User`s guide

iv VEREX Director V4.73 User's Guide 21-0381E v4.7.3
Installation and Technical Reference................................................................................................... 291
PC Issues and
Software Installation................................................................................................... 292
Recommended Computer Specifications
................................................................................. 292
Serial Port Installation and Set Up
........................................................................................... 294
Windo
ws Settings Required..................................................................................................... 295
Soft
ware Installation for a Fresh/New System ......................................................................... 297
Upgrading from an Earlier Version
of Software........................................................................ 298
If You Need to
Transfer the Database to a Different PC ............................................. 300
DCOM Setup
........................................................................................................................... 302
Fire
wall Settings (e.g., Windows XPsp2) ................................................................................. 302
Soft
ware Activation and Licensing...................................................................................................... 303
Soft
ware "Activation Key" ........................................................................................................ 303
Activating Your Soft
ware ......................................................................................................... 303
Upgrading Your Soft
ware (Adding Optional Features)............................................................. 305
March Net
works R4-R5 DVR Support ................................................................................................ 306
Net
work USB HASP Key (Director ≥V4.51)........................................................................................ 306
Remote Soft
ware Download and Remote Access (≥V4.7) ................................................................. 308
Client/Server Issues and the
Director Server Manager (v4.7) ............................................................ 309
Client/Server A
ccess and Permissions............................................................................................... 311
Server Vali
dation Certificates (≥V4.72) .................................................................................... 311
Client Access (Allowable Client List)........................................................................................ 312
Setting Up Client Permissions
................................................................................................. 316
Ne
w Installation? Try the Wizard !..................................................................................................... 318
Panel Connection Overvie
w ............................................................................................................... 319
IP Connectiv
ity......................................................................................................................... 321
Secure IP Communications (≥V4.72)
....................................................................................... 321
PC-to-Panel—Direct Connect
ion ............................................................................................. 322
PC and Panels
—Modem Connections .................................................................................... 324
PC Modem Ins
tallation or Connection......................................................................... 324
Windo
ws Modem Setup .............................................................................................. 324
Panel Modem .............................................................................................................. 325
Serial Port / Modem Setup (Communications Manager) .................................................................... 326
Communication Pools for S
ystem Panels........................................................................................... 330
Setting Up a Ne
w System (Commissioning)....................................................................................... 332
Importing Settings from an E
xisting VEREX Director System Panel....................................... 336
Customizing the My
Tools Bar............................................................................................................. 338
Sy
stem Capacities.............................................................................................................................. 340
Advanc
ed Database Features ............................................................................................................ 345
Overvie
w of Features............................................................................................................... 345
SQL Server Support
................................................................................................................ 345
User-Logins (Needed for: Databas
e Query, and SQL Server Support) .................................. 346
Linking to the
Database (Used for: Custom Query/Reporting; ERM Integration)................... 348
Automated User-Import (Used for: ERM Int
egration).............................................................. 352
Manually
Importing User-Data From a Text File ...................................................................... 354
Sy
stem / Hardware Reference ........................................................................................................... 355
Ke
ypad Tone Reference (≥V4.5 with ≥V4.42 firmware)...................................................................... 358
On-Line Support & Product Information
.............................................................................................. 360
Index
....................................................................................................................................................... 361