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→ The Load settings from... dialog box will open. You need to establish a connection to the
factory database, before data can be called up.
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Fig. 4 - 27 Loading settings
→ Enter the following information:
– MS SQL Server
– Database name
– Database user
– DB password
NOTE
Click on the Browse for SQL instances icon. All SQL server instances available will be
shown in the Select SQL Server instance dialog box.
If the Select SQL Server instance dialog box shows no entries, you need to specify the SQL
server instance manually in the MS SQL Server field. 4
→ After entering the database access parameters, we strongly recommend that you check the
connection to the database. Click Test to check whether the connection to the database can
be established.

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→ If the connection does not function properly, you will see the following information box:
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Fig. 4 - 28 DB error
→ Click on the Setup DB Connection button to start the DB Connection Wizard setup
sequence and configure the SIPLACE Explorer factory database. Follow the instructions at
“Database Connection Wizard” on page 98.
→ If the connection functions properly, you will see the following information box:
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Fig. 4 - 29 Success
→ Click OK. The system will check the database data. If the database has data from SIPLACE
Explorer V2.3, V2.2, V2.1, or V2.0, you will need to convert the database for SIPLACE V2.4,
due to the changed data structure in the SIPLACE Explorer V2.4 database. In this case, the
Convert Database dialog box will open.
NOTE
Consider the following when converting the database
- You require database administrator privileges.
- Once you have started the conversion, this process can not be stopped.
- The conversion time depends on the size of the database and on the performance of the
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Fig. 4 - 30 Convert database
→ Specify the access data for the database administrator and enable the Backup database
option.
→ Confirm your entries with OK. The DB backup location dialog box will open
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Fig. 4 - 31 DB backup location
→ Before performing the conversion, the system creates a backup file of the database. Specify
the folder for this file in the Folder for database backup field. Click on the Browse ...
button to select an existing folder.