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Installation & Setup User Guide
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Appendix H: Configuring a Distributed ID/Mobile Badging
System
Configure the Server to be a Distributed ID Master
To configure the main server to be a Distributed ID Master Server:
1. Follow the steps listed in the Access Control Server/Configuration &
Monitoring Station on page 14 in this user guide. This will ensure that the
required software is installed and that the database is set up.
2. Start and log into Replication Administration on the Distributed ID Master
Server.
3. When you log into Replication Administration for the first time, it will detect
that you have a standard database. The following message is displayed.
Click [Yes].
4. The Distributed ID Settings form is displayed. In the This System’s
Distributed ID Setting drop-down list, select “Distributed ID Master
Server.”
5. Click [OK].
6. The following message is displayed. Click [Yes].
7. The recommended naming scheme for new databases is “<Server
name>Lenel.” If the name of the database you are configuring follows this
naming scheme, no warning message is displayed and you can skip ahead to
step 8. If the database you are configuring is not named according to this
naming scheme and you wish to proceed using the current database name,