2.0
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Architecture
- Installation
- System Requirements
- Installing ABBYY Recognition Server Components
- Installing ABBYY Recognition Server Components via the Command Line
- Installing ABBYY Recognition Server using Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)
- Manual Registration of the SharePoint Connection Library
- Installing the Hardware Key Drivers
- Protection Technology and License Activation
- Administering
- Getting Started
- How to Register a New Server
- How to Register a New Processing Station
- How to Create a New Workflow
- How to Configure E-mail Settings
- How to Configure Verification
- How to Configure Publishing Documents to a SharePoint Server
- How to Transfer Recognition Server Settings to another Server
- Managing Licenses
- Managing User Accounts
- Connection Settings
- Troubleshooting
- The Server Manager fails to establish a connection with the Processing Station installed on a different computer
- The Server Manager fails to establish a connection with the Verification Station or the Remote Administration Console installed on a different computer
- No connection with the external FTP server
- The workflow does not start with the following error message: “Some of the working folders are inaccessible”
- When processing images, a “Disk space is too low” warning appears on the computer where the Server Manager is running
- How to retrieve an image document that is being processed by ABBYY Recognition Server
- Digits in brackets are appended to the names of output files
- The Verification Station hangs at startup
- Technical Support
ABBYY Recognition Server 2.0 System Administrator’s Guide
Fault Tolerance
As ABBYY Recognition Server 2.0 runs completely unattended, it has a number of fault tolerance features that ensure
robustness of the system:
• The system starts automatically at Windows startup. For example, in the case of a temporary power loss, ABBYY
Recognition Server will be up and running automatically after the PC is rebooted.
• Documents are processed so that no data are lost in the case of a system failure. All the images that were being
processed when the failure occurred will stay in the queue and will be processed again after the system is
restarted.
• The Server Manager periodically checks to make sure that the Processing Stations are running and are available.
If a Processing Station is temporarily down for some reason, the Server Manager will reestablish connection
with it after it becomes operational. No administrator’s involvement is required to reconnect a Processing
Station.
If a Processing Station or Verification Station experiences a failure while processing a document, the document will be
automatically rerouted to another available station. If no station is available at the moment, the image will remain in the
queue and wait for the first available station.
Integration Tools
XML tickets
ABBYY Recognition Server 2.0 provides a convenient way to customize job settings via socalled XML tickets. An XML
ticket is an XML file that contains a set of processing parameters for the job. The parameters set in the XML ticket
override the workflow settings. If an XML ticket accompanies one or several input files, these files will be processed using
the parameters set in the ticket. XML tickets can be used to define almost all job parameters, such as priority, recognition
languages, output formats, output file name and path, etc.
XML tickets can be created either manually (in a text editor) or programmatically, via the Open API.
XML tickets can be used for integration of ABBYY Recognition Server with frontend systems and devices (for example,
the processing options that the user sets on the scanner panel can be transferred to ABBYY Recognition Server in an
XML ticket).
Open API
ABBYY Recognition Server provides two types of Open API for integration with external systems: a COMbased API and a
Web Services API. Both APIs provide the following functionality:
• submitting images for processing
• creating and submitting XML tickets for processing
• getting notifications about the job completion and information about the job results
The COMbased API uses RPC technology and can be used for integration with other systems in the local area network.
The Web Services API enables communication with remote systems via HTTP, and therefore allows for remote
integration over the Internet.
See more information about the Open API and the XML tickets in the Open API Help file.
Note: You can use the Open API and XML tickets only if you have the Open API addon module enabled in your ABBYY
Recognition Server 2.0 license.
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