Kurzweil 3000 Installation

Kurzweil 3000™ for Windows

Network Installation and Administration Guide

Version 11

Kurzweil 3000™ for Windows Version 11 Network Installation and Administration Guide

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Table of Contents

Preface

About This Guide .........................................................................2

Chapter 1 Understanding the Kurzweil 3000 Network

Kurzweil 3000 Network Overview ................................................6

About the Kurzweil 3000 Network Administrator........................6

About Kurzweil 3000 Floating Licenses.....................................6

About the Kurzweil 3000 Activity Database ...............................7

Basic Kurzweil 3000 Network Setup ............................................8

Floating Licenses and How They Work......................................10

About License-to-Go™ ............................................................11

License Management Using License Keys..............................11

The Kurzweil 3000 Network Folder and Files ..........................12

Chapter 2 Installing a Kurzweil 3000 Network

The Kurzweil 3000 Network Product Package...........................14

Hardware and Software Requirements ......................................14

Network Engine Requirements ................................................14

Kurzweil 3000 Network Administrator Requirements...............15

Client Requirements ................................................................15

Installation Overview ..................................................................16

New Installations......................................................................16

Upgrading from Previous Network Versions............................18

Network Prerequisites ................................................................20

Designating the Kurzweil 3000 Network Engine......................20

Novell Networks ................................................................20

Ensuring TCP/IP Is Enabled .............................................21

Determining the Static IP Address of an Engine Computer 22

Installing and Configuring the Kurzweil 3000 Network Engine...24

Uninstalling Previous Versions of the Engine Software...........24

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Installing the Kurzweil 3000 Network Engine...........................25

Configuring the Firewall ...........................................................27

Setting User Logon and Client Options....................................28

Installing Floating Licenses......................................................32

Installing and Configuring the Client Software ...........................35

Uninstalling Previous Versions of Kurzweil 3000.....................35

Uninstalling Previous Versions of VoiceText ...........................37

Installing Kurzweil 3000 on Client Computers .........................38

Installing Kurzweil 3000 Using the Silent Install Options .........41

Installing Clients Using Ghosting .............................................43

Testing Your Network Setup: Logging On ...............................43

Installing the VoiceText and/or RealSpeak Voices ..................44

Additional Client Configuration Procedures .............................45

Configuring Clients for Read the Web Access ..................45

Ensuring Access for Windows 2000 Restricted Users ......45

Installing the Kurzweil 3000 Universal Library .........................46

Configuring Access to a Universal Library Folder .............47

Choosing a Default Browser for Read the Web .........................49

Selecting Internet Explorer as the Default Browser .................49

Selecting Firefox as the Default Browser.................................50

Installing the Firefox Browser...................................................50

Installing or Updating the KESIReader Firefox Add-on............51

Uninstalling the KESIReader Firefox Add-on...........................53

Updating the Firefox Add-on....................................................54

Installing Additional Copies of the Administrator........................55

What’s Next?..............................................................................56

Chapter 3 Administering the Kurzweil 3000 Network

About the Kurzweil 3000 Network Administrator........................58

Local Versus Remote Administration.......................................58

About the Administrator Menus................................................61

File Menu ..........................................................................61

Users Menu .......................................................................61

Tools Menu .......................................................................63

Licenses Menu ..................................................................64

Reports Menu ...................................................................65

Help Menu .........................................................................65

About the Network Options Dialog Box......................................67

Administration Procedures .........................................................68

Displaying Current Users.........................................................69

Disconnecting Users from the Engine......................................70

Locking and Unlocking the Engine...........................................70

Adding Users from the Engine Computer ................................71

Generating Multiple User Accounts from a Master File ....72

Adding Users from a Kurzweil 3000 Client Computer..............73

Sending Messages ..................................................................74

Leaving Messages...................................................................75

Forcing a Toolbar Set ..............................................................76

Broadcasting Feature Locks ....................................................77

Deleting Users from the Engine...............................................79

User Files and Personal Settings ......................................80

Using License-to-Go ..................................................................81

