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This section outlines a provides step-by-step instruction on how to install INTELLECT™ software as a “Server”for installing the Axxon PSIM software with the Sever/Remore Administrator's workstation installation type.

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The following features are to be taken into account while installing INTELLECT™ Note the following features during the installation of the Axxon PSIM software:

    INTELLECT™ software is to be installed
  • Install the Axxon PSIM software on a
  • “clean”
  • clean Windows OS (see
  • the
  • the Operating system requirements section).
  • To
  • install INTELLECT™
  • install the Axxon PSIM software, OS Windows administrator rights are required.

To install INTELLECT™ the Axxon PSIM software, do the following:

  1. Unpack
  2. the installation kit as described in
  3. the archive downloaded from the official website of the company, in accordance with the manual in the
  4. ; the
  5.  section. The destination folder
  6. will show
  7. displays the contents of the kit.
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  8. Run the setup.exe executable file designed to start the INTELLECT™ software installation procedure.
    the Axxon PSIM installation program. As a result, the dialog box of choosing language window for selecting the language of the installation program is displayed.

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    The notification box is displayed if Microsoft.Net Framework 4.0 has not been installed.

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    Click Yes for Microsoft.Net Framework 4.0 auto installation.

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    When INTELLECT™ is installed on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 OS, the Microsoft.Net Framework 4.0 or later is to be pre-installed. If the Microsoft.Net Framework 4.0 or later has not been installed, then the warning is displayed. In this case stop installing INTELLECT™ and install the Microsoft.Net Framework 4.0 or later. You will find the instructions on how to install it at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/hh506443.aspx
    Choose the language of INTELLECT™ software installation and click Install

    When you install Axxon PSIM on the OS Windows 8 and the OS Windows Server 2012, you must install Microsoft.Net Framework 8.0 or later. Otherwise, it is installed along with Axxon PSIM

  9. Select the language of the installation program from the list and click the Install button.
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    As a result
  10. the Type
  11. , the dialog window for selecting the type of installation
  12. dialog box
  13. is displayed.
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  14. Select the Server/Remote administrator workplace type of installation.To log all installation events, set Administrator's workstation installation type.
  15. Set the Enable full

  16. logging
  17. installation log(increases

  18. time of
  19. product installation time) checkbox if you want to write all software installation events to the log file.

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  20. While installing and uninstalling the software events are logged to Intellect.log and Intellect uninstall.log correspondingly
  21. When you install the software, the event logging is performed in the PSIMSetup.log log file. To collect log
  22. -
  23. files, we recommend using the
  24. “Support.exe” tool is to be used
  25. Support.exe utility (see The utility for collecting configuration data on servers and RWS for the Technical Support section).
  26. Click the Next button.
    The Selecting dialog window for selecting the components for installation dialog box is displayed.
  27. Set the checkboxes next to the components that
  28. are to be installed.
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    All offered components are recommended to be installed.

    However, if installation is performed using the integrated software package (with vertical solutions modules), then there will be an option to select vertical solutions that are to be installed. Only those vertical solutions that will be in use are to be selected. There is no need to install all vertical solutions.

    Vertical solutions will be installed after installing Axxon Intellect Enterprise. Information on how to install vertical solutions can be found in the corresponding documentation.

  29. you want to install (you can expand the lists by clicking Image Added). Consider the following peculiarities when you select the components:
    1. We recommend installing all provided components—the Axxon PSIM installer sets checkboxes next to everything required for proper operation by default.
    2. If you perform the installation using the comprehensive installation package, including the vertical solutions modules, at this stage you can select the installed vertical solutions. You must select only those that you will actually use on this computer; there is no need to install everything. Vertical solutions are installed after you complete the Axxon PSIM Base installation. The installation process is described in the documentation for the corresponding vertical sollution (see the links at the bottom of the Documentation for Axxon PSIM page).

    3. To operate in Axxon PSIM, you must install Microsoft.Net Framework 4.0 or later. Usually it is bundled with Windows OS and doesn't require separate installation. If you don't have it, then .Net 4.6 is offered for installation at prerequisites—make sure to set the checkbox. For more information about Microsoft.Net Framework, see the official documentation at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/.
    4. At this stage, you can refuse to install the

  30. Info
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    At this stage it is possible to deny installing
    1. MS SQL Express database server. In this case

  31. it will be required to configure
    1. , at step 16, you must configure the connection to the remote database

  32. at step 16.When installation of Intellect is complete
    1. . After you complete the installation of Axxon PSIM, you can change the database connection parameters

  33. can be changed
    1. using the idb.exe utility

  34. – see INTELLECT™ software database connection.Pay attention that Intellect operation will be
    1. , see Connecting the Axxon PSIM database. Note that Axxon PSIM operation is impossible without connection to any database source.

  35. If you are not installing from a disk, you will also be able to select the languages to be installed. To do this, download the language pack from AxxonSoft official website (https://www.axxonsoft.com/) before beginning the installation and put the archive's files into the languages folder in the installer's directory. As a result, the Selecting components for installation window will offer selection of languages to be installed.

