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

To install Axxon PSIMsoftware, do the following:

1. Unpack
the installation kit as described
2. the archive downloaded from the official website of the company, in accordance with the manual in Getting ready for Axxon PSIM installation
; the
3. . The destination folder
will show
4. displays the contents of the kit.
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5. Run the setup.exe executable file used to start the Axxon PSIM

 software

6. installation

procedure

7. program.
   As a result

the dialog box of choosing language

8. , the window for selecting the language of the installation program is displayed.

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   When you install Axxon PSIM

requires

9. on Windows 8 OS or OS Windows Server 2012 OS, you must install Microsoft.Net Framework

4

10. 8.0 or later

installed. It is usually included in the Windows OS installation kit and does not require separate installation. Otherwise, an installation window will open—you should agree to automatic installation. For more information about the Microsoft.Net Framework, see the official documentation https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/.

11. . Otherwise, it is installed together with Axxon PSIM.

12. Select the language of the installation program from the list and click the Install button
Choose the language of Axxon PSIM software installation and click Install
13. .
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    As a result, the
Type
14. window for selecting the type of installation
dialog box
15. is displayed.
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16. Select the Server/
Remote
17. Administrator's workstation
 type of
18. installation type.
To log all installation events, set

19. Set the Enable full

logging

20. installation log (increases product installation time) checkbox if you want to write all software installation events to the log file.

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While installing and uninstalling

21. When you install the software, events are logged to

psim

22. the PSIMSetup.log

and uninstall.

23. log

correspondingly

24. file. To collect log

-

25. files, we recommend using the

“Support.exe” tool is to be used

26. Support.exe utility (see The utility for collecting

configuration

27. system data

on servers and RWS

28. for the

Technical Support

29. technical support service section).

30. Click the Next button.
    The
Selecting
31. window for selecting the components for installation
dialog box
32. is displayed.
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Check
33. Set the
boxes
34. checkboxes next to the components that you want to install (you can expand the lists by clicking
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Please consider
36. Consider the following peculiarities when
selecting
37. you select the components:
    It is recommended to install all the offered components—the
    1. 1. We recommend installing all provided components—the Axxon PSIM installer
    checks everything that is
    2. 1. sets checkboxes next to everything required for proper operation by default.

       2. If you perform the installation

    is performed

    3. 1. using the

    integrated

    4. 1. comprehensive installation package

    (with

    5. 1. , including the vertical solutions modules

    )

    6. 1. , at this stage you

    will be given the opportunity to

    7. 1. can select the installed vertical solutions

    to be installed

    8. 1. . You

    should

    9. 1. must select only those that you will actually

    be used

    10. 1. use on this computer;

    it

    11. 1. there is

    not necessary

    12. 1. no need to install everything. Vertical solutions

    will be

    13. 1. are installed after

    installing

    14. 1. you complete the Axxon PSIM

    Base. Information on how to install vertical solutions can be found in the corresponding documentation

    15. 1. baseinstallation. 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).

        2. For the Axxon PSIM
    requires
    16. 1. to operate, you must install Microsoft.Net Framework 4.0 or later
    to be installed
    17. 1. . It is usually bundled with Windows OS and
    does not
    18. 1. doesn't require separate installation. If
    not
    19. 1. you don't have it, then .Net 4.6
    will be
    20. 1. is offered for installation
    at the Prerequisites stage—make sure that
    21. 1. among Prerequisites—make sure to set the checkbox
    is set
    22. 1. . For more information about Microsoft.Net Framework, see the official documentation at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/.

        2. At this stage, you can refuse to install the MS SQL Express database server. In this case, at step 16, you

    will need to

    23. 1. must configure

    a

    24. 1. the connection to

    a

    25. 1. the remote database. After you complete the installation of Axxon PSIM

    is complete

    26. 1. , you can change the database connection parameters

    can be changed

    27. 1. using the idb.exe utility—see Connecting the Axxon PSIM database.

    Please note

    28. 1. Note that Axxon PSIM operation is impossible without connection to any database source

    .

