Administration Console
Users' Guide
Model No. WJ-ASC8501
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Admin Console
Software Version 1.5
for use with an SX850 Surveillance Control System
Installation & Configuration
Document Version 1.5 for System Administrators installing and configuring the Admin Console
Admin Console 1.5
Admin Console CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION |
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DOCUMENT CONVENTION |
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WHAT IT DOES |
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By Clock, Calendar, and Event |
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In Response to Emergencies |
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HOW IT WORKS |
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Configuration Management |
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User Control |
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Installation |
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PLATFORM |
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Hardware Requirements |
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Operating System Requirements |
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Video Display Setting Requirements |
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FROM DISKETTES |
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FROM CD-ROM |
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WHAT TO DO NEXT |
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WORKSHEET TASKS |
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INSTRUCTIONS |
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CHECKLIST |
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LOGIN |
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FIRST-TIME OPERATION |
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CPU Setup |
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Scheduled Modes |
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MAIN MENU |
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DATABASE MANAGEMENT |
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Database Archive |
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Create a Database |
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Select a Database |
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Copy a Database |
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Rename a Database |
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Delete a Database |
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Backup or Restore a Database |
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Get Current Database |
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Load a Database |
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System Configuration |
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INPUT TO SCREEN |
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SCS CPU Configuration |
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CONTENTS |
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Matrix Frames |
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COMPONENTS |
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Cameras |
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System Controllers |
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Monitors |
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Alarm Input/Output |
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Alarms |
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Operators |
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SEQUENCES |
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Tour Sequences |
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Group Presets |
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Group Sequences |
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AREAS |
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Monitor Surveillance Area |
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EVENT SCHEDULER |
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MANAGEMENT |
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Log Manager |
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AC Log |
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Account Manager |
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Help |
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ACRONYMS |
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TERMS |
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INSTRUCTIONS |
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TEAMWORK |
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CHECKLIST |
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Admin Console WELCOME
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the SX850 Admin Console. This guide is organized in a logical step-by-step sequence that will allow for both an easy and accurate configuration. First, an explanation of what the Admin Console is and how it works in a Security Surveillance System (SCS) is presented in general terms. Next, you will be guided through installing the software, creating a configuration database, and loading the database into the Security Control System CPU.
While creating the configuration database, you will find that many components interact with each other, and are dependent on specific values. It will be important to utilize the worksheets provided at the end of this manual to gather the data necessary to create the configuration database, and to develop an understanding of your Security Control System. These worksheets, once completed, should also be utilized when making
updates or changes to the system’s configuration, to ensure accurate results.
This part of the process will be explained in the Configuration section of this manual, which is divided into three phases: physical planning, worksheet tasks, and keying in the data.
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DOCUMENT CONVENTION
This guide uses the following conventions when describing the use and
operation of this product.
Co mpon ent o r S eque nce Defi niti on
F i e ld Da ta
This box will describe each field in a definition screen.
Warning: Text with this appearance suggests potential problems or situations that you may encounter when attempting to do something in the Admin Console.
♦ Note: Text with this appearance is a special instruction, rule, or side comment related to the topic.
• Tip: Text with this appearance offers suggestions or hints to make using the Admin Console easier.
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Admin Console WHAT AND HOW
Admin Console enables an administrator and other users to closely control the operation of a Surveillance Control System (SCS). Such a system can include as many as 8,192 cameras and 1,024 monitors. You will be guided through the process of installing the Admin Console to manage an SCS, creating the databases that dictate the operation of the SCS, and allowing an administrator to easily change the system’s configuration when necessary.
WHAT IT DOES
Admin Console enables an administrator to utilize an SCS’s performance capabilities to meet the surveillance needs of a facility during initial installation, as well as when conditions change.
By Clock, Calendar, and Event
The SCS can be configured to help security personnel respond in different ways using the Admin Console utility. For example, based on:
♦Time of day - such as open to the public, closed, and afterhours cleaning and maintenance.
♦Night quiet time.
♦Quiet day of the week - which would be a 24-hour period of quiet time without any activity except security personnel doing rounds.
♦Special business activity - such as taking physical inventory, restocking, and doing routine maintenance of special equipment.
♦Visits by celebrities, dignitaries, or officials, with or without entourage - protective or otherwise.
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In Response to Emergencies
The SCS can be configured using the Admin Console utility to allow for quick responses to unexpected disruptions of normal activity that could be caused by power, fire, police, health, or other emergencies.
HOW IT WORKS
The Admin Console maintains tracking, reporting, and functional relationships between the various components in a surveillance control system.
Configuration Management
It is possible for the Admin Console to maintain several separate configurations for a given system. They could be very similar or differ greatly.
