How to install UNICORN for ÄKTAxpress

Before you start

Before you start the installation procedure the following prerequisite has to be met:

  • The operating system, Windows 2000/XP, must be correctly installed on your computer. See the operating system documentation for details.

Also notice the following:

  • You can exit the installation at any point by clicking on either the Cancel button or the Exit button. If you do this, however, the installation will be incomplete and the software cannot be used.

  • After the installation, the installed files are compared with the original files on the installation CD to make sure that no files have been corrupted during installation. The criteria used for the file comparison are name, size, version and checksum.

Upgrading a UNICORN installation

Installing a new version of the UNICORN software over an existing UNICORN installation is no problem. You do not have to uninstall the previous version before installing the new version.

Note: If you have made additions to the previous installation you will be asked if you want to keep these additions when UNICORN is started the first time after the new installation. This is described in Step 4 - Select Components.
Do not copy the CD-ROM or decompress the files

UNICORN is supplied on a CD-ROM. Files on the CD-ROM are compressed and cannot simply be copied onto the hard disk. During the installation procedure, the required folder structure is created on the hard disk and the files are decompressed. Do not attempt to decompress the files using any other file decompression utility.

Step 1 - Insert the Setup CD

Follow the instructions in the table below to begin the installation:

Step

Action

1

  • Insert the CD-ROM disk into the CD-ROM drive.

The UNICORN Setup Program should start automatically. If not,

  • click the Windows Start button and select Run

  • type the command d:setup, where d: is the unit for your CD-ROM drive.

  • click OK.

2

The UNICORN Setup program is launched. Continue the setup below.

Step 2 - License agreement and user information

The table below describes how to complete step 2 of the UNICORN Setup program.

Step

Action

1

  • The Welcome dialog box is displayed.

  • Click the Next button to continue.

2

  • The UNICORN Software License Agreement dialog box is displayed. You must accept the license agreement to install UNICORN.

  • Click the Yes button to continue.

3

  • The User Information dialog box is displayed. Type your name, company and the product serial number of the software. The serial number can be found on the UNICORN License Agreement that is shipped with the CD.

  • Click the Next button.

Step 3 - Select System Type

In the Select System Type dialog box you choose the type of system you will use, an ÄKTAxpress system or a UNICORN system other than ÄKTAxpress.

  • Click the ÄKTAxpress System button to continue.

Step 4 - Select Components

In the Select Components dialog box you choose the components to install by selecting the appropriate check boxes. Normally, all the check boxes should be selected.

Select the components to install according to the table below.

Component

Description

Program Files

The Program Files check box must be selected.

User Information

The User Information check box must be selected if you are installing UNICORN for the first time on the computer.

The Select Sub-components dialog box

Select User Information check box and click the Change button.

Result: The Select Sub-components dialog box is displayed, showing the sub-components:

  • Global Procedures

  • Global Report Formats

  • Global BufferPrep Recipes

  • Global Columns

  • User File

Select the components you wish to install.

If sub-components already exist

If any of the above components already exist from a previous installation, you will be asked if you want to replace them with the new default files.

  • Normally you should answer No and keep the existing files.

Note: See also User Information where this dialog box is described in more detail.

Strategy and Template files

  • Select the Strategy and Template files check box to install strategies and templates.

  • Click the Change button to display the Select Sub-components dialog box. There you can select which components to install, Strategy files and/or Template files.

System installation

The System check box must be selected for workstations where systems are connected, but not on demo stations.

Manuals

  • Select the Manuals check box if you want to install the UNICORN manuals.

  • Click the Change button to display the Select Sub-components dialog box. There you select additional system manuals to install.

  • When you have selected the components, click the Next button to continue.

Note: A 3rd Party Software license information box will be displayed before the next step. Click the Next button again to proceed.
Step 5 - Select Drive

In the Select Drive dialog box you choose the installation folder for the UNICORN software.

Follow the instructions in the table to select a disk drive:

Step

Action

1

Select the disk drive where the program is to be installed. This should be a physical disk drive (usually C:) on the computer where you install UNICORN, not a network disk drive.

2

  • Click the Next button to continue.

  • Click the Yes button if asked whether Setup should create the UNICORN program folder.

Step 6 - Setup Type

The Setup Type dialog box is displayed:

The table below describes the choices in the Setup Type dialog box.

Step

Action

1

Select either of the options

  • Network installation described in step 1 a below

    or

  • Stand-alone installation described in step 1 b below.

1 a

Network installation

A network installation can be either

  • a local station

  • a remote-only system.

You have to select these disk drives in a network installation:

  • A local disk for the program files

  • A server disk for the server files

Select the Remote-only system check box to install a remote-only system, a computer to which no systems are physically connected.