    29. To install Guardant drivers in Windows, Memory Integrity must be disabled (see Enable virtualization-based protection of code integrity in Microsoft documentation). If Memory Integrity is not disabled beforehand, a warning about the need to disable it will appear during driver installation, and Windows security settings will open. If at this point during the installation process you click OK in the window that appears without changing the Windows OS settings, the installation will continue successfully, but the Guardant drivers will not be installed (they can be installed later, see Using the Product.msi and Redist.exe for Axxon PSIM™ software installation).

    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, a list of Additional languages will be displayed in the Components section of the Selecting components for installation window, and you can select the languages that need to be installed

    30. 1. .

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           If this method of

    installing languages is not

    31. 1. language installation isn't suitable, later you can install each language

    can be installed

    32. 1. separately

    later

    33. 1. (see Installing the language). After the installation, use the

    utility

    34. 1. tweaki.exe utility to switch languages (see Switching languages in the Axxon PSIM Software System).

    35. Click the Install button.
        

    The

    36. After that, the automatic installation of the selected components

    are automatically installed

    37. is performed except Microsoft SQL Server Express 2014 database server (

    necessary

    38. required for

    work

    39. operation with Axxon PSIM

    ™ databases

    40.  databases), that is installed manually (see Microsoft documentation).

    An example of boxes:

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    42. Note
        title

    Important

    43. Attention!

    Auto

    44. The installation of

    necessary

    45. the required prerequisites

    may

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

        After

    this the Welcome to

    47. you complete it, the Axxon PSIM

    Setup Wizard box

    48. welcome window for the installation is displayed.
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    49. Click the Next button.
        The
    License Agreement dialog box
    50. window with the license agreement is displayed.
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    51. Read the
    License
    52. license agreement and accept its terms by
    setting the switch into the
    53. selecting I accept the terms of the License agreement
    position
    54. , otherwise, the Axxon PSIM
     installation will be
    55. installation is stopped.
    56. Click the Next button.
        The
    dialog box of
    57. window for selecting the installation mode
    selection
    58. is displayed.
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    59. Select the installation mode.

    60. Click the Next button.

        When you select the Custom installation mode

    is selected

    61. , the

    dialog box of choosing

    62. window for selecting the installation

    folder

    63. path is displayed, and then the

    Select components dialog box

    64. window for selecting the Axxon PSIM components is displayed.

    This step is omitted when the

    65. When you select the Standard installation mode

    is selected

    66. , these steps are omitted.
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    The

    67. When you select a component, the description of the component is displayed in the

    installation box when this component is selected

    68. installer window.

        The

    dialog box of

    69. window for specifying the path to the file with the license key

    file

    70. is displayed. Insert the path to the folder with the file or select it in Explorer by clicking the Browse button.
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        Leave the field blank if the key file

    will be

    71. is copied later.

    72. Click the Next button.
        The

    dialog box of installing

    73. window for selecting the Axxon PSIM as a

    service

    74. Service installation type is displayed.
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    The 64-bit version of Axxon PSIM is not available when installed as a service. If this checkbox is set checked, then 32-bit modules will be started after installing Axxon PSIM as a service.

    75. 
        Set the Install Axxon PSIM as a service checkbox if you want to start Axxon PSIM

     software is to be started before

    76.  before the user

    is authorized by

    77. authorization in the Windows OS and before the startup of Windows applications

    are started

    78. (including the Explorer application

    )

    79. that is used for starting Windows OS interfaces and various other applications installed on the

    Server (

    80. server, see Working with Windows OS services for operating Axxon PSIM™ installed as a Service

    section

    81. ).

    82. Click the Next button.
        The

    dialog box of

    83. window for selecting the MS SQL Server database server

    selection

    84. is displayed. Specify

    the authentication parameters to connect to it

    85. the authentication parameters during the connection.
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        title

    Important

    86. Attention!

    Access of some user

    87. 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

    88. knowledge of the Administrator login and password

    of Administrator if installation of the Axxon PSIM 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

    89. . That is why we highly don't recommend using such an authentication method of the SQL server.