One configuration, for example, could be very different than the typical configuration used, because its purpose may be to watch over a particular activity, such as the taking of an equipment and supplies inventory when the facility is closed to the public.
User Control
In addition to controlling individual cameras, the Admin Console provides the user with selections from lists of presets and sequences.
♦If the user chooses a preset, a group of monitors will display a set of video outputs from a group of cameras at preset positions.
♦A sequence, on the other hand, is a self-generated series of views - one of several cameras on one monitor (a Tour Sequence) or of group presets (a Group Sequence).
Installation
Installing the Admin Console software only takes a few minutes and is very simple to complete. Whether installing from a CD-ROM or floppy diskettes, a series of Windows’ dialogue boxes guide the installation onto the PC.
The subsequent task of configuring the software, once installed, can range from modest, for a small system, to complex, for a very large, complicated system, such as in an airport.
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When it comes to security surveillance, all potential contingencies should be considered when planning a system’s functionality. The Admin Console is the tool that simplifies this process.
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Admin Console INSTALLATION
Part of installing the Admin Console means copying program files from either a CD-ROM or a set of floppy diskettes onto the hard drive of a dedicated PC. The Admin Console is a tool that allows an administrator to configure the SCS (Surveillance Control System) with information compiled about components and users, and to use well-planned presets and sequences.
PLATFORM
As with any PC application that must be reliable, Admin Console should be the primary program running on the computer it is installed on. There should be little other than Admin Console running on the same computer.
The PC used for Admin Console should have the following characteristics:
Hardware Requirements
IBM PC or 100% compatible, Pentium-133MHz or higher, 16MB RAM, 20MB of available hard drive space for the installation of the Admin Console, with additional space available for configuration database (.adm) and log files.
In addition, the Admin Console PC must be equipped with an Ethernet network interface card using the TCP/IP protocol.
Operating System Requirements
♦ Microsoft Windows 95 OSR 2, 98 SE, NT 4.0, 2000
Video Display Setting Requirements
♦256 colors or higher
♦800 x 600 resolution
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Admin Console INSTALL
FROM DISKETTES
1.Insert diskette 1 into the floppy drive.
2.From the Windows’ Start menu, select Run.
3.Type a:\setup, then click OK or press the Enter key.
4.Respond to the dialogue boxes that appear by following the directions given.
5.Remove each diskette when prompted, and replace it with the next one.
The last diskette asks you to click Finish in order to complete setup.
FROM CD-ROM
Insert the CD-ROM program disk into the CD-ROM drive on your computer. The Admin Console program will begin installing automatically. Respond to the dialog boxes by following the directions given.
WHAT TO DO NEXT
The next section will guide you through the phases involved with the setup and configuration of the Admin Console.
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Admin Console CONFIGURATION
The tasks covered in the Installation section, beginning on page 10, must be completed before attempting to configure the Admin Console.
The Admin Console configuration is a three-step process:
♦Mark copies of drawings of the facility under surveillance.
♦Fill in the appropriate worksheets provided at the end of this manual. (This will result in a survey of all the components in your system, and how they interact with one another.)
♦Enter the values collected on the worksheets into the Admin Console. (The values entered determine the operation of the Surveillance Control System (SCS) in complete detail by creating relationships among all of the components, including the users.)
Once existing copies of the facility’s drawings are marked, there is a basis for assigning logical or area/local numbers, titles, and practical names for the various components of the surveillance system. With this information, you can then continue with the Admin Console worksheet tasks indicated below.
WORKSHEET TASKS
The Admin Console worksheets aid in the collection and organization of information needed to configure the SCS. One person can complete all of the worksheets in a smaller system, but to speed up any installation, consider assigning a team of several individuals to complete different worksheets concurrently.
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Admin Console CONFIGURATION
Perhaps the surveillance system you are working with is small enough for you to collect the required information, and input those values directly on to the Admin Console screens.
However, if the system is more complex, it is best to gather and write down the information needed for the initial configuration of Admin Console.
If settings need to be modified or updated in the future because of a change in surveillance needs, or changes made in the components of the system, the worksheets can be used to track past, current, and to-be configurations. The worksheets make it very easy to do this, regardless of the size of your system.
As with any system configuration, it is wise to keep initial and updated worksheets on file, just in case there is ever a need to re-enter the data, or troubleshoot the system.
INSTRUCTIONS
The title of each worksheet is the same as the title of the Admin Console window it supports. For example, the “Operators” worksheet supports the “Operators” window. The fields that need to be filled in on the various Admin Console windows correspond to the sequence presented on the worksheets.
1.Reproduce the worksheets supplied with the system.
You may only need a single copy of a certain worksheet, but dozens of copies of others, depending on the size and components that make up your surveillance system.
Copy pages from the actual worksheets located in the back of this manual.
