Scientific Computer System SCS Version 4.6 8VHU¶V*XLGH National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Marine and Aviation Operations Information Management Division 8403 Colesville Road, Suite 500 Silver Spring, MD 20910 [email protected] AUTHORS John Katebini Philip Zubaly Sandy Chang January 2013 1 Table of Contents 1 O V E R VI E W O F T H E SC I E N T I F I C C O MPU T E R SYST E M (SCS) ...............................................................15 1.1 GENERAL INFORMATION .........................................................................................................................17 1.2 SYSTEM OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................17 1.3 SCS DATA FLOW ....................................................................................................................................18 1.4 SCS CONFIGURATION FILE .....................................................................................................................20 1.5 SCS SYSTEM FILES .................................................................................................................................23 Sensor Configuration Files ......................................................................................................................... 23 SCS Database .............................................................................................................................................. 24 DeviceConfiguration.XML .......................................................................................................................... 24 NewSensor.XML .......................................................................................................................................... 24 Time Stamped DeviceConfiguration.XML and NewSensor.XML ................................................................ 24 SCS Template Files ..................................................................................................................................... 24 RAW Data Files .......................................................................................................................................... 25 Compress Data Files ................................................................................................................................... 25 LAB Data Files............................................................................................................................................ 25 Legacy Event Log Data Files ...................................................................................................................... 26 Station, Track line, Coastline, and SHAPE Files ........................................................................................ 26 1.6 SCS SYSTEM DIRECTORY TREES ............................................................................................................27 SCS Installation Directory .......................................................................................................................... 27 The Executable Directory ........................................................................................................................... 27 Data Log Directory Tree ............................................................................................................................. 27 Ship Directory Tree ..................................................................................................................................... 28 The GIS Tree ............................................................................................................................................... 29 1.7 ONLINE MENU HELP ...............................................................................................................................29 2 INST A L L IN G SCS ................................................................................................................................................33 2.1 PREREQUISITES .......................................................................................................................................33 Hardware .................................................................................................................................................... 33 Operating System ........................................................................................................................................ 33 Microsoft .NET Framework ........................................................................................................................ 33 SQL Database Operations .......................................................................................................................... 35 Service Packs .............................................................................................................................................. 35 Remove Previous Releases of SCS 4.x ........................................................................................................ 35 2.2 SECURITY INFORMATION FOR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS ......................................................................35 2.3 THE SCS DISTRIBUTION DVD ................................................................................................................36 Installation with Auto-Play ......................................................................................................................... 36 2 Installation without Auto-Play .................................................................................................................... 37 2.4 INSTALLING SCS SERVER SOFTWARE ..................................................................................................... 38 Start the installation Process ...................................................................................................................... 38 SCS Server Installation ............................................................................................................................... 38 Select Installation Directory ....................................................................................................................... 40 Set Up Ship Directory ................................................................................................................................. 40 Ship Tracker Setup ...................................................................................................................................... 41 Datalog and GIS Directories ...................................................................................................................... 42 Release Notes .............................................................................................................................................. 43 Finishing the Server Software Installation.................................................................................................. 43 SCS Database Installation .......................................................................................................................... 44 2.5 INSTALLING SCS REMOTE CLIENT SOFTWARE ....................................................................................... 46 Prerequisites ............................................................................................................................................... 46 Create Drive Mappings ............................................................................................................................... 46 Locate Remote Client Installation Files. ..................................................................................................... 46 Start the Installation Process ...................................................................................................................... 47 Create Drive Mappings ............................................................................................................................... 48 Doing the Installation ................................................................................................................................. 48 Finishing the Installation ............................................................................................................................ 49 2.6 POST INSTALLATION TASKS .................................................................................................................... 49 Un-map T Drive (Remote Client) ................................................................................................................ 49 Set Windows Characteristics (Server and Remote Client) .......................................................................... 49 Modify McAfee Virus Settings (Server and Remote Client) ........................................................................ 49 Installing a Backup Data Log Directory (Server) ....................................................................................... 50 Edit SCS Configuration File (Server and Remote Client) ........................................................................... 50 Install SQL Database (Server) .................................................................................................................... 50 2.7 UNINSTALL GUIDE 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