
System Link User’s Guide
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Database Tab
The settings under the Database tab allow you
to change the location where System Link stores
data on a computer hard drive. It also allows
you to purge, backup, and import your System
Access database.
Note: Before performing any database
maintenance or modification DMP strongly
recommends that you backup the System Link
database folder to prevent possible data loss.
You may locate your System Link database on a
local computer hard drive, to any connected network drive or a network server.
Database Location
Computer Hard Drive:
Enter the path to the System Link database location on the
computer or network hard drive. If you would like to store your System Link database in a
different location than the default folder, type the location in the Database Location
field. You may also browse for the folder where you would like to place your System Link
database by clicking on the button just to the right of the Database Location field with
three small dots.
The database may also be stored on a remote network server. This option allows more
than three System Link computers to perform extensive database operations at the same
time. Refer to the Link Server Installation Sheet (LT-0837).
Network Server:
To use System Link with Link Server, enter the network server IP address
and port number to the System Link database location. The default port number is 12005.
Check with your Link Server administrator for the correct IP address and port number and
enter the information using the following format:
server:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:ppppp
x = IP Address
p = Port Number
Note: Standard System Link operation supports database access for up to three computers
as long as only one computer at a time performs extensive database access operations such
as uploading or downloading information from a panel. If more computers or more
extensive simultaneous database access is required, it is recommended the Link Server
software be installed on a network server.
Database Relocation:
To manually move your System Link database, use Windows
Explorer and copy the complete database folder (usually “C:\Link\Db”) and paste to the
desired location. Go to the Database Location field and either type the new location of
the database into the field or click the browse button to locate where you have relocated
the database.
If you change the location listed in the Database Location field without first moving the
database manually, System Link displays a message asking, “Do you wish to create a new
database?” If you click on OK, System Link creates a new database at the location that
you just assigned and ignores the previous database. This means that System Link does not
have access to any previous account information and configurations settings from the
previously existing Remote Access database.
Note: If you are using Windows 2000 or XP, only users with administrative privileges in
Windows can relocate the database. If a user without administrative privileges attempts to
move the database, System Link does not save the attempted relocation.
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