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1. Figure 5 27 Red Hat Login 57 To register with Red Hat and provide a Red Hat login e Ifyou have already registered with Red Hat Network enter your account information in the appropriate field Click Next to continue e Ifyou have never registered choose Tell me why I need to register and provide a Red Hat login A dialog displays which allows you the option of registering at a later time Result If you provided your Red Hat login account information the Activate dialog displays 5 30 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 Welcome License Agreement Date and Time Display Red Hat Login Why Register Create Login Activate System User Sound Card Additional CDs Finish Setup amp Activate Activate your subscription iption number to activate The number is example XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX dashes optional OI don t have a subscription number Connect your system Send hardware information Details 7 Send package list Details Please provide a name for the system you are installing dhcp59 199 rdu redhat com example webserverl Need help Contact a customer service representative near you at http www redhat com contact pack B Next Figure 5 28 Activate 58 Enter the subscription number in the appropriate field Otherwise select I do not have a subscription number Click Next to conti
2. 8085 Is this correct y n y Type y to confirm your entry A prompt similar to the following displays Enter the login to be used by FC 000000000 install As prompted enter the Picture Perfect login that the external interface server uses to connect to Picture Perfect The Facility Commander login is 0000000000 0 install Is this correct y n y Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 6 17 Install Picture Perfect 4 0 t Configure SSL communications For detailed instructions on mounting unmounting a CD see Mounting and Unmounting a Device on page 1 10 45 46 47 48 Confirm your selection Updates to your system configuration are made and a prompt similar to the following displays Do you want to enable SSL encryption for communication between the Picture Perfect host and the client Note that system performance may be adversely affected y n n Note This feature can be enabled disabled by executing the EnableSSL script at a later time At the command prompt type EnableSSL Ll k to turn it On EnableSSL 0 to turn it Off Select y to enable SSL communication or n to accept the default state of disabled Result The required updates are made and when complete messages similar to the following display Installation of Picture Perfect Base product was successful The system n
3. pack P Next Figure 5 24 Date and Time 54 Select the current date and time Optional If you want the host to synchronize its clock with a remote time server click the Network Time Protocol tab Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 5 27 Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 tes Date and Time Date and Time a Please set the date and time for the system Display Red Hat Login Date amp Time Why Register Your computer can synchronize its clock with a Create Login remote time server using the Network Time Protocol Activate C Enable Network Time Protocol e aca System User Sound Card NTP Servers Additional CDs Server Finish Setup 0 pool ntp org 1 pool ntp org 2 pool ntp org Delete v D Show advanced options lt Back D gt Next Figure 5 25 Network Time Protocol OPTIONAL Select a remote time server 55 Check the Enable Network Time Protocol checkbox and use the drop down menu to select a time server Click Next to continue Note If it is necessary to adjust the date time execute the dateconfig command after the Linux installation is complete Result The Display dialog displays 5 28 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 ves Display Date and Time j A Please select the resolution and color depth that you wish to use Displa
4. 8 4 Setup rie AIA ee ne ahi 8 5 iv Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Configuring RAID ArrayS i 8 10 Configuring an AIX system for RAID i 8 10 Configuring a Linux system for RAID ii 8 19 Configuring a Firewall port eeeceeeeeeeeeeeseneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneees 8 37 Configuring AIX for Micro Lines Direct or Dial Up 8 38 Changing the Media Speed of 10 100 Mbps Ethernet Cards on AIX eceeeseeeeneeeeeeeeeeeaeeseaeeeeneeeeeeeeees 8 40 Appendix A Backup Procedures for Optional Package Files A 1 OvervieW mi iani Lalla aa ie iii A 2 Editing the backup cfg Configuration File in A 2 Verifying backup Cfg ii A 2 Appendix B Adding a Digiboard rrrrereiereneee B 1 Before you begin ui B 2 Adding a dig boad lt table ili B 2 Appendix C Removing Picture Perfect nn C 1 Removing Picture Perfect C 2 Glossary lle aa GL 1 e Ers aE EE PEE EEE EEEE Index 1 Customer Survey Software Defect Report Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual vi Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Figures Figure 2 1 Typical System Configuration ii 2 5 Figure 5 1 Language Selection i 5 3 Figure 5 2 Keyboard Configuration i 5 4 Figure 5 3 Install OptioNS i 5
5. Hide Help Release Notes lt q Back D Next Figure 5 12 Boot Loader Configuration 27 Accept the default settings and click Next to continue Result The Network Configuration dialog is displayed 5 14 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 Network Configuration Network Configuration Any network devices you have on the system will be automatically detected by the installation program and shown in the Network Devices list To configure the network device first select the device and then click Edit In the Edit Interface screen you can choose to have the IP and Netmask information configured by DHCP or you can enter it manually You can also choose to make the device active at boot time Ifyou do not have DHCP client milano e Network Devices n etho DHCP Click Edit Hostname Set the hostname manually Miscellaneous Settings m O automatically via DHCP Gateway Secondary DNS 172 Tertiary DNS Primary DNS 172 n n n n n S i access or are unsure as to what __ LI t gt 3 Hide Help E Release Notes Figure 5 13 Network Configuration 28 Click Edit to set parameters for the network interface Result The Edit Interface dialog d
6. To access the Picture Perfect host web page on the desktop open Internet Explorer Type in a URL to connect to the server for example http lt hostname gt Picture Install the Java Runtime Environment on the workstation Click the J2SE Java Runtime Environment JRE link on the Picture Perfect Webtop Use the defaults provided and click Next as required Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 6 19 Setting up the client workstations Client Applet Performance Tuning The amount of memory that the client applet can use must be increased to improve performance The procedure to make this change on any individual workstation is as follows 5 Open a browser window to launch the client applet but do not log on A Java coffee mug icon will appear on the right hand side of the Windows taskbar Right click on that icon and select Open Control Panel Click on the Advanced tab In the Java Runtime Parameters text box enter a new memory specification from the table below based on the amount of memory available on the workstation Please be sure to enter the text exactly as it appears in the table Table 6 2 Java Runtime Parameters Workstation Memory MB Java Runtime Parameters Specification 512 Xms192m Xmx384m 1024 and above Xms384m Xmx512m Click on the Apply button to save the changes and then close the console dialog by clicking on the x in the upper right hand corner of the dialog C
7. Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Copyright Disclaimer Trademarks and patents Intended use Copyright 2007 GE Security Inc All rights reserved This document may not be copied or otherwise reproduced in whole or in part except as specifically permitted under US and international copyright law without the prior written consent from GE Document number 460620002B 1 8 07 THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE GE ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR INACCURACIES OR OMISSIONS AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITIES LOSSES OR RISKS PERSONAL OR OTHERWISE INCURRED AS A CONSEQUENCE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OF THE USE OR APPLICATION OF ANY OF THE CONTENTS OF THIS DOCUMENT FOR THE LATEST DOCUMENTATION CONTACT YOUR LOCAL SUPPLIER OR VISIT US ONLINE AT WWW GESECURITY COM This publication may contain examples of screen captures and reports used in daily operations Examples may include fictitious names of individuals and companies Any similarity to names and addresses of actual businesses or persons is entirely coincidental GE and the GE monogram are registered trademarks of General Electric Picture Perfect product and logo are trademarks of GE Security Other trade names used in this document may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the manufacturers or vendors of the respective products Use this product only for the purpose it was designed for refer to t
8. Toactivate the software There are two ways to activate the software You may either reboot the PC or at the command prompt type cfgmgr To start the disk array manager PDAM 1 Type the following command smitty dev Using the arrow key move down and select the menu item Disk Array Select IBM PCI SCSI Disk Array Result A menu similar to the following will display 8 14 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Advanced Configuration PA E IBM SCSI Disk Array SFR PCI SCSI Disk Array Manager Configure a defined PCI SCSI RAID Adapter TI Change Show PCI SCSI RAID Adapter 4 To change the adapter parameters select Change Show PCI SCSI RAID Adapter Result A menu similar to the following will display Change Show PCI SCSI RAID Adapter 7 PCI SCSI RAID Adapter scraid1 Battery Backup Enabled no Stripe Size in Kbytes 16 Reconstruction Rate med Data Scrubbing Enabled yes 5 Use the arrow keys to select the field to be changed Make the necessary changes and press Enter Note The Stripe Size Reconstruction Rate and Data Scrubbing parameters can only be changed if no disk arrays are currently configured on this PCI 4 Channel Ultra3 SCSI RAID Adapter Battery Backup This parameter should be changed to yes only if the system is equipped with an uninterrupted power supply UPS Stripe Size This parameter specifies the amount of data that will be accessed
9. 6 Ifthe Configuration Assistant TaskGuide displays with Manage system storage and paging space selected click Next and on the resulting screen accept the default recommended size for example 512 Click Next to continue Result The Configuration Assistant will display with Configure network communications TCP IP selected 7 Click Next and on the resulting screen select Manually Configure TCP IP Click Next to continue Result You will be asked to enter the following information e Host name e JP address e Subnet mask Note Network configuration settings such as Static DHCP IP addresses hostname network adapters and other information should be supplied by your Network Administrator 8 Click Next and on the resulting screen select the primary Network interface 9 Click Next Note Depending on your network it may be necessary to set the media speed of your Ethernet adapter to the actual speed of the LAN for example 10 Half Duplex If this is not done a degradation in network throughput may be observed 10 The Configure TCP IP Task Guide window displays You will be asked to enter the following information 4 8 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing AIX 5L 11 12 13 14 15 16 e IP address of the name server Leave blank if no name server e Domain name Leave blank if no name server e Default gateway address You must enter a default gateway add
10. Disk Utilities I 12 Select Container Configuration Utility and press Enter Result A menu similar to the following will display Main Menu Manage Containers Create Container Initialize Drives Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 8 29 Configuring RAID Arrays Tocreate a new container 1 From the Main Menu select Initialize Drives Main Menu Manage Containers Create Container Initialize Drives 2 From the list of detected disk units select the three disk drives that you want to include and press Enter Result A warning message similar to the following will display This will erase all existing container data Continue Yes No 3 Type y to continue Result The Main Menu will display Main Menu i Manage Containers Create Container Initialize Drives 4 Select Create Container and press Enter Result A list of disk units will display 5 Select the same three required disk units by pressing and then press Enter Result The Container Properties screen will open 8 30 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Advanced Configuration Container Properties Container Type Volume Container Label Add label if desired Container Size 33 897 GB Chunk Size 64 KB Read Caching yes no y Write Caching Enable when protected Create Raid 5 Via NA Raid 0 Stripe
11. Figure 5 32 Red Hat Login Screen For detailed 63 Log on as root instructions on how to log on i see Logging on Result The Linux desktop displays on page 1 8 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 5 35 Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 For detailed instructions on mounting unmounting a CD see Mounting and Unmounting a Device on page 1 10 Applications Actions ee 3 a Tue Feb 15 7 26 PM A Computer 65 66 Figure 5 33 Red Hat Desktop Perform the following steps to open a terminal window a Click the Red Hat in the upper left corner on the task bar b Select System Tools Terminal Result A terminal window displays Insert the Picture Perfect installation CD into the CD ROM drive The CD mounts automatically however if you reboot with the CD in the drive you may need to mount the CD Result You will be returned to the prompt Proceed with the installation of the Picture Perfect specific filesets by typing ca media cdrom INSTALL u Note If your CD drive is a CDR replace cdrom with cdrecorder Result Messages similar to the following display Do you want to install the Digiboard driver y n 5 36 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 67 68 69 70 If you respond y a list of typically installed PCI boards display from which you may select a type You are then prompted for the number of
12. mnt INSTALL o or to display a list of optional interfaces type media cdrom INSTALL i mnt INSTALL i Result Messages similar to the following will display Picture Perfect CD ROM Installation 1 12 3 9 03 Copyright C 2000 2007 GE Security The following BASE OPTIONS product s are available Prod Name and Descriptions 0 base Picture Perfect Base package 1 eif Picture Perfect External Interface package 2 graph Graphics Monitoring and Control package 3 image Picture Perfect Imaging package Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 6 25 Installing Optional Packages and Interfaces 4 impexp Picture Perfect Import Export package 5 netlan Picture Perfect Network System Host package 6 pprs Picture Perfect Redundant System package 7 subhost Picture Perfect Network System Subhost package 8 tours Picture Perfect Guard Tours package Enter product number s separated by to select q to quit 7 Type the number of the package you wish to install and press E Result You will be asked to confirm your choice You have selected the following product s 8 tours Picture Perfect Guard Tours package Is this correct y n y 8 To install the package type y Result The package installation will begin and you will be asked to confirm again Installing tours Picture Perfect Multi package Installation 1 12 3 9 03 Copyright C 1991 2007 GE Security Installing from image in mnt pp 400 bl
13. 19 Click LVM to create a logical volume group Note LVM is a method of allocating hard drive space into logical volumes that can be easily resized instead of partitions With LVM the hard drive or set of hard drives is allocated to one or more physical volumes Since a physical volume can not span over more than one drive to span over more than one drive create one or more physical volumes per drive The logical volume group is divided into logical volumes which are assigned mount points such as home and and file system types such as ext3 When partitions reach their full capacity free space from the logical volume group can be added to the logical volume to increase the size of the partition When a new hard drive is Figure 5 8 Online Help Partitioning que Disk Setup a Drive dev hda Geom 784 255 63 Model WDC AC26400B Choose where you would like Hhdaz Red Hat Enterprise Linux to be 1 5028 MB installed If you do not know how to L AAA partition your system or if you n TE 3 5 need help with using the E pase eset RAI manual partitioning tools refer Mount Point Size to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux parce RAID Volume VERS MB Sams ere Installation Guide 7 Hard Drives i V dev hda Ifyou used automatic h dev hda boot ex y 12 1 13 partitioning you can eliher dev hda3 swap 1020 655 784 acc
14. Power ON the server During the boot up the server checks for new hardware and A detects the adapter card The Kudzu configuration screen displays DO NOT PRESS ANY KEYS the boot up sequence will continue after 30 seconds Log on as root Change to the root directory by typing cd Type the following command to display a list of files beginning with linux ls la linux NOTE Notice the period preceding the word linux Type the following command to remove the file linuxinstall performed successfully rm f linuxinstall performed successfully NOTE Notice the period preceding the word linux Stop Picture Perfect by typing rc pperf k standalone pprscmd stop redundant Insert the CD labeled Picture Perfect 4 0 The CD mounts automatically Configure the system to recognize the new board by typing media cdrom INSTALL u NOTE If your media is a CDR replace cdrom with cdrecorder A message similar to the following displays Do you want to install the Digiboard driver y n To install the Digiboard driver press to accept the default y The MPI menu displays use the Up Down and keys to navigate Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual B 3 Adding a digiboard 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Select Config Launch the Config Setup Program Select OK and press Enter A message similar to the following displays Are you sure you would like to c
15. 8 As prompted enter the Picture Perfect login that the external interface server uses to connect to Picture Perfect Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 8 3 Configuring the Seed Counter option Enter the login to be used by FC install The Facility Commander login is 0000 000 0 install Is this correct y n y Updating cas db text eifregmgr cfg with server fcserverl Updating cas db text eifreqmgr cfg with port 8085 Updating cas db text eifreqmgr cfg with login install Going to update client html with specified port values Updating client html s EIFPort value with 8085 8100 Updating client html s EIFIncomingPort value with 8088 Updating client html s HTTP Port value with 8075 Configuring the Seed Counter option The seed counter option provides a way to e Automatically generate a unique Id number for each badge e Automatically generate the badge Id BID number for each badge optional e Keep count of the number of times a person s badge has been re issued e Keep count of the number of times a person s badge has been printed In order to use this feature the seed counter must be selected at the time of base installation The base installation will ask you a series of questions to help you set up the seed counter options The setup can only be done at installa
16. Is this a Dell System Y N If you respond yes the system prompts you for a Dell Service tag Enter the Dell Service tag number Result The system will ask you to confirm Upon confirmation the report is saved to tmp ppconversion lt filename gt txt Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 3 9 Verify the Existing Database 6 Print the file If you have a printer on the host type lp d lt destination printer gt tmp ppconversion lt filename gt txt where lt name gt is the filename you updated If you do not have a printer on the host take the diskette to a PC to print Verify the Existing Database You should verify the integrity of your existing database to ensure that your data is not corrupted These checks are performed by the system during the conversion process but performing these checks now will ensure a smooth conversion process Check for Illegal Characters in the Database The chkchars sh utility will check for the illegal characters listed below and will list the records containing them single or double quotes or s relational operators lt gt logical operators amp GCOHGUS adi fu Lele eee Torun chkchars sh 1 The chkchars sh utility is one of the conversion programs previously loaded in the tmp ppconversion directory Type the following to run the chkchars sh utility tmp ppconversion chkchars sh gt tmp ppconversion chkchars lo
17. Raid 5 DONE 10 Select the Container Type Raid 5 then press Enter Press Enter Add a Container Label if desired Tab down to Done and press Enter Result Messages similar to the following will display Creating container The container will not be redundant until the scrub is completed We recommend that you avoid using the container until the scrub is completed Press any key to continue Press any key to continue Result The Main Menu will display Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 8 31 Configuring RAID Arrays li lies Main Menu Manage Containers Create Container Initialize Drives 11 Select Manage Containers and press Enter Result A list of containers will display 12 Select the 00 SYSTEM RAID 5 33 9GB container press Enter Result A new Container Properties screen will display Container 00 SYSTEM TYPE RAID 5 Container Size 33 9GB Chunk Size 64KB Container Status Scrub xxx Container Members 0 00 0 Quantum Atlas10K3 18 16 9GB 0 01 0 Quantum Atlas10K3 18 16 9GB 0 02 0 Quantum Atlas10K3 18 16 9GB 13 Wait for the Container Status Scrub xxx to complete Result When it reaches 100 it will display OK Approximately 50 minutes are required for this process to complete on a 1000 MHz system 8 32 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Advanced Configuration gt To assign a failover drive If a
18. 5 7 Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 Add Partition Mount Point x File System Type ext3 e hda 6150 MB WDC AC26400B Allowable Drives Size MB 100 Additional Size Options Fixed size Fill all space up to MB 1 O Fill to maximum allowable size Force to be a primary partition Cancel 4 OK Figure 5 6 Add Partition Dialog 10 Complete the form as follows Mount Point boot File System Type ext3 Allowable Drives The hard disk on which you are installing the Linux operating system Size MB 100 Additional Size Options Fixed size 11 Click OK Result You are returned to the Disk Setup screen 12 Click New again 13 Complete the form as follows Mount Point Leave blank File System Type swap Allowable Drives The hard disk on which you are installing the Linux operating system Size MB The amount of swap space should be twice the amount of RAM in your system For example if you have 512 MB of RAM you should allocate 1024 MB of swap space Additional Size Options Fixed size 5 8 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 14 Click OK Result You are returned to the Disk Setup screen 15 Click New again 16 Complete the form as follows Mount Point Leave blank e File System Type Physical Volume e Allowable Drives The hard disk on which y
19. Comm Standard Bell B CommandCharEcho Enabled E Speaker Volume Low L Speaker Control OnUntilCarrier M Result Codes Enabled Q Dialer Type Tone T P ResultCode Form Text y ExtendResul tCode Enabled x DialTone Detect Enabled x BusyTone Detect Enabled x LSD Action Standard RS232 amp C DTR Action Standard RS232_ amp D Press any key to continue ESC to quit Figure 7 11 Modem Profile Settings 12 Type the following Da Q Result A screen similar to the following will display Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 7 13 Configuring your system for a Support Modem ein OOOO O Ol Window Edit Options Help AT S7 45 S0 0 L1 VI OK CTRL A_Z for help Press CTRL A Z for help on special keys X4 amp c1 E1 00 at OK at amp yv Leave without reset Option Sele Yes No Comm Standard Bell B CommandCharEcho Enabled E Speaker Volume Low L Speaker Control OnUntilCarrier M Result Codes Enabled Q Dialer Type Tone TZP ResultCode Form Text Y ExtendResul tCode Enabled x DialTone Detect Enabled x BusyTone Detect Enabled x LSD Action Standard RS232 amp C DTR Action Standard RS232 amp D NI NOR Minicom 1 8 Leave Without Reset Figure 7 12 13 In response to the Leave without reset prompt select Yes and press Ge Result Your modem should now be set up to accept a call from the outside using Hyper Terminal or another communications application 7 14 Picture Per
20. Micro firmware 6 27 Micro Lines 8 38 Microcontroller GL 9 minicom 7 5 Mirroring Dell 2500 8 19 Dell 2600 8 26 Mode GL 9 Modem GL 9 modemprobe 7 5 Monitoring GL 9 mount 1 10 Mount point 5 8 5 12 Mounting and Unmounting a Device 1 10 multi port adapter 7 18 boards 4 12 N Netmask 5 16 Network Communications 4 5 Network Configuration 5 15 Network Configuration dialog 5 14 Index Non graphical terminal 4 4 0 Offline GL 9 Offline Reader GL 9 Online GL 9 Online Reader GL 9 Open Too Long GL 10 Operating Mode GL 10 Operating System Language 6 34 Optional Packages 6 24 Options 6 24 Output GL 10 Output Group GL 10 P Package Groups 5 22 Package Selection 5 21 Packet GL 10 Paging space 4 6 Parallel Printer 7 21 Parent Adapter List 7 3 Parent Adapters 8 39 parity 7 18 Password GL 10 PCI 4 12 PCI 4 Channel Ultra3 SCSI RAID Adapter 8 13 8 17 PCI SCSI Disk 8 16 PCI SCSI RAID 8 17 PDAM 8 14 Perc3 DI Controller 8 27 Perc4 DI Controller 8 36 Permissions GL 10 Physical Volume 5 9 5 10 GL 10 PIN GL 10 plevel A 2 Port Group GL 11 Port Group Leader GL 11 Port Number 8 40 Postscript 7 38 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Index 3 Index ppconf 3 9 6 31 ppr C 2 prcba backup routine 3 17 Primary DNS 5 18 Primary Language GL 11 Print Queue 7 19 7 29 Print Spooling 7 19 printconf 7 27 printer 2 3 Printer Plotter 7 16 Priority GL 11 Process GL 11 Provided Language
21. Mount Point home x volumes Eile System Type ext3 t3 Logical Volume Name LogVol00 Size MB 2048 Max size is 4080 MB X Cancel GP Figure 5 10 Make Logical Volume 22 Create logical volumes using the values shown in Table 5 1 Minimum Filesystem Size on page 5 12 After entering each logical volume click OK 23 You will be returned to the Make LVM Volume Group dialog 24 Repeat step 21 through step 23 for each logical volume entry Keep in mind that you will need at least 1 5 GB unallocated space to install Picture Perfect 4 0 Table 5 1 Minimum Filesystem Size Mount Point File System Type Logical Volume Name 18GB Drive 36 GB Drive l ext3 LogVol00 1024 2048 home ext3 LogVol01 1024 2048 tmp ext3 LogVol02 1024 2048 usr ext3 LogVol03 6000 6000 var ext3 LogVol04 1024 2048 Note For ease of use as well as avoiding typographical errors when defining your mount points we suggest that you select the desired mount point names from the list box provided To choose from the list click on the down arrow to the right of the mount point definition field 25 When you are done defining your partitions click OK to accept your Make LVM Volume Group settings 5 12 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 Volume Group Name Physical Extent Used Space Free Space Total Space Logical Volumes Make LVM Volume Group
22. PCI based adapters 8 and 128 do not require switch settings or unique I O address settings After completing any necessary installation of drivers press Enter As prompted insert the AIX SL Expansion Pack CD which contains various packages needed to run some of the Picture Perfect options Press Enter Result A message similar to the following displays Did the IBM provided installation pack include an AIX 5L Bonus CD ROM y n Press if the AIX SL Bonus CD was provided If the CD was not provided type n and skip to step 15 Result Messages similar to the following will prompt you to insert the CD Please insert the first AIX 5L Bonus Pack CD ROM into the CD ROM drive We will attempt to install some optional filesets and the Adobe Acrobat package When the light stops blinking on the CD ROM drive it is ready to be read NOTE Since IBM no longer puts a table of contents file on 4 12 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing AIX 5L 14 15 the CD ROM that covers all of the CDs we will need to check all of the CDs Press lt Enter gt when ready As prompted insert the AIX 5L Bonus Pack CD which contains Adobe Acrobat and press Enter Result Files will be copied and a message similar to the following will display Please insert the Picture Perfect provided Utility CD ROM into the CD ROM drive We will attempt to install the other software i e HTTP Server and Mozilla W
23. Physical Volumes to Use Logical Volume Name Mount Point Size MB rootvg 4MB v hda2 19384 00 MB e hdb2 17468 00 MB 30000 00 MB 81 4 6852 00 MB 18 6 36852 00 MB LogVol00 home 1024 X Cancel Click OK Online Help Disk Setup Choose where you would like Red Hat Enterprise Linux to be installed Ifyou do not know how to partition your system or if you need help with using the manual partitioning tools refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Guide If you used automatic partitioning you can either accept the current partition settings click Next or modify the setup using the manual partitioning tool If you are manually partitioning Lunur evetam von will caa vour Drive dev hda Geom 784 255 63 Model WDC AC26400B e gt B Release Notes Hide RAID device LVM Volume Group members h hdaz hda3 15028 MB 1019 MB New Edit Delete Reset RAID LVM Mount Point Size Device RAID Volume Type Format MB Start End V Hard Drives V dev hda dev hdal boot ext3 Y 102 1 13 dev hda3 swap A 1020 655 784 LVM PV v Figure 5 11 26 Click Next to continue Disk Setup Result The Bo
24. This will display the Printer Plotter Devices menu Figure 7 15 fi Printer Plotter Devices N Move cursor to desired item and press Enter List All Defined Printers Plotters List All Supported Printers Plotters Add a Printer Plotter Move a Printer Plotter to Another Port Change Show Characteristics of a Printer Plotter Remove a Printer Plotter Configure a Defined Printer Plotter Install Additional Printer Plotter Software Generate an Error Report a Trace a Printer Plotter E Figure 7 15 Printer Plotter Devices Menu 6 Select Add a Printer Plotter from the Printer Plotter Devices menu and press Enter Result A list of printers will appear 7 16 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Configuring Peripherals 7 From the list of printers select the model that is the closest match to the printer you are adding Press to select the model and display the interface choices for that printer Note The 2400 series printers are not currently displayed in the list Choose the 2300 as the closest match 8 Ifthe printer you are connecting is a parallel printer select parallel as the printer interface If it is a serial printer select rs232 as the printer interface If it is a parallel printer connected to a serial port with a serial to parallel adapter select rs232 as the printer interface Press to make your selection and display the list of parent adapters a If you selected a parallel print
25. i 5 33 Figure 5 31 Finish Setup i 5 34 Figure 5 32 Red Hat Login Screen 5 35 Figure 5 33 Red Hat Desktop ii 5 36 Figure 6 1 Licensing Information ii 6 9 Figure 6 2 License Key Installation Message 6 10 Figure 6 3 Example of a RAN Port Expander 6 33 Figure 7 1 TTY Types wi nia iii riore a 7 2 Figure 7 2 Parent Adapter ii 7 3 Figure 3 Adda TTY sciiti a otra 7 4 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual vij Figure 7 4 Minicom Welcome Screen i 7 6 Figure 7 5 Minicom Command Summary i 7 7 Figure 7 6 Minicom Configuration ii 7 8 Figure 7 7 Modem and Dialing Parameter Setup 7 9 Figure 7 8 Initialization String Setup ii 7 10 Figure 7 9 Save Setup cess moret ioii eien ror a ara arrai ea riaa 7 11 Figure 7 10 EXIT ei iii a ren tated letizia noaa 7 12 Figure 7 11 Modem Profile Settings iii 7 13 Figure 7 12 Leave Without Reset ii 7 14 Figure 7 13 System Management MenU in 7 15 Figure 7 14 Printer Plotter MENU iii 7 16 Figure 7 15 Printer Plotter Devices MEnNU ii 7 16 Figure 7 1 List of Serial AdapterS i 7 17 Figure 7 2 Add a Printer Plotter Form iii 7 18 Figure 7 3 Print
26. kalatel command_strings table maxpro Maxpro MAX1000 CCTV Interface cas db text maxpro_comm_ cfg cas db text maxpro redundant cfg cas db text maxpro map notifier Notifier Fire Alarm Interface cas db textnotifier_ cfg cas db text notifier redundant cfg You should also add the input file for nfrgen that you created Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual A 5 Verifying backup cfg Table A 1 Optional Package Data Files Continued Package Data File Name Entries panasonic Panasonic Proteus 500 cas db text pfw_comm_ cfg PFW Interface cas db text panasonic redundant cfg cas db text pfw map panasonic550 Panasonic WJ SX550A cas db text panasonic_comm_ cfg Interface cas db text panasonic redundant cfg cas db text panasonic map pelco Pelco CM9750 CCTV Interface cas db text pelco_comm_ cfg cas db text pelco redundant cfg cas db text pelco map pelcob New Pelco CM9750 CCTV cas db text pelcob_comm_ cfg Interface cas db text pelcob redundant cfg cas db text pelcob map ran Remote Alarm Notification cas db text rantcpip cfg System scs DMP SCS 1 Alarm Interface cas db text scs_ cfg cas db text scs redundant cfg cas db text scs_signals_ cfg cas db text scs_signals cfg You should also add the input file for scsgen that you created simplex Simplex System Interface cas db text simplex cfg cas db text simplex redundant cfg st
27. lt Action Test Help a f New Edit Delete Default Apply uewe name stat pesci O printer my printer Figure 7 16 The printconf Utility GUI 2 From the toolbar click the New icon Result The following screen will display Add a new print queue On the following screens you will be asked to provide basic information for adding a new print queue You will be able to edit the more advanced options afterwards Nothing will be done to your settings until you hit Apply on the last screen Figure 7 17 Adda New Print Queue 3 Click Forward to continue Result The following screen will display 7 32 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Configuring Peripherals Queue name Please enter a name for this queue Choose a short name that begins with a letter and contains no spaces Name printer About If you like you can enter a description of the printer to help you identify it more easily Short description Figure 7 18 Queue Name 4 Enter a unique name for the printer in the Name field Valid character entries are specified on the screen 5 Click Forward to continue Result The following screen will display Queue type Select a queue type Networked UNIX LPD z Server servermame example com Figure 7 19 Queue Type 6 For the Queue type select Networked UNIX LPD
28. 24 on page 6 27 Perform Necessary Restorations and Updates Upgrades Only on page 6 29 Configuring the Operating System for a Different Language on page 6 34 6 1 Overview Overview An overview of the Picture Perfect 4 0 installation process is shown in the following steps A OO OF UO OU Install Picture Perfect 4 0 Set up the client Install optional packages and or interfaces Reset micros in the case of an upgrade Perform necessary restorations and updates in the case of an upgrade Configure the operating system language if not English Before you begin For detailed instructions on how to log on see Logging on on page 1 8 1 Log on as root Result If you are using a non graphical terminal you will be logged on at a prompt If you are using a graphical terminal you will need to open a terminal window Verify that you have approximately 400MB free space available in your tmp directory To verify at the command prompt type df k Locate the entry for the tmp filesystem and note the size under the Available or Free column If it is less than 400MB increase the size If necessary call Customer Support for assistance If you have an additional disk volume group other than rootvg it should have been configured prior to this step You will be prompted during installation to designate the volume group on which the Picture Perfect software will be
