Metrohm Vision Installation

Metrohm AG
CH-9100 Herisau
Switzerland
Phone [phone]
Fax [phone]
[e-mail]
www.metrohm.com

1 Minimum system requirements

Processor Pentium 4 equivalent or higher

Operating system 32-bit version of:

￭ Windows 2000
￭ Windows XP
￭ Windows Vista
￭ Windows 7

64-bit version of:

￭ Windows XP
￭ Windows Vista
￭ Windows 7
￭ Windows 8

Vision 4.0.1

Installation

Screen resolution Resolution 1024 x 768 or higher, EGA equivalent or

higher

RAM All operating systems: 1 GB minimum; 4 GB recom-

mended

Hard disk capacity Minimum 100 GB; 500 GB recommended (Non-rotat-

ing storage media also acceptable in the above
amounts or higher).

CD-ROM drive One CD-ROM (or compatible) drive is required for

Vision installation.

USB ports USB 2.0 or higher, two free ports recommended

Mouse/pointer Required, USB, PS/2 style, or wireless

Printer compatibil­ity

Must be connected to one of the following:

￭ USB printer
￭ Network printer within immediate work area
￭ Alternative print connection, including parallel, IR,

or other reliable methods

(A test page should be printed to verify correct opera­tion)

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Keyboard Compatible keyboard using USB / PS/2, or similar con-

nection

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Serial port ￭ Required for System II (Model 6500 Series)

￭ 1 additional required for Vision I/O Module inter-

face

The Windows user (installer) must have administrator
rights in order to install Vision software.

Network environ­ment

￭ 100 Mbits/sec, stable and permanent
￭ Communication via Ethernet; RJ-45 connection
￭ XDS requires DHCP server with available TCP/IP

addresses (permanent address may be assigned)

System backup Network or CD backup required for data archiving

2 Installation

2.1 Server installation for MultiUser

NOTE

System platform

The System platform for installation the server and clients have to be with
the same Windows version.

The Multi-user installation involves two main steps:

￭ 1: - "Install Vision Server"
￭ 2: - "Install Vision Client" (see Chapter 2.2, page 5)

After start the server installation, this screen will be displayed:

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Next, click on "Install Vision Server".

Vision requires the name and company of the primary user. Enter your

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name and company, the combination of the serial number and license

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number of Vision in the line below. (The serial number format may vary
from that shown.) Click on “Next”.

Confirm this message and click on "Next".

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Vision Server installation begins as shown. Click on "Next".

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Click on “Install” to continue.

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Wait for the installation of Vision.

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Click on "Finish".

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2.2 Client installation for SingleUser and MultiUser

Please follow these instructions to complete a Vision client installation:

If replacing an earlier Vision installation, do not uninstall the existing

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Vision. The new Vision installation will preserve all projects and database
structures in the existing Vision and will operate in an updated manner
using existing projects and files.

Insert the Vision “Installation” CD into the CD drive. This screen will be

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displayed:

Click on “Next” to continue the installation.

If using a DS2500 Analyzer, Matlab must be installed before Vision.

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Select the box for "Matlab Runtime", click on "Next" and continue with
the next step.

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