User`s guide

iv Guardall Director V4.74 User's Guide 21-0381E v4.7.4
Installation and Technical Reference................................................................................................... 241
PC Issues and
Software Installation................................................................................................... 242
Recommended Computer Specifications
................................................................................. 242
Serial Port Installation and Set Up
........................................................................................... 244
Windo
ws Settings Required..................................................................................................... 245
Soft
ware Installation for a Fresh/New System ......................................................................... 246
Upgrading from an Earlier Version
of Software........................................................................ 248
If You Need to
Transfer the Database to a Different PC ............................................. 250
DCOM Setup
........................................................................................................................... 252
Fire
wall Settings (e.g., Windows XPsp2)................................................................................. 252
Soft
ware Activation and Licensing...................................................................................................... 252
Soft
ware "Activation Key" ........................................................................................................ 252
Activating Your Soft
ware ......................................................................................................... 253
Upgrading Your Soft
ware (Adding Optional Features)............................................................. 254
March Net
works R4-R5 DVR Support ................................................................................................ 256
Net
work USB HASP Key (Director V4.51)........................................................................................ 256
Remote Soft
ware Download and Remote Access (V4.7) ................................................................. 256
Client/Server Issues and the
Director Server Manager (v4.7) ............................................................ 257
Client/Server A
ccess and Permissions............................................................................................... 259
Server Vali
dation Certificates (V4.72).................................................................................... 259
Client Access (Allowable Client List)........................................................................................ 259
Setting Up Client Permissions
................................................................................................. 262
Ne
w Installation? Try the Wizard !..................................................................................................... 264
Panel Connection Overvie
w ............................................................................................................... 265
IP Connectiv
ity......................................................................................................................... 267
Secure IP Communications (V4.72)
....................................................................................... 267
PC-to-Panel—Direct Connect
ion ............................................................................................. 268
PC and Panels
—Modem Connections .................................................................................... 269
PC Modem Ins
tallation or Connection......................................................................... 269
Windo
ws Modem Setup .............................................................................................. 269
Panel Modem .............................................................................................................. 270
Serial Port / Modem Setup (Communications Manager) .................................................................... 270
Communication Pools for S
ystem Panels........................................................................................... 274
Setting Up a Ne
w System (Commissioning)....................................................................................... 276
Importing Settings from an E
xisting Guardall Director System Panel ..................................... 279
Customizing the My
Tools Bar............................................................................................................. 280
Sy
stem Capacities.............................................................................................................................. 281
Advanc
ed Database Features ............................................................................................................ 286
Overvie
w of Features............................................................................................................... 286
SQL Server Support
................................................................................................................ 286
User-Logins (Needed for: Databas
e Query, and SQL Server Support) .................................. 287
Linking to the
Database (Used for: Custom Query/Reporting; ERM Integration)................... 288
Automated User-Import (Used for: ERM Int
egration).............................................................. 292
Manually
Importing User-Data From a Text File ...................................................................... 293
Sy
stem / Hardware Reference ........................................................................................................... 295
Ke
ypad Tone Reference (V4.5 with V4.42 firmware)...................................................................... 298
On-Line Support & Product Information
.............................................................................................. 300
Index
....................................................................................................................................................... 301
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