Instruction Manual

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eServer Setup and Site Installation Instructions
© Mass Electronics Pty Ltd 2009Chapter 1 – Preliminary Information
1-1.3 Scope of this Technical Manual
This technical manual contains:
DNS: Domain Name System, a naming system for computers, services or any resources on a private
network.
eServer: a web-based Magellan Explorer solution that allows a remote computer to display a
Magellan Explorer interface from within their web browser while accessing information on a remote
computer.
iComm: Innotech's communications server used by applications soware.
IIS: Microso Internet Information Services soware. This soware enables your eServer Host
computer running capability to interact securely with connecting eServer Client computers.
IP address: a numerical label that is assigned to any device participating in a computer network that
uses the Internet Protocol for communication between its nodes.
Magellan Builder: an event driven, object oriented real-time Supervisory Control and Data
Acquisition package. Magellan Builder is used to create or modify a Magellan Project, which is run by
Magellan Explorer or eServer soware.
Chapter
Number
Chapter Name Description
1 Preliminary Information
Contains initialisation related information of a general
nature such as computer requirements and pre-installation
materials.
2
Installation of eServer
Soware
Contains instructions for the installation and basic
configuration of the eServer soware onto a computer, and
installation of the additional ATOM Reports Component if
required.
3
Configuring Internet
Information Services (IIS)
Contains instructions for configuring IIS on supported
Windows operating systems.
4
Configuring eServer
Communications
Contains instructions for the configuration of security and
access control on eServer soware. Additionally, steps are
provided to enable eServer to communicate with an SQL
Server database.
5
General Troubleshooting
Tips
Contains instructions for troubleshooting and resolving
general issues that may arise during the installation and
configuration of eServer soware.
A
Upgrade Guide for
eServer 1.20 or Greater
Provides steps to upgrade an existing eServer Host computer
running eServer v1.1 (with no SQL support) to eServer v1.20
or greater with SQL capabilities.
Table 1-1: Document Chapters