User manual

Page 14 of 79
4 Database installation
The epoScan database is needed in order to manage the scanning process and needs to be
installed. A system database is also required, to store the program settings, such as
• authorisation
• users
• databases.
4.1 System database type selection
The type of system database has to be chosen before installation of the epoScan software. The
epoScan software has been built to work with four types of databases, which are categorised into
two groups:
• Group 1, stored locally or on a central server, suitable for small sites with few workstations
• MS Access (No licenses required).
• Group 2, stored on the database server, suitable for large sites with many workstations
• Firebird (Open Source DB – no licenses required)
• Oracle (License is required).
• MaxDB (Open Source DB – no licenses required).
Figure 3: setup type
4.1.1 Installation with MS Access
The MS Access database is sufficient for small offices that operate one or two low or medium
volume production scanners. If higher scanning volumes are expected or more scanners are
installed it is highly recommended to use Firebird, Oracle, or MaxDB as the database.
If MS Access is installed on the PC then this can be used as usual to view the database tables and
the contents.
During installation database templates are installed in the epoScan directory. When the installation
is finished these templates can be copied to a different directory or a directory on a central server.
The available templates are
• EpoScan_app.mdb, a database for application scanning
• EpoScan_pat.mdb, a database for patent scanning
• EpoScan_oth.mdb, a database for other scanning.
Select the database type you want to use with epoScan:
Access
Firebird
Oracle
MaxDB