Metrohm tiamo 2.0 Installation

Metrohm AG CH-9101 Herisau Switzerland

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Installation tiamo 2.x

1 System requirements (minimal)

Operating system	Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP Professional SP2,
	Windows Vista
RAM	1	GB (Windows 2000 / Windows XP)
	2	GB (Windows Vista)
Memory	Program: 500 MB
	Data: 2 GB (for about 5000 determinations)
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
	Communication via TCP/IP
Operating system	Windows 2000	SP4, Windows XP Professional SP2,
	Windows 2000	Server, Windows 2003 Server,
	Windows Vista

Caution

During a determination data loss may occur when the PC switches over to the standby mode. In the energy settings of the operating system the standby mode should therefore be deactivated.

2 Single workplace installation

With the single workplace version tiamo light or tiamo full the workplace and database will be installed on your computer.

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1On 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 program nevertheless.

Afterwards, click on [Next].

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

3 Enter the license code for tiamo light or tiamo full and click on [Next].

Note

If you have entered the license code of an update license, then the license code of the previous full version will additionally be requested.

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4Now enter the target folder for the tiamo installation and confirm with

[Next].

5In the dialog window Additional installation information you can define the path for the database and backup files:

Note

The default paths differ in Windows Vista and Windows 2000 or Windows XP.

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

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6 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].

7As soon as the copying procedure has been terminated you can set further workplace settings:

The option "The client ID must exist in the current tiamo system." is only activatable if a database from a previous installation already exists on your computer or if you want to connect to a database server which has been installed on another 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 on [Next]. If the database ports are not available, an appropriate error message will appear and the installation will be canceled. In this case, check your server and firewall settings before installing the program again.

8At 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 hard disk in case of need in future and print it (add to IQ). Complete the installation with [Finish].

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