Transferring Licenses Using the Granting Method ..................81

Transferring Licenses Using Remote Code Generation ..........84

Generating a Remote License-to-Go Code .............................85

Returning a License-to-Go License to the Engine .....................88

Returning a Remote License-to-Go Before It Expires..............89

Ensuring License Availability......................................................90

Displaying Information About License-to-Go Licenses ............90

License Management and License-to-Go................................91

Uninstalling Floating Licenses....................................................92

Determining License Requirements.........................................94

Uninstalling the Kurzweil 3000 Version 11 Client and Engine

Software .....................................................................................95

Uninstalling Kurzweil 3000 Client Software .............................95

Administering the Activity Database...........................................98

Enabling Activity Logging.........................................................98

What Activities Get Logged?..................................................100

Updating the Database ..........................................................101

Cleaning Up the Database.....................................................101

Creating Database Reports and Form Letters .........................102

Generating Reports ...............................................................102

Creating and Generating Form Letters from the Database....105

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Generating a Form Letter.......................................................108

Kurzweil 3000 Network Engine Service ...................................110

Changing the Engine IP Address for Clients............................111

Appendix A Installing and Activating a Kurzweil 3000 Remote Client

Installation and Activation Overview ........................................114

Installing the Kurzweil 3000 Client Software..........................115

Determining the System Code of Your Computer..................117

Activating the Kurzweil 3000 Client Software ........................118

Returning a Remote License-to-Go Before It Expires............119

Appendix B The Kurzweil 3000 Taskbar...................................................121

Index ...............................................................................................................123

Preface

Welcome to Kurzweil 3000 networking. A Kurzweil 3000 Network provides all of the features and benefits of the single-user Kurzweil 3000 product, but with the following added advantages:

• The Kurzweil 3000 Network Engine (Engine) stores each student’s

Kurzweil 3000 settings, preferences and activity. This allows students to access customized settings from any Kurzweil 3000 Client computer (Client) connected to the Kurzweil 3000 Network (Network).

• System Administrators and/or teachers can manage large and changing

numbers of Kurzweil 3000 users and Kurzweil 3000 licenses using the Kurzweil 3000 Network Administrator.

• Using the License-to-Go™ feature, System Administrators and/or

teachers can transfer licenses to Network users, allowing them to use Kurzweil 3000 even when they are not connected to the Network.

• Using the Remote License-to-Go feature, System Administrators and/or

teachers can transfer licenses to users without requiring them to connect to the Network to perform the transfer.

• Using the Kurzweil 3000 Network Administrators Broadcast Feature

Locks option, System Administrators and/or teachers can lock selected Kurzweil 3000 features on multiple Client computers.

• Teachers can track each student’s progress and daily interaction with

Kurzweil 3000 with easy-to-use reporting features.

• Teachers can provide timely student activity information to parents and

other interested parties using the Generate Form Letters feature.

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About This Guide

This guide provides all the information you need to install and administer a Kurzweil 3000 Network. However, it assumes a knowledge of networking typically possessed by System Administrators.

Besides this Preface, this guide contains the following chapters:

• Chapter 1, Understanding the Kurzweil 3000 Network, provides an

overview of how the Kurzweil 3000 Network works and its benefits.

• Chapter 2, Installing a Kurzweil 3000 Network, provides detailed

instructions on setting up a Kurzweil 3000 Network.

• Chapter 3, Administering the Kurzweil 3000 Network, provides detailed

instructions on Network administration tasks, including adding and deleting user accounts, managing floating licenses, granting licenses, using the Activity database to generate reports and letters and administering the Kurzweil 3000 Engine service.

• Appendix A: Installing and Activating a Kurzweil 3000 Remote Client,

provides detailed instructions that you can copy and distribute to students, teachers or trainers who need to install and activate Kurzweil 3000 using the Remote License-to-Go feature.

• Appendix B: The Kurzweil 3000 Taskbar, provides a brief overview of the

Kurzweil 3000 Taskbar application.

