ABBYY FlexiCapture 9.0 System Administrator’s Guide © 2009 ABBYY. All rights reserved.
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Table of Contents Installing ABBYY FlexiCapture 9.0.................................................................................... 4 Standalone Installation............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Distributed Installation.......................................................................................................
Installing ABBYY FlexiCapture 9.0 Before purchasing the product, analyze your document processing needs and select either the local or the distributed version. If you plan to process moderate amounts of documents (approximately 5,000 pages per day), employ one or two operators for the job, and do not require any sophisticated batch routing, then Local Installation is the best choice.
• Protection Server • Processing Server The Application Server coordinates the work of the stations ensures the correct operation of ABBYY FlexiCapture 9.0. The following components must be installed on your computer before you can install the Application Server: • Net Framework 2.0 or later This component, together with a number of other components, can be installed by selecting Install External Components in the Auto run menu.
During installation, Windows may require files from the setup disk, therefore be sure to have the Windows disk ready at hand. If you install the Application Server on Windows Vista or Windows 2008 (IIS 7.0), select the following additional IIS components: > Web Management Tools > IIS 6 Management Compatibility > IIS 6 Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility > IIS 6 Scripting Tools > World Wide Web Services > Application Development Features > ASP.
This service extension will appear in the list only after you install NET Framework 2.0. If your computer runs Windows 2003 (64 bit) or Windows XP (64 bit), do the following: 4. Execute the following command from the command line: cscript C:\Inetpub\AdminScripts\adsutil.vbs set W3SVC/AppPools/Enable32BitAppOnWin64 true 5. Make sure that the World Wide Web Publishing service is running in 32-bit mode: 6. Execute the following command from the command line: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\a
7. The list of IIS service extensions (see below) will now include an entry for the 32 bit version of ASP.Net. Change its status to allowed: The following components are required for the correct operation of the system • The Application Server requires MS SQL Server 2005 or 2008. Mixed Mode must be enabled ("SQL server and Windows au thentication") for authentication purposes. The ABBYY FlexiCapture 9.
By default, all servers are installed on the same computer. However, you can install them on different computers by disabling the re dundant servers in the setup program. To install the ABBYY FlexiCapture servers: 1. In the Autorun menu, select Distributed Installation. Next, select Install Servers to start the installation. 2. Select a setup language. The setup program will compare the locale of your system and the selected language. If the languages are incompatible, a warning message is displayed.
5. Next, the setup program checks the version of your operating system and the availability of the administrative permissions. If the version of the operating system is not supported by the program or you do not have the administrative permissions, a warning message is displayed and the setup program is terminated. 6. If all the checks are passed successfully , the end user license agreement will be displayed.
/V passes the specified command line directly to msiexec.exe. The string can be replaced with the following commands: INSTALLDIR="" – the path to the folder where ABBYY FlexiCapture 9.0 is to be installed. STATIONS=0,1,2,3,4,5,6 – the list of stations to install.
3. Right–click the site, domain, or another organized unit that contains the computer or group of computers onto which ABBYY FlexiCapture 9.0 is to be installed. 4. On the shortcut menu, select Properties and click the Group Policy tab: © 2009 ABBYY. All rights reserved.
5. Click New, enter a descriptive name, and click OK. 6. Right click the Group Policy Object you have created and select Edit... 7. In the Group Policy window, right click Computer Configuration/Software Settings/Software Installation. 8. On the shortcut menu, select New/Package. © 2009 ABBYY. All rights reserved.
9. Provide the path to the file ABBYY FlexiCapture 9.0 Stations.msi, which is located in the administrative installation folder on the server. 10. Select the Advanced deployment method. 11. In the dialog box that opens, click the Modifications tab and then click the Add button. 12. Select the interface language to be used in ABBYY FlexiCapture 9.0. The language files are located in the administrative instal lation folder on the server.
2. Creating a deployment script (contains installation parameters: names of computers, time of installation, conditions for in stallation, etc.). 3. Deployment of the program on the workstations by SMS based on the script settings. Example: Deploying ABBYY FlexiCapture 9.0 using Microsoft SMS 1. When installing the Application Server, create an installation package for ABBYY FlexiCapture 9.0 stations. 2. In the SMS Administrator console, select the Packages node. 3.
5. Click the Data Source tab. 6. Make sure that This package contains source files is cleared and click OK. 7. Expand the node of the newly created package and select Programs. 8. In the Action menu, select New/Program. © 2009 ABBYY. All rights reserved.
9. In the Program Properties dialog box, click the General tab and on this tab: • In the Name field, type a descriptive name of the program • In the Command Line field, type setup.exe /q • In the Start in field, provide the network path to the ABBYY FlexiCapture administrative installation folder (e.g. \\MyFileServer\Programs Distribs\ABBYY FlexiCapture 9.0). 10.
