Installation guide

Installation Guide AMS Suite: Intelligent Device Manager
NOVEMBER 2013
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Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction............................................................................................... 9
To install a standalone AMS Device Manager system.......................................................9
To install a Distributed AMS Device Manager system.......................................................9
To install AMS Device Manager on a DeltaV system.........................................................9
To install AMS Device Manager on an Ovation system...................................................10
To install AMS Device Manager Web Services................................................................10
About this guide...........................................................................................................10
Before you begin ..........................................................................................................11
For Windows 8 users.....................................................................................................11
Upgrading an AMS Device Manager system ..................................................................11
Upgrading AMS Device Manager.......................................................................12
Upgrading from AMS Wireless Configurator .....................................................15
Upgrading from AMS Device Configurator........................................................16
Uninstalling AMS Device Manager ................................................................................18
Chapter 2 System requirements ............................................................................... 19
Hardware requirements................................................................................................19
PC processing speed, memory, and disk space .................................................19
Serial interfaces ................................................................................................20
USB interfaces ..................................................................................................20
Network requirements .................................................................................................20
Software requirements.................................................................................................21
Operating systems ...........................................................................................21
Support for Remote Desktop Services...............................................................22
Other software requirements ...........................................................................24
Windows security requirements ...................................................................................27
AMS Device Manager installation......................................................................27
AMS Device Manager use..................................................................................27
AmsServiceUser................................................................................................28
Requirements for system interface networks ...............................................................29
Wireless............................................................................................................29
DeltaV ..............................................................................................................30
Ovation ............................................................................................................34
PROVOX ...........................................................................................................36
FF HSE ..............................................................................................................37
RS3...................................................................................................................38
STAHL ..............................................................................................................38
HART Multiplexer Network ...............................................................................39