Network Setup Tutorial | ||||||||
This Tutorial will help you step by step set up Studiometry to network between multiple computers.
1. Selecting your server computer Section 1. Selecting your server computer The server machine on your Studiometry network will be used as a central database for all other machines to send and receive data with. The server can be any computer that can run Studiometry and connect to your network. A few criterion for selecting a server include: The ideal server would have a constant connection to your network with at least 512mb of RAM and the most recent OS available. The server machine will run Studiometry exactly the same as other machines, and still allow users to log in and edit information. The only difference is that the server will be running more processes in the background when information is being synchronized. Section 2. Setting up your server Once you've selected which machine will be your server, you will need to turn on the server features. While in Studiometry, go to the Preferences Window > Network options. Select "This Computer as Server" and Studiometry will automatically start and set up your server. You now have a Studiometry server running! The "Require Password" checkbox allows you to deny connections based on user input on the client machines. If you have Multiple Employees turned on in the Employees section of the preferences window, Studiometry will require an Employee's short name and password to log in. If you are not using multiple employees, Studiometry will require the Global Password set in the General section of the Preferences window. To allow definite access for all client machines, you should now open ports 9090 and 4465 on your firewall by doing the following: Section 3. Connecting computers to your server Now that your server is activated, you can start connecting clients and syncing data. To set up a machine to connect to your server: If Studiometry remains at the "Connecting to Server" stage for more than 5 seconds, this most likely means it will not connect. Perhaps the address has been entered incorrectly, you still need to open firewall ports 9090 and 4465 on the server machine or client machine, or you are not connected to your network. To open firewall ports: If you've tried all of this and still cannot connect, see the Troubleshooting section. Section 4. Syncing Data between computers When a client machine initially connects to a server, the client will send all of its updated information to the server, and then receive any newer information from the server. If a When connected to the server, the syncing of information is automatic and immediate in most cases. The only time data will not be immediately sent is when editing a If data does not seem to be syncing correctly, first check to make sure you are connected to a server. Use Window Menu > Status Window to bring up the Studiometry status window. This will show server connection status or, if you're on a server, the list of connected client machines. If you are connected and information seems incorrect, use the Network Menu > Sync Now command. This will force Studiometry to send all data from your machine into the network to be checked by the server and broadcasted onto all machines. Using the Sync Now menu item on a server will broadcast all information to all client machines, which will be more processor intensive than the client machine's Sync Now function.
Section 6. Additional Information This section gives detailed about the inner workings of how Studiometry decides and calculates which data to keep while syncing the network situation. Studiometry decides what data to copy to other machines based on modification dates saved while editing information. The following are all synced based on modification dates:
The following lists of categories will be merged on sync: Additional settings that will be synced only from the Server machines to Client machines: The information in Preferences Window > My Info can be copied from the Server machine to a client machine by clicking the "Get Info From Server" button. |
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