    90. Select the SQL

    -

    91. server using

    the

    92. the Database Server drop-down list.

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        If

    there is necessity

    93. you want to use the SQL

    -

    94. server installed on this (local) computer, select the

    “

    95. (local)\

    SQLEXPRESS2014”

    96. SQLEXPRESS item (set by default)

    is to be selected

    97. .

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        title

    Important

    98. Attention!

        You cannot connect different

    Servers

    99. servers to one database.

    Server

    100. The server can use the remote database, but

    requirements to

    101. it results in high requirements for the network and other resources

    become higher

    102. and

    this

    103. can cause delays

    while transmitting

    104. when you transmit events and states

    of cores

    105. between cores that negatively affect the system performance.

    106. Set the authorization parameters that

    will be

    107. are used

    by

    108. by Axxon PSIM

    while connecting

    109. during the connection to the SQL

    -

    110. server.

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         If you install Axxon PSIM

     is installed

    111. as a

    service

    112. Service, select the SQL

    Server identity

    113. server authentication check,

    i.e. set the

    114. that is, select Use the following username and password

    checkbox

    115. and specify the

    username

    116. login and password to

    login

    117. authorize in the

    Server

    118. server database in the corresponding fields. If you want to connect to the database

    is to be connected via the Windows account

    119. using Windows credentials, then for proper operation of Axxon PSIM

     any

    120. under any other user, the user

    is to

    121. must have the corresponding SQL

    Server permissions

    122. server rights.

         Ways of authorization performed in the

    dialog box

    123. window.

         Ways of authorization	Windows user account	Use the following username and password (recommended)
         Usage	SQL

    Server

    124. server from the Axxon PSIM distributive (or from the distributive of the

    external

    125. third-party vendor) and Axxon PSIM

    is

    126. are installed on

    the same

    127. one computer

         SQL

    Server

    128. server from the Axxon PSIM distributive and Axxon PSIM are installed on the same computer. Meanwhile, the connection to the SQL

    Server

    129. server with the set username (login) and password

    may

    130. can be performed from any remote computer that is in the same

    net

    131. network domain of the TCP/IP

    net with a computer, where SQL Server

    132. network as the computer on which the SQL server is being installed

         SQL

    Server

    133. server and Axxon PSIM are installed on different computers that are connected through the TCP/IP

    net

    134. network and are

    in

    135. within the same

    net

    136. network domain. Meanwhile, the user account

    for the user

    137. that is currently authorized in Windows OS on the computer

    ,

    138. where Axxon PSIM is being installed

    is to

    139. must be created in Windows OS on the computer with the installed MS SQL

    Server

    140. server

         SQL

    Server

    141. server from the Axxon PSIM distributive and Axxon PSIM are installed on different computers that are connected through the TCP/IP

    net

    142. network and are in the same

    net

    143. network domain. Meanwhile, the set username (login) and password

    are to

    144. must correspond to the username (login) and password used

    for

    145. to access

    to

    146. the SQL

    -

    147. server

    Full

    148. The full-scale SQL

    Server

    149. server (

    supplementary

    150. additionally installed) and Axxon PSIM are installed on different computers, connected through the TCP/IP

    net

    151. network and are

    in

    152. within the same

    net

    153. network domain. Meanwhile, the user account

    for the user

    154. currently authorized in Windows OS on the computer

    ,

    155. where Axxon PSIM is being installed

    is to

    156. must be created on the remote SQL

    Server

    157. server

    Full

    158. The full-scale SQL

    Server

    159. server (

    supplementary

    160. additionally installed)

    and

    161. and Axxon PSIM are installed on the same or different computers that are connected through the TCP/IP

    net

    162. network and are in the same

    net

    163. network domain. Meanwhile, the set username (login) and password

    are to

    164. must correspond to the username (login) and password used

    for

    165. to access

    to

    166. the SQL

    -

    167. server

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         For the SQL

    Server

    168. server installed from the Axxon PSIM distributive, the

    “sa”

    169. "sa" username and

    “PSIM

    170. "PSIM_default_DB_

    4”

    171. 4" password are used by default.