29. 3 Add a TTY Use the cursor keys to move to the Enable LOGIN field Press until enable is displayed Use the cursor keys to move to the BAUD rate field Change this field to read 9600 2400 1200 no spaces by typing over the current value Use the Delete key to erase unwanted characters in the field Use the cursor keys to move to the TERMINAL type field Change this field to read vt100 no spaces by typing over the current value Use the Delete key to erase unwanted characters in the field Use the cursor keys to move to the STTY attributes for RUN time field Press the Insert key and type clocal at the beginning of the list Note that there is a comma but no space after clocal Use the cursor keys to move the cursor to the STTY attributes for Login field The Insert key is still enabled Type clocal at the beginning of the list Note that there is a comma but no space after clocal After this press the Insert key again to take the cursor out of insert mode 7 4 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Configuring Peripherals 13 Press to configure AIX for the Support modem connected to the port you specified tty1 14 Press to exit SMIT and complete the procedure Configuring the COM2 port on the Linux server For detailed instructions on how to log on see Logging on on page 1 8 For detailed instructions on how to log on see Logging on on page 1 8 If you have a Dell 2400 2500 2600 PowerEd
30. Asynchronous Terminal tty5 20 58 21 03 Asynchronous Terminal tty6 20 58 21 04 Asynchronous Terminal tty7 20 58 21 05 Asynchronous Terminal tty8 20 58 21 06 Asynchronous Terminal tty9 20 58 21 07 Asynchronous Terminal tty10 20 58 21 08 Asynchronous Terminal tty1120 58 21 09 Asynchronous Terminal tty12 20 58 21 10 Asynchronous Terminal tty13 20 58 21 11 Asynchronous Terminal tty14 20 58 21 12 Asynchronous Terminal tty15 20 58 21 13 Asynchronous Terminal tty16 20 58 21 14 Asynchronous Terminal tty17 20 58 21 15 Asynchronous Terminal In the example above tty2 tty17 are all defined on sa2 which is described as a 16 Port Enhanced RAN EIA 232 connected to a 128 port adapter These ttys are all on an expansion board and are most likely where your micros would be connected 6 32 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Picture Perfect Address AA BB CC DD I I I I tty2 20 58 21 00 Asynchronous Terminal Micros tty2 connected to RAN box i port ui 21 CC specifies which channel 7 of the 128 port adapter card and address the RAN box was Mie programmed to use EE i da RAN EIA 232 a2 Figure 6 3 Example of a RAN Port Expander Take a moment to look at the line referencing tty2 in Figure 6 3 The information concerning the RAN box and which port on that RAN box the tty is defined on can be found in the address information contained in these lines The address is the sec
31. English 5 Japanese for Japan and English 6 Polish for Poland and English 7 Thai for Thailand and English 8 Korean for Korea and English Select a single option 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 6 4 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Picture Perfect ww Size Picture Perfect tables 7 Press to accept the default or type the number corresponding to your choice Note Because the character encoding used for double byte languages is not compatible with that used for other European languages those languages cannot be used simultaneously by different operators in the same system Result The system will proceed to install Picture Perfect files and Informix 8 When prompted press Enter 9 Enter a password for the Informix user The password should not be a dictionary word so include numerics if necessary Note If you wish to change the password for Informix or install in the future you must run the chifxpass utility from the command line prompt The passwd utility can no longer be used because these passwords are now used by multiple processes in Picture Perfect Result The system will proceed to install Informix files which may take several minutes depending on your system resources When complete the following prompt displays Do you want to enable encrypted database communication between the Picture Perfect host and client y n n Note This feature controls the secure communica
32. Event manager you specified an ending port of 8100 Is this correct y n y For the Event Manager you specified a port range of 8085 8100 Is this correct y n y 5 As prompted enter the port number to use for the Request Manager The Request Manager is used for inbound communications from clients to the EIF package on the server By default this port is 8088 however you should check with your IT department to ensure it is valid Enter the port number to use for the Request manager 8088 For the Request manager port you specified 8088 Is this correct y n y Do you wish to configure support for External Interfaces for example Facility Commander y n n y Will you be using the Facility Commander y n yl y 6 If you wish to configure support for external interfaces as prompted enter the hostname of the external interface server Enter the hostname of the Facility Commander server fcserverl The Facility Commander server s hostname specified is fcserverl Is this correct y n y 7 As prompted enter the port number that the external interface server uses to communicate with Picture Perfect By default this port is 8085 however you should check with your IT department to ensure it is valid Enter the port number FC is listening on 8085 The Facility Commander listening port is 8085 Is this correct y n yl
33. Filenames and paths OK File transfer protocols Serial port setup Modem and dialing Screen_and keyboard setup a El Save setup as Exit CTRL A Z for help _8N1 NOR Minicom 1 Figure 7 9 Save Setup 9 Using the arrow keys select Save setup as dfl and press Enter Result A message will flash that your configuration has been saved and you are returned to the configuration menu Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 7 11 Configuring your system for a Support Modem amin iii Window Edit Options Help E Welcome to minicom 1 83 1 OPTIONS History Buffer F key Macros Search History Buffer I18n Compiled on Aug 28 2001 15 09 33 Press CTRL A Z for help on special keys AT S7 45 S0 0 L1 Y1 X4 amp c1 E1 QO OK configuration at Filenames and paths OK File transfer protocols Serial port setup Modem and dialing Screen and keyboard Save setup as dfl save rte as CTRL A Z for help BN NOR Minicom 1 38 Figure 7 10 Exit 10 Using the arrow keys select Exit and press Enter 11 To view the active profile settings of the modem type AT amp V Result A screen similar to the following should display 7 12 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Configuring Peripherals TOOO Window Edit Options Help Press CTRL A Z for help on special keys AT S7 45 SO 0 L1 V1 X4 amp c1 E1 QO OK at OK ata Option Selection AT Cmd
34. Fill in the text fields for the following options Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 7 33 Configuring your system for attached printers e Server The hostname or IP address of the remote server to which the printer is attached e Queue The remote printer queue The default printer queue is usually Ip 7 Click Forward to continue Result A screen similar to the following will display The utility will try to detect which printer is attached to the remote printer server and a list of drivers will be displayed If it detects the wrong printer or does not detect any printer you can manually select one Printer model Select the printer manufacturer and model Notes HP sa 2000C 2500C 2500CM 2563 v T Help 3 Cancel lt d Back Figure 7 20 Selecta Print Driver Note The remote server must be configured to allow the local computer to print on the desired queue As root create the file etc hosts 1pd on the remote server to which the printer is attached On separate lines in the file add the IP address or hostname of each computer which should have printing privileges 8 The printers are divided by manufacturers Click the arrow beside the manufacturer for your printer Find your printer from the expanded list and click the arrow beside the printer name If you do not know which one to use select the first one in the list If you a
35. Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing AIX 5L 10 11 As soon as the system starts powering up and the LED on the CD ROM drive lights up insert the AIX 5L CD labeled 1 of x into the CD ROM drive Result The LED display on the server will display a stream of initialization indicators It will take several minutes before you see any messages on your console As the system boots up you need to interrupt the start up process Your console will either display the words memory keyboard network scsi speaker or it will display icons representing these components If you see text press 5 immediately after seeing the word keyboara If you see icons press F5 immediately after seeing the keyboard icon When prompted to Define the System Console follow the instructions on the screen to select the first option As prompted press the number 1 or the 1 key and then press Enter Result You will be prompted to select a language to be used for installation Select 1 for English and press Enter Result The Welcome to Base Operating System Installation and Maintenance screen will display Select 2 to Change Show Installation Settings and Install and press Gu Result The Installation and Settings screen will display Select 1 System Settings and press Enter Select 1 again for a New and Complete Overwrite and press Enter Select the hard disk volume group on which to install the operating system Then type
36. Primary DNS if applicable Note If you fail to provide a Primary DNS an error message displays Depending on your network environment this could cause future problems If you do not know what this should be then please consult your Network Administrator When you are ready click Next Result The Firewall Configuration dialog is displayed fa Fi rewall outside world Would you like to enable a firewall A Na firewall H Configuration ra firewall A firewall sits between your A firewall can help prevent unauthorized access to your computer from the Select No With a firewall you may wish to allow access to specific services on your computer from others Allow access to which services computer and the network and determines which resources on your computer remote users on the network are able to access A properly configured firewall can greatly increase the out of the box security of your system Remote Login SSH Web Server HTTP HTTPS File Transfer FTP Mail Server SMTP Choose the appropriate security level for your system No Firewall No firewall Security Enhanced Linux SELinux provides finer grained security controls than those available in a traditional Linux system It can be set up in a disabled state a state which only warns about things which would be denied or a fully active state Select pro
37. Queue Number of LINES per page 66 MORE 12 wf 10 11 12 13 14 Figure 7 2 Adda Printer Plotter Form Move the cursor to the PORT number field to select the port to which the printer will be connected Press 4 then select from the choice s displayed To make a selection highlight the port you want and press Enter If multi port adapters are being used the ports are numbered sequentially and should be labeled on the RS 232 connector After pressing Enter the choice you selected should be the value displayed in the field If the printer is serial change settings such as baud and parity Press to configure the printer for AIX When the OK label is displayed in the upper left hand corner the printer has been added Press to exit the SMIT utility The virtual printer printer queue may now be added 7 18 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Configuring Peripherals 15 Start the SMIT utility by typing smitty virprt and pressing Enter The SMIT utility will load and the Print Spooling menu will be displayed Figure 7 3 a Print Spooling Move cursor to desired item and press Enter Start a Print Job Manage Print Jobs List All Print Queues Manage Print Queues Add a Print Queue Add an Additional Printer to an Existing Print Queue Change Show Print Queue Characteristics Change Show Printer Connection Characteristics Remove a Print Queue Manage a Print Serv
38. The mean solar time of the meridian of Greenwich England used as the basis for calculating standard time throughout the world Daemon A continually running background process that is not controlled by a terminal See Process Database Picture Perfect configuration transaction and historical data stored on the hard disk of the host computer or the resident memory of a microcontroller See Distributed Database and Relational Database Date Format The order that the system requires for month day and year Devices Physical peripherals such as disks tapes printers networks and serial port adapters for modems and lines of microcontrollers DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP is network protocol for automatically assigning TCP IP information to client machines Each DHCP client connects to the centrally located DHCP server that returns the client s network configuration including IP address gateway and DNS servers DHCP is useful for fast delivery of client network configuration Digital Input A physical sensing device used to monitor an electronic contact connected to a microcontroller Also called a DI GL 4 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Glossary Digital Output A physical control device used to turn on off an electronic contact connected to a microcontroller Also called a DO Disk Array See Array Disk Partition A division of storage disks into physical or logical segments
39. Why Register this time Create Login Activate System User Additional CDs install Sound Card gt Additional CDs Finish Setup lt Back B Next Figure 5 30 Additional CDs 61 There are no required add ons for Picture Perfect 4 0 Click Next to continue Result The Finish Setup dialog displays Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 5 33 Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 Sega Finish Setup Date and Time Display Red Hat Login You have completed installation and system set up Why Register Unfortunately your subscription was not activated because a valid subscription Create Login number was not supplied Activate System User It is important to activate your subscription so you can access the services that keep your system secure and supported Sound Card Additional CDs Please contact a customer service representative to help get your subscription Finish Setup activated To find a representative near you visit http www redhat com contact Please click the Next button in the lower right comer to continue lt Back Figure 5 31 Finish Setup 62 The set up for Red Hat Linux is now complete and you may proceed to install Picture Perfect 4 0 Click Next to continue Result The Red Hat Login screen displays 5 34 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Please enter your username
40. are available to create the array pdisk0 available pdiskl available pdisk2 available Note There should be a minimum of three 3 disks If more than three disks are available the last one should be reserved as a hot spare so that the array will still operate at full speed in the event of a failure of a defined disk in the array Press to exit SMIT To return to SMIT type smitty ssaraid Select Change Show Use of an SSA Physical Disk and press Enter Press again on the field containing ssa0 available Result A list of all available SSA disks will display Select each disk and press Enter On the resulting screen move the cursor to the field Current use of the drive and press until it displays Array Candidate Press to save the changes Repeat this step for each disk Remember if you have a hot spare drive it will be identified as Hot Spare Disk Press to exit SMIT To return to SMIT type smitty ssaraid Select Add an SSA RAID Array and press Enter Press again on the field containing ssa0 available Select raid_5 as the type of RAID configuration and press Enter Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 8 11 Configuring RAID Arrays 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 On the next screen move the cursor to the field Member disks and press 4 Result A list of candidate SSA disks will be displayed Using the arrow keys select each individual di
41. available serial port will be displayed An example is shown in Figure 8 2 Note If you are installing an upgrade refer to your TTY List printout to ensure that you define all necessary TTYs As each port is defined it will automatically be assigned the next sequential TTY line number such as tty2 then tty3 To ensure that your TTYs are compatible with your previous setup it is necessary to program ports in TTY order from lowest to highest 8 38 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Advanced Configuration Parent Adapter Move cursor to desired item and press Enter sa0 Available 00 00 S1 Standard I O Serial Port 1 sa2 Available 00 02 8 Port Asynchronous Adapter EIA 232 sal Available 00 00 S2 Standard I O Serial Port 2 Figure 8 2 List of Parent Adapters 4 Determine where the micro line will be connected to the IBM server Keep in mind that the two standard serial ports are being used by the console sa0 and the Support modem sal The micro line will be connected to a multiport adapter which must be installed and connected to the IBM server in order to appear on this list Since your system may have one or more multiport adapters sa2 sa3 etc select the one you will be using for this micro Highlight your choice then press Enter Result A data entry form will be displayed Figure 8 3 A Add a TTY N Type or select values in entry fields Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes TOP En
42. boards and the number of corresponding ports The system will automatically assign ID letters to these ports but if you prefer to manually assign them you will be given the opportunity to do so Respond appropriately to the prompts Refer to Appendix B Adding a Digiboard for detailed instructions Result The Picture Perfect Licensing Information window will display Read the licensing information carefully and record the number at the top to obtain your license key from GE customer support Press to continue Result The installation of drivers and patches begins and messages similar to the following display Installing BC modem driver Updating driver for Java Runtime Updating Red Hat patches Updating etc hosts When the necessary updates are complete the system exits to the command prompt Type reboot to reboot the system Continue to Chapter 6 Installing Picture Perfect Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 5 37 Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 5 38 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Chapter 6 Installing Picture Perfect This chapter includes information needed to successfully install Picture Perfect 4 0 on an IBM pSeries or a Linux server D In this chapter Overview on page 6 2 Before you begin on page 6 2 Install Picture Perfect 4 0 on page 6 3 Setting up the client workstations on page 6 19 Installing Optional Packages and Interfaces on page 6
43. configured by DHCP or you can enter it manually You can also choose to make the device active at Primary DNS 172 l boot time f you do not have DHCP client access or are unsure as to what gt Pe ee eee ee NN manually Then configure the Gateway and Primary DNS Miscellaneous Settings Gateway lt gt a Hide Help 3 Release Notes lt q Back gt Next Figure 5 15 Network Configuration 32 Under Hostname Set the hostname select manually Type the host name CAUTION Do not leave this field blank it must be set to an alphanumeric value before Picture Perfect is installed Keep the following in mind Use LOWERCASE a through z and or 0 through 9 Do NOT use UPPERCASE Use the simple machine name such as pphost1 not the fully qualified name The host name may not be more than 16 characters in length Do not use host names containing the dash character Informix Dynamic Server 9 40 does not recognize this as a valid character and will prevent the database from starting Do not use host names containing the underscore character _ This is not a valid character in the web server running on the Picture Perfect host Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 5 17 Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 33 34 Under Miscellaneous Settings configure the Gateway and the
44. e Devices e Tape Drive e Change Show Characteristics of a Tape Drive Result A list of the installed tape drives will be displayed From the available tape drives select the one to be used for backing up data Select Select Block Size 0 variable length and in the recommended size field press to erase the current setting and replace it with 0 Press to accept the changes Press F3 three times to return to the Installation Assistant menu and select Tasks Completed Exit to AIX Login Continue to Install AIX Phase 2 on page 4 10 If you are using a graphical terminal 1 After the system reboots the license agreement screen will display Click Accept Result The Configuration Assistant Welcome screen will display Click Next Result The Configuration Assistant menu will display with Set or verify system date and time selected Click Next and on the resulting screen review the settings and make any necessary changes to reflect the proper date time and your time zone When satisfied click Next to continue Result The Configuration Assistant will display Select Set password for administrator root user Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 4 7 Install AIX Phase 1 4 Click Next and on the resulting screen type the new password and type it again to confirm Click Next to continue Result A dialog box will display the message The password for root has been set 5 Click Ok
45. input is assigned to an input group Input Field An area of the screen where an operator can type in information Input Group A group of one or more digital inputs or logical inputs that can cause an alarm and or trigger output groups when any or all inputs in the group are detected as true Insertion Point A point marked by a cursor where the text that you enter will appear IP Address A numeric address used by computer hosts to transmit and receive information over the Internet ISA A type of bus conforming to the Industry Standard Architecture Keypad Override Code See Shunt Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual GL 7 LAN Linux Locale Login Logout LVM A Local Area Network X Terminals are connected to the host computer using an Ethernet or Token ring LAN 66199 1 Linux often pronounced LIH nuhks with a short 1 is a Unix like operating system that was designed to provide personal computer users a free or very low cost operating system comparable to traditional and usually more expensive Unix systems Linux has a reputation as a very efficient and fast performing system Linux is a remarkably complete operating system including a graphical user interface an X Window System TCP IP the Emacs editor and other components usually found in a comprehensive Unix system Linux is publicly open and extendible by contributors Because it conforms to the Portable Operating System Interface s
46. more hard disks See RAID Asynchronous Transfer Mode ATM A fixed route network protocol in which transmission packets have direct paths and destinations ATM is an alternative to TCP IP which tags each packet with destination information in the header and can be routed through arbitrary paths on a carrier network such as the Internet Available Language A language that can be used by Picture Perfect operators A language must be supported by Picture Perfect and translated before it can be made available BID The hidden number that uniquely identifies each badge BIOS Basic Input Output System The BIOS is a set of system instructions on a chip built in the computer Backup To copy tables from the database to diskette or magnetic tape A backup can be used to restore the system to a previous state or to recover from a failure GL 2 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Glossary Badge A plastic card issued to each person who uses the facility The system reads the information on the badge to determine whether or not to grant access to a person Badge Encode Number The hidden number that uniquely identifies each badge Badge Issue Reader A reader assigned to a workstation used to issue a badge Badge Learn Occurs when a micro checks with the host on an unknown badge and stores that badge information in its database The next time the badge is presented to a reader connected to that micro it will have the n
47. package installed the following files should be included in the backup cfg file base cas db text ktd comm cfg base cas db text kalatel redundant cfg base cas db text ktd map base cas db text kalatel command strings table If any entries are missing from the backup cfg file use the vi editor to add them Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual A 3 Verifying backup cfg Package Data File Name Entries Table A 1 Optional Package Data Files graph Alarm Graphics cas graphics image Imaging Picture Perfect v4 Picture Perfect v2 None required photo impexp Import Export None required nan Network Alarm Notification None required ncd NCD X Terminal None required netlan Network Host None required pprs R edundant None required ppwb Web Browser None required subhost Network Subhost None required tours Guard Tours None required visitor Visitor S ystem cas db text visitor cfg allegiant Burle Allegiant CCTV Interface cas db text alle_ comm_ cfg cas db text alle_video_loss_ cfg cas db text allegiant redundant cfg cas db text alle map allplex Burle Allplex CCTV Interface cas db text allo_comm_ cfg cas db text allplex redundant cfg cas db text allp map cas db text allplex_cctv_site table alphacom Stentofon AlphaCom Intercom Interface cas db text alphacom cfg cas db
48. packages you would like to install or avoid Select Customize the set of packages to be installed if you wish to select different or additional package groups After installation additional software can be added or removed using the redhat config packages tool installing Check the box below to customize your installation Accept the current package list Customize the set of packages to be installed E Release Notes Figure 5 20 Package Installation Defaults Select the Customize checkbox before proceeding 46 If not already selected select the check box next to Customize the set of packages to be installed 47 Click Next to continue Result The Package Group Selection dialog is displayed 5 22 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 Online Help Package Group Selection Select the package application groups that you want to install To select a package group click on the check box beside it Once a package group has been selected click on Details to view which packages will be installed by default and to add or remove optional packages from that group s Hide Help 3 Release Notes 48 49 Package Group Selection pesto _l 7 X Window System 34 36 x Install this group of packages to use the base graphical X user interface 7 GNOME
49. period minutes Send control file first no To turn on debugging specify output file pathname DESCRIPTION of printer on remote server Fl Help F2 Refresh F3 Cancel F4 List Esc 5 Reset F6 Command F Edit F8 Inage F9 Shell FlO Exit Enter Do Connected to betrattlesnake telnet online Figure 7 9 Add a Standard Remote Print Queue 7 Enter the required information for the following fields e Name of QUEUE to add e HOSTNAME of remote server Printer Name e Name of QUEUE on remote server Printer Queue 8 Press to execute 9 Press F10 to exit smit and close the terminal window 10 In Picture Perfect from the Setup menu select Printers 7 26 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Configuring Peripherals System Parameters Printers Imaging Terminals Badge Designs Custom Lists Custom Form Printers Qi Hi 4 5 IEE ten ee een ee ipo GLG Printers Description parallel printer Facility aL Queue Name pa Print Manager Refresh Status Stop Queue Clean Queue Start Spooler Queue Jobs Status Queue __Dev_ Status Job Files User __PP__ Percent __Biks Cp R cae gt Results 2 records Find Complete Figure 7 10 Printers Form 11 Fill in the following fields e Description e Facility e Queue Name This must match the Queue name set up in
50. step 7 12 Click Save Configuring Linux for Attached Printers Red Hat Linux uses a utility printconf to maintain the etc printcap configuration file print spool directories and print filters Note Do not edit the etc printcap file Each time the printer daemon 1pd is started or restarted a new etc printcap file is dynamically created Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 7 27 Configuring your system for attached printers Adding a Local Printer A Local Printer is a printer attached directly to your computer through a parallel or USB port gt Toadd a local printer 1 Launch the printconf utility Open a terminal window and at the root prompt type printconf gui Result A screen similar to the following will display Action Test Help f New Edit Delete Default Apply Default Description printer my printer Figure 7 11 The printconf Utility GUI 2 From the toolbar click the New icon Result The following screen will display 7 28 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Configuring Peripherals Add a new print queue On the following screens you will be asked to provide basic information for adding a new print queue You will be able to edit the more advanced options afterwards Nothing will be done to your settings until you hit Apply on the last screen Figure 7 12 Adda new print queue 3 Click Forward to continue Re
51. structures themselves Response Text that the operator selects or types when answering an alarm RS 232 A standard method of transmitting data across serial cables used by modems printers and other serial devices Schedule Event A time dependent change to a mode area reader door alarm input group or output group See Operating Mode SCSI A high speed interface that can connect to computer devices such as hard drives CD ROM drives and tape drives SCSI is pronounced as Scuzzy Semaphore In programming especially in Unix based systems semaphores are a technique for coordinating or synchronizing activities in which multiple process compete for the same operating system resources A semaphore is a value in a designated place in operating system or kernel storage that each process can check and then change Server Generally a server is a computer program that provides services to other computer programs in the same or other computers In the client server programming model a server is a program that awaits and fulfills requests from client programs in the same or other computers GL 12 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Glossary Shunt Override an alarm on a door contact that detects an open state on the door A digital input device monitors the door state If the door opens with a valid read or exit device the input device a door contact detects a state change but does not report the c
52. such that each segment acts as an independent component Distributed Database Resident database downloaded to a microcontroller that allows independent decision making and faster response time DNS A service database that translates an IP address into a domain name Domain Name The site s name that an organization uses for example GE has a domain name of ge com Door A database record that links the logical functions of a door with the door strike output exit button and door sensor inputs Door Forced Open A logical alarm caused when the door opens without a valid badge read and the door contact reports the door open state Door Open Too Long A logical alarm caused when a door unlocked by a valid badge read remains open longer than the Allowable Open Time a shunt time that starts when the door contact reports the door open state Downstream A relative position on a communication line originating at a host computer for example the second micro on a line is downstream from the first micro See Microcontroller micro Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual GL 5 Duress Code A special PIN number used on a keypad reader to signal emergency situations Enabled Reader A condition in which a reader is enabled to read badges An enabled reader can be online or offline See Online Reader and Offline Reader Encryption The encoding of data for security purposes by converting standard data cod
53. system complete the Picture Perfect installation prior to performing this configuration 1 Assign hdisk1 to rootvg by typing the following command extendvg rootvg hdiskl At the command prompt type chvg Qn rootvg Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 8 17 Configuring RAID Arrays 3 Mirror hdisk0 with hdisk1 by typing the following commands mirrorvg rootvg hdiskl syncvg v rootvg Enter bosboot a d dev hdiskl bootlist m normal hdisk0 hdisk1 4 Verify the mirror integrity by typing lsvg rootvg Note When running 1svg rootvg the number of PPs reported as Free and Total is doubled Result A report similar to the following will display Make sure the values shown for STALE PVs and STALE PPsare zero 0 That indicates a sane mirror VOLUME GROUP rootvg VG IDENTIFIER 000daf6d48ec90a4 VG STATE active PPSIZE 16 megabyte s VG PERMISSION read write TOTAL PPs 542 8672 megabytes MAX LVs 256 FREE PPs 416 6656 megabytes LVs 18 USED PPs 126 2016 megabytes OPEN LVs 17 QUORUM 2 TOTAL PVs 2 VG DESCRIPTORS 2 STALE PVs 0 Active PVs 2 max ppS PER pv 1016 STALE PPs 0 Auto ON yes X PVs 32 Make sure this shows zero 5 Reboot the server by typing the following command reboot 8 18 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Advanced Configuration Configuring a Linux system for RAID The following RAID configurations have been certified f
54. terminal or to the video graphics card slot in the case of a graphical terminal If you are using a non graphical terminal make sure that the terminal settings conform to those shown in Table 2 1 Table 2 1 Terminal Settings Setting Value Operating Mode echo Baud Rate Line Speed 9600 Parity None Data Bits Word Length 8 Stop Bits 1 Turnaround Character CR Line Control IPRTS Result The terminal you will use as your console device is now attached to the IBM server 2 2 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Connecting the Hardware Linux AIX Server Console If no modems were ordered proceed to the next step Connect an analog phone line to the support modem For more information refer to Configuring your system for a Support Modem on page 7 2 Continue to step 4 Connect the modem to the desired serial ports The modems can be connected to either port S2 on the back of the IBM server or to any of the serial ports on the serial adapter if one was ordered The support modem used for dial up support should be connected to port 2 For more information refer to Configuring your system for a Support Modem on page 7 2 If no printers were ordered proceed to the next step Connect the printers to the ports as follows e Ifthe printer has a parallel port it can be attached to the parallel port on the back of the server e Ifthe printer has a serial port it can be con
55. the screen From the resulting menu select Terminal Remove the AIX CD and insert the Picture Perfect Installation CD into the CD ROM drive When the light on the CD ROM drive stops blinking type mount v cdrfs o ro dev cd0 mnt Result You will be returned to the prompt Proceed with the installation of the Picture Perfect specific AIX filesets by typing mnt INSTALL u Result The Picture Perfect Licensing Information window will display Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 4 11 Install AIX Phase 2 10 11 12 13 Read the licensing information carefully and record the number at the top to obtain your license key from GE Customer Support Press to continue Result The installation of the additional AIX filesets will begin You will be prompted to remove the Picture Perfect CD and insert the AIX CDs As prompted insert the appropriate CD When the light stops blinking on the CD ROM drive press Enter Result Messages will scroll across the screen indicating that filesets are being extracted and loaded from the CD s After Phase 2 of the AIX installation is finished the installation script will determine if you need to install any drivers for the multi port adapter boards You will be prompted to select the appropriate drivers Install a driver for each adapter that you are using The driver installation script will guide you through the process of selecting a driver and an I O address
