Installation
40
Building Technologies
048_DMS_MK8000_ICC_MP4.30_A6V10062407_a_en
Fire Safety & Security Products
06.2010
3.4.3.5 Installing the MK8000 license station (dual-server with Marathon EverRun FT)
In case of dual server solution based on Marathon EverRun FT (see 3.2.1.1 on
page 16), each of the physical servers must be equipped with the
license station
software, which is capable of handling the dongle checks, which cannot be man-
aged by the virtual server that runs the actual MK8000 software.
To install MK8000 test tool on a client station, do the following:
1.
Logon to client as Administrator.
2.
Insert the DMS8000 Installation CD.
3.
In the setup menu (Fig. 3 on page 21), launch the MK8000 installation
Li-
cense Station
and follow the setup procedure.
4.
Repeat the steps above for each of the Client PCs.
3.4.3.6 Setting up Composer security
Composer tool includes security checks to ensure that only authorised users can
start and operate Composer software.
Composer access security is enabled during software setup (see pag.34).
When Composer is started, the logged-in user is checked and compared to the
User Manager list: if the user is present in the list, then Composer opens; other-
wise an error message displays and Composer stops.
Composer users may or may not be included in the MM8000 users defined for any
given project.
3.4.4
MK8000 installed software
Commands in the Windows Start menu
The MK8000 Installation disk will install the following applications:
In
the
Start
Programs
DMS8000
menu:
Composer
– configuration tool for configuring the OPC server.
DMS8000 System Monitor
– Resident monitor or DMS8000 applications. It
shows the icon on the right side of the Windows taskbar.
PAK manager
– activates the hardware key with the software license code.
MK8000
server
(
SBT.MK8000
OPC server), which can be started and
stopped using the corresponding commands
Start Server
and
Stop Server
(this command is available only to the installation user).
System Supervisor Browser
– monitors the MK8000 connection (this
command is available only to the installation user).
In
the
Start
Programs
MK8000
Tools
submenu:
Composer
Plug-in Installer
– shows which plug-ins are currently loaded
and available in Composer and allows for installing new ones
(this command is available only to the installation user).