ The database files of the IMS database are
on drive D stored here.

Assign file system rights NT Service\ (SQL Server 2005 and newer):
for the database directory MSSQLSERVER In order to be able to save files in the new
directory, its NTFS permissions for the local
SQL Server user account must be set on full
access. The user account can be selected in
the NTFS Share dialogue.

2.1.2 Settings for “IMS” Database

The new “IMS” database contains the following settings:

Setting Action/Value Description

Maximum file size of Limited; a value that The database file will never grow bigger than
“IMS.mdf” is smaller than the the specified value. When the maximum size
size of the disk space has been reached, the oldest entries are
available deleted by ImportService.

Increase in file size of In megabytes; 200 MB This prevents the procurement of new
“IMS.mdf” memory taking too long.

Maximum file size of Limited; 100 MB The log file will never grow bigger than the
“IMS_log.ldf” specified value.

Increase in file size of In megabytes; 100 MB

“IMS_log.mdf”

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3 Installation of MEVInet-Q2 and Individual Components

MEVInet Installation The MEVInet-Q2 system is installed with the IMS installation application
Tool
“MEVInet Installation Tool.exe” (MIT). MIT enables selection of individual
software components and executes installation in the right order.

Since it also makes system settings for certain services, MIT must be run with
administrator rights.

Core components The core components of the MEVInet-Q2 system are:

 MEVInet-Q2
 DCLService
 ImportService

3.1 Install MEVInet-Q2

Proceed as follows to install the MEVInet-Q2 system:

Copy setup files First copy the complete setup directory to the target system.

Start installation Then start installation with the file “Mevinet Installation Tool.exe” in
the setup directory.

“Install”

Click the button “Install”.

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“MEVInet-Q V2”

The next dialogue presents various options for installation. Select the option
“MEVInet-Q V2” to install all MEVInet-Q2 core components automatically and
then click the button “Next >”. The option “Custom” allows specific selection
of individual components.

Installation of the
components

The choice of components is then shown in an overview. Confirm it by

clicking the button “Next >”. All components selected are then installed.

When installation has been finished successfully, the individual services must be configured.

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3.2 Configure ImportService

Transfer measured data ImportService transfers the measured data from the measuring systems’
measurement log files (*.tm1) to the database. It is normally configured
during commissioning of the measuring systems.

ImportService The settings are edited with “ImportService Configurator”, which is to be

Configurator
found on the Windows Desktop under “Start  Programs  IMS MEVInet-
Q2”. See the online help there for the individual setting possibilities.

3.3 Configure DCLService

IMSDCLService DCLService connects the database to IMS DataViewer. It is therefore an

integral part of the MEVInet-Q2 system and must be entered as Windows
service in the service console under “IMSDCLService”. It can be started
and stopped in the service console.

Copy DCLService is configured with the file “C:\Program Files (x86)\IMS

dclconfig.xml.sample
Messsysteme\IMS MEVInet-Q2\bin\dclconfig.xml”.
This file does not yet exist after an initial installation and must be generated
by copying the file “dclconfig.xml.sample” (in the same directory). It is
an XML file whose entries correspond to the normal conventions for XML.

Configure dclconfig.xml To configure a simple gauge, the following settings must be made in
dclconfig.xml:

Name of database 1. Open the file with a simple text editor (e.g. Notepad.exe) and replace the
server
entry 'SERVERNAME' at <!ENTITY SQLSERVER 'SERVERNAME'> with
the name of the database server that is to be used. It is normally the
same as the host name of the host computer (Q-Server).

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Setting of parameters for 2. The entries for “simple” material tracking are to be found in the bottom
material tracking
part of the file. Various parameters must be set there. The parameters
concerned are highlighted in bold in the following text extract.

<mtdefinitions current="Kunde">

<materialtracking name="Kunde">
<mtid table="ValuesKundeMessstelle"
mtid="@longtable.Bandnummer"
primary="DateTime"/>
</materialtracking>

Description of “Kunde” is a custom value that works as a switch in larger systems. A

parameters meaningful customer name should be entered here to improve
understanding.

“ValuesKundeMessstelle” must be replaced with the physical name of the

table that stores the values of the gauge. The name can be determined with
the help of the SQL Server management tools.

“Bandnummer” is the name of a column in the table defined above

containing material-tracking information. This means a column must be
selected here whose contents are suitable as comparison criterion to other
gauges.

In the case of multiple gauges, configuration of DCLService becomes more

complex and should only be carried out in coordination with the relevant
department at IMS.

