Installing Fixed Asset Manager for network use
This section explains how to install Fixed Asset Manager for network use.
To set up Fixed Asset Manager for network use, you must perform two separate operations:
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Install Fixed Asset Manager from a primary workstation (such as the network administrator’s workstation) to a network drive.
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After you install Fixed Asset Manager to the network drive, it is available to each workstation immediately.
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You can designate any workstation to be the primary workstation. However, once you determine which workstation will be the primary workstation, that workstation must remain the primary workstation.
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When you install Fixed Asset Manager on a network drive, you can take advantage of the following features:
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Users can store client files in one network directory, in a separate network directory for each user, or on each user’s hard disk where access is limited to that workstation.
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Only one user can work with a client file at a time. If someone else tries to work with an open client file, Fixed Asset Manager identifies the user who is working with that file by the workstation name that was entered during the workstation installation procedure.
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Before you install Fixed Asset Manager, prepare your network. Each workstation must have Read, Write, File Scan, Modify, Erase, Delete, and Create rights to the FAMWINyy directory and subdirectories. For more information about access rights, refer to your network documentation.
Make sure that the drive letter to which you install Fixed Asset Manager is the same drive letter that the workstation users will see. For example, if you install Fixed Asset Manager to H:\FAMWINyy, make sure that each workstation will show the Fixed Asset Manager directory as H:\FAMWINyy. This is necessary because each workstation must use the same path to find the program.
If you are using a peer-to-peer network, follow these guidelines:
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From the primary workstation, map the local drive to the letter that the workstations will use to access that drive.
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For each workstation, map to the network drive using the letter established from the primary workstation.
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For more information about mapping local drives and network drives, refer to your network documentation.
Installing Fixed Asset Manager from a primary workstation to a network drive
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Before you start, you should know your type of network. Do not install to the root directory of a network drive. Do not use extensions on directory names.
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To install Fixed Asset Manager from a CD to a network drive:
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If the Installation dialog box doesn’t appear, go to the Windows taskbar, click Start, select Run, type X:\CDSETUP in the Run dialog box (where X represents the letter for the drive that contains the CD), then click OK.
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In the Welcome dialog box, click Next.
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In the License Agreement dialog box, click I accept the terms of the license agreement if you agree to accept all the terms of the software license agreement, then click Next. (If you do not agree to accept all the terms of the software license agreement, click I do not accept the terms of the license agreement to discontinue the installation procedure.)
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In the Select an Installation Type dialog box, select Network, then click Next.
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In the Enter a Name for your Workstation dialog box, enter a name for the workstation, then click Next.
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In the Select Destination Directory dialog box, click Browse, select the network drive that you want, select \FAMWINyy as the path to the destination directory (where yy represents the lat two digits of the tax year), then click Next.
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Typically you install networked products to drive F or greater. You cannot install networked products to drive C. For best results, use FAMWINyy (where yy represents the lat two digits of the tax year) as the name for this year’s Fixed Asset Manager directory. Don’t install this year’s Fixed Asset Manager to the same directory as last year’s Fixed Asset Manager.
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When the Fixed Asset Manager User’s Guide dialog box asks whether you want to install the Fixed Asset Manager User’s Guide, we strongly recommend you select Yes.
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If you choose to install the Fixed Asset Manager User’s Guide, a Fixed Asset Manager User’s Guide Setup dialog box appears. Click Next to accept the indicated drive and directory as the path to the destination directory.
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When the ProSeries/Fixed Asset Manager Setup dialog box appears, read the Setup is complete message, then click OK to continue.
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Setting up each workstation
After you install Fixed Asset Manager on a network drive, you need to set up the workstations that will run Fixed Asset Manager. Do the following on each workstation (except the workstation you used to install Fixed Asset Manager to the network):
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Select Run.
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In the Run dialog box, type X:\FAMWINyy\WKSTN\SETUP, where X is the drive to which you installed Fixed Asset Manager, and yy represents the last two digits of the tax year.
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Click OK.
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You do not need to set up a workstation again unless you change or upgrade the network software or operating system.
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