Installation guide

Installation Guide AMS Suite: Intelligent Device Manager

NOVEMBER 2013

6. Set up and configure the communication interfaces needed on this station (see

“Configuring communication interfaces” on page 73).

7. Install the latest versions of any licensed SNAP-ON applications, if appropriate

(see

“Installing SNAP-ON applications” on page 58).

8. Open AMS Device Manager, right-click each locally configured network icon

and select Rebuild Hierarchy and then Scan > New Devices.

9. If you are using the Alert Monitor feature, click the Alert Monitor button on the

AMS Device Manager toolbar to open the Alert List. Click the Station

Monitoring button in the toolbar and ensure that the station you are

monitoring is checked.

Note

If you are installing on a Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 PC, and User Account Control

(UAC) is enabled, the User Account Control dialog (similar to below) displays after

rebooting the PC. Select Yes to continue with the AMS Device Manager installation.

If you do not click Yes within 2 minutes, the dialog closes and to complete the installation

you must select Start > All Programs > AMS Device Manager > Continue the AMS Device

Manager installation.

Note

The AMS Device Manager installation program turns off Windows Automatic Updates.

After AMS Device Manager is installed, check to see that the Windows Automatic Updates

function is set as desired.