Windows NT (Intel) Installation

To install AcuConnect on a Windows NT (Intel) server:

1. Log in using the Administrator account or an account that belongs to the Administrators group.

2. Install and configure TCP/IP before installing AcuConnect.

3. If you have the AcuConnect service running from a previous installation of the product, you will need to stop this service and remove it before you run the setup utility.

4. Use the setup utility contained on the diskette or CD-ROM to install the AcuConnect files. To run setup:

On the task bar, select "Start", "Run" and then type "a:\setup".

or

From the command prompt, type "a:\setup".

Substitute the appropriate drive letter if your 3.5" diskette drive is not drive "a:" or if you are installing from CD-ROM.

5. If you have installed a previous version of AcuConnect on the server, you already have two files that are important to the AcuConnect process: "AcuAccess " and "server.cfg ". If these files are in the \etc directory, the setup utility will detect them and ask you if you want to overwrite them. Do not overwrite them unless you have a backup copy.

If you have a copy of AcuServer installed on this server, you can use your AcuServer AcuAccess file to connect to AcuConnect, if desired. However, if you map any user to DEFAULT-USER in this file and DEFAULT-USER has a password, then you must include the password in the AcuAccess record . If you do not want to modify your AcuAccess file, you can set up a separate access file for AcuConnect.

The "AcuAccess" file (delivered on the AcuConnect installation CD) contains one access record that gives all users access to AcuConnect if DEFAULT-USER is set. You can modify this file later, if desired. The file "server.cfg" contains the server configuration variables; when the file is first installed, these are all commented out. You can modify this file later if desired.

If you have the AcuConnect service running from a previous installation of the product, you will see a message that says "Read Only File Detected". If you receive this message, you need to select "Cancel/Exit Setup", stop the service and remove it, and run the setup utility again.

6. acuconnect must be installed and started as a Windows NT service. The setup program will create a sample Start Menu folder, if desired, and will ask if you want to install and start this service.

The Start Menu folder contains icons that can run the various programs needed for AcuConnect, along with icons to display the release notes and the AcuConnect configuration file.

The Start Menu folder is not required to run AcuConnect. You can safely remove it. All of the AcuConnect commands may be run from the Windows NT command prompt.

7. If you choose to start AcuConnect during the installation process, then the Windows NT command prompt displays, showing the status of the Windows NT service being started or restarted automatically. You may see some error messages that can be ignored if the Windows NT service is not already installed and running. For example, you might see:

sc.exe stop Acuconnect
[SC] Open/Control Service failed

sc.exe delete Acuconnect
[SC] Open/Control Service failed

acuconnect.exe -install
AcuConnect service installed.

acuconnect.exe -start
STATE: START PENDING

The Windows NT service that is needed for AcuConnect can also be started manually. Refer to "Windows NT(Intel) Start-up " for instructions. The runtime that is installed on the Windows NT server is called "acuthread."