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      If this method of

  36. installing languages is not
    1. language installation isn't suitable, later you can install each language

  37. may be installed individually (see
    1. separately (see Installing the language). After the installation, use the

  38. utility
    1. tweaki.exe utility to switch languages (see Switching languages in the

  39. Intellect
    1. Axxon PSIM Software System).

  40. Click the Install button.

    The

    After that, the automatic installation of the selected components

    are automatically installed

    is performed except Microsoft SQL Server Express

    2014

    2019 database server (

    necessary

    required for

    work with INTELLECT™ databases

    operation with Axxon PSIM databases), that is installed manually (see Microsoft documentation).

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    To ensure stable and proper operation of Axxon PSIM on the Windows 11 OS, we recommend using the Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Express database server or the newer version.

    Note
    titleImportantAttention!
    Auto

    The installation of

    necessary

    the required prerequisites

    may

    can take a lot of time (more than 10 minutes).

    After this the Welcome to the Intellect Setup Wizard box you complete it, the Axxon PSIM welcome dialog window for the installation is displayed.

  41. Click the Next button.
    The License Agreement dialog box dialog window with the license agreement is displayed.
  42. Read the
  43. License
  44. license agreement and accept its terms by setting the switch into the I accept the terms of the License agreement position, otherwise the
  45. INTELLECT™
  46. Axxon PSIM installation
  47. will be
  48. is stopped.
  49. Click the Next button.
    The dialog box of window for selecting the installation mode selection is displayed.
  50. Select the installation mode.
  51. Click the Next button.

    When you select the Custom installation mode is selected, the dialog box of choosing window for selecting the installation folder path is displayed, and then the Select components dialog box the dialog window for selecting the Axxon PSIM components is displayed. This step is omitted when the When you select the Standard installation mode is selected, these steps are omitted.

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    The When you select a component, the description of the component is displayed in the installation box when this component is selectedwindow.

    The dialog box of window for specifying the path to the file with the license key file is displayed.

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    Keep Leave the field blank if the key file will be is copied later.
  52. Click the Next button.
    The dialog box of installing Intellect window for selecting the Axxon PSIM as a service installation type is displayed.

     

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    The When you install as a service, the 64-bit version of Intellect is not available when installed as a service. If this checkbox is set checked Axxon PSIM isn't available. If you set this checkbox, then 32-bit modules will be are started after installing Intellect you install Axxon PSIM as a service.

  53. Set the Install Intellect Axxon PSIM as a service checkbox if INTELLECT™ software is to be started you want to start the Axxon PSIM software before the user is authorized by authorization in the Windows OS and before the startup of Windows applications are started (including the Explorer application ) that is used for starting Windows OS intrrfaces interfaces and various other applications installed on the Server (see server, see Working with Windows OS services for operating Intellect™ Axxon PSIM™ installed as a Service section).
  54. Click the Next button.
    The dialog box of window for selecting the MS SQL Server database server selection is displayed. Specify the authentication parameters to connect to itthe authentication parameters during the connection.

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    titleImportantAttention!

    Access of some user If the computer administrator performs the installation of Axxon PSIM,and Windows credentials are used for the SQL server authentication, the access to the database of any other user is impossible without the additional settings of the idb.exe utility and knowing knowledge of the administrator login and password of Administrator if installation of the Intellect software package is performed by Administrator and Windows account data are in use for SQL authentication. So it is highly recommended not to use such . That is why we highly don't recommend using such an authentication method of the SQL server.

  55. Select the SQL-server using the Database Server drop-down list.

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    If there is necessity you want to use the SQL-server installed on this (local) computer, select the (local)\SQLEXPRESS2014” SQLEXPRESS item (set by default) is to be selected.
    Note
    titleImportantAttention!

    You cannot connect different

    Servers

    servers to one database.

    Server

    The server can use the remote database, but

    requirements to

    it results in high requirements for the network and other resources

    become higer

    and

    this

    can cause delays

    while transmitting

    when you transmit events and states

    of cores

    between cores that negatively affect the system performance.

  56. Set the authorization parameters that will be used by INTELLECT™ while connecting are used by Axxon PSIM during the connection to the SQL-server.

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    If INTELLECT™ is installed you install Axxon PSIM as a service, select the SQL Server identity check, i.e. set the server authentication check, that is, set the switch to the Use the following username and password checkbox position and specify the username login and password to login authorize in the Server server database in the corresponding fields. If you want to connect to the database is to be connected via the Windows accountusing Windows credentials, then for proper operation of INTELLECT™ of Axxon PSIM under any other user, the user is to must have the corresponding SQL Server permissionsserver rights.

    Ways of authorization performed in the dialog boxwindow.

