Setup V8

This post describes how to install DeMaSy on a new customer machine running with SQL Server.

Pre-installation

TeamViewer:

  • Add a new remote machine:
    • Get the TeamViewer Id from the customer and insert it in the ID property of the new machine.
    • Set the well known password.
    • Fill the Alias field with the customer name, the employee name (or server name) and the TeamViewer Id enclosed with parentheses.
    • Fill the Group field with the Licence Type from the Version licence of the customer.

Version:

  • If needed, complete the Technical comments box with the network drive mapping.

Setup download from FTP

  • Open Windows explorer and in the address bar type the name of the FTP server: ftp.sdna.lu
  • Right-click with the mouse in the file list area of the explorer so the Logon As form is displayed.
    • User name: upgrade
    • Password: the well known password
  • Open the DeMaSy 8.X folder and copy the Setup V8 subfolder to a folder on the client machine or server.

Setting up ODBC for Licence & DeMaSy databases

  • Open C:\Windows\SysWOW64 folder, locate the Odbcad32.exe program and run it.
  • Go to the System DSN tab and click on the Add button to create a new Data Source.
  • Select SQL Server as the driver.
  • The name of the data source should be the DBPath value that can be found in the corresponding Licence.ini file.
  • The Description field should have the same value as the data source name.
  • The SQL server name will be found in the Licence.ini file, DBName field, before the semi-colon.
    Click on the Next button.
  • On the next form, use SQL Server authentication. The Login ID should be DeMaSy and the password another well-known password.
    Click on the Next button.
  • Change the default database to Licence.
    Click on the Finish button.
  • For setting up the ODBC data source for DeMaSy repeat the steps above, using one of the INI files in the DeMaSySQL folder.

Running setup

  • In the DeMaSy 8.X folder that has been downloaded open the Setup V8 subfolder.
  • Run the UnZippAll script, so a folder will be created which name is “Old”
  • Run the DeMaSy executable.
  • After the setup is complete copy the DLL’s from the mapped network drive\DeMaSySQL\Bin folder to the C:\Program Files (x86)\Silicon DNA \DeMaSy folder