    While installing

    172. When you install the Microsoft SQL Server Express 2014server database, you can change the password

    may be changed for

    173. to any other.

    174. To continue the installation process, click the Next button.
         The
    dialog box of selecting
    175. window for selecting the already existing databases or setting the names
    for
    176. of the created databases is displayed.
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    177. By default, the psim database is
    in use
    178. used as the main PSIM database.
    To set
    179. If you want to use another database
    select the required database from the
    180. , select it in the Existing databases list and click the Image Modified
     button near
    181. button next to the Main database field.
    182. By default
    the
    183. , the titles database is
    in use
    184. used as
    a
    185. the titles database
    of titles. To set
    186. . If you want to use another database, select it in the
    required database from the
    187. Existing databases list and click the Image Modified
     button near
    188. button next to the Titles database field.

    189. Click the Next button.

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     If the system while being installed displays the “Rights

    190. If the Rights are required to create or edit

    databases”

    191. databases message

    , then

    192. appears during the system installation, you must stop the installation process

    must be stopped

    193. and

    then restarted

    194. restart again.

      

    195. The

    Advanced Settings dialog box

    196. advanced settings window is displayed.
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    197. If
    a desktop icon is to be created
    198. you want to create the Axxon PSIM desktop shortcut, set the corresponding checkbox.
    199. If
    a quick launch icon is to be created
    200. you want to create the Axxon PSIM desktop icon in the quick launch toolbar, set the corresponding checkbox.
    201. If
    it is required to add
    202. you want to add Axxon PSIM and all its components to the Windows
    Firewall
    203. firewall exceptions,
     set
    204. set the corresponding checkbox.

    205. Click the Next button.

    206. The

    Ready

    207. ready to install

    dialog box

    208. window is displayed.
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         To change the setting, click the Back button.

    Installing

    209. Click the Install button.
         

    The

    210. Then the window of the Axxon PSIM

    dialog box

    211. installation process is displayed.

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    Error of

    212. When you install Axxon PSIM on Windows 7 SP1 OS without the internet connection, the error during the driver installation for the FX4 card can occur

    while the Axxon PSIM software installation on the Windows 7 SP1 operating system without Internet connection

    213. . 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

    214. The
    Installation Complete dialog box
    215. window indicating the completion of the installation of Axxon PSIM is displayed.
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    216. Set
    the
    217. the Explore new ways for building your solutions checkbox
    ,
    218. to view the document containing the information about new features of the installed Axxon PSIM
    .
    219. version

    220. Click the Finish button.

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    Then

    221. After that, the Driver Pack

    will be installed. Starting from

    222. add-on installation starts. Starting with the Driver Pack 3.51 version, to work with this driver package

    requires

    223. , you must install the Windows KB2999226 update

    to be installed

    224. . If this update

    is not installed on

    225. isn't installed in the system,

    a

    226. the corresponding warning

    will be

    227. is displayed. To continue the installation,

    it is necessary to

    228. 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

    229. the software cannot identify it, run the Driver Pack installation from the command prompt with the SOFT_INSTALL = "yes" parameter.

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         Then the
    Installation
    231. installation wizard
    dialog box
    232. window is displayed, containing the information
    on
    233. about the
    mode
    234. status (installed or not) of the Axxon PSIM components.

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    235. Click the Finish button.
         The
    dialog box offering
    236. window prompting you to restart the system is displayed.
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    Restarting
    237. You must restart the computer
    is required
    238. to correctly complete
    the
    239. the Axxon PSIM installation. If
    choose not to restart your computer
    240. you don't select the restart option now, you
    will need to
    241. must do it yourself after
    installing Axxon PSIM
    242. the installation.

    The Installation of Axxon PSIM as a with the Server installation type is now installedcomplete.