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4 Configure DataViewer Client

Two variants of IMS DataViewer is the client application for visualisation and evaluation of
DataViewer Client
stored data. For this, it connects directly to an IMS DCLService available in
the network.
To distribute DataViewer to multiple workplaces, there are two installation
variants.

Both variants presuppose that the correct version of .NET Framework is

installed on the client system.

4.1 Configure NetClient (Recommended)

Load DataViewer from DataViewer is loaded from the Q-Server via the network during installation of
Q-Server
the NetClient. This is the recommended installation variant.

Simple updates The advantage of this variant is that it does not entail complex software
distribution. This simplifies updates in particular.

Distribute rights and The only disadvantage is the initial work required to distribute certain rights
shares
and share directories.

Preparations on To operate a DataViewer as NetClient, it is necessary to make a number of

the Q-Server
preparations on the Q-Server.

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4.1.1 Preparations

Share “IMS To prepare for use of NetClients, the directory “IMS MEVInet-Q2” on the Q-
MEVInet-Q2”
Server must be shared with all network users who are to use a NetClient.

Open Share menu

Right-click the directory “MEVInet-Q2” to access the Windows Share menu.

Set permissions

Enter “MEVInetQ2” as share name and set the permissions.

In case of doubt you can then select the user group “Everyone” to grant as
many users as possible access to the share.

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NTFS permissions

Set the NTFS permissions.

Only read access is usually granted here. If the server does not know the
users, e.g. due to a domain, the guest account must be enabled.

Shared symbol
You can then see the Shared symbol for this folder in the status line of
Windows Explorer.

Then test if the share can be reached from another computer.

4.1.2 Configure NetClient

.NET security policy In order to be able to call up DataViewer via the network, the .NET security
policy of the (local) client system must be set accordingly. In principle, every
code that is not installed locally (e.g. via the network) must explicitly be
granted permission in .NET to run.

Q2LinkBuilder Since .NET Framework from Version 2.0 only has a relatively complicated
command line program to set security policies, MEVInet-Q2 Setup places the
utility program “Q2LinkBuilder” on the Q-Server to this end. It simplifies the
steps needed to configure NetClients.

The NetClient is configured in the following steps:

The correct version of .NET Framework must have been installed on the
target system.

Copy the complete directory “Q2LinkBuilder” to the target system. There

then launch the file “Q2LinkBuilder.exe”.

Q2LinkBuilder creates links to a shared DataViewer in the network including

the project that is to be loaded and other optional steps.

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Standard dialogue box The dialogue box shown below appears after launch.
In it enter all information with which a Windows link to the Q-Server’s
DataViewer.exe and a project that is to be loaded automatically can be
created.

Description of standard In the field “DataViewer”, enter the UNC path to DataViewer.exe on the Q-
settings Server.
The “Startup Options” set the language, operating mode and project file with
which DataViewer should start.
The field “Query” is used to define a main query configuration that should
always be loaded on launch.
A custom but unique link name under which the link is saved must be entered
as name of the “Shortcut”.
Click the button “Create Shortcut” to create the link on the desktop.

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Extended dialogue Additional options:

In the menu “View”, activate “Additional Options” to show the extended
dialogue.

Description of additional “Execute Query” defines whether the main query is to be executed
settings
automatically after opening.
“Load all Queries” ensures that the query conditions in all query pages are
loaded.
“Autostart Pages” allows you to select the pages that are to be opened
automatically.
The field “Preview” shows the finished start command for the link that is to be
created for your information.

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4.2 Standard Client

This installation variant is only useful if the network between target system
and Q-Server is slow or heavily utilised. The standard client is installed on the
target system with MEVInet-Q2.

To configure the standard client, the following steps must be carried out one after the other:

1. Copy MEVInet-Q2 Setup to the target system.

2. Install the correct version of .NET Framework on the target system. You
need administrator rights for this.

3. Run MIT (MEVInet Installation Tool) and select the option “Custom” in
the setup dialogue.

4. In the dialogue that follows select only the point “DataViewer” and start
installation by clicking the button “Next >”.

After installation DataViewer is to be found under

Start  Programs  IMS MEVInet-Q2.

To start the local DataViewer automatically with projects stored on the Q-

Server, corresponding shares must be configured on the Q-Server (see
section 5.1.1).
Q2LinkBuilder can be used to link the local DataViewer with the network
projects. It is to be found in the MEVInet-Q2 installation directory under
“C:\Program Files (x86)\IMS Messsysteme\IMS MEVInet-Q2\Tools\”.
It is used as described in section 5.1.2. In contrast to NetClient, however, the
local DataViewer.exe (and not that on the Q-Server) must be defined as
application to be started. All other settings are to be made analogously.

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