    Ways of authorization

    Windows user account

    Use the following username and password (recommended)

    Usage

    SQL Server server from Intellect the Axxon PSIM distributive (or from the distributive of the external third-party vendor) and Intellect is Axxon PSIM are installed on the same one computer

     SQL SQL Server from Intellect the Axxon PSIM distributive and Intellect Axxon PSIM are installed on the same computer. Meanwhile, the connection to the SQL Server server with the set username (login) and password may can be performed from any remote computer that is in the same net network domain of the TCP/IP net with a computer, where SQL Server network as the computer on which the SQL server is being installed.

    SQL Server server and Intellect Axxon PSIM are installed on different computers that are connected through the TCP/IP net network and are in within the same net network domain. Meanwhile, the user account for the user that is currently authorized in Windows OS on the computer , where Intellect Axxon PSIM is being installed is to must be created in Windows OS on the computer with the installed MS SQL Server.

    SQL Server server from Intellect the Axxon PSIM distributive and Intellect Axxon PSIM are installed on different computers that are connected through the TCP/IP net network and are in the same net network domain. Meanwhile, the set username (login) and password are to must correspond to the username (login) and password used for to access to the SQL - server.

    FullThe full-scale SQL Server server (supplementary additionally installed) and Intellect Axxon PSIM are installed on different computers, connected through the TCP/IP net network and are in within the same net network domain. Meanwhile, the user account for the user currently authorized in Windows OS on the computer , where Intellect Axxon PSIM is being installed is to must be created on the remote SQL Server.server

    FullThe full-scale SQL Server server (supplementary additionally installed) and Intellect and Axxon PSIM are installed on the same or different computers that are connected through the TCP/IP net network and are in the same net network domain. Meanwhile, the set username (login) and password are to must correspond to the username (login) and password used for to access to the SQL - server.

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    For the SQL Server server installed from Intellect the Axxon PSIM distributive, the “sa” "sa" username and “Intellect"PSIM_default_DB_4" password are used by default. While installing When you install the Microsoft SQL Server Express 2014 2019 server database, you can change the password may be changed for to any other.
  57. To continue the installation process, click the Next button.
    The dialog box of selecting window for selecting the already existing databases or setting the names for of the created databases is displayed.
  58. By default, the Intellect psim database is in use used as the main PSIM database. To set If you want to use another database select the required database from the , select it in the Existing databases list and click the  button near the Intellect DB field button next to the Main database field.
  59. By default the titles , the titles database is in use used as a the titles database of titles. To set . If you want to use another database select the required database from , select it in the Existing databases list and click the  button near button next to the Titles DB database field.
  60. Click the Next button.

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     If the system while being installed displays the “Rights If the Rights are required to create or edit databases” databases message , then appears during the system installation, you must stop the installation process must be stopped and then restarted restart again.  

    The Advanced Settings advanced settings dialog box window is displayed.

  61. If
  62. a desktop icon is to be created,
  63. necessary, you can create the Axxon PSIM desktop shortcut and set the corresponding checkbox..
  64. If
  65. a quick launch icon is to be created,
  66. necessary, you can create the Axxon PSIM desktop icon in the quick launch toolbar and set the corresponding checkbox.
  67. If it is required to add Intellect necessary, you can add Axxon PSIM and all its components to the Windows Firewall firewall exceptions , set and set the corresponding checkbox.
  68. Click the Next button.

  69. The Ready ready to install dialog box window is displayed.

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     To change the setting, click the Back button.
  70. Click the Install button.
    The Installing Intellect dialog box Then the dialog window of the Axxon PSIM installation process is displayed.

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    Error of When you install Axxon PSIM on OS Windows 7 SP1 without the internet connection, the error during the driver installation for the FX4 card can occur while the Intellect software installation on the Windows 7 SP1 operating system without Internet connection. To eliminate this error, you must install the following missing Windows updates:

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3004394

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3033929

  71. The
  72. Installation Complete dialog box
  73. dialog window for completing the installation of Axxon PSIM is displayed.
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  74. Set the Explore new ways for building your solutions checkbox
  75. ,
  76. to view the document containing the information about new features of the installed
  77. Intellect.
  78. Axxon PSIM version
  79. Click the Finish button.

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    Then After that, the Axxon Driver Pack will be installed. add-on installation starts.
    Starting from the Axxon Driver Pack 3.51 version, to work with this driver package requires , you must install the Windows KB2999226 KB2999226 updateto be installed. If this update is not installed on isn't installed in the system, a the corresponding warning will be is displayed. To continue the installation, it is necessary to you must install the update from the official Microsoft website:
    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49093

    If the KB2999226 update is installed, but there is no software ability to identify it, run the Axxon Driver Pack installation from the command prompt with the SOFT_INSTALL = "yes" parameter.

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    Then the Installation wizard dialog box window is displayed, containg containing the information on about the mode status (installed or not) of Intellect the Axxon PSIM components.

  80. Click the Finish button.
    The dialog

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  1. window offering to restart the system is displayed.
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  1. Computer restart is required to correctly complete the Axxon PSIM installation. If you don't select the restart option now, you must do it yourself after the installation.

Installing the Axxon PSIM software with the server installation type is completeThe Intellect as a Server is now installed.