User Manual

Installation
Installation procedure
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3.4.13.2 Program Tools
In <installation folder>\Utilities\, the Tools subfolder contains additional useful software
components. The list includes:
Engineering Tools
This utility allows changing various internal options and initialising databases.
 Launch the tool running the Engineering Tools.exe file in <installation
folder>\Utilities\Tools.
The tool presents a multi-tab window providing various functions. The list includes:
 SLQ Server
– Configuring the computer name and SQL Server instance as well as the
database name for MK8000
– Setting SQL server access security: Username and Password
 Configuration DB: Empty Database
– Clearing the running configuration database to prepare the system for a new
download. This procedure may be used to speed up the download of large
configuration.
Note that, after this command, a new download is always required.
 Security
– Modifying the MK8000 settings concerning the internal user account:
Username and Password.
 Redundancy
– Setting the names of the two physical PCs of a dual server.
 Station Names
– Updating the DMS8000 environment after any change in the Windows network
names of the computers.
 Configure Date/Time Synchronisation
– Enabling/disabling the time synchronisation from the management station to
the field devices.
 Product Type
– Not available after MK8000 setup.
For more information about the Engineering Tools, refer to the online help. Click the
Help icon
to open the help page.
Composer Preferences
This program lets you modify the folder where the Composer projects are stored.
MM8kDCOMset
This command-line tool allows setting the MK8000 internal account with batch
operations. Launch the command with “-?” parameter to get help.
In general, we do not recommend using this tool. Instead, refer to the Engineering
Tools set described above.