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About This Guide

1 Understanding the

Kurzweil 3000 Network

The information in this chapter is arranged into the following main topics:

• Kurzweil 3000 Network Overview on page 6.

• Basic Kurzweil 3000 Network Setup on page 8.

• Floating Licenses and How They Work on page 10.

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Kurzweil 3000 Network Overview

The Kurzweil 3000 Network consists of one or more (usually many more) computers running Kurzweil 3000 Client software and a smaller number of computers running the Kurzweil 3000 Network Engine software. The Client computers access the computer(s) running the Network Engine software over a TCP/IP network. For details, see Basic Kurzweil 3000 Network Setup on page 8.

About the Kurzweil 3000 Network Administrator

The Kurzweil 3000 Network Administrator (Administrator) allows you to control many Kurzweil 3000 Network tasks. It makes it easier to add and remove users, to provide different levels of access and functionality to individual users or groups of users and to track and report on various aspects of the Network Engine’s activity and usage.

You can install and use the Administrator on any supported computer, regardless of whether that computer also has a Kurzweil 3000 Network Engine installed on it. This makes it easy for teachers to manage users and licenses and to use other Network features right from their desks, while allowing the Network Engine to be installed on a computer in a secure area with other network resources.

For details, see About the Kurzweil 3000 Network Administrator on page 58.

About Kurzweil 3000 Floating Licenses

A Kurzweil 3000 Network uses a system of floating licenses to support large numbers of users. You can install and uninstall licenses as needed using the Administrator.

You can also transfer licenses to Network users using the License-to-Go feature. A transferred license allows a person to use Kurzweil 3000 even if they are not connected to the Network. For details, see About License-to-

Go™ on page 11.

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About the Kurzweil 3000 Activity Database

The Kurzweil 3000 Network includes a database that you can use to produce reports on student interaction with Kurzweil 3000. You can monitor such activities as definition, synonym, and syllable lookups, changes to reading speed, and spell check errors. You can also incorporate this data into form letters similar to a mail merge, allowing you, for example, to create weekly student progress letters that can be sent home to parents. For details, see

Administering the Activity Database on page 98.

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Basic Kurzweil 3000 Network Setup

A typical Kurzweil 3000 Network setup is constructed as follows:

• One or more computers on the local area network (LAN) running the

Kurzweil 3000 Network Engine software.

Note: A Kurzweil 3000 Network Engine can be installed on any computer on the LAN as long as it has a static IP address and is running either Windows 2000, Windows 2003 or 2008 Server, Windows XP, or Windows Vista.

• One or more computers on the LAN running the Kurzweil 3000 Network

Administrator. Teachers and/or System Administrators use the Administrator to manage the Kurzweil 3000 Network.

Note: In order to generate reports or form letters, you must run a copy of the Administrator that is installed on the same computer as the Kurzweil 3000 Network Engine.

• Multiple LAN-connected computers, called Client computers, each of

which has a copy of Kurzweil 3000 installed on it. Each Client computer runs a version of Kurzweil 3000 software, either Kurzweil 3000 Professional Color, Kurzweil 3000 Professional Black and White or Kurzweil 3000 LearnStation™.

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Kurzweil 3000 Network diagram

Using an Administrator in remote mode, teachers can perform all administration tasks except for report and form letter generation. See Local

Versus Remote Administration on

page 58.

Using the Administrator installed (by default) on a Kurzweil 3000 Engine computer, in local mode, teachers or System Administrators can perform all administration tasks, including report and form letter generation. See

Local Versus Remote Administration on page 58.

User preferences and settings for users A, B, C and D are stored on the Kurzweil 3000 Engine computer in personal folders. See

User Files and Personal Settings on

page 80.

Students can use Kurzweil 3000 at home with Kurzweil 3000 Granted or Remote License-to-Go licenses. See About

License-to-Go™ on

page 11.

When students want to use Kurzweil 3000, they log on to the Kurzweil 3000 Network from any computer on which the Client software is installed.

