Installation guide

AMS Suite: Intelligent Device Manager Installation Guide
NOVEMBER 2013
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AMS Device Manager Web Services and AMS Asset
Portal 3.2
AMS Asset Portal acquires device data as it is connecting to AMS Device Manager
Web Services. To use AMS Device Manager Web Services with AMS Asset Portal for
devices, the following requirements must be met:
• Server Plus software must be installed on the PC.
• Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) must be installed on the PC prior to
installing AMS Device Manager Web Services. Use the Windows Add or Remove
Programs and Add/Remove Windows Components functions to install IIS (see
the Windows operating system documentation or Windows online Help for
more information).
• The Data Provider Web Service is required to use AMS Asset Portal. The URL to
find the Web Service is: http://<PCname>/amsdevicemanagerws/
amsdataproviderservice.asmx
AMS Suite: Asset Performance Management
AMS Suite: Asset Performance Management is a product offering that replaces AMS
Asset Portal. The AMS Suite: Asset Performance Management Client Framework can
be installed on an AMS Device Manager 12.5 station. Other components of AMS Suite
APM must be installed on additional non-AMS Device Manager PCs.
Microsoft IIS must be installed and configured on the PC prior to installing AMS Suite
APM. To enable the SQL reporting service in AMS Suite APM, the following IIS features
must to be added to the IIS defaults (if you are unsure how to do this, contact your IT
department):
• ASP.NET
• NET Extensibility
• Request Filtering
• ISAPI
• ISAPI Extensions
• IIS 6 Management Compatibility
For more information about AMS Suite APM, contact your Emerson Process
Management Sales/Service Office.