56. the pathname you wish to assign to the backup files for example image convdb Result Messages similar to the following will display Starting prcba to backup base to image convdb base backing up to file image convdb base backing up alarm 35 records backing up alarm instruct 4 records backing up hist report 12 records backing up area 419 records backing up category 1313 records backing up department 4082 records backing up inputs 3 18 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Converting Your Database 104 records backing up input group 1059 records backing up host 5 records backing up micro 178 records backing up micro relation Shutting down the Informix database Done Conversion complete Please check log file tmp ppconversion convert log to make sure there are no errors Type the following to check the convert log file inthe tmp ppconversion directory for a listing of records that were backed up or any errors that were encountered during the conversion more tmp ppconversion convert log If no errors were encountered proceed to either Chapter 4 Installing AIX SL or Chapter 5 Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 If there were errors contact your GE Technical Support representative for assistance as you will need to drop and reload the Picture Perfect 2 0 database Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 3 19 Run the Con
57. this port is 8075 however you should check with your IT department to ensure it is valid Enter the port number to use for the AppServer manager 8075 For the AppServer manager port you specified 8075 Is this correct y n y 4 When prompted enter the start number for the Event Manager port range Event Manager ports are used for outbound communications from the server to the clients Since each web browser connection on a client workstation requires a port the server must know to which ports it can send data The default port range is 8085 through 8100 which provides 15 concurrent connections per workstation To increase or decrease this range you can modify the starting or ending port numbers Verify any changes with your IT department to make sure the ports are available 8 2 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Advanced Configuration You must now specify the range of ports clients will use to receive events over A client will specify a single port in the range but the range covers the possible ports that may be used by the clients Enter the starting port of the range the clients will accept connections from the Event manager on 8085 For the Event manager you specified a starting port of 8085 Is this correct y n y Enter the ending port of the range the clients will accept connections from the Event manager on 8100 For the
58. y n y Answer y to enable the Copy Reprint Counter to BID option The system will allot two digits of the BID number for the reprint counter This has an effect on the number of digits left for the sequential counter Refer to Configuring the Seed Counter option Do you want to copy the reprint counter to BID y n on page 8 8 Result Based on your answers to all the previous questions the system will calculate the number of digits left for the Sequential Counter and a message similar to the following will display Number of digits for Counter is 6 Or if you have more than the required six digits available for the sequential counter the following question will display Enter number of digits for Counter 6 lt max count digits gt 6 6 14 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Picture Perfect 32 33 tw Configure 34 email tw Configure 35 ports for application server communications t Configure 36 ports for server to client communications If prompted enter the number of digits that will be used for the sequential counter A minimum of six digits is required any remaining digits will be leading zeroes Result A message similar to the following will display Seed counter digits set to 8 2 for Workstation ID and 6 for Counter Max count value is 999999 Enter Seed Counter starting number 0 999999 Enter the number excluding any leading zeroes that sh
59. 36 Do you want to turn ON the seed counter feature y n n Answer y to install the feature or n to proceed Result If you answer n skip to step 34 If you answer y to install the seed counter you will need to respond to a series of questions Enter number of digits to allow for Workstation ID 1 2 3 4 2 Note If you use badge Id BID formats of 10 digits this value must be set to 1 or 2 Enter your choice based on the number of client workstations that need to do offline imaging Refer to Configuring the Seed Counter option Enter number of digits to allow for Workstation Id 1 2 3 4 on page 8 7 Result The following question will display Do you want to copy Seed Counter to BID y n y Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 6 13 Install Picture Perfect 4 0 29 30 31 Answer y to enable the Copy to BID option which automatically generates the badge Id number for each badge or n if you do not need this option Refer to Configuring the Seed Counter option Do you want to copy seed counter to BID y n on page 8 7 Result If you answer n skip to step 32 If you answer y the following question will display Enter number of digits for BID 10 12 16 12 Enter the number of digits your badge encode format uses For example if you use Standard 10 digit enter 10 Result The following question will display Do you want to copy the Reprint Counter to BID
60. 5 Install AIX Phase 1 18 19 Highlight the Standard Network Interface being configured and press ED Result The Minimum Configuration and Startup screen will display You will be asked to enter the following information e Host name e IP address e Subnet mask e Default gateway address e Domain name e IP address of the name server Type or select values in all fields and when complete press Enter Note Depending on your network it may be necessary to set the media speed of your Ethernet adapter to the actual speed of the LAN for example 10 Half Duplex If this is not done a degradation in network throughput may be observed 20 21 22 23 24 Result The Command Status screen displays Press F3 three times to return to the Installation Assistant menu Highlight Manage System Storage and Paging Space and press EoD Result The Manage System Storage and Paging Space menu will display Highlight Add Show Paging Space and press Enter Result The Add Show Paging Space screen will display Enter the recommended size as indicated for example 512 and press ED Result The Command Status screen will display Press F3 three times to return to the Installation Assistant main menu 4 6 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing AIX 5L 25 26 27 28 29 30 Make the following selections from the main menu and submenus in this order
61. 5 Figure 5 4 Disk Partitioning Setup i 5 6 Figure 5 5 Disk SEtup 5 7 Figure 5 6 Add Partition Dialog ii 5 8 Figure 5 7 Disk SEetup i 5 9 Figure 5 8 Disk SEtup 5 10 Figure 5 9 Make LVM Volume Group 5 11 Figure 5 10 Make Logical VOIUME i 5 12 Figure 5 11 Disk SetUup ii 5 13 Figure 5 12 Boot Loader Configuration in 5 14 Figure 5 13 Network Configuration ii 5 15 Figure 5 14 Edit Interface 5 16 Figure 5 15 Network Configuration ii 5 17 Figure 5 16 Firewall Configuration i 5 18 Figure 5 17 Additional Language Support 5 19 Figure 5 18 Time Zone Selection i 5 20 Figure 5 19 Set Root PassWword 5 21 Figure 5 20 Package Installation Defaults n 5 22 Figure 5 21 Package Group Selection in 5 23 Figure 5 22 WEICOME i 5 25 Figure 5 23 License AgreeMEnt iii 5 26 Figure 5 24 Date and Time eee i 5 27 Figure 5 25 Network Time Protocol 5 28 Figure 5 26 DiSplaY 5 29 Figure 5 27 Red Hat LOgin 5 30 Figure 5 28 Activate 5 31 Figure 5 29 System User i 5 32 Figure 5 30 Additional CDS
62. 6 3 ENQ GL 6 Ethernet 2 4 4 6 Ethernet cards 10 100 Mbps 8 40 F Facility GL 6 Facility Profile GL 6 failover drive 8 33 File System Type 5 8 Filesystem Size 5 12 Firewall 3 3 GL 6 Firewall Configuration dialog 5 18 Firewall port 8 37 Forced Rollover 3 5 Form GL 6 G Gateway 5 18 GL 6 Index 2 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual global Antipassback 3 3 Graphical Terminal GL 7 Graphical terminal 4 7 H Host GL 7 Host Console GL 7 Hostname 5 17 Hot Spare 8 17 Hot spare 8 10 Hot Spare Disk 8 11 Hyper Terminal 7 14 I IBM PCI SCSI Disk Array 8 14 Illegal Characters 3 10 Individual Package Selection 5 23 Informix GL 7 initialization string 7 5 Initialize Drives 8 22 8 30 Initialize Parity 8 17 Input GL 7 Input Field GL 7 Input Group GL 7 Insertion Point GL 7 install 1 9 3 2 3 4 6 23 Integrated Devices 8 19 8 27 Interfaces 6 24 IP Address 5 16 GL 7 IP address 4 6 5 16 ISA GL 7 K Keyboard Configuration 5 4 Keyboard Configuration dialog 5 3 Keypad Override Code GL 7 L LAN 4 6 GL 8 Language dialog 5 19 Language Selection 5 2 Language Support Additional 5 19 Licensing Information 4 11 5 37 6 9 Linux GL 8 Locale GL 8 Logging In 1 8 Logical volume 5 10 5 12 group 5 10 Login GL 8 Logout GL 8 LVM 5 10 GL 8 LVM Volume Group 5 11 M Maintenance updates 4 14 Manage Containers 8 24 8 32 8 33 Member disks 8 12 Message GL 9 Micro GL 9 Micro Configuration 3 12
63. Adapter 4 Because the Support modem will use the S2 serial port on the IBM server select Standard I O Serial Port 2 for the parent adapter Highlight that choice then press Enter A data entry form will be displayed Figure 7 3 5 Change the settings as indicated in the following steps and leave the other fields with their default values 6 Move the cursor to the PORT number field to select the port to which the Support modem will be connected Press F4 then select 0 from the choice s displayed Highlight that port and press Enter 7 After pressing Enter the choice you selected should be the value displayed in the field Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 7 3 Configuring your system for a Support Modem Add a TTY Type or select values in entry fields Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes TOP TTY type TTY interface Description Parent adapte Enable LOGIN BAUD rate PARITY BITS per character Humber of STOP BITS 1 TIME before advancing to next port setting 0 TERMINAL type r Entry Fields tty rs232 Asynchronous Terminal sal IM disable 3600 none t dumb FLOW CONTROL to be used xon OPEN DISCIPLINE to be used dtropen STTY attributes for RUN time hupcl cread brkint icr gt MORE 14 Fi Help FS Reset F9 Shell 10 11 12 F2 Refresh F3 Cancel F4 List F6 Command F Edit F8 Image FiO Exit Enter Do Figure 7
64. CD before removing it from the CD ROM drive Reset the Micros to Upgrade Database Upgrades Only Prior to the server upgrade all micros must have been flashed with firmware compatible with Picture Perfect 4 0 Once the server has been upgraded the micros must be reset in order to be initialized with the new 4 0 database table structure gt To reset the micros from the command line type the following sendrst m where m is the micro id Follow the guidelines below It is NOT recommended to reset all of the micros simultaneously as this could cause the server to crash Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 6 27 Reset the Micros to Upgrade Database Upgrades Only e It is recommended that you have no more than 10 micros resetting at one time e For micros that are in a line reset only one micro on that line at a time Start at the head of line micro and continue downstream towards the end of line micro Make sure that the first micro has completely reset and completed its download before continuing to the next micro gt To determine how many resets are running 1 Type the following at the command line ps ef grep reload Result The number of micro reset reloads displays 2 Repeat step 1 every few minutes and reset other micros as appropriate gt To determine if a micro has been reset 1 From the Picture Perfect primary navigation menu select Configuration then Micros then Micr
65. Configuration Utility SCSI Select Utility Disk Utilities 8 Select SCSI Select Utility and press Enter Result The Controller Configuration screen will display 9 Press again Result The Controller Interface Definitions screen will display 8 20 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Advanced Configuration stor Perc 3 DI Controller 0 Controller Configuration Controller Interface Definitions Drives Write Cache Disabled Runtime BIOS Enabled Automatic Failover Enabled Current Soft Error Settings Disabled NVRAM State Clean 10 Verify the settings displayed above Edit if necessary and save 11 Press twice Result A menu similar to the following will display r Perc 3 DI Controller 0 Container Configuration Utility SCSI Select Utility Disk Utilities 12 Select Container Configuration Utility and press Enter Result A menu similar to the following will display Main Menu Manage Containers Create Container Initialize Drives L Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 8 21 Configuring RAID Arrays Tocreate a new container 1 From the Main Menu select Initialize Drives Main Menu Manage Containers Create Container Initialize Drives 2 From the list of detected disk units select the disk drives that you want to include and p
66. Desktop Environment 34 34 we GNOME is a powerful graphical user interface which t includes a panel desktop system icons and a graphical file manager KDE Desktop Environment 0 15 of KDE is a powerful graphical user interface which includes Ws a panel desktop system icons and a graphical file manager Applications 7 Editors 3 4 Sometimes called text editors these are programs that allow you to create and edit files These include Emacs and Vi Engineering and Scientific 0 7 This group includes packages for performing mathematical and scientific computations and plotting as well as unit conversion Total install size 1 963M Select the packages shown in Details step 48 Details Details lt q Back Figure 5 21 Select the following packages Package Group Selection Desktops X Window System GNOME Desktop Environment Applications Editors Graphical Internet Office Productivity Sound and Video Servers Web Server Mail Server Windows File Server Legacy Network Server click on Details and select All Options Development Development Tools X Software Development Legacy Software Development System Administration Tools Printing Support Click Next to accept the Package Group Selections Result The About to Install dialog displays including a list of the media required for installation
67. E HE HE HE HE HE HH HEHEHE EH Informix database appears to be up at this time Validating micro configuration No errors found Note If the validation of the micro configuration fails or if invalid characters are found fix the records and then return to step 1 of this section on page 3 13 to rerun the conversion utility system memory is 256 MB total disk space is 17847 MB Checking for free space in rootdbs rootdbs space is 48000 KB free space is 35672 KB Checking for free space in basedbs basedbs space is 3120000 KB free space is 1060212 KB Calculating disk space equivalents in tmp and var filesystems tmp filesystem size 497 MB tmp free space 459 MB var filesystem size 295 MB var free space 109 MB Checking for invalid characters in record description fields alarm ccceceveeecadastdase i Done alarm history Done Kk k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k kk k k k k kkk k k k k kkk kk k k kkk k k kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk ATTENTION KXKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK kkk kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk ALL HISTORY DATA IN PICTURE PERFECT 2 0 WILL BE LOST 3 14 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Converting Your Database This database conversion does not convert history data All history data in Picture Perfect 2 0 will be lost u
68. E1 QO OK Figure 7 4 Minicom Welcome Screen 3 To access the minicom command summary type D a CD Result A screen similar to the following will display 7 6 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Configuring Peripherals Window Edit Options FE1_ c e ec EKNENJ N ii Help Welco OPTIO Compi Press AT 57 OK at OK Commands cal Main F Dialing directory D Send files S comm Parameters Capture on off Terminal settings P L send break F T lineWrap on off W Select function Written Some add i18n by CTRL A zZ for help Minicom Command Summary n be called by CTRL A lt key gt unctions Other Functions Clear Screen configure Minicom O Suspend minicom J run script Go G eXit and reset Receive files Add linefeed Quit with no reset Q Cursor key mode I Help screen scroll Back initialize Modem M run Kermit K local Echo on off E or press Enter for none by Miquel van Smoorenburg 1991 1995 itions by Jukka Lahtinen 1997 1999 Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 1998 JT NOR Minicom 1 Figure 7 5 Minicom Command Summary 4 Type o the letter oh Result A screen similar to the following will display Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 7 7 Configuring your system for a Support Modem OOOO E EI O Jle0 h Window Edit Options Help E Welcome to min
69. GL 11 Q Quick Start Guide 1 2 R RAID 4 2 GL 11 RAID5 Dell 2500 8 27 Dell 2600 8 36 RAID Arrays 8 10 RAID configuration 4 14 RAID level 8 16 RAN GL 11 RAN Port Expander 6 33 rc pperf k C 2 Readers GL 11 Reconstruction Rate 8 15 Red Hat Linux 5 2 Reissue Count 8 4 8 8 Relational Database GL 12 Reprint Count 8 4 8 8 Response GL 12 restore sh 6 11 Rollover 3 4 3 5 root 1 8 3 8 Root Password 4 5 root password 4 7 rootvg 6 2 Index 4 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual RS 232 7 2 GL 12 RS 232 protocol 7 21 S sample database 6 11 Schedule Event GL 12 SCSI GL 12 SCSI Array 8 13 SCSI port 2 4 SCSI Select Utility 8 20 seed counter 8 4 seed counter option 6 13 Semaphore GL 12 Send EOT 7 38 Send FF 7 38 Sequential Counter 6 14 8 5 8 8 Serial Adapters 7 17 serial devices 2 4 Serial Port 7 21 Server GL 12 Set Root Password 5 21 Shunt GL 13 Shutdown GL 13 site partitions 6 9 SMIT 7 2 7 15 7 23 8 14 8 41 Software License Agreement 4 4 Software License Key 1 6 SQL Statements 3 4 3 7 SSA Array 8 10 SSA RAID Array 8 11 SSL GL 13 Standard I O Parallel Port Adapter 7 17 Standard I O Serial Port 7 3 Status GL 13 Stripe Size 8 15 STTY attributes 7 4 Support modem 2 3 7 2 7 5 8 39 Supported Language GL 13 SYN GL 13 System Administrator GL 14 System Requirements 1 3 T Table Sizing 6 6 tape drive 2 4 TCP IP 4 8 Test Page 7 35 Time Zone dialog 5 20 Time
70. IBM server on page 7 2 For Linux see Configuring the COM port on the Linux server on page 7 5 AIX Configuring the S2 RS 232 port on the IBM server For detailed 1 Logonas root and press Ener You may be prompted for a instructions on how to log on see Logging on on page 1 8 password If you are already logged on as root type the command ca Enter Continue with step 2 Type smitty maktty Result The SMIT utility will load and a list of TTY types will be displayed Figure 7 1 Note Depending on your hardware configuration these screens may differ TTY Type Move curser to desired item and press Enter Fi Help 3 tty rs422 Asynchronous Terminal F2 Refresh F3 Cancel Fi0 Exit Enter Do n Find Next Figure 7 1 TTY Type The support modem will be connected to the S2 RS 232 port on the IBM server Select the tty RS 232 type by pressing the cursor keys up 7 2 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Configuring Peripherals and down arrow until the tty rs232 type is highlighted then press ED Result A list of parent adapters for each available serial port will be displayed An example is shown in Figure 7 2 Parent Adapter Move cursor to desired item and press Enter sal Available 01 51 Standard mi Serial Port sal Available 01 52 standard 1 0 Serial Port Fi Help F2 Refresh F3 Cancel F8 Image FiO Exit Enter Do f Find n Find Next Figure 7 2 Parent
71. Menu Manage Containers Create Container Initialize Drives 10 Select Manage Containers and press Enter Result A list of containers will display 11 Select the 00 SYSTEM RAID container and press Enter Result A new Container Properties screen will display Container 00 SYSTEM TYPE RAID 1 Container Size 16 9GB Chunk Size 64KB Container Status Scrub xxx Container Members 0 00 0 Quantum Atlas10K3 18 16 9GB 0 01 0 Quantum Atlas10K3 18 16 9GB 12 Wait for the Container Status Scrub xxx to complete Result When it reaches 100 it will display OK Approximately 25 minutes are required for this process to complete on a 1000 MHz system 8 24 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Advanced Configuration 13 Exit out of all utilities Result The system will reboot and rebuild the kernel During the bootup process you will see messages similar to the following Waiting for Array Controller 0 to start Array Controller started Controller Monitor V2 7 0 Build 3153 Controller kernel V2 7 0 Build 3153 Controller POST operation successful Container 0 Mirror 16 940K 1 container found BIOS Installed Successfully No boot device available 14 Insert the Linux CD into the CD ROM drive and press CF1_ Refer to Chapter 5 Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 to install the operating system To check the status of the drives As a general practice it is recommended
72. Model WDC AC26400B Choose where you would like Whdaz das Red Hat Enterprise Linux to be 1 5028 MB 1019 MB installed If you do not know how to partition your system or if you ti x F 5 va need help with using the E Delete eset RAI L manual partitioning tools refer Mount Point Size to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Data RAID Volume Une MB son Installation Guide gt Hard Drives V dev hda Ifyou used automatic dev hdal boot ex 12 1 13 Partitioning you can either dev hda3 swap v 1020 655 784 accept the current partition 5 i LVMPV settings click Next or modify the setup using the manual partitioning tool If you are manually partitioning unurecvetam vou will caa uour Y lt gt Hide RAID device LVM Volume Group members Hide Help 3 Release Notes q Back D Next Figure 5 5 Disk Setup existing system yo need to delete any existing partitions before continuing See note below Note If you are reinstalling an existing system 1 Remove LVM volume groups by selecting rootvg and click Delete 2 Highlight any existing hard disk partitions for example dev sda and click Delete It will be necessary to create partitions and then configure logical volumes on the hard drive that you are using for the Linux installation Select the hard drive displayed in the list Click New Result The following dialog will display Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual
73. Perfect on your system you want to add a Digiboard follow these steps For detailed 1 Logonas root instructions on how to log on a on 2 Enter the password as configured in step 44 on page 5 21 3 Type P cas bin profile Enter 4 Open a new terminal window and type the following command to determine the version of the kernel Result Output similar to the following displays Linux pphost 2 6 9 5 EL 1 Wed Jan 5 19 22 18 EST 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU Linux 5 If the kernel is version 2 6 xx or newer proceed with the instructions that follow If the kernel is older than 2 6 xx please contact a technical support representative for a special procedure document Adding a digiboard These instructions apply to systems running Picture Perfect 4 0 on a Linux 4 0 operating system Perform the following steps on the server console For detailed 1 Logon as root instructions on how to log on see Logging on 2 Halt the server by typing on page 1 8 y typing shutdown h now 3 Power off the server 4 Insert the Digi adapter card into the server Connect the EBI cable to the Digiboard module following the manufacturer instructions B 2 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual For detailed instructions on how to log on see Logging on on page 1 8 For detailed instructions on mounting unmounting a CD see Mounting and Unmounting a Device on page 1 10 10 11 12 13
74. Perfect software When you install the Picture Perfect software you will be prompted to enter your license key during the base package installation You can either pause at this point in the installation and contact GE for your license key or you can bypass the license key installation until you are finished installing the software When you are prompted to enter your license key after installation of the base system you will be given a code that you must provide to GE This allows a license key to be generated for you This code identifies the specific system on which you are installing the software therefore the license key you receive from GE will not be valid on a different system The installation process provides you with the necessary GE contact information This information is also provided here for your convenience GE Phone 561 998 6100 Monday Friday 8 AM 5 PM EST Fax 561 998 6224 E mail rs bctsupport ge com 1 6 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Getting Started You will also have to provide the following information e End user company name address and return phone or fax number e Business Partner name and address e Sales order number e Code identifying your system You may want to install all of the Picture Perfect software before obtaining your license key If so respond to the prompt that you do not want to install your license key during the software installation process After al
75. Picture Perfect If this is an upgrade the initial number should be the number you currently have in the system from which you are upgrading For the maximum number of records enter the maximum number you expect to create c Ifthisis an upgrade the initial number should be the number you currently have in the system from which you are upgrading 14 When the tables have been sized press to continue Result The system will proceed to create and initialize the database and database log files When this process is completed you will be prompted to install the Software License Key al CREZZEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZLEA Li Sy CEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZLZEZLZEZELEA Li kk kk PICTURE PERFECT Licensing Information kk kk KKK KKK KKK IK IK IK IK IK IKI KIKI IK IK IK IK IK IKI KIRKE RAR KEKE KEE KEE EEK HF KI KI I III IK IK IK KIKI kkk kkk kkk IK IK IK IK IK IK IK kkk kkk KT KIKI KKK kkk kkk kkk kk kkk The number above is the code you must provide GE Security to receive a license key You can either phone GE Security Customer Support at 561 998 6100 from 8am to 5pm EST M F or send a fax to 561 994 6224 You will be required to provide the following information to receive a license key End user Company name address and Return phone or fax number Business partner name and address Sales order number AIX license agreement number 9 character code iden
76. Postscript the print driver will assume the unknown data is text and then convert it to PostScript e Rerender Postscript should be selected if you are printing characters beyond the basic ASCII set but they are not printing correctly such as Japanese characters This option will rerender non standard PostScript fonts so that they are printed correctly If your printer does not support the fonts you are trying to print try selecting this option For example you should select this option if you are printing Japanese fonts to a non Japanese printer Extra time is required to perform this action Do not choose it unless you are having problems printing the correct fonts e Convert Text to Postscript is selected by default If your printer can print plain text try unselecting this when printing plain text documents to decrease the time it takes to print e Page Size allows you to select the paper size for your printer such as US Letter US Legal A3 and A4 e Effective Filter Locale defaults to C If you are printing Japanese characters select ja_JP Otherwise accept the default of C 3 Click OK 4 Click Apply in the main printconf window to save the changes and restart the printer daemon 7 38 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Chapter 8 Advanced Configuration This chapter includes information needed to successfully configure your Picture Perfect system for advanced options that may not be necessary for a standar
77. Result The SMIT utility will load and a menu will be displayed on the screen Terminal Help Printer Plotter Move cursor to desired item and press Enter Printer Plotter Devices Print Spooling Fl Help F2 Refresh F3 Cancel F9 Shell FLO Exit Enter Do Connected to betrattlesnake telnet online Figure 7 5 Printer Plotter 3 Using the down arrow select Print Spooling and press Result A menu similar to the following displays Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 7 23 Configuring your system for attached printers File Edit Terminal Help Print Spooling Move cursor to desired item and press Enter Start a Print Job Manage Print Jobs List All Print Queues Manage Print Queues Add a Print Queue Add an Additional Printer to an Existing Print Queue Change Show Print Queue Characteristics Change Show Printer Connection Characteristics Remove a Print Queue Manage Print Server Programming Tools Change Show Current Print Subsystem Fl Help F2 Refresh F3 Cancel F9 Shell FLO Exit Enter Do Connected to betrattlesnake telnet online Figure 7 6 Print Spooling 4 Using the down arrow select Add a Print Queue and press 3 Result A menu similar to the following displays 7 24 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Configuring Peripherals GE Edit Terminal Help Print Spooling Move cursor to desired item and press Enter Add a Print Queue Move cursor to desired item
78. See ACK Packet Password A special code used during login that determines if an operator is authorized to log on to the system PCMCIA A standard for PC cards Adding a modem network card and removable disk drives especially on portable computers sometime requires the use of PCMCIA cards and compatible slots on computer systems Permissions A level of operator permission to perform system functions Each group of operators functions is a permission group that can be assigned to an operator authorized to perform those functions See Login and Password Physical Volume A partition or segment of a storage disk that can be integrated into a one logical volume and controlled by logical volume management LVM PIN A Personal Identification Number that identifies a person If a facility uses both a keypad and badge reader employees present their badge to the reader then enter their PIN on the reader keypad GL 10 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Glossary Port Group A single line of microcontrollers connected to a port Port Group Leader The first microcontroller in the port group See Port Group Primary Language Language used by Picture Perfect for alarm notification archive notification describing alarms in the Alarm Monitor and describing badge input and status activity in the Activity Monitor These are always described in the primary language even when viewed by operators working in a dif
79. Spooling MENU i 7 19 Figure 7 4 Add a Print Queue LiSt i 7 19 Figure 7 5 Printer Plotteri iaia piera iaia 7 23 Figure 7 6 Print Spooling 7 24 Figure 7 7 Add a Print QUEUEe iii 7 25 Figure 7 8 Type of Remote Printing iii 7 25 Figure 7 9 Add a Standard Remote Print Queue 7 26 Figure 7 10 Printers FOr ccs rai 7 27 Figure 7 11 The printconf Utility GUI iii 7 28 Figure 7 12 Add a new print QUEUE ii 7 29 Figure 7 13 Queue NaMme ie 7 29 Figure 7 14 Queue type e 7 30 Figure 7 15 Printer model i 7 30 Figure 7 16 The printconf Utility GUl ii 7 32 Figure 7 17 Add a New Print Queue ii 7 32 Figure 7 18 Queue Name e 7 33 Figure 7 19 Queue TYPpe 7 33 Figure 7 20 Select a Print Driver i 7 34 Figure 7 21 Editing a Printer i 7 37 Figure 8 1 List Of TTY TYyPpeS ii 8 38 Figure 8 2 List of Parent Adapters i 8 39 Figure 8 3 Add a TTY Data Entry Form ii 8 39 Figure C 1 Typical Removal Message n C 2 Figure C 2 Removal MessageS ii C 3 viji Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual About This Document This document describes how to install a new Picture Perf
80. Terminal that displays the forms that the operator uses to interact with the system connected to the host computer using an Ethernet or Token ring LAN Local Area Network See LAN xdm The login utility used to allow an operator to log on an X Terminal The operator uses an xdm window to enter a Login ID and a Password The X Window Display Manager xdm is the program that controls workstation windows X Terminal The computer monitor that displays the screens that the operator uses to interact with the system Also called a workstation X Window System A portable network transparent window system that handles graphics and multiple fonts in a hierarchy of windows on a wide variety of bit mapped display devices Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual GL 15 GL 16 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Index A Access GL 1 Access Control GL 1 ACK GL 1 ACK Packet GL 1 AIX GL 1 AIX Logical Volume Manager 8 16 AIX Configure 4 4 Alarm Notification Message GL 1 Alarm State GL 1 Aliases 7 37 Allowable Drives 5 8 Allowable Open GL 1 Antipassback GL 2 Antipassback Passive 3 3 Archiving 3 4 3 5 GL 2 Area GL 2 Array GL 2 Array Candidate 8 11 Asynchronous RS232 6 31 Asynchronous Transfer Mode ATM GL 2 Auto Negotiate 8 40 Available Language GL 2 B Backup 3 5 GL 2 Backup media 3 2 backup cfg 3 5 A 2 Badge GL 3 Badge Encode Format 8 7 Badge Encode Number 8 7 GL 3 Badge Learn GL 3 Ba
81. Zone Selection 5 20 Token Ring 2 4 TPS GL 14 Transaction GL 14 TTY GL 14 add 7 4 types 7 2 8 38 U UDP GL 14 umount 1 11 Unique Id 8 4 8 7 Unix GL 14 UNIX Printer 7 31 Unlock Time GL 14 Upstream GL 14 USB port 7 28 Vv vmicro 3 12 Volume Group 8 12 W Workstation GL 15 Workstation Id 8 5 8 7 8 8 X X Terminal GL 15 X Window System GL 15 xdm GL 15 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Index Index 5 Index Index 6 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Customer Survey Title of this book Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Guide My overall rating of this book Excellent Very good Good Satisfactory Fair Poor oo godo What I liked most about this book What I would change add delete etc in future editions of this book Please return this form to Attn Technical Writing GE Security 791 Park of Commerce Blvd Boca Raton FL 33487 or e mail your comments to bctdocs ge com Despite rigorous product testing some problems cannot be detected in advance Please let us know if you discover any defects in our software We value your feedback and want to ensure that our software meets your expectations Date Software Defect Report First Name Last Name Company Name Phone e mail GE Business Partner Contact Application Software Version HW Model OS Version Hardware Operating Severity Re
82. ace 100 MB free disk space oo o a Additional requirements for Imaging e Image Capture Devices for Imaging clients such as a USB digital camera For a list of approved cameras printers and signature pads refer to the ImageWare website http www iwsinc com EPISUITE compatible_hardware cfm e 1024 x 768 x 16bit color display e 100MB available disk space Optional Packages Consider the following when installing these optional packages with Picture Perfect 4 0 Package Comment Facility Commander Version 2 1 required Import Export This option is now included at no charge The license is included in the Picture Perfect 4 0 license Graphics Monitoring and This option is now included at no charge The Control license is included in the Picture Perfect 4 0 license CARMA Version 3 0 required Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 1 5 Software License Key Microcontroller Consider the following minimum microcontroller hardware and firmware requirements for operation with Picture Perfect 4 0 Note Micro 4 P and Micro 5 P microcontrollers are not supported by Picture Perfect 4 0 Micro Firmware Versions Micro 5 PX Micro 5 P XN and Micro 5 PXN plus 4 0 or later Micro PX 2000 Micro PXN 2000 and M2000PXNplus 4 0 or later Software License Key Picture Perfect version 4 0 includes a copy protection mechanism which requires the customer to request a license key from GE before attempting to use the Picture
83. al counter A minimum of six digits is required For example in the last row of the Table 8 1 Seed Counter Setup on page 6 the badge format is 16 digit Two digits are reserved for the Reissue Count The Reprint Counter option was selected which requires two digits and four digits were selected for the Workstation Id This leaves eight digits for the Sequential Counter 2 2 4 8 16 The resulting BID might look something like 0000812059132543 where 00 is the Reissue Count 00 is the Reprint Count 8120 is the Workstation Id 59132543 is the Sequential Count 8 8 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Advanced Configuration Enter Seed Counter starting number The seed counter setup script will prompt you to enter the starting number for the seed counter gt If you have no existing badges Enter 0 zero as the starting number gt If you have existing badges 1 Determine if they are in conflict with the seed counter operation See Do you want to copy seed counter to BID y n on page 8 7 If there is no conflict determine your largest current badge Id number without leading zeroes Increment this number by 1 to get the seed counter starting number to use Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 8 9 Configuring RAID Arrays Configuring RAID Arrays A redundant array of independent disks RAID allows you to spread your data among two or more hard disks rather than on a single
