User`s guide

346 VEREX Director V4.73 User's Guide 21-0381E v4.7.3
User 'Logins'
The "Databas e Query" feat ure, and SQL -
server support require yo u to provide
some login inf ormation that will be used to
access the VEREX Director database.
Tip: With a system managed under SQL server,
this information must match these values for the
Director database entered at the SQL Server PC.
Also, if you wish to change these settings later
on, you must ensure that no one is presently
accessing the Director database (see the steps
under "Table Repair Utility").
Overview
If you select SQL-server support during
installation, y ou w ill be prompted for th e
"user login " information directly .
Otherwise (or to change the settings later),
you need to access th e required form
manually:
VEREX Di rector-Repair.exe (ÖUser
Logins ).
The Table Repair Utility
In a client-ser ver VEREX D irector system, the
database/table repair utilit y is a vailable only
through the server PC.
(This is the PC that includes "...Director-Server.exe".
Before using the table repair utility, first:
1) Client-server systems: Ensure that no copies of the
VEREX Director (or communications) software are
logged into the database (T
ools menu, Ö"Who is
logged In").
2) Shut down Your VEREX Director (and
communications) software (details follow).
Note
: The communications software pertains to PCs
that connect with system panels--via cable, modem, or
IP-LAN/WAN (≥V3.3).
Shutting Down the VEREX Director
Software
At the VEREX Director server, and each client
PC (that uses this main database):
• Open the File menu;
• Select Exit;
• Select Yes when asked to confirm.
Shutting Down Communication Modules
At each PC th at connects to system panels or
modems:
• Open the task bar (move your mouse to the
bottom-right of the screen);
• Check for a telephone/communication symbol
on the right-hand side;
• If present, right-click this symbol, and select
Exit from the pop-up menu.
• Select Yes when asked to confirm.
User-Logins (Needed for: Database Query, and SQL Server Support)