How to install EfficientPIM Network?

EfficientPIM Network Edition allows different users in your organization to access the same copy of data, to work in conjunction and improve work efficiency. Only finish the following steps can you have a more efficient and convenient working style.

The main parts of this article:

• Steps for connecting to server as administrator
• Steps for connecting to server for clients
• Possible reasons for failing to connect to server

Steps of installation and connecting to server

1. Please download EfficientPIM Network (for sever computer) at:
   http://www.efficientdownload.com/es/EfficientPIMNetwork-Setup.exe
   Please download EfficientPIM (for client computers) at:
   http://www.efficientdownload.com/es/EfficientPIM-Setup.exe
2. Steps for connecting to server as administrator
   1. After you install EfficientPIM Server on the server computer, please click New File on Toolbar to create a file to share your information. (Generally, the directory of the file when you first use this software is "My Documents\My Information.effw" )
   2. And then please click Close on File menu and click Connect to Server button in the dialog box.
      
   3. Please input the related information in the interface:
      Server: localhost (or server's host name)
      Database file: the directory of the shared file which you set just now
      Username: SYSDBA (default system administrator)
      Password: masterkey (default system administrator password)
      
   4. If you have inputted the correct information, you can connect to server as administrator successfully. So you can add your group members by clicking Users on File menu. (If you select Access to private data only, he or she will not see others' information.) When you add a new member and select that entry, you can see the related information about connecting to server. And you can copy it by clicking Copy to Clipboard button in this interface. Hence, it is really convenient for you to send it to each user. (Note: the password will not be displayed for privacy.)
      
3. Steps for connecting to server for clients
   1. Start EfficientPIM and click Connect to Server on File menu.
   2. Please input the related information that the administrator has set for you in the interface:
      Server: the server's IP address (it can be the server's host name if in the same LAN)
      Database file: the directory that the administrator has set for you
      Username: the user name that the administrator has set for you
      Password: the password that the administrator has set for you
   3. Now you can connect to the data file on the server and share data with other users.
4. If you failed to connect to server, please check your computer as following.
   1. Whether the administrator opened the shared file without connecting to server.
   2. When the administrator set password for the shared file without connecting to server, whether he or she did not select It may be accessed simultaneously by multiple users.
      
   3. Whether the LAN is connected.
   4. Whether the Windows Firewall allows EfficientPIM and Firebird to communicate through.

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