84. all to configure Picture Perfect for your site gt To log on as install 1 At the prompt for user name type install 2 Atthe prompt for password type the install operator s password Result After the system loads the Primary Navigation menu displays the Picture Perfect menu items you are authorized to use Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 1 9 Mounting and Unmounting a Device Mounting and Unmounting a Device mount For some of the procedures you will be instructed to mount a CD ROM gt To mount a CD ROM drive 1 Atthe command prompt type x ca mount v cdrfs o ro dev cd0 mnt Linux On Linux the CD mounts automatically however if you reboot with the CD in the drive you may need to mount the CD If it is necessary to mount the CD when the light on the CD ROM drive stops blinking type e Red Hat Linux 4 0 cd mount media cdrom e Red Hat Linux 3 0 cd mount mnt cdrom Note If your CD drive is a CDR replace cdrom with cdrecorder 2 Verify that the CD is mounted by typing df k Result The CD should show up as an available file system either media cdromor mnt 1 10 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Getting Started umount Before removing media from a mounted CD ROM drive it is necessary to unmount the device To unmount a CD ROM drive 1 Atthe command prompt type ca umount mnt Linux cd Enter eject or e Red Hat Linux 4 0 umount
85. and press Enter Use arrow keys to scroll ATTACHMENT TYPE DESCRIPTION local Printer Attached to Local Host xstation Printer Attached to Xstation ascii Printer Attached to ASCII Terminal hpJetDirect Network Printer HP JetDirect file File in dev directory ibmNetPrinter IBM Network Printer ibmNetColor IBM Network Color Printer other User Defined Backend Fl Help F2 Refresh F8 Image FlO Exit Find n Find Next online Figure 7 7 Adda Print Queue 5 Using the down arrow select remote and press Result A menu similar to the following displays Wee d ce dedi Ge cecina Type of Remote Printing Move cursor to desired item and press Enter Standard with NFS access to server print queue attributes Local filtering before sending to print server Fl Help F2 Refresh F3 Cancel F8 Image FlO Exit Enter Do Find n Find Next Connected to betrattlesnak N online Figure 7 8 Type of Remote Printing Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 7 25 Configuring your system for attached printers 6 Select Standard processing and press Result A menu similar to the following displays File Edit Terminal Help Add a Standard Remote Print Queue Type or select values in entry fields Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes Entry Fields sfgNane of QUEUE to add HOSTNAME of remote server Name of QUEUE on remote server Type of print spooler on remote server AIX Version 3 or 4 Backend TIME OUT
86. anual Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 Welcome N License Agreement Welcome Date and Time There are a few more steps to take before your system is ready to use The Setup Agent will now guide you through some basic configuration Please click the Next Red Hat Login button in the lower right corner to continue Display Why Register Create Login Activate System User Sound Card Additional CDs Finish Setup Figure 5 22 Welcome 52 Click Next to continue Result The License Agreement dialog displays Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 5 25 Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 Welcome License Agreement License Agreement LICENSE AGREEMENT AND LIMITED PRODUCT WARRANTY Date and Time ID ni RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX VERSION 4 Red Hat Login Why Register his agreement govems the use of the Software and any updates to the oftware regardless of the delivery mechanism The Software is a Coste Login ollective work under U S Copyright Law Subject to the following ia Activate terms Red Hat Inc Red Hat grants to the user Customer a System User icense to this collective work pursuant to the GNU General Public License Sound Card Additional CDs 1 The Software Red Hat Enterprise Linux the Software is a Finish Setup modular operating system consisting of hundreds of software components The end user license agreement for each component is located in
87. appears Only one window is active at a time AIX Advanced Interactive Executive the UNIX based operating system developed by IBM used for Picture Perfect Alarm Notification Message An alarm alert message that displays on the Alarm Notification Window on Picture Perfect X Terminals when an alarm occurs Alarm State When an alarm sensor detects an alarm condition such as an open door its contacts open or close depending on the type of sensor and how it is wired to the system and the sensor is said to be in alarm state Allowable Open The length of time a door can remain open before an alarm occurs GL 1 Antipassback Normal A badge with an APB status of In will not be granted access through an APB In reader a badge with an APB status of Out will not be granted access through an APB Out reader a violation message is generated Passive A badge with an APB status of In will be granted access through an APB In reader a badge with an APB status of Out will be granted access through an APB Out reader a violation message is generated Archive To copy history transactions from the database to diskette or magnetic tape Some fields are expanded from IDs to descriptions Archives are used for later examination of transactions archives cannot be restored Area A logical grouping of readers and doors used to control access Array A collection of independent disks which allow you to spread your data among two or
88. atabase For detailed instructions on how to log on see Logging on on page 1 8 gt Prior to performing the backup 1 If you are logged in as root log out by right clicking on the desktop select End Session and then Quit 2 Log on to Picture Perfect as an operator that has system permissions 3 Check the Control Operators form to verify that an operator record exists for install and create one if necessary Ensure that install is a full privilege system administrator The operator install will be used later to re establish the system administrator and all operators 4 The record should contain the following information User Name System Administrator Employee ID 0000 Login ID install Country English US Permission System Administrator Note The conversion restores the operator install with full system permission if it does not find the install operator record 3 4 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Converting Your Database 5 Verify the backup cfg file to make sure it contains all the necessary files to be backed up Refer to Appendix A Backup Procedures for Optional Package Files for details on which files should be included 6 If you customized any of the files in the home directory you may want to make a copy of them also as the new operating system installation will overwrite these files gt To perform the backup 1 From the Picture Perfect Main menu select C
89. be set based upon the number of client workstations that need to do offline imaging A unique Workstation Id is required for each Table 8 2 Workstation Digits Workstation Digits Maximum number of workstations 1 9 2 99 3 999 4 9 999 Note If you use BID formats of 10 digits this value must be set to I or 2 This is because a minimum of six digits is required for the sequential counter and two digits are reserved for the Reissue Count leaving only two digits for the Workstation Id Do you want to copy seed counter to BID y n This option allows you to reuse the seed counter values in order to generate a unique badge Id BID for each record If enabled the Badge Encode Number and Badge Encode Format fields will be view only and the badge Id will be generated for each new record If you choose to disable the Copy to BID option the Unique Id value will still be generated and stored in the Unique Id field on the badge but it will not be copied to the Badge Encode Number field You do not need this option if you are using cards that are pre encoded with the BID If you are upgrading from an existing system your existing badge Id numbers may conflict with the seed counter operation To determine if your existing badge Id numbers will conflict identify the BID format that you want to use from the last column in Table 8 1 Resulting BID Format Any digit in the format that is not C a Sequential Counter digit must be z
90. be the maximum number of records you will require Result Your settings will be displayed and you will receive a prompt similar to the following Is this acceptable y n y Table 6 1 Table Sizing Recommended Sizing 36GB Drive or more Badge For the initial number of records use the initial Initial 25 000 Initial 25 000 number of badges you expect to create immediately Maximum Maximum after installing Picture Perfect For the maximum 30 000 100 000 number of records type the maximum number of badges you expectto create Person For the initial number of records use the initial Initial 25 000 Initial 25 000 number of person records you expectto create Maximum Maximum immediately after installing P icture Perfect This 30 000 100 000 number is dependent on how many badges that each person is assigned For the maximum number of records type the maximum number of person records you expect to create 6 6 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Picture Perfect Table 6 1 Table Sizing Continued Recommended Sizing 36GB Drive or more Notes For the initial number of notes use the initial number Initial Initial of person and badge notes you expect to create 125 000 125 000 immediately after installing Picture Perfect For the Maximum Maximum maximum number of notes type the maximum 150 000 150 000 number of notes you expect to create Micro For the initial numbe
91. ches on the adapter to the Off position default switch settings This sets the adapter to 9600 baud 8 bits No Parity 1 stop bit DTR RS 232 protocol Table 7 1 shows all adapter switch settings 2 Connect the adapter s parallel connector to the parallel port on the printer 3 Connect the adapter cable s serial connector to the serial port on the IBM server Connect the other end of the cable to the adapter Table 7 1 Serial to Parallel Adapter Switch Settings Speed bps A1 A2 A3 A4 600 on off off off 1200 off on on off 2400 off on off off 4800 off off on off 9600 off off off off 19200 on on on off 38400 RS 422 off off off on Data Bits A5 8 Bits off 7 Bits on Parity A6 A7 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 7 21 AIX Configuring your system for attached printers Data Bits AS No Parity off off Ignore Parity off on Odd Parity on off Even Parity on on Stop Bits A8 1 Stop Bit off 2 Stop Bits on Protocol A9 XON XOFF on DTR RS 232 off Print Test A10 Normal Mode off Test Mode on Normal off Reverse on RS 232C off RS 422 on Configuring a network printer on an AIX system For detailed 1 Logonas root You may be prompted for a password instructions on how to log on If you are already logged on as root type the command see Logging on on page 1 8 cd 7 22 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Configuring Peripherals Continue with step 2 2 Type smitty printers
92. ckup mode first then on the primary server pprscmd stop Run the Conversion Utility gt Torun the conversion utility i Type the following commands to run the conversion cd tmp ppconversion ksh convert sh Result The convert sh script will perform several database checks and prompt you several times to press to continue Messages similar to the following will display FEE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE FE HE HE HE HE HE FE HE HE HE HE FE FE HE HE HE FE FE HE HE HE FE FE HE HE HE HE E HE HEHEHEHEH HHHH HEH Picture Perfect 2 0 to 4 0 DATABASE CONVERSION This program will alter your Picture Perfect 2 0 tables to Picture Perfect 4 0 format and then prompt you to backup the converted database to different media Before beginning the conversion process if any micros are defined the micro table will be validated to ensure that its current configuration does not violate Picture Perfect rules If the H table is found to have errors this program will Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 3 13 Run the Conversion Utility exit and you will need to use the Devices Micro form to correct the configuration error before the conversion can proceed Note Log file is tmp ppconversion convert log Please ignore warning messages for logging purposes only HEHE HEHE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE FE HE HE HE HE HE FE HE HE HE HE FE HE HE HE HE FE HE HE HE HE FE HE HE HE HE FE HE H
93. complete B 6 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Appendix C Removing Picture Perfect This appendix includes information on removing your Picture Perfect system in the unlikely event you need to reinstall In this chapter AN Removing Picture Perfect on page C 2 Ci Removing Picture Perfect Removing Picture Perfect For detailed instructions on how to log on see Logging on on page 1 8 1 2 Log on as root Enter the password as configured in step 4 on page 4 8 AIX or in step 44 on page 5 21 Linux Result If you are using a non graphical terminal you will be logged on at a prompt If you are using a graphical terminal you will need to open a terminal window Change to the root directory by typing ca Type cas bin profile Enter Note Picture Perfect must be stopped prior to removal by typing rc pperf k Start the removal program by typing ppr Enter Result The following sample removal shows typical messages printed by the system and explains what input you must enter at each step ppr 1 2 Picture Perfect Removal c 1992 GE Security WARNING THIS PROGRAM WILL COMPLETELY REMOVE PICTURE PERFECT PACKAGES AND ANY DATABASES USED BY THE PACKAGE SELECTING base OR all WILL REMOVE PICTURE PERFECT ENTIRELY ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO PROCEED Type yes and press the Enter key to proceed Figure C 1 Typical Removal Message C2 Picture P
94. cords Loading facility rec prof records Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 3 15 Run the Conversion Utility Updating site lists table No records to update Updating images table No records to update Updating badge designs table No records to update Updating table desc table Updating tables with facility field entry kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk kkk kk kk kkk kkk kkk kk WARNING I kkkkkkkkkkkkk kikk kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Since the install operator is the only Picture Perfect operator guaranteed to be on your new system we are setting the install operator record back to full System Administrator permissions This will enable you to log on and configure your new Picture Perfect 4 0 system If you would like you can change the install operators permission once the new system has been configured and a new System Administrator operator is created kkk kkk kk kkk kk kkk kkk kk kkk kkk kkk kkk kk kk kkk kkk kkk kkk kkk kkk kkk Kk kkk k k kkk k k k kkk END WARNING kkkkkkkkkkk kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Press lt Enter gt to bring up prcba backup utility 3 16 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Converting Your Database Press to continue Result The Database Backup Utility will display DATABASE BACKUP UTILITY USING prcba Main Menu 1 Bac
95. d Print Current List Add Item to List Edit Item on List Delete Item from List Quit and Save File oun YP rr i Enter Function P A E D Q Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 6 11 Install Picture Perfect 4 0 gt Enter 22 20 21 passwords te Configure 23 24 25 Enter P to print the current list of files included in the restore cfg file Refer to Appendix A Backup Procedures for Optional Package Files for details on which files should be included When satisfied enter Q to quit the menu and save the restore cfg file The installation procedure adds a default Picture Perfect user For each user the system adds you must assign a password A message similar to the following will display To ensure a secure system you must set a password for install Press lt Enter gt when ready to set the password Press Enter Result Messages similar to the following will display install s New password Enter a password of your choice and be sure to record it for future reference The password is encrypted and the letters you type will not appear on the screen Result Messages similar to the following will display Retype new password Type the password again to verify that you entered it correctly Note When installing on an AIX system you will be prompted to set an additional password for operator nobody Operator History Table 26 The operator
96. d installation D In this chapter Configuring the Picture Perfect Interface Manager cfgim on page 8 2 Configuring the Seed Counter option on page 8 4 Configuring RAID Arrays on page 8 10 Configuring a Firewall port on page 8 37 Configuring AIX for Micro Lines Direct or Dial Up on page 8 38 Changing the Media Speed of 10 100 Mbps Ethernet Cards on AIX on page 8 40 8 1 Configuring the Picture Perfect Interface Manager cfgim Configuring the Picture Perfect Interface Manager cfgim The Picture Perfect Interface Manager Configurator is used to e Reconfigure the ports used for client server communication in Picture Perfect e Setup reconfigure the connection between Picture Perfect and Facility Commander The cfgim utility is run during base installation and you are prompted as shown below However you can run the utility at any time by performing the following steps 1 Logonas root 2 At the command prompt type cfgim Result Prompts similar to the following display Picture Perfect Interface Manager Configurator Version 4 0 11 29 06 Copyright C 2007 GE Security Attempting to start the Informix database The Informix database is already running Configuring Interface Manager 3 As prompted enter the port number to use for the AppServer Manager The AppServer Manager is used for communication between the client and the JAVA servlet By default
97. d to the server 2 4 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Connecting the Hardware Note Serial port S2 AIX or COM2 Linux on the back of the server should be reserved for use by the support modem The hardware installation is complete A typical system configuration is shown in Figure 2 1 TOTFEISHIO fi song gt ite HAIN TOTFEISHIO jy dnyerq yoeg ea A 4 a Wapoy FUN CSI A wapo ang 4 UOTTEISHIO M Jauna IS dd Typical System Configuration Figure 2 1 2 5 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Connect Hardware 2 6 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Chapter 3 Converting Your Database This chapter describes how to convert an existing Picture Perfect database to Picture Perfect 4 0 format If you are installing Picture Perfect on a new system skip to Chapter 4 Installing AIX 5L or Chapter 5 Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 A In this chapter ZNN Overview on page 3 2 Before You Begin on page 3 2 Update the Micro Firmware on page 3 3 Back Up Database Configuration and Custom Files on page 3 4 Copy Conversion Utility on page 3 8 Verify the Existing Database on page 3 10 Run the Conversion Utility on page 3 13 Sil Overview Overview This chapter describes how to convert an existing Picture Perfect 2 0 database to Picture Perfect 4 0 The conversion process will detect your current version and i
98. dge Reader GL 3 Badge Status GL 3 Badge Issue Reader GL 3 Battery Backup 8 15 BAUD 7 18 GL 3 BID 8 4 GL 2 BIOS 5 2 GL 2 Block Size 4 7 Boot Loader Configuration 5 13 Cc Category GL 3 chkchars sh 3 10 clocal 7 4 CMENU GL 3 Code Set GL 4 Configuration Utility 8 20 8 28 Console GL 4 Container Configuration Utility 8 21 8 29 Container Label 8 23 8 31 Container Properties 8 22 8 24 8 30 Container Status 8 24 Container Type 8 23 Controller Configuration 8 20 8 28 Controller Interface Definitions 8 20 8 28 conversion process 3 2 Conversion Utility 3 8 3 13 convert log file 3 19 convert sh 3 13 Coordinated Universal Time 4 5 GL 4 Copy Reprint Counter to BID 6 14 Copy to BID 6 14 8 7 8 8 Create Container 8 22 8 30 D Daemon GL 4 Data Entry Form 7 4 Data Scrubbing 8 15 Database GL 4 Database Backup 3 4 database integrity 3 10 Date Format GL 4 Devices GL 4 DHCP 5 16 dial in modem 3 2 Digital Input GL 4 Digital Output GL 5 Disk Array GL 5 Index disk array manager 8 14 Disk Druid 5 6 Disk File 3 6 Disk Partition GL 5 Disk Partition dialog 5 6 Disk Partitioning 5 6 Disk Partitioning dialog 5 5 Disk Setup 5 7 Distributed Database GL 5 DNS GL 5 Domain Name GL 5 Door GL 5 Door Forced Open GL 5 Door Open Too Long GL 5 Downstream GL 5 Duress Code GL 6 E Email routing 6 15 Embedded SCSI Controller 8 19 8 27 Enabled Reader GL 6 Encryption GL 6 End User License Agreement
99. drive fails you can fail over to any drive assigned as a failover drive A yellow LED will indicate the failed drive Once a drive is assigned as a failover drive it will automatically take over in the event of a drive failure As a general practice it is recommended that you make a periodic check of the drives to avoid multiple drive failure 1 Press any key to continue Result The Main Menu will display e Tar Main Menu Manage Containers Create Container Initialize Drives 2 Select Manage Containers and press Enter 3 Press S to manage the failover drive assignment Result A screen similar to the following will display Spare Management For Container 00 Select failover drives Assigned failover drives 0 00 0 Quantum Attas10K3 18 16 968 0 01 0 Quantum Atlas10K3 18 16 9GB 19 02 0 Quantum Atlas10K3 18 16 9GB 0 03 0 Quantum Atlas10K3 18 So n 4 From the list of Select failover drives highlight the available drive you wish to assign as the failover drive Drives that are not available will appear grayed out Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 8 33 Configuring RAID Arrays 5 Press to assign the highlighted drive as the failover drive Result The selected drive will appear in the Assigned failover drives list Spare Management For Container 00 Select failover drives Assigned failover drives _ a 0 03 0 Quantu
100. e backed up only when the associated package is backed up The syntax of the contents of the backup cfg file is package namedirectory or file to back up base cas forms base cas lists base home install profile base etc hosts Verifying backup cfg Default entries are added to the backup cfg file so that the files listed in it are backed up before and after the conversion process However prior to performing the conversion you should verify that all necessary files are included 1 To view the list of packages installed on your system type plevel Result A list similar to the following will display base graph image impexp kalatel univ_intr A 2 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Use the view command to open the backup cfg file by typing view backup cfg Result A text file similar to the following will display base cas bin scs base cas bin supported input interfaces base cas bin supported output interfaces base cas db text ktd comm tty2 cfg base cas db text scs signals tty2 cfg base cas db text scs tty2 cfg base etc group base etc passwd base etc security graph cas graphics images graph cas graphics subviews graph cas graphics top image cas db backup dbimage image photo Compare the entries in this file to the data file names shown in Table A 1 for the packages installed on your system For example if you have the Kalatel interface
101. e into a proprietary code ENQ An inquiry message to poll a micro to see if it is responding Facility A facility is a partitioning of the records of the database of the security system Facility Profile A facility profile is a permission set that an operator can access The operator s facility profile can be different based on the facility to which it is assigned Firewall A firewall is a set of related programs located at a network gateway server that protects the resources of a private network from users from other networks Form An electronic data entry worksheet used to enter find view or update data A form may have input fields pop up picklists and pushbuttons for various functions Gateway A network device or machine that connects a local private network to another network or the Internet GL 6 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Glossary Graphical Terminal A terminal using a graphical interface for logging on to a desktop environment such as Windows GNOME Desktop Manager GDM XDM and KDM Host A host is generally a device or program that provides services to some smaller or less capable device or program Host Console The host computer terminal used for AIX functions Informix The relational database management system RDBMS used by the Picture Perfect system See Relational Database Input A digital input DI or a logical condition detected by the microcontroller An
102. e Database 3 10 Check Micro Configuration cecceeeeseceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeteeeeeaeens 3 12 Shut Down Picture Perfect ii 3 13 Run the Conversion Utility eeeeeeeeeeeceneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaes 3 13 5 Installing ASL 4 1 OOVOIVIOW E EEEE E E E E E 4 2 Install AIX Phase 1 orale le eenean eneee 4 2 Configure AIX iaia tool ri 4 4 Before you continue ii 4 10 Install AIX Phase 2 iii iene 4 10 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual ii 6 Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 ssessessessessessessessessessesessseseessessesse 5 1 OVEervieWw cscs A ea ee 5 2 Before you Begin n gasite endi ia inns ieee aiaa eaa DaN ia aiena 5 2 Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 5 2 7 Installing Picture Perfect s ssessssssessesessessessessesseeseeseessessesssse 6 1 OAA AT E EEE iii ani ene iena al 6 2 Before YOu begin isa io iii dive lai lalla 6 2 Install Picture Perfect 4 0 6 3 Setting up the client workstations eeeeeeeneeeeneeeeneeeeeeees 6 19 Instali Java ici oii HA Nes i oi Mi el 6 19 Client Applet Performance TUNING i 6 20 Enable Disable Caching on the Client 6 21 Disable Client JVM Automatic Updates 6 21 Optional Set up Imaging workstations 6 22 Verify the installation i 6 23 Installing Optional Packages and Interfac
103. e doing the installation and configuration of the operating system as the root user You will install Picture Perfect as the root user as well AIX gt To log on as root and open a terminal window 1 At the prompt for user name type root 2 Atthe prompt for password type the root password as configured in step 14 on page 4 5 3 Open a terminal window by selecting Personal Applications from the CDE toolbar on the bottom of the screen 4 From the resulting menu select Terminal 5 If Picture Perfect is installed at the command prompt type cas bin profile gt To log on as root Non graphical Terminal 1 2 At the prompt for user name type root At the prompt for password type the root password as configured in step 14 on page 4 5 in the section Configure AIX If Picture Perfect is installed at the command prompt type cas bin profile 1 8 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Getting Started gt To log on as root and open a terminal window 1 At the prompt for user name type root 2 Atthe prompt for password type the root password as configured in step 44 on page 5 21 3 On the desktop right click and select Open Terminal 4 If Picture Perfect is installed at the command prompt type cas bin profile install Another user called install will automatically be set up when you install Picture Perfect You will use the install user account that is log on as inst
104. ect M system and how to upgrade an existing system It includes instructions for connecting hardware and peripheral devices as well as instructions for installing the operating system Who Should Read This Document This document is intended for system administrators business partners or any personnel responsible for installing Picture Perfect The material in this document has been prepared for persons responsible for system installation Notational and Typographical Conventions This manual uses certain notational and typographical conventions to make it easier for you to identify important information Item Example Titles Menu Items Administration Field Names Forms Keys Keyboard keys appear as graphics For example denotes the key labeled Enter or Return Ft F2 etc indicate the function keys across the top of the keyboard Keys that display on the screen as push buttons appear in bold such as Save OK Close Default Entries During the installation of the software you will be prompted with questions Following the question a default answer may be shown in brackets for example y To accept the default answer you may either press or you may type y and press Enter For clarity in this manual we will instruct you to type y Enter Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual ix Item Example Text you enter Examples of commands show the exact spacing and upper or lower case letter
105. ect Workstation then click the Workstation tab Note If you are upgrading from Picture Perfect 2 0 to Picture Perfect 4 0 the first time you log on to an Imaging workstation you may experience a slight delay while the system updates your badge designs This process may take several minutes depending on the number of badge designs in your database 6 22 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Picture Perfect Verify the installation For detailed instructions on how to log on see Logging on on page 1 8 gt To ensure connectivity from a Picture Perfect 4 0 client workstation perform the following steps to display records from the server database 1 Power on your system to start Picture Perfect On the desktop open a browser that has a Java plug in for example Internet Explorer or Netscape Type in a URL to connect to the server for example http lt hostname gt Picture Result The Picture Perfect Webtop displays Click the Picture Perfect link in the upper left hand corner of the Picture Perfect host web page The system prompts you to acknowledge the signed Java certificate after which the Picture Perfect Operator Login window appears Log on as install Enter the password as configured in step 24 on page 6 12 after the system has rebooted Check the database to ensure that your customer data is correct by performing the following checks For an upgrade Click Access Pe
106. ect base Package y n y Press to accept Result The Picture Perfect End User License Agreement will be displayed which is similar to the following text Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 6 3 Install Picture Perfect 4 0 Picture Perfect Version 4 0 Copyright C 2007 GE Security All Rights Reserved LICENSE AGREEMENT You should carefully read the terms and conditions in the license agreement before using this software Your use of this software indicates your acceptance of the license agreement and warranty a Accept the License Agreement and continue the installation c Continue and read the License Agreement x Exit DO NOT ACCEPT THE LICENSE AGREEMENT Enter your selection a c x a Press to accept the default a which accepts the license agreement without being read Type c then press to read the license agreement and then decide whether to agree to it Type x then press to reject the license agreement and exit the installation without installing Picture Perfect Result When the license agreement is accepted the system will check disk space memory paging space and the presence of Picture Perfect A prompt similar to the following displays The following languages are supported by this release 1 English and European Languages Default 2 Traditional and Simplified Chinese for China and English 3 Arabic for Middle East and English 4 Russian for Russia and
107. eed for each item based on the answers to the questions Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 8 5 Configuring the Seed Counter option Table 8 1 Seed Counter Setup Digits for Reprint Digits for Digits for Resulting Resulting BID Format BID counter Workstation the Maximum 10 12 or Optional Id counter Counter 16 reserves 2 1 4 digits min 6 digits digits 10 N 1 7 9 999 999 IIWCCCCCCC 10 N 2 6 999 999 IIWWCCCCCC 12 N 1 9 999 999 999 IIWCCCCCCCCC 12 N 2 8 99 999 999 IIWWCCCCCCCC 12 N 3 7 9 999 999 IIWWWCCCCCCC 12 N 4 6 999 999 IIWWWWCCCCCC 12 Y 1 7 9 999 999 IIPPWCCCCCCC 12 Y 2 6 999 999 IIPPWWCCCCCC 16 N 1 13 9 999 999 999 999 IIWCCCCCCCCCCCCC 16 N 2 12 999 999 999 999 IIWWCCCCCCCCCCCC 16 N 3 11 99 999 999 999 IWWWCCCCCCCCCCC 16 N 4 10 9 999 999 999 IIWWWWCCCCCCCCCC 16 Y 1 11 99 999 999 999 IIPPWCCCCCCCCCCC 16 Y 2 10 9 999 999 999 IIPPWWCCCCCCCCCC 16 Y 3 9 999 999 999 IIPPWWWCCCCCCCCC 16 x 4 8 99 999 999 IIPPWWWWCCCCCCCG a BID Format Codes Reissue Count digit P Reprint Count digit W Workstation Id digit C Sequential Counter digit 8 6 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Advanced Configuration Enter number of digits to allow for Workstation Id 1 2 3 4 This reserves one to four digits for the Workstation Id This is used both in the Unique Id value and in the BID if the Copy to BID option is selected This number should
108. eeded badge information Badge Reader A device usually located near a door used to read badges When a badge is presented to a badge reader the system reads it and determines whether or not to unlock the door Badge Status Indicates either the intended use of a badge such as permanent or temporary or its current condition such as active or lost BAUD A unit that measures the speed of transmission such as for data through a modem Category A lock and key that controls access Each area and badge has one or more assigned categories If a category on a badge matches any of the categories on an area the badge works as a key in readers assigned to that area A category assigned to an area functions as a lock a category assigned to a badge functions as a key CMENU A diagnostic program that runs on the console in order to monitor and control microcontrollers and X Terminals can also be used to monitor database activity and configuration in the host or micro Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual GL 3 Code Set A collection of character codes that express one or more languages Picture Perfect only supports code sets defined by the International Standards Organization ISO Western European languages use the ISO8859 1 code set Hebrew uses the ISO8859 8 code set Console The host computer used for administrative functions also called host console Coordinated Universal Time UTC
109. eeds to be rebooted for the changes to take effect Reboot the system y n y Select y to reboot when prompted Result Unless there are explicit error messages the installation of the Picture Perfect base software is complete If you have completed your installation unmount the CD before removing it from the CD ROM drive 6 18 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Picture Perfect Setting up the client workstations Picture Perfect 4 0 should now be installed on your server Make sure that your server is up and Picture Perfect is running To set up the Picture Perfect client perform the following steps Each step is detailed in the following pages o E o o A Install Java Virtual Machine 1 4 2 Specify Java Runtime Parameters for client applet performance tuning Disable caching Disable client Java Virtual Machine automatic updates Optional Set up Workstation records for Imaging workstations Install Java Picture Perfect 4 0 requires Java version 1 4 2_06 or later in the 1 4 2 series No other versions are supported Picture Perfect has not yet been certified to run on Java version 1 5 If you have any other version of Java on your client workstations you must uninstall it and install the version that comes with Picture Perfect 4 0 First remove any existing instances of Java Runtime Environment JRE from the workstation Start Settings Control Panel Add Remove Programs
