Quick Start Guide

The ESL server may be started as a normal application, but on a productive system it is usually
required to have it automatically started without a user logged in. To achieve this the ESL server can
be registered as a Windows service. It is than started automatically without any graphics user
interface.
To install the ESL server as a Windows service the batch file install_service.bat is provided. If this file
is executed with administrator privileges (Right click – Run as Administrator) it will install the ESL
server installation from the same directory as a Windows service with the name ESL_SERVICE.
The file uninstall_service.bat will remove the Windows service if executed with administrator
privileges.
In order to prevent the example articles from being re-added to the server, remove the file
“server/data/fixtures/article.xml”.
You’ll also have to delete the demo articles shown in the Articles-section at the ESL Client.
1. Set a laptops Ethernet adapter to DHCP
2. Turn off all other network adapters (Wi-Fi)
3. Connect to the same network as the AP-2010 (use a common Ethernet cable to connect your
device directly with the AP-2010)
4. Start local ESL Server on laptop
5. Use the ESL client to connect to your local server
6. Under System – Access Point Status – the AP should be listed as discovered (after successful
boot sequence – may take up to 2 minutes)
o Press F5 on your keyboard or the refresh button in the ESL client to refresh the access point
status (the Client doesn’t refresh the status automatically!)
7. One Column of the AP should now show the IP address
8. Open a browser, type in http://<discovered-ip>:8080 or
o at the ESL client perform a right click on the discovered access point – Open in browser –
Maintenance – Status
: Restart your access point if discovering process takes more than 2 minutes.
Figure 37 - Reset/restart button