While on the Kurzweil 3000 Network, they can work with their personal documents using their preferred Kurzweil 3000 settings, which are saved on a Kurzweil 3000 Network Engine.

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Floating Licenses and How They Work

Kurzweil 3000 Network uses floating licenses to help you support multiple users—from five to 500 or more—across a LAN.

The Benefits of Floating Licenses

Kurzweil 3000 floating licenses are licenses that are associated with users, not machines. The main benefits of floating licenses are:

• Multiple users can access Kurzweil 3000 simultaneously, as long as

there are enough licenses.

• Teachers and System Administrators can manage software licenses

using the Administrator.

• Users can access Kurzweil 3000 from any computer on the Kurzweil

3000 Network while maintaining their personal user settings.

Floating Licenses and the Kurzweil 3000 Network Engine

Think of floating licenses as passes that let users access Kurzweil 3000 software over a network. When users log on to Kurzweil 3000 Client computers, they are essentially borrowing licenses to use the software.

The Kurzweil 3000 Network Engine:

• Acts as an electronic librarian, tracking all the floating licenses that

are in use.

• Maintains information about what Kurzweil 3000 products are on

the Network.

• Provides users with appropriate access to those products and manages

the use of the licenses.

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About License-to-Go™

The Kurzweil 3000 License-to-Go feature allows students to use Kurzweil 3000 Client software without having to be connected to the Network.

You can provide a License-to-Go using the following methods:

Granting a License-to-Go. Use this method to transfer a license from the Kurzweil 3000 Engine to a Kurzweil 3000 Client computer connected to the Kurzweil 3000 Network. After you grant the license, the Client can then be disconnected from the Network and used outside of the Network.

This method is useful for students with laptops who need to use Kurzweil 3000 both in school and at home. It also allows students to use Kurzweil 3000 in areas of the school that do not have access to the Kurzweil 3000 Network.

Generating a Remote License-to-Go Code. Use this method to create a Remote License-to-Go Code, which a student can use to activate Kurzweil 3000 Client software installed on a computer that is not connected to a Kurzweil 3000 Network.

This method is useful for students, teachers or trainers who need to use Kurzweil 3000 on a home computer that cannot be transported to school.

Both granted and generated licenses are valid for a specified period of time. When the time expires, the license automatically becomes available again on the Engine, and unavailable to the user to whom the license was transferred. For details, see Using License-to-Go on page 81.

License Management Using License Keys

When your organization purchases a Kurzweil 3000 Version 10 product— Kurzweil 3000 Professional Color, Kurzweil 3000 Professional Black and White, or Kurzweil 3000 LearnStation—the floating licenses for the product come on one or more License Keys included with the product package. License Keys may be either 3.5-inch floppy disks or USB “thumb” drives.

You install the desired number of floating licenses onto the Kurzweil 3000 Network Engine (this can be a good way to “ration” the licenses) and uninstall or “return” them back to the License Key until you need them again. See

Determining License Requirements on page 94.

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Floating Licenses and How They Work

The Kurzweil 3000 Network Folder and Files

The Kurzweil 3000 Engine folder, located in drive:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\KESI, contains files that are critical to

the tracking of your Kurzweil 3000 floating licenses. Any attempt to modify, move or copy the files in this folder may invalidate your valuable licenses.

Also, as license granting is date and time dependent, it is imperative that you do not alter the clock and calendar settings on the Engine. Furthermore, you should warn users to whom you have granted licenses that they should not change these settings on the machine to which the license has been granted.

2 Installing a

Kurzweil 3000 Network

The chapter includes the following main topics:

• The Kurzweil 3000 Network Product Package on page 14.

• Hardware and Software Requirements on page 14.

• Installation Overview on page 16.

• Network Prerequisites on page 20.

• Installing and Configuring the Kurzweil 3000 Network Engine on

page 24.

• Setting User Logon and Client Options on page 28.

• Installing Floating Licenses on page 32.