CHECKLIST
Worksheets are arranged alphabetically to make them easy to find. However, the checklist below indicates a workable sequence for completing them.
For a team approach to information collection, use best judgment to decide how to distribute the worksheet among several individuals.
SCS-CPU Setup
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Matrix Frame
Cameras
System Controllers
Monitors
Alarm Input/Output
Operators
Tour Sequences
Camera Presets
Group Presets
Group Sequences
Alarm Definition(s)
Alarm Target Definition(s)
Alarm Target Assignment(s)
Camera -to- Monitor Permission(s)
Controller -to-Camera View Permission(s)
Controller -to-Camera Control Permission(s)
Controller -to-Monitor Permission(s)
Controller -to-Group Sequence Permission(s)
Controller -to- Alarm IO Permission(s)
Controller -to- Alarm Permission(s)
Operator -to- Controller Permissions
Event Scheduler
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LOGIN
When running Admin Console after having installed it, and each subsequent time that it is run, this login screen will appear.
Enter the user login name (default = admin) and user password (default = sx850) to open the application.
♦ Note: Both the user login name and password fields are case sensitive.
It is recommended that after entering the Admin Console the first time, that the user login name and password are changed from the defaults, in order to control administrative access.
During the configuration, add user names and passwords at various access levels as needed. See the Account Manager section.
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FIRST-TIME OPERATION
CPU Setup
When Admin Console is run the first time, the following window will appear after you enter the default login name and password.
On this window you must match the CPU configuration in the software with the actual CPU running the SCS.
1.Enter the IP address for the Main A CPU.
Ask your installer or network administrator for the IP address for the Main A CPU. This will let the Admin Console software know where to load the configuration database, when initiated later.
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2.If your system is equipped with a redundant CPU, then check the “Redundant” box and enter the IP address for the Main B CPU.
Ask your installer or network administrator for the IP address for the Main B CPU. If the system has just a single CPU, leave the redundant check box blank. The Main B CPU IP address will not be required.
3.Click the green check mark to save this setting.
4.Decide on the operational mode for the SCS CPU.
Click the “Size” tab on the right side of the CPU System Configuration window. This is where you will specify the size of your CPU. As you click on Standard, Enhanced, or High-Speed, each will display its maximum capacities. The maximum capacity is the largest supported number of each of the components listed. You must match the MCPU capacity with the capacity in this window.
Standard
If any of the components in your system exceed the maximum capacity listed, you must choose the next highest system type. For example, if the number of each of your system’s components are less than the maximums listed for “Standard”, but you have 65 monitors, you would need to select “Enhanced” as your system type.
Enhanced
This is the next SCS CPU type available. Using the Enhanced CPU type will increase the capacity of the system. This can be chosen as long as your system MCPU is the correct version for this type.
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High-Speed
This is the largest CPU type available, providing the capacity for
handling the largest number of components.
5.Click on Standard, Enhanced, or High-Speed, and then click the green check mark to save.
6.You can then click on the EXIT button to leave this window.
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Scheduled Modes
If the Scheduled Modes check box is selected on the CPU System Configuration window’s “Size” tab, an administrator can configure up to four different modes of operation that can then be scheduled to become active as desired. The configuration of these modes are programmed, or set by an administrator during the configuration of the system’s components through Admin Console.
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VIEWING AND PROGRAMMING
In each of the components’ permissions tabs that contain a section like the one shown to the left, modes can be viewed and programmed.
Clicking the View option button allows you to view permissions for the mode chosen, and defaults to programming for the same mode. In the case of the graphic to the left, mode 1 is set for viewing, and thereby programming.
The permissions grid reflects the contents of the mode whose view is selected with the View option button. In the image below, the permission grid is displaying the contents of mode 2.
More than one mode can be programmed at the same time by clicking on the Prog check boxes of the other mode numbers that you wish to program simultaneously. This will append, or add any permissions that are then changed on the permissions grid, but will not duplicate entire modes or overwrite existing permissions in the other modes.
The image to the left indicates that the permissions grid would now be displaying the contents of mode 3 (which is also by default being
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programmed), and would simultaneously be programming any subsequent changes into modes 1 and 4 as well.
It is not necessary to perform a Save for each mode viewed or programmed. Saving permissions, when completed, automatically saves all four modes, regardless of the current View or Prog selection. Permissions are described on page 47.
MAIN MENU
After entering the CPU IP address, selecting your system’s size, and exiting, the following window will appear, which is the Admin Console main menu. This window will be the first one you see from now on whenever you enter the Admin Console.
The main menu is the heart of the Admin Console configuration software. Each component, sequence, setup, and management task will be accessed from this main window.
Each section will be utilized in order to configure and maintain the SCS.
