Metrohm tiamo 1.1 Installation

System requirements (minimal)

Computer Pentium 4, 1 GHz (or comparable)
Operating system Windows 2000 SP1, Windows XP Professional
Memory Program: 150 MB

Data: 2 GB (for about 5000 determinations)

RAM 512 MB
Serial ports for devices with RS232 interface
USB ports for devices with USB interface

The windows user must have administrator rights in order to be able to install the
tiamo software.

Additional requirements for the tiamo server:

Network 10 MBit/s, stable and permanent
Operating system Windows 2000 SP1, Windows XP Professional,

Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server

Installation

Single workplace installation

With this version the tiamo workplace and database will be installed on your com­puter.

1. On inserting the CD into the drive of your computer the installation will be
started automatically. If this option is deactivated on your computer double
click the file setup.exe.

If the minimum system requirements are not met (see above) a message
appears. Click on [Yes] if you like to install the programm nevertheless.

Afterwards, click on [Next].

2. After having read the license agreement for tiamo and accepting it with

[Yes] a window will appear where you can enter the license code. Depend­ing on the license code which you have received together with the tiamo

software the assistant will guide you through the installation of the corre­sponding version:

 light (single workplace version, max. 2 peripheral instruments)
 full (single workplace version, peripheral instruments unlimited)

Confirm your entry with [Next].

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3. Now enter the destination folder for the tiamo installation and confirm with

[Next].

4. In the dialogue window Additional installation information you can define

the path for the database and backup files:

Under Advanced... it is possible to change the ports tiamo uses to com­municate with the database and administration server. If the ports are in use
already, an appropriate message will appear. Ask your system administrator
for more information about this. Continue with [Next].

5. Follow the instructions of the program until the following message appears:

This message points out which ports tiamo uses. Write down these ports
and inform your system administrator in case tiamo is not able to connect
to the database. Confirm the message with [OK].

6. As soon as the copying procedure has been terminated you can carry out

further Workplace settings:

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The option This computer identifier must exist in the current tiamo
system. is only selectable if a database entry already exists from a previous

installation on your computer or if you want to connect to a database server
which has already been installed on an other computer.

If you activate this option tiamo checks whether the identifier you have en­tered exists in the database. If this is true the identifier and all associated
settings will be adopted. With this option a renewed installation of a client is
much easier.

Click [Next]. If the database ports are not available, an appropriate mes­sage will appear and the installation will be aborted. In this case, check your
server and firewall settings before starting the installation again.

7. At the end of the installation the file info.txt will be created which contains
all relevant information concerning your current tiamo installation. Save this
file on your computer in case of need in future and print it (add to IQ). Com­plete the installation with [Finish].

An InstallLog file with a list of all files having been copied to your computer
and with a confirmation for a successful installation is saved in the tiamo in­stallation folder (default: C:\Program Files\Metrohm\tiamo) under
bin\InstallLog.

Client/Server installation

With the tiamo multi version (multiple workplace version with 3 licenses) you can
choose during the installation whether you want to install a client (workplace) or the
server (incl. a client) on your computer.

If you only want to install a client the server to which your client will be connected
has to be installed in advance.

1. On inserting the CD into the drive of your computer the installation will be
started automatically. If this option is deactivated on your computer double
click the file setup.exe.

If the minimum system requirements are not met (see above) a message
appears. Click on [Yes] if you like to install the programm nevertheless.

Afterwards, click on [Next].

2. After having read the license agreement for tiamo and accepting it with
[Yes] a window will appear where you can enter the license code. Enter
your tiamo multi license code and click [Next].

3. Now enter the destination folder for the tiamo installation and confirm with
[Next].

4. The dialogue window Additional installation information appears where
you can choose whether you want to install a client or the server:

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The option Client/Server installs the workplace and the database server on
your computer. Choose this option if your computer will be used as server.

With Client only the workplace will be installed and with
choose the database server (has to be installed in advance!) to which you
want to connect. The network server name or the IP address are accepted.

Under Advanced... it is possible to change the ports tiamo uses to com­municate with the database and administration server. If the ports are in use
already, an appropriate message will appear. Ask your system administrator
for more information about this. Continue with [Next].

5. All further installation steps correspond to those of the single workplace in-

stallation from point 5.

you have to

Modify / repair / remove installation and
renew license

In order to carry out modifications on your current tiamo installation double click the
file setup.exe on the installation CD or under Control panel/Add/Remove Pro-
grams click on Metrohm Tiamo 1.1. Then choose Change/Remove:

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Modify: With this option you can change the path to the database and backup files
and set the ports which tiamo uses for communication. With the tiamo multi ver­sion you can additionally change the path to the database server.

Repair/Update: In case of a defective tiamo installation because e.g. a DLL file is
missing or a program file has been deleted by mistake tiamo can be repaired with
this option.

License update: This option allows you to directly update your current tiamo in-
stallation to a higher version: light  full and full  multi. In order to do this enter
your new license code in the next dialogue window.

Remove: This removes your tiamo installation. Data which has been generated af-
ter the installation (e.g. database entries, log files, exported data etc.) will remain on
your hard disk.

Program update

At the program update, all user-spedific data in the database directory, in the back­up directory, and in the sub-directory bin are maintained. The files in the sub­directories jre, lib, res, doc, and examples are deleted.

1. Save all tiamo databases created by yourself (configuration database and
determination databases) into an external directory using the backup functi­ons of tiamo. Save further files created by yourself in the installation directo­ry (e.g. export files) into an external directory.

2. Double click the file setu p.exe on the installation CD. Then select Re-
pair/Update and click on [Next].

3. Complete the installation with [Finish].

An UpdateLog file with a list of all files having been copied to your computer
and with a confirmation for a successful installation is saved in the tiamo in­stallation folder (default: C:\Program Files\Metrohm\tiamo) under
bin\InstallLog.

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