• Installing and Configuring the Client Software on page 35.

• Choosing a Default Browser for Read the Web on page 49.

• Installing Additional Copies of the Administrator on page 55.

• What’s Next? on page 56.

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The Kurzweil 3000 Network Product Package

The Kurzweil 3000 Version 11 Network edition product package includes:

• The Kurzweil 3000 Version 11 Network CD-ROM containing Kurzweil

3000 Network Engine and Client software.

• The Kurzweil 3000 Remote Client CD-ROM containing only Kurzweil

3000 Client software.

• License Key(s) (USB drive(s) or floppy disk(s)) containing the licenses for

the Kurzweil 3000 product(s) your organization purchased.

• Two NeoSpeech VoiceText™ CD-ROMs, one for English-speaking

voices, the other for Spanish-speaking voices.

• Nuance RealSpeak™ Spanish CD-ROM.

Hardware and Software Requirements

This section details the minimum hardware and software requirements for the Kurzweil 3000 Network Engine, Kurzweil 3000 Network Administrator and Kurzweil 3000 Client software.

Network Engine Requirements

• 300 MHz Pentium III or faster.

• 128MB of RAM.

• Minimum 25MB of hard disk space available. This is for the Kurzweil

3000 Network software only.

• CD-ROM drive.

• 3.5-inch disk drive or USB connector.

• Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP or Vista Home or Professional, or

Windows Server 2003 or 2008 operating system.

• Microsoft Windows-compatible LAN with TCP/IP protocol.

• Static IP address.

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Kurzweil 3000 Network Administrator Requirements

• 300 MHz Pentium III or faster.

• 128 MB of RAM.

• Minimum 25 MB of hard disk space available. This is for the Kurzweil

3000 Administrator software only.

• CD-ROM drive.

• Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 or 2008, Windows XP or

Windows Vista.

• Microsoft Windows-compatible LAN with TCP/IP protocol.

Client Requirements

• Processor: 1 GHz or faster.

• Memory: 512 MB.

• Hard Disk Space: Minimum 600MB of hard disk space available, with an

additional 100MB reserved as swap space for virtual memory.

• Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows Server 2008,

Windows XP, or Windows Vista.

• Sound card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster® 16-bit or higher with

speakers and microphone.

• Video RAM: 2MB or better.

• Screen Resolution: 800x 600 pixels.

• Color Palette: 16-bit.

• CD-ROM drive.

• Keyboard and mouse.

• Scanner (TWAIN-compatible). Download a list of compatible scanners

from http://www.kurzweiledu.com/downloads.asp or call Kurzweil Educational Systems Technical Support: (800) 894-5374.

• For Audio File Creation: MP3 encoder and/or media player.

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Installation Overview

As you prepare to install Kurzweil 3000 Network, you will either be upgrading from a previous version of Kurzweil 3000 Network or installing it for the first time (this includes upgrading from Kurzweil 3000 Standalone).

If you are installing a Kurzweil 3000 Network for the first time, go to the next section, New Installations.

If you are upgrading from a previous version of Kurzweil 3000 Network, go to

Upgrading from Previous Network Versions on page 18. You might want to

review Designating the Kurzweil 3000 Network Engine on page 20 if you plan on installing the Engine software on new computers.

New Installations

Use the following general steps as a guideline for setting up a new Kurzweil 3000 Network. They should be performed in the following sequence:

General Network:

Make sure that all the Kurzweil 3000 Engine and Client computers that will be part of the Kurzweil 3000 Network have TCP/IP enabled. See Network

Prerequisites on page 20.

For Kurzweil 3000 Engine computers:

1. Make sure that all the computers that you choose to be Kurzweil 3000

Network Engines are accessible over the network, that they are running Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 or 2008, Windows XP or Windows Vista, and that they are set up with static IP addresses. For more information, see Network Prerequisites on page 20.

2. Install and configure the Network Engine software and floating licenses on computers that are designated to be the Kurzweil 3000 Network Engines. For more information, see Installing and Configuring the

Kurzweil 3000 Network Engine on page 24.