Note: When you perform a network installation, the necessary UNICORN software components will be copied automatically to the network server disk.

1 b

Stand-alone installation

A stand-alone installation can be either

  • a local station

  • a demo station.

Select the Demo system check box if you want to install a demo station.

The network options settings are ignored for a stand-alone installation.

Note: If you perform a stand-alone installation and later want to connect the system to a network, you must remove the current installation and install the software with the appropriate settings.

2

  • Select the Demo system check box if you want to install a demo station.

  • Click the Next button.

Step 7 - Program Options

Follow the instructions in the table below to set the required parameters for password and system control layout:

Step

Action

1

Select Password required and type the minimum number of characters required for passwords. Valid numbers of password characters are 3 -15.

Select No password required if you do not require password protection. With this setting, users can be defined with or without passwords.

2

Choose either of the System Control Layout options.

  • Standard

    The standard layout for the System Control module. Must be chosen if Scouting or Method Queues are going to be used.

    Select the number of system control windows, 1-4.

  • ÄKTAxpress

    The new layout for the System Control module. It has only one System Control window which can connect to all the systems installed. Quick-switching is possible with the new system navigator.

3

Click the Next button to continue.

Step 8 - Select Program Folder

In the Select Program Folder dialog box you choose where to store the program icon.

The table below describes how to select a program folder for the UNICORN icon:

Step

Action

1

In the Select Program Folder dialog box, you select the Start menu folder where you want the UNICORN icon to be placed.

You can either

  • accept the suggested folder named "UNICORN" (recommended)

    or

  • create a new folder. Type the name of the new folder in the text field Program Folders.

    or

  • select a folder that already exists by clicking its name on the list.

2

Click the Next button to continue.

Step 9- Start Copying Files

The Start Copying Files dialog box displays the installation choices made.

The table describes how to start copying the program files from the CD:

Step

Action

1

The setup program is ready to copy the files. The Start Copying Files dialog box displays all the selections that have been made and the components to be installed.

Note: If you want to make any changes you can click the Back button one or more times.

2

If the settings are correct, click the Next button to copy the files.

Step 10 - Strategy and Template Installation

The Strategy and Template Installation dialog box is displayed if you chose to install strategy and/or template files in step 4.

If you did not choose to install strategy and template files, go to "Step 11 - System Installation" below.

Follow the instructions in the table below to install strategy and template files:

Step

Action

1

  • Select the items you wish to install in the Options field.

Note: If the options for both strategy and template are checked, the template files are automatically installed together with the strategy.

  • Click the Have Disk... button.

Result: The Select Source Folder dialog box opens.

2

  • Insert the strategy and template CD in your CD drive.

  • Click the Browse... button.

Result: The Choose Folder dialog box opens.

3

  • Click the folder icons in the Directories window and navigate to the folder that contains the strategy or template that you wish to install.

  • Click the OK button.

Result: The dialog box closes and the selected strategy or template is added to the Strategy and Template Installation dialog box.

4

  • Click the Install button

Result: The Enter Information dialog box is displayed.

5

  • Either keep the suggested default name for the strategy or template to be installed or type another name.

  • Click the Next button.

Result: The strategy or template is installed and an Information dialog box is displayed as a confirmation.

6

  • Click OK.

Result: The Strategy and Template Installation dialog box is displayed again.

7

  • Repeat steps 1 to 6 in this table if you have more than one system configuration and want to install additional strategies.

    Note: Strategies are installed independently of systems. A strategy is assigned to a system when the system is defined.

    or

  • Click the Next button to continue to the next installation step.

Step 11 - System Installation

The System Installation dialog box is displayed if you chose system installation in Step 4 - Select Components.

The table below describes how to define ÄKTAxpress systems.

Step

Action

1

Specify the Number of connected ÄKTAxpress systems, 1-12. This is the maximum number of systems that you plan to connect simultaneously to the computer.

Note: The number you choose here determines how many systems you can name in step 3 in this table.

2

Choose the Strategy to use for the systems.

Note: The strategy you choose will apply to all systems, you cannot define different strategies for different systems. To change strategies after the UNICORN installation, choose Administration:System Setup in the UNICORN Manager.

3

Type the names for the systems in the Unit 1-12 edit fields.

4

Click the Next button.

Note: If you want to define systems later or change the settings for a previously defined system, run the Setup program once again with only the System Installation option selected in the Component Selection dialog box.
Step 12 - Setup Complete

The installation is complete and the computer must be restarted:

  • Click the Finish button to exit the setup program and automatically restart the computer.

2005-06-15