NEC Sentry Installation Guide

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Chapter 1 Introduction
This manual describes the installation, databases, and configuration for the Sentry 
Alarm Control Terminal and the applications that can be used with the terminal.
Overview
This manual contains the following chapters:
Chapter 1, Introduction - Describes the chapters in this installation guide.
Chapter 2, Sentry Alarm Control Terminal - Provides an overview of Sentry 
Alarm Control Terminal and describes the...

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Chapter 2 Sentry Alarm Control Terminal
This chapter describes the databases and configuration parameters for the Sentry 
Alarm Control Terminal software. For information about using the Sentry Alarm 
Control Terminal, see the Sentry Alarm Control Terminal User Guide.
Overview
The Sentry Alarm Control Terminal is a versatile UAP operator interface 
application that communicates with one or more Sentry OAI Monitor...

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There are several processes included in the Sentry Alarm Control Terminal 
installation:
Software Installation - Install software from media and follow prompts.
Database Creation - Build, process, and install databases.
Window Configuration Files - Create configuration files for terminal windows.
Configuration Parameters- Set configuration parameters.
Activate Terminals - Use platform maintenance tools to activate...

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Software Installation
The Sentry Alarm Control Terminal software must first be loaded from the release 
media. Remember to use the Applications Manager (APM) Installation Manual if 
you need further instructions for installing software using the APM.
Note:You will be prompted for several values when you install the software. For more 
information about these and other parameters, refer to the next section,...

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2. Type i and press Enter to select the Installation of Applications/Packages 
option. The Installation of Application/Packages screen displays.
3. At the “
Enter Package to be installed” prompt, type applications and 
press Enter.  The “
Enter Release Media Device” prompt displays.
Installation of Applications/Packages
Available Packages are:
applications    asl    mtl     tcpip     update    x25
Enter Package to be...

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4. Select the floppy disk device as the installation media by typing f and pressing 
Enter.
The following screen displays:
5. Insert the Sentry Alarm Control Terminal diskette into the floppy disk device, 
and press Enter to continue.
The screen displays files in the application installation. Many files may scroll 
off the screen, until all of the files from the diskette have been processed. 
The “
Has all release...

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6. Type y and press Enter to indicate that all release media has been loaded.
The APM installation begins processing all of the Sentry Alarm Control 
Terminal installation files and checking them for correctness. The screen 
indicates the status of the installation. 
After the files have been processed, the “root password” prompt displays. In 
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7. Type in the root password at the prompt and press Enter to continue.
The Sentry Alarm Control Terminal installation will create any directory that 
does not already exist. The paths of the directories will display on the screen, 
as illustrated below.
8. Press Enter to continue the installation. The sentry user is added to the SCO 
UNIX operating system.
Creating Sentry Terminal directories . . .
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9. Press Enter again and the sntryadm user is added to the SCO UNIX operating 
system.
10. A warning indicating that the user ID has already been assigned to the system 
displays. Type y and press Enter to install the sntryadm user with the same ID.
The sntryadm user is added to the system.
Installing sntryadm user on SCO UNIX.
Enter (sntryadm) user id [6000]:
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