3. Optionally, install the Universal Library. See Installing the Kurzweil 3000

Universal Library on page 46.

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For Kurzweil 3000 Network Client computers:

1. If necessary, uninstall previous versions of VoiceText speaking voices.

See Uninstalling Previous Versions of VoiceText on page 37.

2. Optionally, uninstall previous versions of Kurzweil 3000 (Standalone) from computers on which you will install Kurzweil 3000 Client software. See Uninstalling Previous Versions of Kurzweil 3000 on page 35.

3. Install the Client software on each computer that you want to run Kurzweil

3000. For more information, see Installing and Configuring the Client

Software on page 35.

4. Test the Client’s connection to the Engine. See Testing Your Network

Setup: Logging On on page 43.

5. Review the Additional Client Configuration Procedures on page 45, and perform as necessary.

6. Optionally, enable Clients to access the Universal Library folder on the Engine computer. See Configuring Access to a Universal Library Folder on page 47.

7. Optionally, install additional instances of the Administrator. See Installing

Additional Copies of the Administrator on page 55.

Additional Administrators should be installed for use by teachers, who can then manage licenses and use other Network features.

Notes:

• When the Administrator is run on a computer that does not also have the

Kurzweil 3000 Engine software installed, you can’t use the Reporting and Form Letter features. These functions can only be initiated from a Kurzweil 3000 Engine computer. See Local Versus Remote

Administration on page 58.

• The Administrator does not have to be installed on a computer that also

has the Kurzweil 3000 Client software installed. You can install it on any computer that is on the same LAN as the Kurzweil 3000 Engine.

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Installation Overview

Upgrading from Previous Network Versions

Use the following general steps as a guideline for upgrading from a previous version of Kurzweil 3000 Network.

The upgrade steps should be performed in the following sequence:

For Kurzweil 3000 Engine computers:

1. Uninstall floating licenses back to the appropriate License Key. See

Uninstalling Floating Licenses on page 92.

2. Uninstall the previous version of the Kurzweil 3000 Engine. See

Uninstalling the Kurzweil 3000 Version 11 Client and Engine Software on

page 95.

3. For Engines installed on computers running Windows XP with Service Pack 2, you must specify an exception for the port that the Engine uses to connect to its Clients. See Installing and Configuring the Client

Software on page 35.

Note: If you specified the exception for the previous version of the Engine, you do not have to do it again.

4. Install the Engine software and floating licenses onto computers on the LAN that are designated as Kurzweil 3000 Network Engines. See

Installing and Configuring the Kurzweil 3000 Network Engine on page 24.

For Kurzweil 3000 Client computers:

1. If necessary, uninstall previous versions of VoiceText speaking voices.

See Uninstalling Previous Versions of VoiceText on page 37.

2. Optionally, uninstall previous versions of Kurzweil 3000 (Network Client and/or Standalone). See Uninstalling Previous Versions of Kurzweil 3000 on page 35.

3. Install the Client software on each computer that you want to run Kurzweil

3000. For more information, see Installing Kurzweil 3000 on Client

Computers on page 38.

4. Test the Client’s connection to the Engine. See Testing Your Network

Setup: Logging On on page 43.

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5. Review the Additional Client Configuration Procedures on page 45, and perform as necessary.

6. Optionally, install additional copies of the Kurzweil 3000 Administrator. See Installing Additional Copies of the Administrator on page 55.

Additional Administrators should be installed for use by teachers, who can then manage licenses and use other Network features (Send and Leave Messages, Force Toolbars, etc.).

Notes:

• When the Administrator is run on a computer that does not also have a

Kurzweil 3000 Engine installed, you cannot use the Reporting and Form Letter features. These functions can be initiated only from a computer

running a Kurzweil 3000 Engine computer. See Local Versus Remote

Administration on page 58.

• The Administrator does not have to be installed on a computer that also

has the Kurzweil 3000 Client software installed. You can install it on any computer that is on the same LAN as the Kurzweil 3000 Engine.

