Installation instructions
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If you are installing Comet in a network environment you must install your server first. Once the server is setup and all the workstations connect to the server you install Comet on the workstations.
CometServerProducts.exe
The InstallShield Wizard™ will guide you through the steps required to install the files necessary for a Comet File and/or Security Server. You will be asked to "Browse" to the folder where you want CometServerProducts.exe to install the files. Then you can choose to setup the server as a Security Server and/or a File Server. When installing a Security Server, you need to select either a USB or parallel security dongle. The files installed in the selected folder are:
File Server executables: CfileServe.exe and CFAMNetServe.exe
Security Server executable: CSecSrv.exe
USB dongle setup and diagnostic utilities: CbSetup.exe and CbUSB.exe
Parallel dongle installation files: CometKMD.inf and CometKMD.sys
Service installation files and executable: CometNTService.ini, CometNTService.log, and CometNTService.exe
InstallShieldTM components: InstallHelper.dll and Uninst.isu
ServerInstall.exe - a separate installation utility replacing CSAdmin.exe.
CometServerProducts.exe also installs in your Windows System folder and registers the Dlls required for your security dongle and other dlls required for the server programs to run. The installation files needed to support the Marx USB security plug are also provided by Microsoft update if necessary.
You will be instructed to reboot your computer when installation is complete.
CometWorkstation.exe
This Comet install program is merely a self executing zip file. Choose a folder to which to copy the comet executable files. This may be a different folder than the folder containing the configuration files.
The Comet install copies all the updated executable files to your Comet start up folder. This start up folder is typically located on the installation's file server; in a single workstation environment the start up folder will, of course, be located on the disk of the workstation.
In a network installation, in many cases it may not be necessary to run the Workstation Install at all. In an upgrade situation the Microsoft DLLs will have been installed in the past and it will not be necessary to do anything at the workstations. When doing an upgrade in a location with many workstations located in a physically large plant the installer can usually avoid doing a workstation install at the remote locations.
You should create a shortcut to Comet on your desktop. The shortcut's Target folder should point to the comet.exe file just installed. Append the "/PN=" argument to the target designation in your shortcut. The start in folder should be the folder containing the configuration file (.CFG) Which will be built by the sysgen configuration utility.
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