Afcon P-CIM Version 7.

70
Service Pack 3

Installation Guide

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Contents

Copyright ................................................................................................................................. 2

Introduction ...................................................................................................................3
Requirements ...............................................................................................................3
Software Requirements ...................................................................................................... 3
Minimum Hardware Requirements .................................................................................... 3

Installing P-CIM ............................................................................................................. 4

Uninstalling P-CIM Software .........................................................................................6
Software Enabled Key (SEK) .................................................................................................. 7
Assigning the Administrator Privilege to a New User ............................................................ 8

Backing up a Project .................................................................................................... 9

Restoring a Project .....................................................................................................11
SEK Updating ....................................................................................................................... 13

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Copyright

The information in this document is subject to change without prior notice and does not represent a
commitment on the part of Afcon Software and Electronics Ltd.
No part of this document may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written
permission from Afcon Software and Electronics Ltd.
The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement or a nondisclosure agreement. The software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of
the agreement. It is against the law to copy this software on any other medium for any purpose
other than the purchaser's personal use.

Copyright 2009 Afcon Software and Electronics Ltd.

All rights reserved.

P-CIM and P-CIM logos are registered trademarks of Afcon Software and Electronics Ltd.
Afcon and Afcon logos are registered trademarks of Afcon Software and Electronics Ltd.
Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

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Introduction
This document discusses the P-CIM version 7.70 Service Pack 3 installation. Also discussed are
how to uninstall the program, backup and restore your P-CIM projects and how to update your SEK
remotely.

Requirements
Software Requirements
P-CIM version 7.70 Service Pack 3 runs on Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional (SP1/SP2)
and Windows 2003 Server

Minimum Hardware Requirements

Intel Pentium 4

512MB RAM

40GB free disk space for initial installation

CD-ROM driver

VGA display card with 128MB of memory

Parallel printer port or USB

Network adapter and fixed IP address for network applications

Microsoft IIS for P-CIM Web server (for P-CIM Web and/or Supreme Report Web portal)

MIcrosoft Access or SQL server (for P-CIM database and/or Supreme Report database)
Optional.

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Installing P-CIM
P-CIM can be installed either from the Afcon CD or downloaded from the Afcon web site at the
following address: www.afcon-inc.com.
Installing P-CIM version 7.70 Service Pack 3 from the Afcon CD
1. Insert the CD into the relevant drive and wait for it to open.
2. Click P-CIM and then click the Install P-CIM 7.70 SP3.
3. The installation wizard runs and the Welcome dialog box opens. Click Next. If you have a
previous version of P-CIM installed the Choice dialog box opens.
4. In this dialog box select to either:

Add this version of P-CIM to your windows system in addition to the one that you already
have.

Replace the current version, whereby you will upgrade the current version.

Click Next to continue, the Select Destination Directory dialog box opens. The default is
PCIM32.
5. Either browse and select a new directory for the program or, accept the directory that appears
in the dialog box. Click Next to run the Setup. The setup rpocess begins.
6. Click OK to install the P-CIM demo project. You are prompted when the setup process is
completed.
7. The Supreme Report installation wizard runs. Click next to start the installation process. A
messages prompts you that the installation process was successfully completed.
8. Restart Windows before running P-CIM for the first time.
Downloading P-CIM from the Internet
1. In your Internet Explorer open the Afcon site at the following URL: www.afcon-inc.com.
2. From the Downloads section click P-CIM Packages and select P-CIM 7.70.
Creating the P-CIM Group shortcut
1. Select the following: Start/Programs/AFCON P-CIM (7.70SP3).
2. Click the AFCON P-CIM (7.70SP3) icon and press the Ctrl button.
3.

Still pressing the Ctrl button, drag the icon on to your desktop. The
opens on your desktop.

P-CIM Group icon

4. Double click the P-CIM Group icon to open the P-CIM Group interface.

Note: you must uninstall any previous version of P-CIM Supreme Report before installing P-CIM
Version 7.70 Servcie Pack 1. Use the Windows Control Panel\Add/Remove Programs utility to
remove previously installed versions of the P-CIM Supreme Report

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Uninstalling P-CIM Software

1. Close the application by clicking the P-CIM Shutdown
then log in again.

2. Open P-CIM and double click on the

icon, log off your computer and

Uninstall icon. The Uninstall dialog box opens.

3. In this dialog box select:

Automatic to remove the P-CIM application from your computer without removing existing
project files

Custom to remove the P-CIM application and selected projects files. If this option is
selected the following dialog box opens.

Click Next to open the Perform Uninstall dialog box.

4. Click Finish to continue the Uninstall process. A message box opens.
5. Click Yes, to confirm that you want to remove the application or No, not to.
6. The application is removed from your computer. Click OK to end the Uninstall process.

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Software Enabled Key (SEK)

After installing the software connect the Software Enabled Key (SEK) to enable all the applications
features.

You can run P-CIM without the Software Enable Key (SEK) in DEMO mode. In this case,
communication via P-CIM I\O drivers is limited to 20I/Os only. After one hour in DEMO mode,
P-CIM runtime modules are automatically closed

P-CIM supports the USB connected SEK as well as the parallel port SEK. The USB SEK is
only supported in Microsoft Operating Systems that support USB connection: Win 2000, XP
and 2003 Server.

To use any of the below mentioned BMS (Building Management System) drivers with service
pack 3, you must first update your existing license.To do so, use the new Registration and
License module (version 3), available for download on the Afcon web site. The new
Registration and License module must be installed before you upgrade to P-CIM 7.70.

After you have successfully generated a new license file (.puf), please e-mail the file to Afcon
for updating at :support@afcon-inc.com. Afcon will issue you an updated license file that
supports the BMS drivers in P-CIM 7.70.