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Network Prerequisites

This section provides important information and assistance for persons who are responsible for installing a Kurzweil 3000 Network. If you have previously installed a Kurzweil 3000 Network, you might want to skip this section and go to Installing and Configuring the Kurzweil 3000 Network Engine on page 24.

Designating the Kurzweil 3000 Network Engine

Any computer running a supported Windows operating system on the LAN can be a Kurzweil 3000 Network Engine; you just have to install the Kurzweil 3000 Network Engine software on it, and keep it up and running and connected to the LAN.

It is important that both the computer on which you install the Engine and the Kurzweil 3000 Engine service itself are up and running most of the time. This is especially important if you use the license granting feature, as the ability for the Engine to regenerate expired licenses is directly affected by the amount of time an Engine is continuously running.

You must install Kurzweil 3000 Engines on computers running Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 or 2008, Windows XP, or Windows Vista. These operating systems provide excellent stability and remote administration capabilities.

Although it is possible to install the Engine software on the same computer as the Client software, we don't recommend that you do it.

In addition, you can have multiple Kurzweil 3000 Network Engine computers, each one serving different clusters of Kurzweil 3000 Client computers.

Novell Networks

Kurzweil 3000 can be used over Novell networks (version 4.x or later), but the Engine software must be installed on a computer running Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 or 2008, Windows XP, or Windows Vista. The software cannot be installed on the Novell server computer.

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Ensuring TCP/IP Is Enabled

In setting up any network, you have to ensure that the Engine and Client computers can share resources, communicate with one another and if desired. TCP/IP is a set of industry-standard protocols that facilitates network tasks and requests such as file transfers, and remote computing.

To determine if TCP/IP is enabled...

On Windows 2000 computers:

1. From the Windows Start menu, select Settings, then select Control Panel.

2. Double-click Network and Dial-up Connections.

3. Double-click Local Area Network Connection, then open its Properties

dialog.

4. Make sure TCP/IP is one of the items listed in the General tab.

5. Close the dialog box.

On Windows XP or Windows 2003 computers:

1. From the Windows Start menu, select Control Panel, then click Network and Internet Connections.

2. Double-click Network Connections.

3. Double-click Local Area Connection, then open its Properties dialog.

4. Make sure that TCP/IP is on the list, and that it is selected.

5. Close the dialog box.

On Windows Vista or Windows 2008 computers:

1. From the Windows Start menu, select Control Panel, then click Network and Sharing Center.

2. Click Manage Network Connections in the Task list.

3. Click LAN Connection, then open its Properties dialog.

4. Double-click Internet Protocol Version 4 in the list.

5. Close the dialog box.

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Network Prerequisites

Determining the Static IP Address of an Engine Computer

Networks require addresses for each computer to properly route information, commands and requests to the correct recipient.

TCP/IP assigns an IP address—a unique number string—to every computer that is configured for network use. There are two types of IP addresses that can be assigned to your computer: static or dynamic. The Kurzweil 3000 Network Engine must be set up with a static IP address.

Depending on the Engine computer’s operating system, use one of the following procedures to determine the computer’s static IP address.

To determine the static IP address...

On Windows 2000 computers:

1. On the designated Kurzweil 3000 Network Engine computer, select Settings from the Windows Start menu, then select Control Panel.

2. Double-click Network and Dial-up Connections.

3. Double-click Local Area Network Connection, then open its Properties

dialog.

4. Select TCP/IP from the list and click the Properties button.

5. Select Use the following IP address. If the area is active, write down

the number—this is the static IP address you need during the Client installation.

If the Use the IP address area is not active, you must request a static IP address from your IT manager.

On Windows XP or Windows 2003 computers:

1. On the designated Kurzweil 3000 Network Engine computer, select Control Panel from the Windows Start menu.

2. Double-click Network Connections.

3. Right-click Local Area Network and select Properties from the menu.

4. Select TCP/IP in the list and click the Properties button.

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