Installation of Prerequisites

Geo SCADA Expert requires certain other software components to be in place before it can be installed successfully.

If your computer has the prerequisite software installed, the Geo SCADA Expert installer will display the Welcome ‘page’ of the Geo SCADA Expert Installation Wizard (see Welcome to the Schneider Electric Geo SCADA Expert Setup Wizard).

If the prerequisite software is missing from your computer, the Geo SCADA Expert installer will attempt to install it. A Setup dialog box provides details about the components that have to be installed (along with those that are optional).

When the Setup dialog box appears:

1. Use the check boxes to choose which of the optional components you want to install (in addition to the required components that will be installed).

   For information about which optional prerequisites you should install, see Geo SCADA Expert Prerequisite Components.

   The SAP Crystal Reports runtime components are NOT installed by default. If you intend to install them you must purchase a Crystal Reports runtime license for each server on which these components are to be operational (clients do not need a license to use the runtime components). For servers on which the runtime components are operational, the Crystal Reports runtime license is included with the Geo SCADA Expert Crystal Reports driver license. Please contact your Schneider sales representative for more information.

   Geo SCADA Expert servers require the 64-bit version of the SAP Crystal Reports Runtime Engine to be selected. Geo SCADA Expert ViewX clients and Virtual ViewX servers require the 32-bit version of the SAP Crystal Reports Runtime Engine to be selected. Please select both if you are to run Server and Clients on the same computer. As the runtime components are prerequisites, you have to select them before you continue further with the Geo SCADA Expert installation (this is handled automatically in the Virtual ViewX installer). For more information about the installation order, see the Installation section of the Geo SCADA Expert Guide to the Crystal Reports Driver.

   If you intend using Crystal Reports on your system, you also need to install the Crystal Reports prerequisites and driver on any Permanent Standby servers, in order for the Geo SCADA Expert database to synchronize. However, as the Permanent Standby Geo SCADA Expert servers do not require the Crystal Reports driver to be operational, they do not require a Crystal Reports runtime license. (On the Modules tab on the Server Status Tool of such servers, the Crystal Reports driver will show a red 'No License' state due to the lack of runtime license. This is expected on Permanent Standby servers. On all other servers on systems that use Crystal Reports, the Crystal Reports driver and runtime components must be licensed.)

2. Select the OK button to proceed.
   The prerequisite components are verified and installed. If a reboot is required for the installation process to complete, a dialog box is displayed. Select Yes to allow the reboot to take place.
3. Following the reboot, Windows may ask if you want to allow Geo SCADA Expert Setup to make changes to your computer. Select Yes.
4. If a Setup dialog box is displayed, select the OK button to install any remaining prerequisite components.

Windows may ask you if you want to allow Geo SCADA Expert Service Manager to make changes to your computer. Select Yes to allow the installation process to continue.

When the prerequisites have been installed, the Geo SCADA Expert Installation wizard runs (see Welcome to the Schneider Electric Geo SCADA Expert Setup Wizard).