Refer to the Afcon Registration and License Utility User Guide for more details.

BMS Drivers* supported by the new license only

Algorex

AM 20/20, Apollo

Crestron

CSI system 7000 TAP

Minerva

Nice

Asacom

Regard

Rokonet

Saia S-BUS

Simplex 4100 Computer

Shablul

*Drivers versions not relevant

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Assigning the Administrator Privilege to a New User

1. From the Start menu select Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Computer Manager. The
Computer Management Editor opens displaying a list of users.
2. Open the Local Users and Groups folder. Double-click the Users folder.
3. Double click on Guest to open the User Properties dialog box.
4. Click the Groups button. The Group Membership dialog box is displayed.
5. To add administrators to the Member of section, in the Not Member Of section select
Administrators and click the Add button.
6. Click OK.

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Backing up a Project
This option enables you to backup your project into several disk directories that can be restored for
future use. When backing up a project you can select to backup all the projects directories or to
backup specific directories only. During project back up, select the backup location, the default is
PCIM32.bak.
The size of the disk can be modified enabling you to back up large projects in one disk directory.
This functionality has the following parameters:

Default disk size: 1420000 bytes

Maximum disk size: 2 GB

Creating a backup project

1. From the P-CIM icons main group, click the
dialog box.

P-CIM Setup icon to open the P-CIM Setup

The buttons in this dialog box lead you to the following options:

Table 1: P-CIM Setup Options

Field

Description

Install P-CIM for

Windows

Which opens the P-CIM dialog box where you can select to upgrade/
install a local or network installation of P-CIM for Windows.

Install P-CIM driver

Which opens the Install P-CIM Driver where you can install a driver
in your default project.

P-CIM communication
setup

Which opens the P-CIM Communication Setup dialog box where

you can assign ports and properties to the drivers installed.

Project setup

Which opens the Project Setup dialog box where projects can be
created and their properties edited.

Backup project

Which opens the P-CIM Project Backup dialog box where you can
backup your project.

Restore project

Which opens the Restore Project dialog box where you can locate a
project and restore it.

Pack Project For Web

When clicked this option packs the project for web distribution.

Displays conversion

When clicked runs the Displays Conversions functionality, which

converts displays created before P-CIM version 7.02 to the new PCIM version and environment.

Registration and
license

When clicked displays the AFCON Registration and License dialog

box, where you can update your SEK remotely.

Close

Which closes the P-CIM Setup dialog box.

Help

Which connects you to the applications Help.

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2. Click the Backup Project button to open the P-CIM Backup Project dialog box.

3. In the Select project to backup field, scroll to locate the relevant project.
4. To locate a different target folder, click the Browse button and scroll. The default is
C:\PCIM32\XXX (project name).
5. If the Disk size needs modifying type in a new size in the relevant field.
6. To include alarms and historical data that was collected to an OLEDB database (.MDB or MS
SQL), select the Include OLEDB Alarm and/or Include OLEDB History options.
7. To customize your project to save only specific directories click the Custom button to open the
Custom Backup dialog box. To select more than one directory press the Ctrl button and then
select the directory.

8. Select the components to back up and click OK.

9. Click the Create Backup button. The project is backed up.
10. Click OK to exit.

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Restoring a Project
This option is used to restore a backed up project. When accessing this option the last project that
was backed up will be the suggested project to restore. You can however, select and restore a
different project.
There are two restore options:

If the project has the same name as another project in the system you can restore it and
override the existing project

Restore the project as the new default project

The Restore Project option can only be activated when P-CIM is not running.
Restoring a project

1. If P-CIM is running click the

P-CIM Shutdown icon to close the program.

2. Select Start/Programs/Afcon P-CIM 7.70SP1 and then click the

open the P-CIM Setup dialog box.

P-CIM Setup icon to

3. Click the Restore Project button to open the Restore Project dialog box.

4. If the project directory is correct click the Next button, if not click Browse to locate Disk1 of your
project.
5. The Restore Setup program runs and if the name of the project is already saved in the system
the second Restore Project dialog box opens.

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To override an existing project select the first option and click Next. Restore setup will run
and a message box opens informing you that the project has been restored. Click OK

To restore the project as a new P-CIM project select the second option and click Next.
The Rename Project dialog box opens

6. Type in a new name for the project and click the Next button.
7. In the message box that opens select Yes to define the new project as the applications default
project, or No not to. Click OK to continue.
8. A new message box opens informing you that the Restore Project process has been performed
successfully and that you can run the Displays Conversion tool, and update the displays in the
project to the current P-CIM version.

9. Click Yes to run the tool and to exit this functionality.

Backed up projects can also be restored from previous P-CIM versions.

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SEK Updating
Using the Registration and License form (P-CIM Setup/Registration and License), the SEKs
information can be saved in .PUF format, and then sent to Afcon Software and Electronics LTD.,
where it is updated and returned to the sender.
When the updated.PUF file is received, it can be used to update the original SEK.The Registration
and License form also displays information about the SEK, which up to this version could only be
viewed in the About DBSR window.
Opening the Registration and License form
1. Open the P-CIM Setup dialog box and click the Registration and License button to open the
AFCON Registration and License form.

2. Complete the fields in the Customer Information section.

3. Click the Save to File button to open the Windows Save dialog box. Complete this dialog box to
save an image of your SEK.
4. Mail this image to marketing@afcon-inc.com. The file will be processed, and a .puf file containing
the updated image of your SEK will be emailed to you.
5. When you receive the.puf file. Save this file and then open the AFCON Registration and License
dialog box and click the Update from File button.
6. Click OK to end this process.
For further information contact: support@afcon-inc.com.

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