110. entofon Stentofon TouchLine cas db text stn_ cfg Intercom Interface cas db text stentofon redundant cfg You should also add the input file for stngen that you created stentofon9600 Stentofon P 9600 cas db text stn9600_ cfg Intercom Interface cas db text stentofon9600 redundant cfg You should also add the input file for stngen9600 that you created A 6 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Table A 1 Optional Package Data Files Continued Package Data File Name Entries stentofon_mch Stentofon Multiple Call Handler Intercom Interface cas db text stnMCH_ cfg cas db text stentofon_mch redundant cfg You should also add the input file for stngenmch that you created univ_intr Universal Intrusion Interface cas db text univ_intr_ cfg cas db text univ_intr redundant cfg viper Vicon Viper VPS 13xx Interface cas db text viper_comm_ cfg cas db text viper redundant cfg cas db text viper map Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual A 7 Verifying backup cfg A 8 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Appendix B Adding a Digiboard This appendix includes information on adding a Digiboard to an existing Picture Perfect installation on a Linux operating system A In this chapter TNA Before you begin on page B 2 Adding a digiboard on page B 2 B 1 Before you begin Before you begin If after installing Picture
111. ept the current partition LUMPY settings click Next or modify the setup using the manual partitioning tool Ifyou are manually partitioning uou wil lt gt Hide RAID device LVM Volume Group members T Hide Help 3 Release Notes q Back Disk Setup 5 10 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 added to the system it can be added to the logical volume group and the logical volumes that are the partitions can be expanded Result The Make LVM Volume Group dialog is displayed Make LVM Volume Group Type rootvg Volume Group Name rootvg Physical Extent 4MB zaj hda2 19384 00 MB zj hdb2 17468 00 MB Physical Volumes to Use Used Space 30000 00 MB 81 4 Free Space 6852 00 MB 18 6 Total Space 36852 00 MB Logical Volumes Logical Volume Name Mount Point Size MB Figure 5 9 add 4 a Delete X Cancel 2 OK 20 Complete the form as follows Edit Select the physical volume created in Step 16 Make LVM Volume Group e Volume Group Name rootvg must be spelled exactly as shown in lower case e Physical Extent 4MB e Physical Volumes to Use The name of the physical volume created in step 16 21 Click Add Result The Make Logical Volume dialog appears Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 5 11 Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 j Create logica
112. er iii Tools N F Figure 7 3 Print Spooling Menu 16 Select Add a Print Queue and press to display a list of print queue type descriptions Figure 7 4 ia Add a Print Queue ATTACHMENT TYPE DESCRIPTION Move cursor to desired item and press Enter Use arrow keys to scroll local Printer Attached to Local Host remote Printer Attached to Remote Host xstation Printer Attached to Xstation ascii Printer Attached to ASCII Terminal hpJetDirect Network Printer HP JetDirect file File in dev directory a other User Defined Backend N Figure 7 4 Adda Print Queue List 17 If the printer is attached to the host IBM server select local and press Enter If your printer is not attached to the host then select the appropriate location Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 7 19 Configuring your system for attached printers 18 Use the arrow keys to select the printer type and press Enter 19 Use the arrow keys to select the printer model and press Enter 20 A list of printers that have been previously added is displayed Use the arrow keys to select the name of the printer you are currently adding and press Enter 21 Answer the questions for the printer you are adding The following lists some information which might appear depending on the type of printer Please supply the desired data for these Are header pages wanted Press n to specify that they are not wan
113. er only one choice will be displayed Standard I O Parallel Port Adapter Highlight that item b Ifyou selected a serial printer a list of serial adapters will be displayed An example of this list is shown in Figure 7 1 Parent Adapter Move cursor to desired item and press Enter sa0 Available 00 00 S1 Standard I O Serial Port 1 sal Available 00 00 S2 Standard I O Serial Port 2 sa2 Available 00 02 8 Port Asynchronous Adapter EIA 232 Figure 7 1 List of Serial Adapters Consider where the printer will be connected to the IBM server If the printer will be connected to a multiport adapter and that adapter is installed and connected to the server select the list item that describes the parent adapter you will be using 9 Press to select the highlighted choice and display the Add a Printer Plotter data entry form Figure 7 2 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 7 17 Configuring your system for attached printers Add a Printer Plotter PN Type or select values in entry fields Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes TOP Entry Fields Printer Plotter type 4202 2 Printer Plotter interface parallel Description IBM 4202 Model 2 Propr gt Parent adapter ppa0 PORT number Type of PARALLEL INTERFACE standard Printer TIME OUT period 60 STATE to be configured at boot time available The following attributes have meaning only when the Printer Plotter is not used with a Print
114. er Setup 6 Type A Result The cursor will move to the end of the initialization string line Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 7 9 Configuring your system for a Support Modem Window Edit Options Help Init st Reset s Dialing Dialing Dialing Dialing Dialing Dialing Connect opor u 00 VNHIONMONQME Hang up Dial ti vOZE TxA ring tring prefix suffix prefix suffix prefix suffix string string me Delay before redial Number of tries DTR drop time 0 no Modem and dialing parameter setup ATDT No connect strings Dial cancel string Change which setting AT amp F S0 2 amp D1 amp C1 EO Q1 awol AM ATZAM NO CARRIER NO DIALTONE wwtt tov ATHAM AM Auto bps detect Modem has DCD line Status line shows DTE speed Multi line untag No Return or Esc to exit Figure 7 8 Initialization String Setup 7 Change the init string between M and m then press Enter 8 Press again Result A screen similar to the following will display 7 10 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Configuring Peripherals eine OOOO O Window Edit Options Help p Welcome to minicom 1 83 1 OPTIONS History Buffer F key Macros Search History Buffer I18n Compiled on Aug 28 2001 15 09 33 Press CTRL A Z for help on special keys AT S 45 SO 0 L1 V1 X4 amp c1 E1 Q0 OK configuration at
115. erfect 4 0 Installation Manual 6 To verify that you want to proceed type yes Result A list of the Picture Perfect packages currently installed will be displayed and you will be asked which package you would like to delete For example base impexp image Enter the name of the package to delete 7 Type all Result Messages similar to the following will be displayed Removing the base package Picture Perfect base package removal Version 1 00 3 16 98 Updating Picture Perfect backup configuration Removing entry for base from the port database table The base package has been successfully removed The removal process has completed Program Exiting Figure C 2 Removal Messages Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual C 3 Removing Picture Perfect C4 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Glossary Access The ability to enter or pass through such as to enter a building by going through a door See Access Control Access Control A security system that controls an individual s ability to enter an area building parking lot room Typically readers protect doors or gates Badges used in the readers permit or deny access based on a person s authorization ACK Acknowledgment See ACK Packet ACK Packet A message sent between computers to acknowledge that the preceding message was received correctly Active Window The window with the input focus in which what you type
116. ero for all of your current badges For example if the Resulting BID Format is IIWWCCCCCCCC all existing badge Id values would have to start with four zeroes 0000nnnnnnnn Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 8 7 Configuring the Seed Counter option Enter number of digits for BID 10 12 16 This is the number of digits to define for the badge format and ultimately the number of digits usable by the badge Id BID The more digits you use for the badge format the more digits total you will have to work with Do you want to copy the reprint counter to BID y n This reserves two digits for the reprint counter to be copied into the BID This is only available if the Copy to BID option is enabled It will still place the number of reprints into the badge s reprint field If this option is selected it will not update the BID with the reprint number after the badge is saved to the host If your badges are Standard 10 digit you must answer No to this question This is because two digits are required for the Reissue Count one is required for the Workstation Id and a minimum of six digits are required for the Sequential Counter which equals nine required digits The Reprint Count requires two so there aren t enough digits available for this option Number of digits for Counter This is the number of digits available for the sequential counter Any digits not claimed by the previous options will be put towards the sequenti
117. es 6 24 BIRRA ARMS EEEE IE RIO AR SIE AITA EAR 6 27 ARCIERE SITA RIVISTA ANE PEPATI AR Nailed IONI ARTI RT III O 6 27 Reset the Micros to Upgrade Database Upgrades Only aiieieo oe 6 27 Perform Necessary Restorations and Updates Upgrades Only i e etic cet terse Seg ie AAA 6 29 Save Operators cs Hathisasti seria elabora 6 29 Restore reports i liacle 6 30 Restore Permissions ii 6 30 Restore System TTY Ports Configuration s 6 31 Configuring the Operating System for a Different Language 6 34 Gontiguring AX r ar araea andes asta ie iaaea 6 34 Gonfiguring Linux c iiaia lea 6 35 8 Configuring Peripherals esrrrrrrrrrerererererezioreceeeoni 7 1 Configuring your system for a Support Modem 7 2 Configuring the S2 RS 232 port on the IBM server 7 2 Configuring the COM2 port on the Linux server 7 5 Configuring your system for attached printers 7 15 Configuring a printer on an AIX system i 7 15 Configuring a network printer on an AIX system 7 22 Configuring Linux for Attached Printers i 7 27 9 Advanced Configuration srrrrrerereerere rece ee ziozeneeee 8 1 Configuring the Picture Perfect Interface Manager cigim Asiatica lai ili E 8 2 Configuring the Seed Counter option
118. essions per workstation To increase or Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 6 15 Install Picture Perfect 4 0 t Configure ports for client to server communications 37 38 decrease this range you can modify the starting or ending port numbers Verify any changes with your IT department to make sure the ports are available You must now specify the range of ports clients will use to receive events over A client will specify a single port in the range but the range covers the possible ports that may be used by the clients Enter the starting port of the range the clients will accept connections from the Event manager on 8085 For the Event manager you specified a starting port of 8085 Is this correct y n y When prompted enter the ending number for the Event Manager port range Enter the ending port of the range the clients will accept connections from the Event manager on 8100 For the Event manager you specified an ending port of 8100 Is this correct y n y For the Event Manager you specified a port range of 8085 8100 Is this correct y n y When prompted enter the port number to use for the Request Manager The Request Manager is used for inbound communications from clients to the server By default this port is 8088 however you should check with your IT department to ensure it is valid Enter the port number
119. f you are not at the required level the program will exit Procedures for upgrading an individual server are described in this chapter e Onan enterprise system the procedures outlined in this chapter must be performed on the network host and all subhosts beginning with the network host e Ona redundant system the procedures outlined in this chapter must be performed on both the primary and the backup host Before You Begin Before beginning this procedure review the following requirements DM Your system operator s login ID must be insta11 with full system permissions DM Have the media and the installation manuals for the current versions of your operating system and Picture Perfect available in the unlikely event you need to revert to this version temporarily M Have a current backup of your existing database M Verify the presence of the following hardware and software components e Installed dial in modem with working connection to GE support e Tape drive installed and working e CD ROM drive installed and working e Atleast 18 GB of hard disk space for the new system e At least 120 MB of free hard disk space in the tmp file system e At least 40 MB of free hard disk space in the var file system e Backup media 3 2 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Converting Your Database e Several blank tapes the number is site dependent for backing up the newly converted 2 0 database in cba format make s
120. fect 4 0 Installation Manual Configuring Peripherals Configuring your system for attached printers AIX Configuring a printer on an AIX system For detailed 1 Logonas root You may be prompted for a password instructions on how to log on If you are already logged on as root type the command see Logging on on page 1 8 cd Continue with step 2 2 Type anita Result The SMIT utility will load and a menu will be displayed on the screen Figure 7 13 a System Management N Move cursor to desired item and press Enter Software Installation and Maintenance Software License Management Devices System Storage Management Security amp Users Communications Applications and Services Print Spooling Problem Determination Performance amp Resource Scheduling System Environments Processes amp Subsystems Applications Using SMIT information only Fl Help F2 Refresh F3 Cancel F8 Image RT F10 Exit Enter Do Figure 7 13 System Management Menu 3 Select Devices and press Enter Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 7 15 Configuring your system for attached printers 4 Select Printer Plotter and press to display the Printer Plotter menu Figure 7 14 Printer Plotter Move cursor to desired item and press Enter Printer Plotter Devices Print Spooling Figure 7 14 Printer Plotter Menu 5 From this menu select Printer Plotter Devices and press Enter Result
121. fect 4 0 User Manual 6 34 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Picture Perfect Configuring Linux To configure Linux to run in a language other than the default English refer to the following sections in Chapter 5 Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 Language Selection on page 5 3 Keyboard Configuration on page 5 4 Additional Language Support on page 5 19 The installation of Picture Perfect is now complete For more information on configuring your system setting up your database and setting up your micros please refer to the Picture Perfect 4 0 User Manual Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 6 35 Configuring the Operating System for a Different Language 6 36 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Chapter 7 Configuring Peripherals This chapter includes information needed to successfully configure your Picture Perfect system for peripheral devices such as modems and printers In this chapter ANS Configuring your system for a Support Modem on page 7 2 Configuring your system for attached printers on page 7 15 7 1 Configuring your system for a Support Modem Configuring your system for a Support Modem If a diagnostic session must be performed remotely by a GE Customer Support representative a modem will have to be configured Follow the steps in this chapter to set up the connection For AIX see Configuring the S2 RS 232 port on the
122. ferent language Priority A number used to indicate the response priority of an alarm The lower the priority number the more serious the alarm Process One of many independent programs running at the same time in the computer Provided Language A language whose translations are provided by GE All provided languages are available at installation RAID The use of two or more disk drives in a single computer system which can provide better disk performance error recovery and fault tolerance RAN Remote Alarm Notification An optional package which when installed routes alarms from the Picture Perfect system to a remote non Picture Perfect system The alarms can then be processed by and responded to from the remote system Readers Badge readers are devices connected to the system that read the encoded badge numbers They are usually located near doors or gates or in elevators that the system controls Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual GL 11 Redundant System A Picture Perfect redundant system detects faults and automatically transfers the workload to the backup host The transfer of control from the primary host to the backup host occurs rapidly to ensure that there is almost no loss of data or alarms Relational Database A database that uses a table structure to store data Relationships among tables are logically specified at the time of user access into the database they are not built into the data
123. full function operator an operator permission without any function restrictions Communications protocol used to connect to a variety of different types of hosts on both private networks and carrier networks such as the Internet Transaction Processing System the program that communicates with microcontrollers Transaction TTY UDP UNIX Microcontroller activity In Unix based operating systems any terminal at all sometimes used to refer to the particular terminal controlling a given job Also the name of a Unix command which outputs the name of the current controlling terminal A communications protocol for the Internet network layer transport layer and session layer which makes it possible to send a datagram transmissions from one computer to a recipient computer A multi user multitasking network operating system developed at Bell Labs in the early 1970s Linux is based on and is highly compatible with UNIX Unlock Time The length of time a door latch is to remain unlocked after a valid badge read or after an exit button activates This time allows the badgeholder to open and pass through the door Upstream A relative position on a communication line originating at a host computer For example the second micro on a line is upstream from the third micro because the second micro is relatively closer to the host GL 14 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Glossary Workstation An X
124. g Enter 2 Type the following to check the chkchars log file inthe tmp ppconversion directory for a listing of errors that were encountered during this process more tmp ppconversion chkchars log 3 10 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Converting Your Database Result If any illegal characters are found messages similar to the following will display Checking for invalid characters in record description fields alarm Done alarm history Skipping alarm instruct Skipping alarm response Skipping hist report Done area Done badge Invalid characters found in record s ID First Name Last Name Employee 178453 Jonathan Frakes 12 12 178609 Pied Piper s 83405283 178604 Duke Wayne 1234 badge history Skipping Skipping category Invalid characters found in record s bdghis tape ID description 1316 LIV amp LEVEL 3A NPC lt SHIPPING gt 1317 Merlin s Category department Done almhis tape Skipping inputs Done input group Done printer Done reader Invalid characters found in record s ID description 1019 999 gt 3 1 reader 1020 2169 1 0 DOOR report setup Done door Invalid characters found in record s Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 3 11 Verify the Existing Database ID description 1025 999 gt 3 1 reader 1026 2169 1 0 DOOR door event Done auth signatu
125. ge server from GE the system comes with an internal modem which is usually configured for COM3 or COM4 If you need to manually set up the modem follow the steps in this chapter to set up the connection Picture Perfect detects the built in modem and configures it for either dev ttys4 or dev ttys3 The Linux utility minicom is a communications utility that initializes the modem with an initialization string The initialization string needs to be changed to the following AT amp F S0 2 amp D1 amp C1 EO Q1 amp WO To have Picture Perfect detect the built in modem During installation Picture Perfect will automatically detect a built in modem If you add a modem after installation perform the following steps to have Picture Perfect detect and configure the modem 1 Log on as root and open a terminal window 2 Run the modemprobe utility by typing modemprobe To change the initialization string 1 If not already logged in log on as root and open a terminal window 2 Run the minicom utility by typing minicom Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 7 5 Configuring your system for a Support Modem Result A display similar to the following will display OO O MGCOo i Window Edit Options Help Welcome to minicom 1 83 1 OPTIONS History Buffer F key Macros Search History Buffer I18n Compiled on Aug 28 2001 15 09 33 Press CTRL A Z for help on special keys AT S 45 S0 0 L1 V1 X4 amp c1
126. ge the default language MAS Snapoe L additional after the installation Enen Gorth Anica i E English USA languages if Red Hat Enterprise Linux can H English Zimbabwe desired install and support several Estonian languages To use more than C Faroese Faroe Islands one language on your system O Finnish choose specific languages to French Belgium be installed or select all French Canada languages to have all available languages installed on the system French France French Luxemburg Oe ieu i a le a Hide Help GB Release Notes Figure 5 17 Additional Language Support 39 In the list box for the default language for this operating system choose English USA Picture Perfect supports the following languages that can be installed in addition to the operating system language e Arabic e Chinese Simplified e Chinese Traditional e French e Italian e Portuguese e Russian e Spanish Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 5 19 Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 If you plan on installing Picture Perfect in any of these languages either now or in the future you should install the languages on your system now Otherwise the operating system will have to be re installed 40 Click Next Result The Time Zone Selection dialog is displayed Ti me Zone Please select
127. h but it cannot be edited Workstation Id The Workstation Id is a number containing one to four digits It is used to uniquely identify the workstation that created the badge and generated the Unique Id number The Picture Perfect host will use a Workstation Id of 0 Sequential Counter The Sequential Counter is a global counter that is incremented each time a new badge is created or reissued The range is determined by the number of digits allocated to the counter Set Up The base installation will ask you a series of questions to help you set up the seed counter options This setup should only be done at installation changing the option settings later can cause difficulties Do you want to turn on the seed counter feature y n The answer to this question determines if the seed counter is to be used or not by the system If disabled all seed counter fields and operations will remain hidden If you choose to turn on the seed counter feature it is important to consider the number of digits to use for the Sequential Counter minimum six digits Workstation Id one to four digits Reissue Count two digits Reprint Count two digits and the Badge Format 10 12 or 16 digits because they are all dependent on each other Reducing the size of one can increase the size of another and turning some of the options Off can increase the maximum counter value available Use the following table to calculate how many digits you will n
128. hange until a shunt time elapses The shunt time allows the badgeholder enough time to get through the door See Door Forced Open and Door Open Too Long To override a door sensor for a longer time enter a keypad override code a microcontroller dependent code set on the Micros screen Shutdown To stop running the application and the operating system SSL SSL Secure Sockets Layer is a commonly used protocol for managing the security of a message transmission on the Internet SSL uses a program layer located between the Internet s Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTP and Transport Control Protocol TCP layers Subnet Network nodes that are related by the same IP address range For example computers with an address beginning with 192 168 1 x are in the same subnet Subnet mask A 32 bit address used in conjunction with an IP address to segment network traffic used to restrict transmissions to certain subnets Status The current condition of something such as a badge or a micro The Status monitor is used for viewing a micro s current database to verify configuration and scheduling Supported Language A language that can be used in Picture Perfect All languages other than English and French must be translated and made available before they can be used SYN A message from the host that synchronizes the micro s clock Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual GL 13 System Administrator TCP IP TPS A
129. hard disk that may fail at any time RAID 5 consists of an array of disks one of which is a hot spare whereas RAID 1 configuration consists of two mirrored drives Follow the instructions in the section specific to your operating system e Configuring an AIX system for RAID on page 8 10 e Configuring a Linux system for RAID on page 8 19 Configuring an AIX system for RAID The following RAID configurations have been certified for use with Picture Perfect e RAID 5 SSA Array on page 8 10 e RAID 5 SCSI Array on page 8 13 e RAID 1 Mirroring hdisk0 and hdisk1 on page 8 17 RAID 5 SSA Array On a new system perform this configuration after installing AIX but before installing Picture Perfect gt To configure an SSA Array 1 Make sure you are logged in as root and type smitty devices 2 Using the arrow key move down to the menu item SSA adapters and press Enter 3 On the resulting screen select List all SSA adapters and press Enter Result A message similar to the following will display ssa0 available 4 To return to the Devices menu press F3 twice 8 10 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Advanced Configuration 10 11 12 13 14 15 From the Devices menu select SSA Disks SSA physical disks Press ED Select List all defined SSA disks Press Enter Result A list similar to the following will display the SSA disks that
130. he data sheet and user documentation For the latest product information contact your local supplier or visit us online at www gesecurity com Contents 1 Installation Man dl isla 1 1 2 Getting Started ieri 1 1 Quick Start GUIDE aiaa ii 1 2 System Requirements e 1 3 Minimum Requirements 1 3 Software License Key ie 1 6 GlientLicense tina ili 1 7 LOGGINO ONI E E E A E 1 8 MOOT so aa aa tunis a E a 1 8 installi site aaa aaa Saa A E E A O EA 1 9 Mounting and Unmounting a Device i 1 10 MOUNE cai 1 10 UMOUNE celare aaa 1 11 3 Connecting the HardWare crrerererereeeeeeeeeee 2 1 Before YOU BEGIm rali lla laine bilia 2 2 Gonnect HardWare lieti ale iii elet aan 2 2 4 Converting Your Database rrrrrrerereeeeeeeeee 3 1 OVGIVIOW Liscia e lai 3 2 Before You Begin 3 2 Update the Micro Firmware 3 3 Back Up Database Configuration and Custom Files 3 4 Back up Database ii 3 4 Archive History and Force Rollover in 3 5 Print SQL Statement 3 7 Copy Conversion Utility i 3 8 Generate Backup Report of Picture Perfect Configuration ii 3 9 Verify the Existing Database eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeneeeeneees 3 10 Check for Illegal Characters in th
131. he first column of the printer list beside the default printer gt To modify an imported printer s settings An imported printer s settings cannot be modified directly You must override the printer You can only override an imported printer that has been imported using the alchemist libraries Imported printers have the HE symbol beside them in the first column of the printer list Select the printer Choose File then Override Queue from the pull down menu Result After overriding a printer the original imported printer will have the BS symbol beside it in the first column of the printer list gt To edit printer settings 1 After adding your printers you can edit settings by selecting the printer from the printer list and clicking the Edit button Result The tabbed window shown in Figure 7 21 will appear The window contains the current values for the printer that you selected to edit 7 36 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Configuring Peripherals Name and Aliases queue Type Driver Driver Options Queue Name tesi Edit Delete ok X Cancel Help Figure 7 21 Editing a Printer Make changes by selecting the following tabs Name and Aliases e Queue Name To rename a printer change the value of Queue Name The name of the printer should change in the printer list e Aliases A printer alias is an alternate name for a printer To add an alias for an existing
132. he newly restored permissions 1 From the Picture Perfect 4 0 primary navigation menu select Control then Operators 2 Click the Permissions tab 3 Click Find to search for the restored permissions 4 Select a permission and in the Facility Permission pane click the Permission Profile box next to each Facility and select a profile from the list box 5 Repeat for each permission For more information about Permissions and Profiles see the Picture Perfect 4 0 User Manual 6 30 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Picture Perfect Restore System TTY Ports Configuration Once you have upgraded the system before Picture Perfect can communicate with direct connect micros Asynchronous RS232 you will need to restore any tty configurations that were set up for Picture Perfect prior to the upgrade To do this will require that you re define the tty lines using the AIX SMIT utility If you are unfamiliar or unsure of this process refer to Configuring AIX for Micro Lines Direct or Dial Up on page 8 38 for step by step instruction It is very important to duplicate the exact configuration of the ttys not only for proper micro communications but also to eliminate the need to reconfigure ports and or micros To aid you in re defining the tty ports refer to the report generated during the conversion process by the execution of the ppconf script Refer to Generate Backup Report of Picture Perfect Conf
133. hen the light stops blinking on the CD ROM drive it is ready to be read Press lt Enter gt when ready As prompted insert the Picture Perfect Utilities CD which contains HTTP Server Mozilla browser and Java 1 4 When the light stops blinking press Enter Result Files will be copied and a message similar to the following will display Note If a message indicating No filesets found is displayed you may ignore it 16 The AIX documentation will now be installed Please load the AIX 5L Doc CD ROM into the CD ROM drive When the light stops blinking on the CD ROM drive it is ready to be read Press lt Enter gt when ready Insert the AIX 5L Documentation CD into the CD ROM drive and press Enter Result Files will be copied and a message similar to the following will display Did the IBM provided installation pack include an AIX 5L Update CD ROM y n y Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 4 13 Install AIX Phase 2 17 18 19 20 Press if the AIX 5L Update CD was provided If the CD was not provided type n and skip to step 18 Result Messages similar to the following will prompt you to insert the CD Please insert the AIX 5L Update CD ROM into the CD ROM drive When the light stops blinking on the CD ROM drive it is ready to be read Press lt Enter gt when ready Result Maintenance updates to the latest versions of all filesets will be installed Once the
134. history tables contain a column for the record description The operator history for person inserts or updates is stored using the last name and the first name from the person record This is the default Update 1 i setting however if you wish to store operator history for person inserts or updates using a different field then you should do so now If you wish to keep the default setting then you can just press Enter Press again to confirm Result You will be prompted to turn on the Seed Counter feature 6 12 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Picture Perfect t Turn on the Seed Counter feature 27 28 The seed counter option provides a way to automatically generate a unique Id number for each badge and generate the badge Id number optional This option can only be set up at installation and the questions that follow are dependent on each other If you elect to install this option please review Configuring the Seed Counter option on page 8 4 before proceeding Note If you are restoring a converted Picture Perfect database you may receive the following prompt Seed counter feature is disabled enabled Would you like to reconfigure Seed counter feature y n n If you answer y to this prompt you will continue to the next prompt and your previously restored settings will be overwritten If you answer n the previously restored settings will remain in effect and you will skip to step
135. icom 1 83 1 OPTIONS History Buffer F key Macros Search History Buffer I18n Compiled on Aug 28 2001 15 09 33 Press CTRL A Z for help on special keys AT S7 45 S0 0 L1 V1 X4 amp c1 E1 QO OK configuration at Filenames and paths OK File transfer protocols Serial port setup Modem and dialing Screen and keyboard Save setup as dfl Save setup as Exit CTRL A Z for help 3 8N1 NOR Minicom 1 Figure 7 6 Minicom Configuration 5 Using the arrow keys select Modem and dialing and press Enter Result A screen similar to the following will display 7 8 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Configuring Peripherals OOo e M E Mi EOS Eli Window Edit Options Help Modem and dialing parameter setup THAT StCING Liri eAMeAT S7 45 S0 0 L1 V1 X4 amp c1 E1 QOAM Reset string AMeATZAMe Dialing prefix sasa ALDT Dialing suffix iets Dialing prefix Dialing suffix Dialing prefix Dialing suffix da Connect string No connect strings NO CARRIER NO DIALTONE Hang up string setttenATHOM Dial cancel string 4M opors DV 00 VNHIONMONME Dial AMOS ati 45 Auto bps detect Delay before redial 2 Modem has DCD line Yes Number of tries 10 Status line shows DTE speed DTR drop time O no gt 1 Multi line untag No vOZE TxA Change which setting E Return or Esc to exit Figure 7 7 Modem and Dialing Paramet
136. iguration on page 3 9 for more information This script takes a snapshot of a number of configuration elements and outputs them to a file The report generated by this script should contain a list of all tty ports that were defined in the system at the time the snapshot was taken The information that follows is an example of the tty information found in this report sa0 01 S1 Standard I O Serial Port Device Specific YL P1 S1 tty0 01 S1 00 00 Asynchronous Terminal sal 01 S2 Standard I O Serial Port Device Specific YL P1 s2 ttyl 01 S2 00 00 Asynchronous Terminal Note the entries above they represent ttys that are defined on the IBM server native I O serial ports Directly above each tty definition is information about the port adapter on which that tty is defined In the case above the Standard I O Serial Port indicates that it is one of the ports native to the system board that is not on an expansion board Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 6 31 Perform Necessary Restorations and Updates Upgrades Only sa2 20 58 21 16 Port Enhanced RAN EIA 232 for 128 Port Adapter Part Number 093H6548 EC Level 0E76814 FRU Number 093H6549 Manufacturer AUS1391615 Diagnostic Level 00 Device Driver Level 00 Loadable Microcode Level 00 ROS Level and ID 000A Serial Number 00025828 Displayable Message IBM Enhanced Remote Async No tty2 20 58 21 00 Asynchronous Terminal tty3 20 58 21 01 Asynchronous Terminal tty4 20 58 21 02