Important! You cannot create Distribution Points. Installing a Remote Scanning Station If the workstation of the Scanning Operator is not part of the LAN, a regular Scanning Station will not be able to connect to the Protec tion Server. Use a Remote Scanning Station in this case. A Remote Scanning Station uses a local license and can export image batches via HTTP. To install a Remote Scanning Station: 1. Insert the ABBYY FlexiCapture 9.0 CD ROM into the CD ROM drive.
Managing Your Licenses After you install the program, you need to activate your serial number. This section describes the use of ABBYY FlexiCapture 9.0 Li cense Manager, the license management utility supplied with ABBYY FlexiCapture 9.0. Overview ABBYY FlexiCapture 9.0 License Manager is a license management utility. It is installed on the Protection Server when the server are installed.
License properties Property Description Serial number Unique license number. License parameters • General – the serial number, licensing method, ability to use a virtual machine • License purpose – type of license (software or hard ware), ability to provide document processing services • Work stations, Tools – restrictions on the number of stations in the system and the use of development tools (FlexiLayout Studio, FormDesigner).
• Export – additional document and image export ca pabilities To view all the available licenses, click Choose… or select LicenseÆShow all licenses… to open the Licenses window (if no li censes are available, an Add license… button is displayed instead of the Choose… button): License statuses License statuses • Activated (the license had been activated) • Expired (the license had expired or the page limit has been reached) The current (i.e.
• Update… refreshes the information about the activated license • Deactivate… deactivates a license • Select makes the selected license current (i.e. active) • Synchronize – refreshes the information about the licenses available on the Protection Server • Close closes the Licenses window Activating a license ABBYY takes steps to protect its intellectual property from piracy. Software piracy is harmful both to manufacturers and to end users alike.
The following activation methods are available: • via Internet activation is carried out automatically and takes several seconds to complete; this method requires an active Internet connection • by e mail an e mail message is generated that contains the data required for activation; please do not alter the body or the subject of the message to ensure a prompt reply from the mail robot • by e mail from another computer – an e mail message is generated that contains the data required for activation;
The same applies to the standalone version of ABBYY FlexiCapture 9.0. If you have one license and several operator stations, specify the address of the computer where the license is stored in the Protection.ini files on the workstations. The Scanning Station and the Data Verification Station get licenses from the Application Server. The Processing Server connected to the Application Server must be running for you to get a license. © 2009 ABBYY. All rights reserved.
Setting Up FlexiCapture 9.0 Distributed Installation Setting up the system Once the license is installed and activated, you should set up the system: 1. Open the Administration and Monitoring Console. Create a database. To use a file storage folder, select the corresponding option and provide the path to the folder. This should be a local folder on the Application Server. Note: If no file storage folder is used, all project files are stored in the database.
Note: The user that created the database had the administrator rights and may start any stations and perform any types of operations. You cannot divest the creator of the database of their administrator rights. 8. To add a user, type their name in the Add field and click User. 9. To change a user’s access rights, find the user in the list and click on the corresponding link. Specify the roles of the user.
Then select the stations in the list displayed in the main window of the Processing Server Monitor and click . 15. If Hot Folders are to be used for image import in any of the projects, connect these folders in the node of the same name: 16. If required, specify the general project processing options on the Project Setup Station (“Default” batches, ProjectÆProject Properties…, Workflow tab).
This error message means that port 80 is in use. To find out which application is using the port, do the following: 1. In the command line (StartÆRun), type netstat anop TCP|find ":80" The list of connections to port 80 will be displayed and the ID of the corresponding process in the following format: TCP 0.0.0.0:80 2. 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING 1264 Type tasklist /SVC /FI "PID eq 1264" replacing 1264 with the ID of the process obtained at step 1.
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PAGE 31PAGE 32Some of the stations are not in the domain Conditions: • Some of the stations (Scanning Stations, Verification Stations) operate remotely. Features: • NTLM pass through authentication is used. General principle: to enable user of computer M2 (account M2/User[password]) to authorize on computer M1, you must duplicate this account (with the same password) on computer M1, i.e. create M1/User[password]. • The Processing Stations must be in the same domain as the Application Server. Actions: 1.
3. On the computer on which the Application Server is installed, allow anonymous login in the IIS settings. In the Administra tion and Monitoring Console, assign all the roles to the anonymous account (of type IUSR_XXX) specified in IIS. © 2009 ABBYY. All rights reserved.
Logging Administration and Monitoring Console logs The event and error logs available in the Administration and Monitoring Console are the main logs that register errors that occur in the system in general. These logs record all errors that occur during document processing and affecting the processing and all events that occur during document processing. To view the logs, select MonitoringÆEvent Log and MonitoringÆError Log in the Admini stration and Monitoring Console.
Technical Support Should you have any questions regarding the installation and use of ABBYY FlexiCapture 9.0, please contact the ABBYY technical sup port service or the technical support service of the ABBYY partner from which you obtained the software. For contact details, see the Technical Support section of the ABBYY website at www.abbyy.com. © 2009 ABBYY. All rights reserved.
