Product specifications

Before You Install the Software
Workstation Setup & Administration Guide • 87
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• You need a valid network connection to run the indexing services.
• If you are working on a network with other Avid|DS workstations, you must
define the users who will have access to the indexer information either on a
Group or User level (the services automatically include everyone in the
Administrator and Power User’s group on the local system).
Preparing to Set Up an
Avid|DS Workgroup
If you are working on a network with other Avid|DS workstations, you will
need to create an Avid|DS workgroup to allow sharing and indexing of
projects and media between workstations.
Before running the Avid|DS setup, consider the following if you are going to
create an Avid|DS workgroup:
1. Determine the workstations that will be in the Avid|DS workgroup before
you start installing the Avid|DS software.
2. Pick a name for the Master of the Avid|DS workgroup that is different
from the Windows 2000 Network name to avoid confusion.
3. First install the necessary software on the workstation that will be the
master of the Avid|DS workgroup, allowing access to the software at the
Group level. If your RP station will be the master, then see Step 5 below.
4. Install the Avid|DS software and licensing software on the remaining
editing systems that you want in the Avid|DS workgroup and configure
them as slaves, allowing access to the software at the Group level from
other systems within the Avid|DS workgroup.
5. Install the Remote Processing software on the system(s) you want to use
for Remote Processing. The license for the RP system can be stored on a
separate system.
6. Load the Avid|Throttle Manager software on one, and only one, RP station.
7. During installation, everyone in the Administrator Group and Power
Users Group of the local system is automatically allowed access to the
Avid|DS services. Avid recommends that all users who need access to
Avid|DS services within the Avid Workgroup have accounts in either the
Administrator or Power Users group on each system in the Avid
Workgroup. For example, if you have three systems, one master and two
slaves, everyone who needs access to the Media Indexer and Project
Indexer should have their user accounts in either the Administrator or
Power User’s group on all three systems.
8. Some type of network timing software should be used to keep the systems
within a workgroup synchronized.
Avid|DS RP stations are the only workstations within the Avid
workgroup that support Windows XP Professional. All other
Avid|DS workstations use Windows 2000.