137. installation is complete and the Update CD applied the system will prompt you to press Enter The system will then reboot and return you to the AIX Console login If an additional CD labeled APAR Installation was included with your shipment you will be prompted to install it at this time If the CD was not provided type n and continue If you have a RAID configuration you should configure it at this time See Configuring RAID Arrays on page 8 10 Continue to Chapter 6 Installing Picture Perfect 4 14 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Chapter 5 Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 This chapter includes information needed to successfully install the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system on an Intel based PC A In this chapter ZNN Overview on page 5 2 Before you Begin on page 5 2 Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 on page 5 2 Dil Overview Overview An overview of the entire process is shown in the following steps DM Install Linux C1 Configure Linux Before you Begin Make sure your hardware and BIOS have been configured as described in Chapter 2 Connecting the Hardware On some older models of the Dell 2400 you may have problems booting from the Linux Operating System CD In this case you should configure the BIOS to boot from the CD ROM Remember to reset the BIOS to factory defaults after you have completed the Linux installation If you are configuring a RAID syste
138. isplays Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 5 15 Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 Make sure the nfigure usin Co gu eus g Configure ethO Lite On LNE100TX DH C P box is Configure using DHCP unchecked and Z Attest on boat the Activate on IP Address 192 lo 2 lo boot box is Netmask 255 j255 4255 Ld checked before proceeding Cancel 4 OK Figure 5 14 Edit Interface 29 The Picture Perfect host must have a static IP address It does not work with DHCP e Make sure to uncheck the option Configure using DHCP before proceeding e Leave Activate on boot checked 30 Provide the necessary information to configure your IP Address and Netmask for this Picture Perfect server 31 Click OK Result You are returned to the Network Configuration screen 5 16 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 Online Help Network Configuration Network Devices Network Configuration Active on Boot Device IP Netmask Edit Any network devices you have SU ESS on the system will be automatically detected by the installation program and shown in the Network Devices list To configure the network Hostname device first select the device Set the hostname and then click Edit In the Edit O automatically via DHCP S elect Set the Interface screen you can y manually host name choose to have the IP and Netmask information
139. kup database to diskette 2 Backup database to tape 3 Backup database to file Note Log file is tmp ppconversion prcba log Please select 1 2 or 3 Select the backup method to be used e For example if you choose 2 the preba backup routine will prompt you to insert a new blank tape for the backup of each package in prcba format The prcba tape is needed to restore your data during installation of Picture Perfect 4 0 software Messages similar to the following will display Please insert a new blank tape Starting prcba to backup base to dev rmt0 backing up to tape insert tape 1 and press lt RETURN gt As prompted insert a new blank tape and press Enter backing up alarm PLEASE REMOVE THE MEDIA Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 3 17 Run the Conversion Utility As prompted remove the tape If more tapes are needed you will be prompted to insert a new blank tape Please insert a new blank tape Starting prcba to backup graph to dev rmt0 backing up to tape insert tape 1 and press lt RETURN gt If you choose 3 the preba backup routine will prompt you as follows Backup will create one disk file per package with the file names in the form pathname package name For example If you specify a pathname of usr convdb then backup files will be created with names convdb base convdb image convdb graph etc in the usr directory Please enter pathname for file s Enter
140. l software has been installed execute cas bin pplicense and you will again be given the code that you must provide to GE The license key you receive is installed by the pplicense program We recommend that you store a written copy of your license key in a secure location so if the license key on the computer is ever destroyed or corrupted you can re install it without having to contact GE If you experience problems with your license key execute cas bin skver which will either verify that you have a valid license key or provide you with information regarding the problem with your license key Contact GE at the numbers and e mail provided above if you continue to have problems Client License Picture Perfect 4 0 uses a single client replacing the need for terminal licenses for Access Vision Picture Perfect Web Browser Tarantella PCXware or X Windows You will receive a new client license to replace any of these terminal licenses The new license is a concurrent seat license If your operator license is for ten seats the first ten operators that log on may use the system Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 1 7 Logging on Logging on root For some of the procedures you will be instructed to log on as root Logging on is the process of signing on to the system as a user The root user also known as the superuser is a special user that has access to every program and file on the system You will b
141. lection 4 Choose your Language and then click Next Result The Keyboard Configuration dialog is displayed Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 5 3 Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 Online Help Keyboard Keyboard Configu ration Select the appropriate keyboard for the system Choose the layout type for the Russian Microsoft keyboard for example U S Russian rul English that you would like to use for the system gt Russian ru2 Russian win Slovakian Slovenian Spanish Speakup Speakup laptop Swedish Swiss French Swiss French latin1 Swiss German Swiss German latin1 Turkish Ukrainian United Kingdom Us Engst T7 lt T U S International KR Hide Help 8 Release Notes q Back D Next Figure 5 2 Keyboard Configuration 5 Choose the appropriate keyboard configuration for your system and then click Next Note For most U S installations the default US English can be used Result If a previous version of Red Hat Linux is detected a screen displays where you can choose to upgrade or perform a new installation If no previous version of Red Hat Linux is detected skip to step 7 5 4 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 Online Help Upgrade Examine The installation program has detected a previous installation of Red Hat Linux on this system Would you like
142. ll be the System Administrator Click Change Password to display the Change Password dialog Enter and confirm the password Click OK to return to the Operator record Click Save A to save the operator record Repeat this procedure for all operator records Have all operators log on and set their new passwords Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 6 29 Perform Necessary Restorations and Updates Upgrades Only Restore reports The conversion routine restores all of the Picture Perfect 2 0 SQL reports into a report category named Uncategorized Reports This includes the default reports and any custom reports you made Keep the following in mind when restoring reports e Certain older SQL reports will not run due to syntax changes enhanced functionality and table field changes added in Picture Perfect 4 0 These reports will have to be fixed and saved before they can be run e The old history reports are not converted and will have to be re written using the new reporting scheme To aid you in recreating your old history reports and to update older SQL reports refer to your printed backup SQL statements See Print SQL Statements on page 3 7 for more information Restore Permissions The conversion routine assigns all restored permissions the Facility Permission profile Global You need to assign each permission to the appropriate Facility Permission profile based on your requirements gt To update t
143. loaded for example casivg If your server has a RAID disk array refer to Configuring RAID Arrays on page 8 10 6 2 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Picture Perfect Verify the loopback IP address in your etc hosts file by typing more etc hosts Result The loopback IP address should be included in the display exactly as shown below 127 0 0 1 localhost localdomain localhost If the system host name is included in the entry for example 127 0 0 1 pphost localhost localdomain localhost then using an editor such as vi remove the host name from the entry Install Picture Perfect 4 0 For detailed instructions on mounting unmounting a CD see Mounting and Unmounting a Device on page 1 10 Linux AIX Insert the Picture Perfect v4 Installation CD Linux or AIX depending on your operating system into the CD ROM drive Wait for the CD ROM LED to stop blinking before proceeding Mount the CD Change to the root directory by typing ca Enter To install the base package type media cdrom INSTALL b mnt INSTALL b This will install the base package only which is recommended Other optional packages such as Import Export or Graphics Maps should be installed after the base package is successfully installed Table 6 3 on page 6 24 lists the available installation options Result A message similar to the following will display Do you want to install the Picture Perf
144. lose all browser windows The change will be in effect from this point forward 6 20 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Picture Perfect Enable Disable Caching on the Client By default Java file caching is enabled on the client Whenever a patch is applied to the Picture Perfect server or if the Picture Perfect server is upgraded to a new version the cache should be cleared and disabled Once the changes to the server are complete you may re enable caching To clear and disable caching 1 Open a browser window to launch the client applet but do not log on A Java coffee mug icon will appear on the right hand side of the Windows taskbar Right click on that icon and select Open Control Panel Click on the Cache tab Click Clear and then click Yes on the confirmation pop up dialog Make sure that the Enable Caching check box is not selected Click on the Apply button to save the changes and then close the console dialog by clicking on the x in the upper right hand corner of the dialog Close all browser windows and reboot the workstation The change will be in effect from this point forward Disable Client JVM Automatic Updates By default the Java plug in is setup to periodically check for updates You must disable this feature so that the plug in does apply updates that may adversely affect Picture Perfect operations 1 Open a browser window to launch the client applet but do not log o
145. ly The default database that is installed automatically contains only the most basic entries and does not define any micros or readers The sample database contains a working sample for a small system If you are installing a new system you can use this as a starting point to modify and expand as necessary The tape diskette and disk file options allow you to restore a database from a backup or a conversion Use these to upgrade a system or perform disaster recovery The restore utility restore sh uses a configuration file restore cfg located in cas db text This file contains the flat files to be restored You can edit this file if you want to add or delete files to be restored Refer to the Picture Perfect 4 0 User Manual for more information Note Options 2 3 or 4 only restore the base backup If you select these options any errors that may occur from the restore procedure will be written to the file cbr err inthe tmp directory DATABASE RESTORE UTILITY Main Menu Load sample database Restore customer s database from tape Restore customer s database from diskette Restore customer s database from disk file Help Quit Au PF WN HR Select an option and press Enter Result Depending on your choice the system will load the database from the disk file on your hard drive or prompt you for the media from which the database will be loaded You will now be given the opportunity to modify the datafiles to be restore
146. m refer to Configuring RAID Arrays on page 8 10 These instructions assume you are using an official copy of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 0 that was obtained from Red Hat Inc or GE Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 To install Red Hat Linux 1 Insert the Red Hat Linux Disk 1 in the CD ROM drive and boot your computer When asked if you want to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux in graphical or text mode press to select graphical mode Result The system performs various tests probes for devices such as the monitor and mouse and when finished displays a Welcome screen Click Next Result The Language Selection screen displays 5 2 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 Online Help Language Selection Choose the language you would like to use during this installation E Hae Help B Release Notes Figure 5 1 Language Selection What language would you like to use during the installation process Chinese Simplified lt Gf Chinese Traditional Ri F Czech esk republika Danish Dansk French Fran ais German Deutsch Icelandic slenska Italian Italiano Japanese B 0 Korean 3 0 Norwegian Norsk Portuguese Portugu s Romanian Romanian Russian Py c ck uit Slovenian sloven ina Spanish Espa ol Swedish Svenska lt q Back D Next Language Se
147. m Atlas10K3 18 16 9GB 0 00 0 Quantum Atlas10K3 18 16 968 10 01 0 Quantum Atlas10K3 18 16 9GB 0 02 0 Quantum Atlas10K3 18 16 9GB l l 6 Press to save the changes made and return to the Main Menu Result Messages similar to the following will display Have you finished managing failover drives 7 Enter y to save your changes and return to the Main Menu 8 Exit out of all utilities Result The system will reboot and rebuild the kernel During the bootup process you will see messages similar to the following Waiting for Array Controller 0 to start Array Controller started Controller Monitor V2 7 0 Build 3153 Controller kernel V2 7 0 Build 3153 Controller POST operation successful Container 0 RAID 5 33 890K 1 container found BIOS Installed Successfully No boot device available 8 34 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Advanced Configuration 9 Insert the Linux CD into the CD ROM drive and press CF1_ Refer to Chapter 5 Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 to install the operating system gt To check the status of the drives 1 Stop and reboot the system Result During the bootup process you will see messages similar to the following Waiting for Array Controller 0 to start Array Controller started Controller Monitor V2 7 0 Build 3153 Controller kernel V2 7 0 Build 3153 Following SCSI ID s not responding ChA 0 0 or 0 1 Following containers have missi
148. media cdrom e Red Hat Linux 3 0 umount mnt cdrom Note If your CD drive is a CDR replace cdrom with cdrecorder Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 1 11 Mounting and Unmounting a Device 1 12 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Chapter 2 Connecting the Hardware This chapter includes information needed to successfully connect the hardware required for your Picture Perfect system It includes configuration information for serial port adaptors terminal settings modems printers tape drives client terminals and micro lines A In this chapter NS Before you Begin on page 2 2 Connect Hardware on page 2 2 2 1 Before you Begin Before you Begin If you are upgrading an existing Picture Perfect system you should convert your database as outlined in Chapter 3 Converting Your Database before you make the configuration changes in this chapter Connect Hardware This section includes instructions for connecting modems modem cables printers and terminals It is not essential that these devices be connected before installing Picture Perfect 1 If serial port adapters were ordered connect the serial port adapter 8 16 or 128 port adapter to the port located on the back of the server Linux 2 Connect the graphical monitor keyboard and mouse to the appropriate ports on the back of the server Continue to step 3 AIX Connect the terminal to port S1 in the case of a non graphical
149. mple 1 To install only the Picture Perfect base package at the command prompt type media cdrom INSTALL b mnt INSTALL b where media or mnt is the mount point upon which you mounted the Picture Perfect CD Example 2 To install Picture Perfect base and or optional base packages at the command prompt type media cdrom INSTALL o mnt INSTALL o where media or mnt is the mount point upon which you mounted the Picture Perfect CD You will be given the list of base optional packages including the base package which may be installed THIS PROGRAM MUST BE RUN FROM THE root DIRECTORY 6 24 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Picture Perfect gt For detailed instructions on how to log on see Logging on on page 1 8 For detailed instructions on mounting unmounting a CD see Mounting and Unmounting a Device on page 1 10 Linux AIX Linux AIX To install additional packages Log on as root 2 Type the following to shut down Picture Perfect cas bin profile rc pperf k 3 If notalready done insert the Picture Perfect v4 Installation CD Linux or AIX depending on your operating system into the CD ROM drive Wait for the CD ROM LED to stop blinking before proceeding 4 If necessary mount the CD 5 Change to the root directory by typing ca Enter 6 To display a list of optional packages type media cdrom INSTALL o
150. n A Java coffee mug icon will appear on the right hand side of the Windows taskbar Right click on that icon and select Open Control Panel Click on the Update tab Make sure that the Check for Updates Automatically check box is not selected Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 6 21 Setting up the client workstations Click on the Apply button to save the changes and then close the console dialog by clicking on the x in the upper right hand corner of the dialog Close all browser windows The change will be in effect from this point forward Optional Set up Imaging workstations 1 2 On the desktop open Internet Explorer Type in a URL to connect to the server for example http lt hostname gt Picture Result The Picture Perfect Webtop displays If the client is to be used for an Imaging workstation install the imaging software by clicking the EPIBuilder Installer link on the Picture Perfect host web page Click the Picture Perfect link in the upper left hand corner of the Picture Perfect host web page The system prompts you to acknowledge the signed Java certificate after which the Picture Perfect Operator Login window appears Type your login ID and password and click Log on Click on a facility to select it or click Select All to select all of the available facility sets Click Ok If the client is to be used as an Imaging workstation create a Workstation record From the Setup menu sel
151. nected to any available serial port e Ifthe printer has a parallel port and you want to connect it to a serial port you must use a serial to parallel adapter Refer to Configuring your system for attached printers on page 7 15 for setup instructions Result With the printer attached to the server the system configuration is now represented in the following diagram Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 2 3 Connect Hardware ita Console eee e Server e 4 Printer 5 If the tape drive is internal proceed to the next step Connect the tape drive to the SCSI port on the back of the server and then connect the SCSI terminator at the back of the tape drive Result The system configuration is now represented by the following diagram ef Console ASS c E Printer Tape Drive Server 6 Connect networked client terminals Ethernet and Token Ring are the two types of networks that are known to be compatible with Picture Perfect To connect another type of network consult with your site network administrator A Consult first with your site network administrator before connecting any devices to an existing network 7 Connect any serial devices for example CCTV interface micro printer to the desired serial ports The cables can be connected to any of the serial ports on the serial adapter if one was ordered Only the first micro in each line of micros needs to be connecte
152. ng members and are degraded Container 0 RAID 5 Press lt Enter gt to accept current configuration Press lt Ctrl A gt for Configuration Utilities Press lt Ctrl H gt to pause the configuration messages 2 Press to accept the current configuration Result Messages similar to the following will display Container 0 RAID 5 33 9Critical 1 container found BIOS Installed Successfully Bootup continues The status of the container in the Container Configuration Utility will now show two disk drives and one listed as a missing member Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 8 35 Configuring RAID Arrays RAID 5 Dell 2600 or Dell PowerEdge 1800 The following instructions assume a Dell 2600 or Dell PowerEdge 1800 CPU 1800 MHz with three 18 GB drives and a Perc4 DI Controller Depending on your configuration the steps may differ slightly gt To configure the array 1 2 During the boot process press the M keys From the management menu choose Configure and then New Configuration At the Proceed prompt select YES and press Enter Mark three 3 drives to be included in the array by using the space bar Then press Enter The fourth drive should be highlighted Press the function key to make a hot spare select Yes and press Enter Next press the function key Press the space bar to select Press F10 select Accept and press Enter At the Save Configuration prompt select Yes and pres
153. nless you have previously archived it to the appropriate media Press lt ENTER gt to convert the Picture Perfect 2 0 database to match the Picture Perfect 4 0 layout or lt n gt to quit y n y If you have successfully backed up your Picture Perfect 2 0 database press to continue If you have not type n to quit and follow the procedures for backing up your database Result Messages similar to the following will display as the system converts your database Dropping history tables to free up dbspace Splitting badge table into badges and persons tables Altering database tables Please wait Database tables have been altered Re mapping PP 2 0 tables and records to PP 4 0 layout Updating persons table Updating badges table Remapping seed counter badges No records to update Updating apb xact table Updating temp category table Updating tables with default data Updating micro id field on door table Updating micro id field on reader table Updating micro id field on inputs table Updating micro id field on output table Updating alarm colors to 24 bit format Updating alarm color table No records to update Updating flags fields Updating route pt terminal table Updating bump terminal table Processing permission records Loading sys prof element and form prof element records Updating facility profile table Updating facperm relation table Processing facility rec prof re
154. nnel A RAID Channel B SCSI Press Escape twice Result A menu similar to the following will display Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 8 27 Configuring RAID Arrays T Reeve Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit Return to Setup 6 Choose Save Changes and Exit and press Enter Result The boot sequence will continue 7 Reboot the system When the prompt for the Configuration Utility displays type A Result A menu screen similar to the following will display r Perc 3 DI Controller 0 Container Configuration Utility SCSI Select Utility Disk Utilities 8 Select SCSI Select Utility and press Enter Result The Controller Configuration screen will display 9 Press again Result The Controller Interface Definitions screen will display 8 28 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Advanced Configuration eer ii Perc 3 DI Controller 0 Controller Configuration Controller Interface Definitions Drives Write Cache Disabled Runtime BIOS Enabled Automatic Failover Enabled Current Soft Error Settings Disabled NVRAM State Clean 10 Verify the settings displayed above Edit if necessary and save 11 Press twice Result A menu similar to the following will display r Perc 3 DI Controller 0 Container Configuration Utility SCSI Select Utility
155. non root account for your general use and su to gain root access when you need to fix something quickly These basic rules minimize the chances of a typo or incorrect command doing damage to your system WHide Help Release Notes Enter a password for the root user Root Password mt Confirm Figure 5 19 presti Set root password Back Next Set Root Password 44 Specify a password for root and confirm it by typing it a second time The recommended length for the root password is greater than 12 characters at least two of which should be alpha and one special or numeric For example 2bll 2bistheQ is a good choice for a password 45 Click Next to continue Result The Package Installation Defaults dialog is displayed Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 5 21 Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 Online Help Package Defaults Package Installation The default installation environment includes our recommended ackage selection including Defaults age k Desktop shell GNOME The installation program Administration Tools automatically chooses package aeneon Y p 9 Web Server groups to be installed on the Windows File Server SMB system Select Accept the current package list to accept the default package groups and to continue If you are familiar with Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS you may with the installation process have specific
156. nue Result The System User dialog displays Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 5 31 Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 System User Date and Time It is recommended that you create a system username for regular non Display administrative use of your system To create a system username please provide Red Hat Login the information requested below Why Register Create Login ne Activate Full Name System User Sound Card Erewan Additional CDs Confirm Password Finish Setup If you need to use network authentication such as Kerberos or NIS please click the Use Network Login button Use Network Login Aea box Figure 5 29 System User 59 Since a user account will be created during the installation of the Picture Perfect base package it is not necessary to create an account now Click Next to continue 60 Ignore the warning dialog that recommends that you create a personal account Click Continue to continue Result The Additional CDs dialog displays 5 32 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 tw Additional CDs Date and Time Please insert the disc labeled Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras to allow for Display installation of third party plug ins and applications You may also insert the Red Hat Login Documentation disc or other Red Hat provided discs to install additional software at
157. o portion of rootvg should exist on a disk array AIX Version 5 2 or later is required for PCI 4 Channel Ultra3 SCSI RAID Adapter To verify if the PCI 4 Channel Ultra3 SCSI RAID Adapter software is already installed For detailed 1 instructions on how to log on see Logging on di on page 1 8 For detailed 3 instructions on mounting unmounting a CD see Mounting and Unmounting a Device on page 1 10 Log on as root Type lslpp 1 devices pci 14102d00 rte Result If the software is not installed the following message is displayed lslpp 0504 132 Fileset devices pci 14102e00 rte not installed Insert the installation CD into the CD ROM drive and if necessary mount the CD Result The software can either be installed from the command line or using SMIT Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 8 13 Configuring RAID Arrays gt To install from the command line Type cfgmgr i devicename gt To install using SMIT 1 6 Type the following command smitty Using the arrow key move down to the menu item Software Installation and Maintenance then Install and Update Software and finally Install and Update Software by Package name Press and select Input Device Press and select Devices to Install Result A list of install images on the CD will display Select devices pci 14102e00 ALL and then press to begin the installation process Press to exit SMIT
158. o and to continue Result The Installation and Settings screen will display again Review the settings and type o to accept or type the number of the one s you want to change When you are satisfied with the settings press Enter Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 4 3 Install AIX Phase 1 If you are installing over a previous operating system an additional screen displays Overwrite Installation Summary Select 1 and press to continue Result The installation process will begin and messages will display on the screen as filesets are loaded from the CD s This will take a while depending on your system capabilities When the installation is complete the system will reboot Configure AIX DM If you are using a non graphical terminal see below DM If you are using a graphical terminal see page 4 7 gt Ifyou are using a non graphical terminal 1 Select this terminal as the console and enter the appropriate terminal type for example ibm3151 and press Enter Result The Software License Agreement displays Highlight Accept License Agreement and press Enter Result The Accept License Agreement displays Highlight Accept Installed License Agreement Press to select Yes and press Enter Press F3 several times to return to the Installation Assistant menu Highlight Set Date and Time and press Enter Result The Set Date and Time screen displays Highlight Change Show Date Time and pre
159. o tab 2 Click Find to display all micro records or to limit the results enter specific search criteria in the Description field and then click Find 3 If the Firmware Version field on the bottom left portion of the Micro tab is blank this Micro has NOT been reset Toreset a micro from Picture Perfect 1 From the Picture Perfect primary navigation menu select Configuration then Micros then the Micro tab 2 Click Find to display all micro records or to limit the results enter specific search criteria in the Description field and then click Find 3 Click the Advanced Features tab 4 On the bottom left of the Advanced Features tab click Reset Now 6 28 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Picture Perfect Perform Necessary Restorations and Updates Upgrades Only AIX Save Operators In previous versions of Picture Perfect operator passwords were maintained by the operating system Since the operators no longer have a corresponding operating system account you must re assign all operator passwords For detailed instructions on how to log on see Logging on on page 1 8 Perform the following steps to re assign all passwords 1 2 Log on to Picture Perfect as install Select Control Operators then Operators tab From the tool bar click Find Q Result The record list window or data grid shows the results of search operations The first operator record displayed wi
160. ocks Do you want to install the Picture Perfect TOURS Package y n y 9 Enter y to continue the installation or n to cancel installation Result Messages similar to the following will display Refer to the appropriate installation guide for the package you are installing for further information Picture Perfect Multi package Installation Version 1 7 3 24 03 Copyright C 1991 2007 GE Security Installing from image in mnt cdrom pp 661 blocks kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk The Guard Tours Installation Procedure kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk 6 26 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Picture Perfect For detailed 10 instructions on mounting unmounting a CD see Mounting and Unmounting a Device on page 1 10 The installation performs the following steps 1 Ensures that the Picture Perfect base package is installed Determine if there is adequate disk space Creates the necessary database space Loads the Guard Tours software Creates the necessary database tables uk WN When this script asks you questions a default answer is shown in brackets next to the question To use the default answer press lt Enter gt in response to the question Otherwise type one of the other suggested responses n means no and y means yes Continue the installation y When you have completed your installation unmount the
161. of the selected packages Note If for some reason you would rather not continue with the installation process this is your last opportunity to safely cancel the Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 5 23 Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 process and reboot your machine Once you press the Next button partitions will be written and packages will be installed If you wish to abort the installation you should reboot now before any existing information on any hard drive is rewritten To cancel this installation process press your computer s Reset button or use the Control Alt Delete key combination to restart your machine 50 Click Next to continue Result The installation wizard will proceed to install your system This may take about 15 minutes The progress will be shown on the screen and you will be prompted to enter the CDs in the following order 2 3 4 1 You should now see a screen preparing you for the installation of Red Hat Linux For your reference a complete log of your installation can be found in root install logonce you reboot your system Result When you are done the Congratulations dialog displays 51 Click Reboot and allow the system to reboot Note If during the reboot process you are prompted to change system permissions tab to the entry labeled DO IT and press Enter Result When the reboot is complete the Welcome dialog displays 5 24 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation M
162. ogical Volume Manager has a limit of 1016 physical partitions per physical volume For the default physical partition size of 4MB this translates to a maximum physical volume size of approximately 4GB Larger physical volumes can be configured by increasing the physical partition size You will know you have exceeded the 016 physical partitions per physical volume hdisk if you receive this message while trying to create a volume group on a disk array 0516 862 mkvg Unable to create volume group 8 16 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Advanced Configuration 6 After you have selected all the drives press Enter Result If the Initialize Parity parameter was set to yes it will automatically initialize the disk in the background gt To add a Hot Spare 1 Type the following command smitty dev Enter 2 Using the arrow key move down and select the menu item Change Show PCI SCSI RAID Drive Status 3 Select Add a Hot Spare Drive 4 Select the PCI 4 Channel Ultra3 SCSI RAID Adapter you want to work with and press Enter 5 Select the drive to be the hot spare and press Enter The drive state will transition to Hot Spare On subsequent drive failures reconstruction of failed drives occur automatically Troubleshooting Refer to the PCI 4 Channel Ultra3 SCSI RAID Adapter Reference Guide for problem determination recovery and replacing a failed drive RAID 1 Mirroring hdiskO and hdisk1 On a new
163. ond field of each line represented in the format AA BB CC DD The last half of the address CC DD is significant to assure RAN box port number to tty line mapping is maintained during the re defining effort These two fields contain information pertinent to how the ttys are mapped The first field CC specifies which channel of the 128 port adapter card and address the RAN box was programmed to use You should match this up on your system along with the device name sa2 sa3 and so on when re defining the ttys Most important is the last field DD This is the RAN box port on which this tty is defined You should take extreme care when re defining the ttys to map them exactly as they were mapped previously Use the information contained in the ppconf report for referencing how the ttys were mapped Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 6 33 Configuring the Operating System for a Different Language Configuring the Operating System for a Different Language AIX Configuring AIX The AIX operating system should also be configured to use the desired language cultural conventions and translations For detailed instructions on how to log in see Logging on on page 1 8 To configure the AIX operating system to operate with non English cultural conventions translations or a non English keyboard perform these steps 1 2 Log on as root and type smitty chlang A screen will appear with the entry Change Sho
