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EDM V1.10 / Installation Manual 07/2011 Edition 3.3 Push mode In push mode , the data preparation engineer sele cts the data he or she wishes to make avail able to the lines they are responsible for. Und e r a graphical …

EDM V1.10 / Installation Manual 07/2011 Edition

3 Data transfer

SIPLACE EDM was developed to make it possible to store SIPLACE Pro data on a decentralized

basis. One requirement to fulfill to reach this goal is to guarantee an efficient, selective data

transfer from the Master Server to the Line Servers and in the opposite direction. Changes made at

the local level are integrated into the central database so that it contains data that is valid – i.e. as

up-to-date as possible – throughout production.

From a technical point of view, bi-directional data transfer is based on the import and export data

model in SIPLACE Pro, which is also familiar from SIPLACE Pro Desk and which can be performed

manually from the Desk.

SIPLACE EDM implements a process-based solution for data transfer. The program provides three

approaches to controlling and monitoring the data flow:

● pull mode

● forced pull mode

● push mode

3.1 Pull mode

On the one hand, the pull mode represents a stand-alone process controller for the data transfer,

and on the other hand, it serves as the basis for the forced pull mode. For this reason, this section

will only deal with the aspects common to both modes, and the following section will only deal with

the aspects specific to the forced pull mode.

The basic idea behind the forced pull mode as well as the "simple" pull mode is that the line

engineer is basically responsible for the production data and for the decision regarding which data

applies to the line since the line engineer is responsible for ensuring that the line produces.

To do this, the line engineer manually starts the pull mode via the SIPLACE EDM Client. He or

she selects the data to be transferred. The data preparation engineer, though, is provided with

configuration options he or she can use to actively intervene in the process (see section 5.4.1

Application templates). The data preparation engineer specifies what objects are available for each

line and what object types are to be overwritten when performing a download to the line. In general

terms:

– The data preparation engineer is responsible for the correctness of the object types overwritten

during the download.

– The line engineer is responsible for the object types that are not overwritten.

The data preparation engineer, however, has neither influence on whether or not the line engineer

pulls new data from the Master Server, nor when this data is pulled.

3.2 Forced pull mode

With forced pull mode, SIPLACE EDM provides an option of ensuring that the line data engineer

is always working with relatively up-to-date data. This mode allows for the specification of a

maximum time period between two downloads. This should ensure that the data on the lines is

never older than the prescribed time period. If no data is downloaded from the Master Server

during the time period defined, then the data preparation engineer is informed of this via a

SIPLACE EDM notification and can initiate organizational activities to ensure the data is

downloaded and up-to-date.

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3.3 Push mode

In push mode, the data preparation engineer selects the data he or she wishes to make available

to the lines they are responsible for. Under a graphical user interface, they use an application

template (see section 5.4.1 Application templates)) to select one or more line and the objects (e.g.

optimized recipes) that they want to transfer to the selected line(s). Depending on the settings in

the configuration, the line engineer is forced to accept these changes immediately or later, or can

reject them, or is simply informed of the receipt of changed data. With the EDM Data Transfer

Manager, the data preparation engineer always has an overview of the status of the individual

transfer packages on the EDM lines.

In contrast to the two pull mode variants, sovereignty over the status of the data in push mode

lies largely with the data preparation engineer.

Push mode and pull mode should be used independently. EDM can be operated in mixed mode

without problems.

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4 Installation

4.1 Requirements

4.1.1 EDM Master Server

Minimum Requirements

Hardware Intel Pentium 4.3 GHz

2 GB RAM

1 GB hard disk storage capacity

Network connection

Operating system Windows 2003 Server (SP2), Windows XP Professional SP3

(32-bit), Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7, Windows 2008 Server

(preferably 64-bit)

MSMQ runtime must be installed

SIPLACE Pro Version 9.3 Server installation

Microsoft SQL Server Preferably: SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 Express Edition

Supported: SQL2000 SP 4, MSDE 2000 SP4, SQL Server 2005

SP3, SQL Server 2005 Express SP3

.NET Framework Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP 1

Table 4-1: EDM Master Server software requirements

CAUTION

Manually created maintenance jobs can be lost if SQL Server is updated.