To view information about this application, such as the version of the software, click on the Panasonic logo. An “About” window will appear.
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DATABASE MANAGEMENT
The active database for this system is the one residing within the Surveillance Control System (SCS). Admin Console is used to create that database initially, and from that point forward works with copies of it in order to establish and maintain useful variations.
AT INSTALLATION
When Admin Console is first installed, an administrator must create and name a new database. The database is stored on the Admin Console computer’s hard drive.
The administrator then enters all the information available about frames, components, users, and sequences, and saves these details into the database using the Database Manager.
See Create a Database on page 23 for initial and subsequent database creations.
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Database Archive
The Database Archive section of the Database Manager window is where each configuration file (database) is manipulated. Several functions that can be performed with the configuration files are selecting, creating, copying, renaming, or deleting.
This section also includes options to backup or restore a configuration file to or from removable media or an alternate location, such as a floppy
diskette or network drive.
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Create a Database
Database Manager is entered into by clicking the first icon on the “Management” row of the main menu – the picture of the open folder. When entering Database Manager for the first time, there will not be any .adm files listed, as none have yet been created. An administrator must create and name a new database for configuration.
1.Click on the Database Manager button on the main menu.
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2.Click on the “New” button – the 2nd button under the Database Archive section.
3.Type in a new name for the new database in this field
4.Click the green check mark.
Enter any name that fits in the space provided. It is best if the name is practical, and easy to understand by anyone using the system. You will be returned to the main menu after naming the database.
This database will reside in the Admin Console. Adding and saving information about the components and desired operation of the system will configure it.
Select a Database
VIEWING AND RECONFIGURING
Whenever you wish to view or edit settings from the components, sequences, or setup choices on the main menu, you must have the database whose contents you wish to work with open. If you have just entered Admin Console, and click on one of those options, you will automatically be prompted to select a database. The database you choose will open, and will immediately be followed by the option window you have chosen. The database you select becomes the default database for all settings until you go back to Database Manager to choose or create a different one.
1.Highlight the name of a database.
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2.Click the Select button - the 1st button under the Database Archive section, or double click on the desired database.
When changing the database you are working with, Admin Console will open the selected database, making it the default, and will close the Database Manager window. You will be returned to the main menu, ready for the configuration or review of the database you just selected.
Copy a Database
MAKING SIMILAR OR ALTERNATIVE DATABASES
An administrator can make copies of a database, as desired, and name them to reflect their purpose. This would normally be done to enable the system to respond to changing conditions and surveillance needs without having to completely recreate a database to accommodate these changes.
1.Highlight the name of the database you wish to copy in the Database Manager window.
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2.Click the Copy button - the 3rd button under the Database Archive section.
3.Name the copy in the space provided
4.Click the green check mark.
Enter any name that fits the space provided. It is best if the name is practical and easy to understand by anyone using the system.
Rename a Database
Renaming a database is useful when creating several configurations to fit the needs of specific occasions, and changing the name to ensure each file has been updated. For example, if date codes or initials are used in the name or description of a database, an administrator may want to revise the date code or user initials as necessary.
1.To rename a database, highlight a database name.
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2.Click the Rename button - the 4th button under the Database Archive section.
3.In the “Rename to:” box, type the new name desired.
4.Click the green check mark
Delete a Database
In order to reduce the number of configuration files listed in Database Manager, and thereby decrease the potential for confusion as to which file is loaded on the SCS CPU, outdated or unused configuration files can be deleted. If the files may be needed again in the future, it is recommended that you backup the files to an alternate location (see page 26), so they can be deleted from the Admin Console, and restored later if necessary.
1.To delete a database, highlight the database name.
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2.Click the Delete button - the 5th button under the Database Archive section.
The following confirmation message will appear:
3.Click Yes to delete, or No to cancel.
Backup or Restore a Database
It may be necessary at times to save a copy of a particular database for backup, e-mail, troubleshooting, or other purposes. The Admin Console allows an administrator to perform both backup and restore functions in order to maintain copies of the configuration files outside of the Admin Console system.
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BACKUP A DATABASE
1.Within Database Manager, highlight a database name and click the Backup button - the 6th button under the Database Archive section.
2.The following window will appear.
3.Choose the drive and folder you wish to backup to, just as you would in Windows Explorer.
4.Click OK.
This procedure will only copy the highlighted configuration file to the
specified location. It will not remove it from the Admin Console.
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RESTORE A DATABASE
In addition to backing up a configuration file, it may also be necessary at times to restore a copy of a particular database from a backup, an e-mail, or from troubleshooting personnel. The Admin Console allows an administrator to perform a database restore from a source outside of the Admin Console.
1.Within Database Manager, click the Restore button - the last button under the Database Archive section.
2.The following window will appear.
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