164. ontinue Select Yes and press Enter If there is an older configuration a message similar to the following displays Detected an old dgap configuration Back it up to etc dgab conf bak Select Yes and press Enter A message similar to the following displays The port names will look like ttya01 where a is an ID letter that can be different for each port and 01 is the port number You can have install script pick ID letters for you assigning letters consecutively a b c d and starting over from the beginning when it runs out of letters or you can choose them manually Do you want ID letters picked for you Select Yes and press Enter A message similar to the following displays How many adapters do you wish to install Select 1 Select OK and press Enter A message similar to the following displays What type of adapter do you have Select Acceleport Xem PCI Select OK and press Enter B 4 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 A message similar to the following displays How many modules are connected to the adapter Select 1 Select OK and press Enter A message similar to the following displays How many ports are on EBI module 1 Enter the number that corresponds to the number of ports you have For example 8 or 16 Select OK and press Enter A message similar to the following display
165. ontrol then Backup 2 Specify whether you are backing up to Diskette Tape or Disk File Do not use the Disk File option if you will be loading a new operating system unless your data is moved to another server 3 Insert the tape or diskette on which you want to store the backup 4 Click Badge and Base Then click Execute Wait for the device drive LED to turn green 5 Repeat the backup steps for the remaining packages selecting only one at a time For example if you have Alarm Graphics back up Badge and Base on one tape and then Alarm Graphics on a separate tape 6 When you have completed your backups exit the Backup form Note Perform backups twice in the event the first one is corrupted Archive History and Force Rollover Archiving is an optional function however during conversion no history is converted or backed up so all history will be lost In preparing for conversion you may want to archive each history table if they haven t already been archived force a rollover of history tables and then archive again to capture the remaining transactions in each of the history tables Picture Perfect uses two history tables for each type of history When one fills up it is renamed to history tmp and the archive notification window for that table displays When you archive you are actually copying the history tmp table to tape or diskette Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 3 5 Back Up Database Config
166. ople Personnel tab b Inthe Last Name field type the last name of a known person and click Find The system returns the appropriate badge information for that badgeholder For a new installation Click Configuration Alarms b Click Find The system returns a series of default alarm records c Verify that the Shared Memory Low alarm appears in the list d Click OK Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 6 23 Installing Optional Packages and Interfaces Installing Optional Packages and Interfaces a Install If you install additional packages or interfaces it is necessary to shut down optional Picture Perfect before beginning the new installation packages Table 6 3 Installation Options Option Description b Install only the Picture Perfect base package i Select and install only from P icture Perfect Interfaces allegiant allplex alphacom amdyn cbas commend cstation est firesine grundig javelin kalatel maxpro notifier oh_receiver panasonic panasonic550 pelco pelcob ran scs simplex stentofon stentofon9600 stentofon_mch univ_intr viper 0 Select and install Optional Base packages base eif graph image impexp netlan pprs subhost tours p Select and install patches if present a Select and install from ALL Picture Perfect packages V Run in verbose mode if present extra debug is provided u Install additional filesets required by Picture P erfect Exa
167. or use with Picture Perfect RAID 1 Mirroring Dell 2500 on page 8 19 RAID 1 Mirroring Dell 2600 or Dell PowerEdge 1800 on page 8 26 RAID 5 Dell 2500 on page 8 27 RAID 5 Dell 2600 or Dell PowerEdge 1800 on page 8 36 RAID 1 Mirroring Dell 2500 The following instructions assume a Dell 2500 CPU 1000 MHz with two 18 GB drives and a Perc 3 DI Controller Depending on your configuration the steps may differ slightly gt To configure the system type as RAID 1 1 2 Boot the system and press E to access the system BIOS Navigate to the Integrated Devices field and press Enter Select the Embedded SCSI Controller option Use the key or the left right arrow to cycle through the list choices and choose RAID Result The display will change similar to the following Embedded SCSI Controller RAID enabled Channel A RAID Channel B SCSI Press Escape twice Result A menu similar to the following will display Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 8 19 Configuring RAID Arrays T Reeve Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit Return to Setup 6 Choose Save Changes and Exit and press Enter Result The boot sequence will continue 7 Reboot the system When the prompt for the Configuration Utility displays press A Result A menu screen similar to the following will display r Perc 3 DI Controller 0 Container
168. ot Loader Configuration dialog will be displayed Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 5 13 Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 Online Help __ Boot Loader Configuration The GRUB boot loader will be installed on dev hda Change boot loader Boot Loader A Configu ration You can configure the boot loader to boot other operating systems It will allow you to select an operating system to boot from the list To add additional operating systems By default the GRUB boot which are not automatically detected click Add To loader will be installed on the change the operating system booted by default select system If you do not want to Default by the desired operating system install GRUB as your boot loader select Change boot Peli LU peice Add loader r Red Hat Enterprise Linux dev rootvg Edit You can also choose which OS Delete ifyou have more than one should boot by default Select iii ETEA EERTE AATE Default beside the preferred options passed to the kernel For greater system boot partition to choose your security it is recommended that you set a password default bootable OS You will not be able to move forward in the installation unless you choose a default boot image Change password Configure advanced boot loader options You may add edit and delete the boot loader entries by O
169. ou are installing the Linux operating system e Size MB Leave blank Note If a value of 1 displays this is acceptable Ignore it and proceed e Additional Size Options Fill to maximum allowable size 17 Click OK Result You are returned to the Disk Setup screen 18 Highlight the physical volume created in step 16 Figure 5 7 Online Help Partitioning x Disk Setup Drive dev hda Geom 784 255 63 Model WDC AC26400B Choose where you would like Whdaz das Red Hat Enterprise Linux to be 15028 MB 1019 MB installed If you do not know how to a a ees partition your system or if you F 7 S a 5 VA need help with using the E pase RAI L manual partitioning tools refer Mount Point Size to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Dee RAID Volume Wie Gee MB Sau End Installation Guide 7 Hard Drives V dev hda Fyouused automatic 9 dev hdal boot x v w 1 13 Lalita you ah pu er dev hda3 swap 1020 655 784 accep e current partition i LVMPV lt a settings click Next or modify the setup using the manual partitioning tool If you are manually partitioning uon will eaa vour lt gt Hide RAID device LVM Volume Group members B Hide Help 8 Release Notes q Back D Next Disk Setup Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 5 9 Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0
170. ould be used for the initial sequential number Refer to Configuring the Seed Counter option Enter Seed Counter starting number on page 8 9 to determine this value The system will now check your email configuration Note If any configuration issues are encountered such as no email routing or no DNS information a warning message similar to the following will display WARNING DNS etc resolv conf does not contain any nameserver entries Sendmail may not work properly Please consult your System Administrator If you plan to use the Email routing feature you should resolve any configuration problems after the installation completes When prompted enter the port number to use for the AppServer Manager The AppServer Manager is used for communication between the client and the JAVA servlet By default this port is 8075 however you should check with your IT department to ensure it is valid Enter the port number to use for the AppServer manager 8075 For the AppServer manager port you specified 8075 Is this correct y n y When prompted enter the start number for the Event Manager port range Event Manager ports are used for outbound communications from the server to the clients Since each web browser connection on a client workstation requires a port the server must know to which ports it can send data The default port range is 8085 through 8100 which provides 15 concurrent client s
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172. printer click the Add button enter the name of the alias and click Ok A printer can have more than one alias Queue Type The Queue Type tab shows the queue type that you selected when adding the printer and its settings You can change the queue type of the printer or just change the settings Depending on which queue type you choose you will see different options Driver The Driver tab shows which print driver is currently being used This is the same list used when adding the printer Driver Options The Driver Options tab displays advanced printer options Options vary for each print driver Common options include Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 7 37 Configuring your system for attached printers e Send FF stands for send form feed If the last page of your print job is not ejected from the printer for example the form feed light flashes try selecting this option If this does not work try selecting Send EOT instead Some printers require both Send FF and Send EOT to eject the last page e Send EOT stands for send end of transmission Refer to Send FF above e Assume Unknown Data is Text should be selected if your print driver does not recognize some of the data sent to it Only select it if you are having problems printing If this option is selected the print driver will assume that any data that it can not recognize is text and try to print it as text If you select this option and Convert Text to
173. r of records use the initial Initial 50 Initial 50 number of micros you expect to install immediately Maximum 60 Maximum after installing Picture Perfect For the maximum 200 number of records type the maximum number of micros you expect to install CAUTION If this is the network host in a Picture Perfect Enterprise system DO NOT use the default A settings for the micro table Instead when asked to enter the initial number of records enter 1 When asked to enter the maximum number of records enter 1 Badge History The badge history table size should be based onthe 500 000 2 000 000 expected number of transactions per day multiplied by the number of days of online badge transactions you require Alarm History The alarm history table size should be based onthe 500 000 1 000 000 expected number of alarm transactions per day multiplied by the number of days of online alarm transactions you require Operator History Some Picture Perfectsystems use the Import Export 250 000 500 000 Interface to maintain the database using a remote link Refer to the Picture Perfect Import Export Guide for further information Event History The event history table size should be based onthe 0 0 expected number of event transactions per day or or multiplied by the number of days of online event 250 000 See 250 000 See transactions you require CAUTION CAUTION below below CAUTION The Event History table is used only by the OH Receiver Interface package If you a
174. ration At the Proceed prompt select YES and press Enter Mark the drives to be included in the array at least two drives by using the space bar Then press Enter Next press the function key Press the space bar to select Press Fid select Accept and press Enter At the Save Configuration prompt select Yes and press Enter Press twice to return to the management menu 8 26 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Advanced Configuration gt To initialize the array Li 2 From the management menu select Initialize and press Enter Press the space bar to select the array Press the function key to start the process select Yes and press ED When the process has completed press three times to exit select Yes and press Enter Press Ctrl CAlt_ Delete to reboot your system RAID 5 Dell 2500 The following instructions assume a Dell 2500 CPU 1000 MHz with three 18 GB drives and a Perc3 DI Controller Depending on your configuration the steps may differ slightly gt To configure the system type as RAID 5 1 2 Boot the system and type E to access the system BIOS Navigate to the Integrated Devices field and press Enter Select the Embedded SCSI Controller option Use the key or the left right arrow to cycle through the list choices and choose RAID Result The display will change similar to the following Embedded SCSI Controller RAID Cha
175. re having problems using that driver edit the printer in printconf and select a different 7 34 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Configuring Peripherals driver Click Forward to continue Result The Finish and create the new print queue screen will display Click Apply if this is the printer you want to add or Back to modify your printer configuration Result The new printer will appear in the printer list in the main window 10 After applying the changes print a test page to ensure the configuration is correct Printing a Test Page gt To print a test page 1 2 From the printer list select the printer that you want to test From the Test pull down menu select either e US Letter Postscript Test Page e A 4 Postscript Test Page e ASCII Test Page If your printer does not support postscript printing choose to print the ASCII test page Modifying Existing Printers gt To delete an existing printer 1 2 Select the printer and click the Delete button on the toolbar Result The printer will be removed from the printer list Click Apply to save the changes and restart the printer daemon Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 7 35 Configuring your system for attached printers gt To set the default printer 1 2 Select the printer from the printer list Click the Default button on the toolbar Result The default printer icon y appears in t
176. re not A installing this Interface package set the number of records to zero If however this interface package will be used in the future set the table size NOW to 250 000 and lower the settings on the other tables accordingly Otherwise Picture Perfect will have to be re installed Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 6 7 Install Picture Perfect 4 0 Table 6 1 Table Sizing Continued Recommended Sizing 36GB Drive or more System History The system history table stores server statistics By 100 000 100 000 default an entry is made every sixty 60 seconds so a table size of 100 000 records will store approximately two months of server performance data Micro Relation The micro relation table contains an entry for each Initial Initial badge on each micro in control of an area to which 520 000 1 500 000 the badgeholder is allowed access For example if Maximum Maximum you have five micros and 8 000 badgeholders and 624 000 3 000 000 every badgeholder has access to every area there will be at the most 40 000 micro relation records If the average badgeholder has access to areas controlled by approximately half of the micros the micro relation table should be configured with 20 000 records In addition to badgeholders the micro relation table contains information on inputs outputs and readers CAUTION If this is the network hostin a Picture Perfect Enterprise system DO NOT use the defa
177. reen Cursor down to the Apply Change to Database Only and using the tab key set this field to Yes then press Enter Reboot the system Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 8 41 Changing the Media Speed of 10 100 Mbps Ethernet Cards on AIX 8 42 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Appendix A Backup Procedures for Optional Package Files This appendix includes information and backup procedures for optional and interface packages that are installed on your Picture Perfect system In this chapter AS Overview on page A 2 Editing the backup cfg Configuration File o page A 2 Verifying backup cfg on page A 2 n A 1 Overview Overview Optional and interface software packages require various data files for their operation These files are created during the software installation process and are summarized in Table A 1 on page A 4 Normal use of these software packages may result in changes to one or more of these files A backup should be done on a regular basis Editing the backup cfg Configuration File The configuration file backup cfg is located in cas db text This file contains the flat files to be backed up You can edit this file using a text editor such as vi if you have additional files you would like to back up You must precede each file or directory name with a package name followed by a colon anda space or tab This will cause the specified files to b
178. res Skipping site lists Done site forms Done If any illegal characters are found delete or change them from the records and return to step 1 on page 3 10 Re run the chkchars sh utility to make sure that there are no more illegal characters Check Micro Configuration The vmicro utility will check for illegal configurations of micros and will list the records containing them Torun vmicro The vmicro utility is loaded in the cas bin directory Type the following to run the vmicro utility vmicro Result If any illegal configurations are found messages similar to the following will display Checking database primary port mismatch micro 6 and micro 114 micro 6 is not upstream from micro 114 micro 7 is not downstream from micro 6 Fix any errors before continuing and return to step 1 Use the Devices Micros form to correct the configuration errors 3 12 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Converting Your Database Shut Down Picture Perfect Shutting down Picture Perfect prevents the micros from sending transactions during the conversion procedure 1 For detailed 2 instructions on how to log on see Logging on 3 on page 1 8 Have all operators log off If not already logged in as root log on as root On a standalone system to shut down Picture Perfect type the following rc pperf k On a redundant system type the following on the server running in ba
179. ress Enter the information required and click Next Your network settings will display If any of the settings are not correct you may click Back to return to that screen When you are satisfied click Next Result A message confirming that the configuration was successful will display Click Ok and you will be returned to the Configuration Assistant Change the selection to Exit the Configuration Assistant and click Next Result The Exit Configuration Assistant window will display Make sure Finish now and do not start Configuration Assistant when restarting the operating system is selected Then click Finish The AIX Login screen displays Log on as the root user Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 49 Install AIX Phase 2 Before you continue Verify that you have a minimum of 400MB free space available in your tmp directory To verify at the command prompt type Locate the entry for the tmp filesystem and note the size under the Free column If it is less than 400MB increase the size by typing chfs a size 400M tmp Erter If necessary call Customer Support for assistance Install AIX Phase 2 APPI x Note If you are reinstalling Phase 2 for any reason such as upgrading your Minufes operating system from a previous version of AIX you will need to remove the file aixinstall performed successfully You should have the following IBM provided CD sets to perform this ins
180. ress Enter Result A warning message similar to the following will display This will erase all existing container data Continue Yes No 3 Type y to continue Result The Main Menu will display Main Menu i Manage Containers Create Container Initialize Drives 4 Select Create Container and press Enter Result A list of disk units will display 5 Select each of the required disk units and press Enter Result The Container Properties screen will open 8 22 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Advanced Configuration _ Container Properties Container Type Volume Raid 0 Stripe Raid 1 Mirror Container Label Add label if desired Container Size 33 897 GB Chunk Size 64 KB Read Caching yes no y Write Caching Enable when protected Create Raid 5 Via NA DONE 6 Select the Container Type Raid 1 Mirror then press Enter 7 Adda Container Label if desired 8 Tab down to DONE and press Enter Result Messages similar to the following will display Creating container The container will not be redundant until the scrub is completed We recommend that you avoid using the container until the scrub is completed Press any key to continue 9 Press any key to continue Result The Main Menu will display Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 8 23 Configuring RAID Arrays li lies Main
181. s Is this configuration acceptable Select Yes and press Enter A message similar to the following displays The default setting for altpin is off is this acceptable Note The desired result is to have ALTPIN OFF Select Yes and press Enter A message similar to the following displays Would you like to load the driver with this configuration Select Yes and press Enter A message similar to the following displays The DGAPdriver has been loaded Select OK and press Enter The MPI menu displays Select Exit Exit MPI Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual B 5 Adding a digiboard 32 33 Select OK and press Enter The Picture Perfect Licensing Information screen displays There is no need to provide any information to GE because a key is already present Press to continue When the necessary updates are complete the system exits to the command prompt 34 Reboot the server by typing reboot Enter 35 36 A During the boot up YOU MUST PRESS A KEY within 30 seconds in order to perform the next step Select Configure and allow the boot sequence to continue For each new digiboard use the Picture Perfect user interface to populate the tty field with the proper values From the Configuration menu select Micros then click the Ports tab Examples of tty field values include dev ttyaol dev ttya02 dev ttyal6 Result The installation of your digiboards is
182. s Enter Press twice to return to the management menu gt To initialize the array 1 2 From the management menu select Initialize and press Enter Press the space bar to select the array Press the function key to start the process select Yes and press Ga When the process has completed press three times to exit select Yes and press Enter Press Cir CAlt_ Delete to reboot your system 8 36 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Advanced Configuration Configuring a Firewall port This section describes the ports used by the Picture Perfect system and how to configure your system for use through a firewall As with any application in order to establish communications through a firewall it will be necessary to allow for the appropriate protocols to pass through the firewall on the appropriate ports Listed below are the ports used by the various components of the Picture Perfect system Depending on the Picture Perfect components you have implemented you will have to configure the appropriate ports To ensure that the security of your firewall is not compromised open only those ports needed for your specific system configuration Table 8 3 Firewall Port Configuration Task Description Protocol Port Number Assignment Picture Perfect host operating system port mapper UDP TCP Fixed value of 111 that task cannot be changed Picture Perfect client Standard HTTP Default
183. s and digital output points are wired to micros and micros are connected to the host computer See Upstream and Downstream Mode A set of schedules that defines how the system operates and specifies the characteristics of readers areas doors and other system components See Operating Mode Modem Hardware device used to communicate between computer systems over telephone or other communications lines Monitoring See Door Forced Open and Shunt Offline A condition in which the micro is not communicating with the host computer Offline Reader A condition in which a reader is not enabled to release the doorstrike when a valid badge read occurs Access attempts at an offline reader can be routed to monitors printers and online history Online A micro is communicating with the host Online Reader A reader is enabled to release the doorstrike when a valid badge read occurs Access attempts at an online reader can be routed to monitors printers and online history Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual GL 9 Open Too Long See Door Open Too Long Operating Mode The mode associated with a set of schedules that defines system operating specifications Output A physical digital output DO that actuates devices such as a siren a doorstrike or lights which can be triggered by an output group Output Group A group of one or more outputs that can be triggered when activated by an associated input group Packet
184. s an available file system either mnt cdrom or mnt Change to the root directory by typing cd To copy the conversion programs to the tmp ppconversion directory type mnt cdrom INSTALL c mnt INSTALL c Unmount the media and remove the CD umount mnt cdrom umount mnt 3 8 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Converting Your Database Generate Backup Report of Picture Perfect Configuration The ppconf script is used to generate a report of your system You should save the report on your system as well as on a diskette This information includes a number of configuration elements including tty port definitions and can be used to rebuild your system in case of a catastrophic loss of data Note Informix must be running prior to executing this script Torun the ppconf script perform the following steps 1 If necessary type the following command to start Informix oninit Insert a DOS formatted diskette in your floppy drive Type the following commands cd tmp ppconversion ppconft Result You will be prompted for a file name for the report Enter a file name of 8 characters or less Result Messages similar to the following display Do you want to copy the report to floppy Y N If you respond yes in addition to being saved to the local hard drive the report will be saved to the floppy drive witha txt extension Messages similar to the following display Customer Name optional
185. s for you to type For example rc pperf k If an example ends with Enter type the command then press Enter For example rc pperf k Enter To reduce the confusion between similar numbers and letters namely the number 1 and the lowercase letter along with the number 0 and the letter O refer to the following list 1234567890 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopgrstuvwxyz Caution Provides information you should know to avoid potential problems before continuing The following graphic is displayed on the left side of the page A Warnings Provides information you MUST know to avoid consequences of a disastrous nature before continuing The following graphic is displayed on the left side of the page A Related Documentation e Picture Perfect 4 0 User Manual This manual includes information for the administrator to set up configure and manage the Picture Perfect database for the customer s facility e Picture Perfect 4 0 Enterprise Edition Installation Manual This document includes information regarding the installation and configuration of the network Picture Perfect host and subhosts as well as management of the networked system e Picture Perfect 4 0 Redundant Edition Installation Manual This manual provides instructions for the software installation configuration and operation of the Picture Perfect Redundant System PPRS software X Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Chapter 1 Ge
186. sion 2 4 21 4 EL AS ES or WS Picture Perfect 4 0 installation CD CPU one of the following e IBM pSeries 610 server e Intel based 2 0 GHz Pentium IV processor or higher Memory 1 GB RAM Disk Space 36 GB SCSI hard drive SCSI controller Network card Two 2 serial ports or multi port adapter Graphical monitor Linux ASCII terminal AIX 4x CD ROM Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 1 3 System Requirements The following hardware is optional O A A A O A Modem for connection to GE support Tape drive Battery backup UPS Printer Video card Mouse Client Consider the following minimum requirements when configuring a Picture Perfect 4 0 client A Java Plug in JVM 1 4 2_05 or later in the 1 4 2 series Note JVM 1 4 2_06 is available for download from the Picture Perfect webtop Web Browser Browser Versions Intemet Explorer 6 x Netscape Not certified at this time Mozillla Not certified at this time Note Running Picture Perfect on the main console using the server s browser is not supported Some functionality is lost and a significant amount of resources on the server is used Operating System OXS Service Pack Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4 or later Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 or later 14 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Getting Started CPU 2 GHz Pentium IV processor or higher Memory 512 MB RAM 1 GB recommended Disk Sp
187. sk and press 7 When all disks have been selected press Enter Result A form will display Complete the form as shown Stripe size 64 Enable Use of Hot Spares yes Choose hot spare no Allow Page Splits yes Enable fast write yes To complete the configuration press Enter Result A message similar to the following will display Notice that the operating system sees the RAID 5 array as one hard drive hdisk2 hdisk2 available Press to exit SMIT To return to SMIT type smitty vg Select Add a Volume Group and press Enter Result A form will display Complete the form as shown Volume Group Name casivg Physical Partition size 64 Physical Volume Name hdisk2 Activate Volume Group AUTOMATICALLY at system restart yes To create the Volume Group press Enter Result A confirmation message will display 8 12 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Advanced Configuration 25 26 27 Press to confirm your entries Press to exit SMIT Proceed with the installation of Picture Perfect Refer to Chapter 6 Installing Picture Perfect The installation script will know that multiple volume groups exist When requested select casivg at the prompt RAID 5 SCSI Array Before you begin note the following On a new system perform this configuration after installing AIX but before installing Picture Perfect The disk arrays do not support the root volume group rootvg N
188. ss Enter Result The Change Show Date Time screen displays Make changes as necessary to reflect the current day and time Press G5 Result The Command Status screen displays 4 4 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing AIX 5L 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Press F3 twice Result You will be returned to the Set Date and Time screen Highlight Change Time Zone Using System Defined Values Press CD Result A prompt will display asking if you want to Use Daylight Savings Time Highlight the appropriate choice and press Enter Result The CUT Coordinated Universal Time Time Zone submenu displays Highlight your time zone and press Enter Result The Change Time Zone screen displays To accept the system defined offsets for your time zone press Enter Result The Command Status screen displays Press F3 twice to return to the Installation Assistant menu Highlight Set Root Password and press Enter Result The Set Root Password screen displays Type the new password and then type it again to confirm the entry Press E Result The Installation Assistant screen will display Highlight Configure Network Communications and press Enter Result The Configure Network Communication menu will display Highlight TCP IP Startup and press Enter Result The Available Network Interfaces submenu will display Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 4
189. striped across a single physical disk in a disk array before accessing data on the next disk in the array The recommended value is 64 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 8 15 Configuring RAID Arrays Reconstruction Rate This parameter specifies the rate at which a drive reconstruction data rebuild will occur At a low rate the reconstruction will be performed at slower rate but the overall system performance will not be impacted during reconstructs The opposite is true if the rate is set to high Data Scrubbing This parameter specifies whether data scrubbing will be enabled on redundant level disk arrays created on this adapter A value of yes indicates that at a regular periodic interval a consistency check will be performed by the adapter on a small number of data stripes gt Tocreateor recreate a disk array 1 2 From the root prompt type smitty pdam Select the Create a PCI SCSI Disk Array option When prompted select a PCI SCSI RAID Adapter When prompted select the RAID level O Each disk array is allowed 1 to 16 physical SCSI disk drives 1 Each disk array is allowed 2 to 16 drives 5 Each disk array is allowed 3 to 16 drives SE Each disk array is allowed 4 to 16 drives When prompted use the arrow key to select each drive you want in the disk array and then press F7 to select PCI SCSI Disk Do not select all the drives or you will not be able to create a Hot Spare Drive Note The AIX L
190. sult The following screen will display Queue name Please enter a name for this queue Choose a short name that begins with a letter and contains no spaces Name printer About If you like you can enter a description of the printer to help you identify it more easily Short description Figure 7 13 Queue name 4 Enter a unique name for the printer in the Name field Valid character entries are specified on the screen 5 Click Forward to continue Result The following screen will display Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 7 29 Configuring your system for attached printers Queue type Select a queue type Locally connected y dev lp0 Rescan devices custom device Figure 7 14 Queue type 6 For the Queue Type select Locally connected and select the device The device is usually dev Ip0 for a parallel printer or dev usb Ip0 for a USB printer If no devices appear in the list click Rescan devices to rescan the computer or click Custom device to specify it manually Click Forward to continue Result A screen similar to the following will display The utility will try to detect which printer is attached to the printer device you selected and a list of drivers will be displayed If it detects the wrong printer or does not detect any printer you can manually select one Printer model Select the printer manufacturer and model HP
191. tallation 1 AIX 5L Operating System The number of CDs in this set will vary depending on the version but is usually between 6 and 8 CDs AIX SL Expansion Pack ATX SL Bonus Pack Optional AIX SL Documentation a OF OF OU AIX SL Update You should have the following GE provided CD sets to perform this installation UM Picture Perfect Version 4 0 Installation CD Picture Perfect v4 IBM AIX SL Utilities CD 4 10 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing AIX 5L 1 For detailed DE instructions on how to log on see Logging on 3 on page 1 8 4 For detailed 5 instructions on how to log on see Logging on on page 1 8 6 Th If the CD ROM drive is external power it on Result The LED on the CD ROM drive will light up If not already logged on log on as root If you are using a graphical terminal skip to step 5 If you are using a non graphical terminal set the console type by typing chdev 1 tty0 a term lt console type gt Erter substituting your console type for example ibm3151 Use the console type entered in step 1 under Configure AIX on page 4 4 Result A message will advise you that ttyo has been changed Log off by typing exit and pressing Enter Result You will be returned to the console login prompt Log on as root If you are using a graphical terminal open a terminal window by selecting Personal Applications from the toolbar on the bottom of
