Installation

Table of Contents

• 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Release Notes
• 2 Software License
  • 2.1 How the Software License Works
  • 2.2 What the Software License Does
• 3 Assumptions
• 4 Requirements
• 5 System Directory Tree
• 6 Installation
  • 6.1 Installation Theory of Operation
  • 6.2 Installation Steps
• 7 Database Map
  • 7.1 Switching Databases
  • 7.2 Server Connections
• 8 User Setup
  • 8.1 Internal
  • 8.2 External
  • 8.3 Environment
• 9 Network Issues
• 10 In Case of Difficulties
• 11 Printer & Plotter Installation
  • 11.1 Message Printer
  • 11.2 Report Printer
  • 11.3 Alarm Report
  • 11.4 Database Report
  • 11.5 CRT Hardcopy
  • 11.6 Print Trends
  • 11.7 Plot Trends
  • 11.8 Trend Hardcopy
  • 11.9 Print Message (Alarm) History
  • 11.10 Hardcopy Summary
• 12 Database to ASCII Conversion
• 13 Configuration Checker
• 14 User Screen Information
• 15 Real-Time DataBase Setup
• 16 Application Reliability
• 17 Technical Support
  • 17.1 Support Contracts
  • 17.2 Support Access
  • 17.3 License and Version Numbers
  • 17.4 Log Files
  • 17.5 To Report a Problem
• 18 Training
• 19 File Archives
• 20 Product Edit Installation
  • 20.1 Edit Installation Theory of Operation
  • 20.2 Edit Installation Steps
• 21 Documentation Installation
  • 21.1 Packaged Unix Installation
  • 21.2 Archived Installation
• 22 Frequently Asked Questions
  • 22.1 How do I use an HPGL Plotter?
  • 22.2 How do I Setup a Run-Time System made from ViewMaster?
  • 22.3 How can I Update the RTDB after AcnList Changes?
  • 22.4 Why are the Controls in my Imported RTDB Locked Out?
  • 22.5 What does Tk/Tcl have to do with AccessPoint?
    • 22.5.1 Why was Tk/Tcl chosen?
    • 22.5.2 What is Tk/Tcl?
    • 22.5.3 What is Wish and Wishx?
    • 22.5.4 What do AccessWare extensions to Wishx mean to the user?
    • 22.5.5 Why did AccessPoint 4.3.1 affect my existing Tk/Tcl Applications?
  • 22.6 What does the Group Specification have to do with AccessPoint?
    • 22.6.1 Why does my Action that reads a GS fail?
  • 22.7 Can I Move a Compiled Action from One System to Another?
  • 22.8 Why does a Timed Task run one hour later after DST takes effect?
  • 22.9 What is the RTDB Cache?
  • 22.10 How can I Plot my GS Points?
  • 22.11 How are Alarms handled in AccessPoint?
    • 22.11.1 Alarm Generation
    • 22.11.2 Alarm Messages
    • 22.11.3 Alarm Queue
    • 22.11.4 Alarm-Event Message Printing
    • 22.11.5 Zone Alarm Handler and ToolKit
    • 22.11.6 Console Alarm Handling
    • 22.11.7 Console Alarm-Event Messages
    • 22.11.8 Alarm Acknowledgement
    • 22.11.9 Alarm Calculations
  • 22.12 How Can I Tell How Many Client-Connects I am Using?
  • 22.13 How can I Auto-Boot AccessPoint?
  • 22.14 Can I Access AccessPoint's DataBases from Informix?
    • 22.14.1 acs_open()
    • 22.14.2 acs_close()
    • 22.14.3 acs_get()
    • 22.14.4 acs_put()
    • 22.14.5 acs_queue()
    • 22.14.6 acs_cop()
  • 22.15 Where do I change the default for the number of days the MDB is kept?
  • 22.16 Why should users use backing store?
  • 22.17 Why do I sometimes see GHOSTING around Fields with color backgrounds?