192. tandard user and programming interfaces developers can write programs that can be ported to other operating systems A language and the location in which it is used All languages in Picture Perfect are defined in terms of locale Each language has a unique locale identifier Picture Perfect uses the locale identifiers defined by AIX Refer to the Picture Perfect Operator s form for a list box of locale identifiers The procedure used by operators to identify themselves to the system To use the system an operator must log on with a Login Id and Password The Login Id is associated with a Permissions level that defines the functions an operator can perform A Password provides secondary validation for that operator A security procedure that protects the system from unauthorized use When an operator logs out the system displays the Login screen and requires the next operator to log on Logical Volume Management A kernel level subsystem for managing multiple storage devices Physical drive partitions are collected into logical volumes and provide dynamic resizing of logical volumes with the addition or removal of physical drives GL 8 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Glossary Message Transaction information that the system displays Micro See Microcontroller micro Microcontroller micro The metal box containing the circuitry that controls the opening and closing of doors Badge readers alarm point
193. ted then press Enter Are trailer pages wanted Press n then press Enter Name of print queue Press to select the value displayed in parentheses This should be the name of the printer that you most recently added If no value is displayed then you should type in a queue name which matches the printer name that is if the printer name is 1p0 then the printer queue should be 1p0 Make a note of this name This is the name of the printer as it will be specified to Picture Perfect Is this the default queue Press y then press Enter If you have more than one printer answer y for only one printer s queue and n to the others Result If all has gone well you should see a message like the one below Added print queue lpo0 In this example 4202 2 is the printer model added See Figure 7 2 and 1p0 is the name of the queue The printer and queue have now been added 22 Press to exit the SMIT utility 23 Repeat the procedure for each printer to be configured When all printers have been added the procedure is complete 7 20 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Configuring Peripherals Connecting a Parallel Printer to a Serial Port To connect a parallel printer to a serial port on the IBM server a serial to parallel adapter part number 1363110 and a serial printer to computer cable part number 320072001 are required This section describes the connection requirements 1 Set all the swit
194. text alphacom redundant cfg cas db text alphacom map cas db text alphacom_ata map amdyn American Dynamics CCTV Interface cas db text amdyn_comm_ cfg cas db text amdyn redundant cfg cas db text amdyn map A 4 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Table A 1 Optional Package Data Files Continued Package Data File Name Entries chas Siebe Environmental Control Interface cas db text cbas_ cfg cas db text cbas redundant cfg commend Commend Intercom Interface cas db text commend_ cfg cas db text commend redundant cfg You should also add the input file for cmdgen that you created cstation Central Station Interface cas db text cstation_comm_ cfg cas db text cstation map cas db text cstation input cas db text cstation_accounts table est EST Fire Alarm Interface cas db text est_ cfg cas db text est redundant cfg firesine Firesine Fire Alarm Interface cas db text firesine cfg cas db text firesine redundant cfg grundig Grundig VAZ300 CCTV Interface cas db text grundig_comm_ cfg cas db text grundig redundant cfg cas db text grundig map javelin J avelin J 0326HI CCTV Interface cas db text javelin_comm_ cfg cas db text javelin redundant cfg cas db text javelin map kalatel Kalatel KTD 312 CCTV Interface cas db text ktd_comm_ cfg cas db text kalatel redundant cfg cas db text ktd map cas db text
195. that you make a periodic check of the drives to avoid multiple drive failure 1 Stop and reboot the system Result During the bootup process you will see messages similar to the following Waiting for Array Controller 0 to start Array Controller started Controller Monitor V2 7 0 Build 3153 Controller kernel V2 7 0 Build 3153 Following SCSI ID s not responding ChA 0 0 or 0 1 Following containers have missing members and are degraded Container 0 Mirror Press lt Enter gt to accept current configuration Press lt Ctrl A gt for Configuration Utilities Press lt Ctrl H gt to pause the configuration messages Press to accept the current configuration Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 8 25 Configuring RAID Arrays Result Messages similar to the following will display Container 0 Mirror 16 94Critical 1 container found BIOS Installed Successfully No boot device available The status of the container in the Container Configuration Utility will now show only one disk drive and one listed as a missing member RAID 1 Mirroring Dell 2600 or Dell PowerEdge 1800 The following instructions assume a Dell 2600 or Dell PowerEdge 1800 CPU 1800 MHz with two 18 GB drives and a Perc4 DI Controller Depending on your configuration the steps may differ slightly gt To configure the array 1 2 During the boot process press M From the management menu choose Configure and then New Configu
196. the component s source code With the exception of certain image files identified in Section 2 below the license terms for the components permit Customer to copy modify and redistribute the component in both source code and binary code forms This agreement does not limit Customer s rights under or grant Customer rights that supersede the license terms of any particular component 2 Intellectual Property Rights The Software and each of its components including the source code documentation appearance structure and organization are owned by Red Hat and others and are n L_nentactad undar conurinht and othar lawie Titla ta tha Cofhuara Yes agree to the License Agreement O No I do not agree Select Yes agree lt d Back Figure 5 23 License Agreement 53 Select Yes I agree to the License Agreement Click Next to continue Result The Date and Time dialog displays 5 26 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 Welcome License Agreement Date and Time Display Red Hat Login Why Register Create Login Activate System User Sound Card Additional CDs Finish Setup Date and Time Please set the date and time for the system Time Current Time 18 37 40 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Hour 18 Select current date time Minute 36 Second 44 lt p ep ep
197. the largest obstacles for a new user during a Linux installation is partitioning Red Hat Enterprise Linux makes this process easier by providing automatic partitioning By selecting automatic partitioning you will not have to use partitioning tools to assign mount points create partitions or allocate space for your installation To partition manually choose the Disk Druid partitioning tool Use the Back button to choose __ Disk Partitioning Setup a X 4 T Hide Help B Release Notes Automatic Partitioning sets partitions based on the selected installation type You also can customize the partitions once they have been created The manual disk partitioning tool Disk Druid allows you to create partitions in an interactive environment You can set the file system types mount points partition sizes and more Automatically partition Manually partition with Disk Druid Figure 5 4 Disk Partitioning Setup 7 Choose Manually partition with Disk Druid and then click Next Result The Disk Setup dialog is displayed 5 6 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 If you are reinstalling an Online Help Partitioning Disk Setup Drive dev hda Geom 784 255 63
198. the nearest city in your timezone Selection Set your time zone by selecting your computer s physical location On the interactive map click on a specific city marked by a yellow dot and a red X appears indicating your selection You can also scroll through the list of locations to select your desired time zone Location Description S elect time America Nassau You can also select the America New_York Eastern Time zone System Clock uses UTC America Nipigon Eastern Time Ontario amp Quebec places tl option UTC also known as ba GMT allows your system to q 2 properly handle daylight 4 System clock uses UTC i iti Ghide Help Release Notes Back Next Figure 5 18 Time Zone Selection 41 Select the appropriate time zone 42 If your time zone incorporates Daylight Savings Time select the check box titled System clock uses UTC Note If it is necessary to adjust the date time execute the dateconfig command after the Linux installation is complete 43 Click Next Result The Set Root Password dialog is displayed 5 20 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 The root account is used for administering the system Set Root Password Use the root account only for administration Once the installation has been completed create a
199. tifying your system provided above CEZZEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZA Li Do you want to install the PICTURE PERFECT license key now y n y Enter the license key that was obtained from J Ra GE Security HHH FHHEEEEH 444444444 4 Figure 6 1 Licensing Information Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 6 9 Install Picture Perfect 4 0 t Install license key 15 As described in Software License Key on page 1 6 a software key must be installed for Picture Perfect to function properly If you have your license key or can get one immediately you should type y and press Enter Otherwise you can run cas bin pplicense ata later time after the installation is complete Result If you choose to install the key now you will be prompted with Enter the license key that was obtained from GE Security 16 Enter the software key you obtained from GE and press Enter The installation message will tell you when your software key expires Figure 6 2 Expiration date No Readers 256 Operators 15 Image Workstations 0 Licensed products Base only J Figure 6 2 License Key Installation Message 17 As prompted press to continue 6 10 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Picture Perfect t Install database 18 19 Picture Perfect requires a database to be installed for it to function proper
200. tion Changing the option settings later can cause difficulties If enabled three new fields will appear on the Badges form Reissue Count Reprint Count and Unique Id Reissue Count This is the number of times the badge has been reissued A new badge will set the Reissue Count to 00 Subsequent reissues of the badge will increment the number storing it to the badge Reissued records re use the same Unique Id number to tell that the badge belongs to the same person The maximum number of times a badge may be reissued is 99 If the maximum is exceeded a new Unique Id is created for the badge and the Reissue Count is reset to 00 This field is view only you can perform a search but it cannot be edited Reprint Count This is the number of times the badge has been printed A new badge will set the Reprint Count to 00 Anytime the badge is printed or previewed the badge will increment the number storing it to the badge Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Advanced Configuration The maximum number of times a badge may be reprinted is 99 If the maximum is exceeded a new Unique Id is created for the badge and the Reprint Count is reset to 00 This field is view only you can perform a search but it cannot be edited Unique Id The seed counter assigns a unique number to each badge This unique number consists of two parts the Workstation Id and the Sequential Counter This field is view only you can perform a searc
201. tion between the Picture Perfect client and the host database It can be enabled disabled by executing the DbSecComm script at a later time At the command prompt type DbSeccomm L samne E ne Sudanese to turn it On DbSecComm 0 2 cece ecw ee eee eee ee eee to turn it Off 10 Answer y to encrypt database communication between the host and the client or n if encryption is not required 11 Prompts will require you to answer questions regarding the size of various tables such as badge person notes micro badge history alarm history operator history event history system history micro relation category and department For help in determining the size of these tables refer to the Table 6 1 The numbers shown in the table for an 18GB drive indicate the maximum number of records that can be specified for this Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 6 5 Install Picture Perfect 4 0 12 13 size drive The numbers in the 36GB or more column are examples but these may be adjusted as you need Press to accept the default values or if you wish to increase or decrease the table size type n and press Enter Result If you typed n a prompt similar to the following will display Enter the initial number of records Enter a number and press Enter Do not include commas in this number Result A prompt similar to the following will display Enter the maximum number of records Enter a number that you expect to
202. to upgrade your system or perform a fresh installation If you choose to upgrade your system make sure that the version of Red Hat Linux being upgraded is correct To customize packages during your upgrade select the Customize packages to be upgraded checkbox To perform a fresh installation select Perform a new Red Hat Linux installation Once you have made your _ Upgrade Examine Hide Help D Release Notes lt Perform an upgrade of an existing installation Choose this option if you would like to upgrade your existing Red Hat Linux system This option will preserve the existing data on your drives The following Red Hat product will be upgraded Red Hat Linux 8 0 dev hda2 Customize packages to be upgraded Perform a new Red Hat Linux installation Choose this option to install your system from scratch Depett ig how you choose to partition your system the existing data on your drives may or may not be preserved Figure 5 3 Install Options Select Perform a new installation 6 Select Perform a new Red Hat Linux installation in order to perform a full installation of the server Then click Next Result The Disk Partitioning Setup dialog displays Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 5 5 Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 Online Help Disk Partitioning Setup One of
203. to use for the Request manager 8088 For the Request manager port you specified 8088 Is this correct y n y Note AIX SL Version 5 3 uses this port for another service you will get an error message informing you that this port has already been used Select another port for example 8089 Result A prompt similar to the following displays Do you wish to configure support for external interfaces for example Facility Commander y n n 6 16 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Picture Perfect 39 40 41 42 43 44 If you will not be installing external interfaces and do not want to configure EIF support type n and skip to step 45 If you want to configure EIF support select y Result You will need to respond to a series of questions Enter the hostname of the Facility Commander server fcserver1 Enter the hostname of the external interface server The Facility Commander server s hostname specified is fcserverl Is this correct y n y Type y to confirm your entry A prompt similar to the following displays Enter the port number FC is listening on 8085 As prompted enter the port number that the external interface server uses to communicate with Picture Perfect By default this port is 8085 however you should check with your IT department to ensure it is valid The Facility Commander listening port is
204. try Fields TTY type tty TTY interface rs232 Description Asynchronous Terminal Parent adapter sa2 PORT number BAUD rate 9600 PARITY none BITS per character 8 Number of STOP BITS 1 TERMINAL type dumb FLOW CONTROL to be used xon MORE 13 io A Figure 8 3 Adda TTY Data Entry Form Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 8 39 Changing the Media Speed of 10 100 Mbps Ethernet Cards on AIX 9 Change the settings as indicated in the following steps and leave the other fields with their default values Move the cursor to the Port Number field to select the port to which the micro line will be connected Press 4 then select from the choice s displayed To make a selection highlight the port you want and press Enter If multiport adapters are being used the ports are numbered sequentially and should be labeled on the RS 232 connector Result After pressing Enter the choice you selected should be the value displayed in the field Press to configure AIX for the micro line that is connected to the port you specified To add another micro line press F3 and repeat the procedure from step 3 When the last tty has been added press to exit SMIT When all of the ports have been configured the procedure is complete Changing the Media Speed of 10 100 Mbps Ethernet Cards on AIX The 10 100 Mbps Ethernet cards on newer IBM servers have a default Media Speed of Auto Negotiate In some ne
205. tting Started This chapter covers the background information needed to successfully install your Picture Perfect system It includes a Quick Start Guide system requirements licensing information and some commonly performed procedures that you will be required to perform In this chapter Quick Start Guide on page 1 2 System Requirements on page 1 3 Software License Key on page 1 6 Logging on on page 1 8 Mounting and Unmounting a Device on page 1 10 1 1 Quick Start Guide Quick Start Guide New Installation Connect Hardware See Chapter 2 Install Operating System e AIX See Chapter 4 e Linux See Chapter 5 v Install Picture Perfect See Chapter 6 Upgrade Flash Micros See Chapter 3 amp Convert Database See Chapter 3 4 e Install New Operating System e AIX See Chapter 4 e Linux See Chapter 5 amp Install Picture Perfect See Chapter 6 amp Reset Micros See Chapter 6 1 2 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Getting Started System Requirements Minimum Requirements Server Consider the following minimum requirements when configuring a Picture Perfect 4 0 server A LI Yoo o oo l One of the following operating system CD sets e IBM AIX 5L Version 5 2 up to ML08 e IBM AIX 5L Version 5 3 up to ML05 e Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 0 kernel version 2 6 9 5 EL AS ES or WS e Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 0 kernel ver
206. ture Perfect 1 5x 1 7 or 2 0 archived history can be read by the Picture Perfect 4 0 history report programs 3 6 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Converting Your Database Print SQL Statements During the installation of Picture Perfect 4 0 all of the SQL reports will be restored into a report category named Uncategorized Reports This includes the default reports and any custom reports you made Although your reports will be restored it is recommended that you print the SQL statements to keep as a backup For detailed instructions on how to log on see Logging on on page 1 8 Keep the following in mind when backing up and restoring reports Certain older SQL reports will not run due to syntax changes enhanced functionality and table field changes added in Picture Perfect 4 0 These reports will have to be fixed and saved before they can be run Because the Picture Perfect backup program uses the pipe symbol I as a record delimiter SQL reports containing this symbol as part of the SQL syntax cannot be restored Therefore it is necessary to remove the pipe symbol from any PPSQL reports prior to backing them up The old history reports are not converted and will have to be re written using the new reporting scheme Perform the following procedure to print out SQL statements 1 7 Log on to the graphical interface as an operator that has system permissions Even though Picture Perfect is not r
207. twork environments this feature exhibits an excessively slow response on X Terminals To alleviate this the Media speed should be set to the actual LAN speed of the network If after installing Picture Perfect 4 0 you experience this symptom please contact your company s network group to determine the LAN speed of the segment in which the IBM server is located It will be one of the following 10 Half 10 Full 100 Half 100 Full 8 40 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Advanced Configuration For detailed instructions on how to log on see Logging on on page 1 8 gt To set the speed of the Ethernet card using the SMIT utility 1 2 At the Picture Perfect host log on as root To access the main menu of the SMIT utility type the following commands su root smitty Make the following selections from the main menu and submenus in this order e Devices e Communications e Ethernet Adapter e Adapter e Change Show Characteristics of an Ethernet Adapter Result A list of the installed Ethernet cards will be displayed Select the card for example ent0 Enter On the Change Show Characteristics of an Ethernet Adapter screen cursor down to the Media Speed Auto Negotiate field Press F4 Result A list of speeds will be displayed Select the speed that applies to your network and press Enter Result You are returned to the Change Show Characteristics of an Ethernet Adapter sc
208. ult A settings Instead when asked to enter the initial number of records enter 100 When asked to enter the maximum number of records enter 100 Category For the initial number of records use the initial Initial 7 500 Initial 7 500 number of categories you expect to create Maximum Maximum immediately after installing Picture Perfect For the 8 500 8 500 maximum number of records type the maximum number of categories you expect to create Department For the initial number of records use the initial Initial 7 500 Initial 7 500 number of departments you expect to create Maximum Maximum immediately after installing Picture Perfect For the 8 500 8 500 maximum number of records type the maximum number of departments you expect to create a These sizings apply only to the base package and must be decreased to allow for optional packages such as Imaging or Guard Tours 6 8 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Picture Perfect b Onan Enterprise system the size of these tables on the network host should at a minimum be larger than the largest subhost table and sized to maintain the combined online history information from all of the subhosts for the desired time period On a Redundant Picture Perfect system these tables should be the same size on both hosts in the system For the initial number of records use the initial number you expect to create immediately after installing
209. unning you can log on since Informix is running From the Picture Perfect Main menu select Reports then SQL From the Reports menu select Open Select a report and click Ok From the Reports menu select Print SQL Repeat the above procedure step 3 through step 5 for each report to be printed When finished exit the SQL form If you customized any of the files in the home directory you may want to make a copy of them also as the new operating system installation will overwrite these files Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 3 7 Copy Conversion Utility Copy Conversion Utility The following steps should be performed on the Picture Perfect 2 0 server This will copy the conversion utility programs from the Picture Perfect 4 0 CD to the Picture Perfect 2 0 server For detailed instructions on how to log on see Logging on on page 1 8 Linux Linux Linux 1 2 Have all operators log off Log on as root Result You should see the root prompt Initialize your environment by typing the following command cas bin profile If not already done insert the Picture Perfect v4 Installation CD Linux or AIX depending on your operating system into the CD ROM drive Wait for the CD ROM LED to stop blinking before proceeding Mount the CD by typing mount mnt cdrom mount v cdrfs o ro dev cd0 mnt Verify that the CD is mounted by typing df k Result The CD should show up a
210. upgrade for Picture Perfect 2 0 Use eFlash from the server or use Flashtool to connect locally to the controller using a serial connection You can download the new firmware from the GE Security web site http www gesecurity com A Important information for firewall users If your installation requires ANY micro and its corresponding host to communicate through a firewall the firewall must be configured to allow for connections through the following ports 6767 6768 For further information concerning the configuration of firewall ports please refer to Configuring a Firewall port on page 8 37 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 3 3 Back Up Database Configuration and Custom Files Back Up Database Configuration and Custom Files Many of your files contain customizations and other user specific information that will be overwritten during the database conversion Taking the time now to make printouts or to create backup diskettes of these files will save you a lot of effort later on When you have completed this task store the printouts or diskettes in a safe location in case they are needed later as a troubleshooting reference Some of the information will be re entered after the installation of the operating system and the Picture Perfect software The sections that follow will guide you through the following processes 0 Back up Database 1 Archiving and Rollover History O Print SQL Statements Back up D
211. uration and Custom Files gt Toarchive the current history tmp tables do the following 1 From the Picture Perfect Main menu select Control then Backup 2 Click the Archive radio button Result The Archive window shows a list of history types 3 Specify whether you are backing up to Diskette Tape or Disk File if the file cas db text diskfile cfg exists A Do not use the Disk File option if you will be loading a new operating system unless your data is moved to another server 4 Insert the tape or diskette on which you want to store the backup 5 Click Badge Alarm or Operator select only one at a time Then from the toolbar click Execute gt To capture the history records not yetin history _tmp a history rollover must be forced 1 Select the history table for archive and then select the force rollover option 2 Once the force rollover option is selected click Execute This causes the history data to be copied to the history tmp table gt To force a history rollover of the current history tables do the following 1 From the Picture Perfect Main menu select Control then Backup 2 Click the Archive radio button 3 Specify whether you are backing up to Diskette Tape or Disk File if the file cas db text diskfile cfg exists 4 Insert the tape or diskette on which you want to store the archive 5 Click Badge Alarm or Operator 6 Click Force Rollover and then press Execute Note Pic
212. ure the tapes are not write protected or e Several blank diskettes the number is site dependent for backing up the newly converted 2 0 database in cba format make sure the diskettes are formatted e Because the format of 2 0 user customization files is different than that of 4 0 they cannot be converted Print your user customizations if any of the NLS or meaning to hard copy so that they may be manually restored on the Picture Perfect 4 0 system when you create your Custom Forms 1 Picture Perfect must be running on the host and in the case of an Enterprise or Redundant system on all hosts Note If your site uses global Antipassback the system registers whether someone is in or out If you perform a conversion the last status will be enforced when the system is restored To avoid potential problems we recommend that you set Antipassback to Passive on the Areas form prior to running the conversion Update the Micro Firmware Picture Perfect 4 0 is compatible with the following micros Micro 5 PX Micro 5 PXN Micro 5 PXNplus Micro PX 2000 Micro PXN 2000 and M2000PXNplus The Micro 5 P and Micro 4 P have been discontinued and cannot be used with Picture Perfect 4 0 If your current firmware is at version 2 0 or later you may use eFlash to flash your micros with application code version 4 0 However we recommend that you upgrade the system soon after flashing the controllers Version 4 0 firmware was not intended as an
213. value of 80 Secure SSL enabled HTTPS Default value of 8080 Standard Picture Request Mgr TCP Serverto client Default value of 8088 Perfect EIF Event Mgr TCP Clientto server Default value of 8085 communication 8100 Picture Perfect AppServer Mgr TOMCAT TCP Client to server Application Server Standard Default value of 8075 communication Secure SSL enabled Default value of 8443 Picture PerfectClient Standard TCP Clientto server Default 1960 database connection Secure SSL enabled Default 1970 Micro 5 PXN Standard TCP Micro to server Fixed value of 6767 communications DES key exchange Fixed value of 6768 Micro 5 Flash download TCP Fixed value of 7777 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 8 37 AIX Configuring AIX for Micro Lines Direct or Dial Up Configuring AIX for Micro Lines Direct or Dial Up For detailed instructions on how to log on see Logging on on page 1 8 1 Log on as root If you are already logged on as root type the command ca Ge Continue with step 2 Type smitty maktty Enter Result The SMIT utility will load and a list of TTY types will be displayed Figure 8 1 TTY Type Move cursor to desired item and press Enter tty rs232 Asynchronous Terminal tty rs422 Asynchronous Terminal Figure 8 1 List of TTY Types Select the tty type by using the up and down arrows to highlight tty rs232 then press Enter Result A list of parent adapters for each
214. version Utility 3 20 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Chapter 4 Installing AIX 5L This chapter includes information needed to successfully install the AIX operating system on an IBM pSeries server In this chapter Overview on page 4 2 Install AIX Phase 1 on page 4 2 Install AIX Phase 2 on page 4 10 4 1 Overview Overview An overview of the entire process is shown in the following steps DM Install AIX Phase 1 M Install AIX Phase 2 C1 If applicable to your system configure RAID See Configuring RAID Arrays on page 8 10 Install AIX Phase 1 Picture Perfect 4 0 has been certified to run on AIX 5L Version 5 2 and Version 5 3 References to AIX SL cover both versions The instructions that follow are based on AIX 5 3 but are very similar to the steps required for AIX 5 2 You should have the following AIX CD sets from IBM to perform this installation 1 AIX 5L Operating System The number of CDs in this set will vary depending on the version but is usually between 6 and 8 CDs AIX SL Expansion Pack ATX SL Bonus Pack Optional AIX SL Documentation a O OF OU AIX SL Update 1 If necessary power down your IBM pSeries server by typing the following shutdown Fh now 2 Turn on the system unit Note Any external devices CD ROM drive monitor etc attached to the IBM pSeries server must be powered on before the server is powered on 4 2 Picture
215. vides complete access to your system and does no security checking Security checking is the disabling of access to certain services This should only be selected if you EiHide Help Release Notes Figure 5 16 Enable SELinux Disabled v Firewall Configuration Disabled 35 Select the No firewall option button 36 37 Select Disabled for SELinux Click Next Result A warning dialog displays 5 18 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 38 Click Proceed to close the warning Result The Additional Language Support dialog is displayed Online Help Additional Language Support IS Select the default language for the system English USA Set the defaultto English Additional Language Su ppo rt Select additional languages to install on the system U SA Eia el Select AII Select a language to use as the English Great Britain default language The default English Hong Kong Select Default Only language will be the language English India used on the system once English Ireland Reset installation is complete If you choose to install other languages itis possible to English New Zealand English Philippines Select English Si ia chan
216. w Cultural Convention Language or Keyboard highlighted Press Enter A screen will appear with the entry Primary CULTURAL Convention highlighted Press the key to obtain the list of cultural conventions and use the down or up arrow keys to highlight the language for example ISO8859 1 French fr_FR for the French language or ISO8859 1 Spanish es_ES for the Spanish language Press to accept that selection which will return you to the previous screen Use the down arrow key to highlight the Primary LANGUAGE Translation and press the key to obtain the list of language conventions Choose the desired language convention in the same manner as before and press to accept the selection If you are using a non English keyboard use the down arrow key to highlight the Primary KEYBOARD entry and press the key to obtain a list of the supported keyboards Use the down or up arrow keys to move through the list and find the correct entry for your keyboard Press to accept the selection After all selections have been made press to save the new settings After the settings have been saved press the key to exit SMIT The new AIX operating system language cultural conversions translations and keyboard support will take effect the next time you reboot the system The installation of Picture Perfect is now complete For more information on configuring your system setting up your database and setting up your micros please refer to the Picture Per
217. y Red Hat Login Why Register Create Login Activate System User Sound Card Additional CDs Finish Setup ViewSonic G773 2 with Matrox Millennium G450 Configure Veri fy Resolution 800x600 2 r information Color Depth Millions of Colors E lt Back Next Figure 5 26 Display 56 Red Hat Enterprise Linux auto detects your monitor and loads the correct driver If you would like to choose another driver click Configure and browse the list of available drivers Select the resolution of your screen and click Next to continue Note The recommended resolution is 1024 x 768 Result The Red Hat Login dialog displays Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 5 29 Installing Red Hat Linux 4 0 vw Red Hat Login Date and Time PIO 3 To activate the services included in your subscription with Red Hat and provide a Red Hat login Display Red Hat Login Why Register Login Create Login Activate Password l System User I don t have a Red Hat login need to create one Sound Card O Tell me why need to register and provide a Red Hat login Additional CDs Finish Setup Forgot your Red Hat login or password Find it at http www redhat com software rhn Need help Contact customer service at http www redhat com contact Network Configuration We value your privacy Read our Privacy Statement lt Back BD Next
218. z 2000C 2500C 2500CM 2563 Figure 7 15 Printer model 7 30 Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual Configuring Peripherals The printers are divided by manufacturers Click the arrow beside the manufacturer for your printer Find your printer from the expanded list and click the arrow beside the printer name If you do not know which one to use select the first one in the list If you are having problems using that driver edit the printer in printconf and select a different driver Click Forward to continue Result The Finish and create the new print queue screen will display Click Apply if this is the printer you want to add or Back to modify your printer configuration Result The new printer will appear in the printer list in the main window After applying the changes print a test page to ensure the configuration is correct Refer to Printing a Test Page on page 7 35 Adding a Remote UNIX Printer A UNIX printer is a printer attached to a different UNIX system that can be accessed over a TCP IP network for example a printer attached to another Red Hat Linux system on your network gt To add a remote UNIX printer 1 Launch the printconf utility Open a terminal window and at the root prompt type printconf gui Result A screen similar to the following will display Picture Perfect 4 0 Installation Manual 7 31 Configuring your system for attached printers

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