Network Your Database

There are several reasons to put your Espion database on a network:

• to allow multiple Espion systems to share a single database
• to take advantage of your server's automatic backup features
• to connect an analysis machine to the system's database for remote test analysis

Network your database

1. Choose where you want the database to reside - on an acquisition machine's computer or on a server. For clarity, we refer to the machine with the database on it as the SERVER and the other, accessing computer(s) as a CLIENT.

2. Assuming you want another computer to be the server, copy the database from the Espion computer to the server e.g to a directory called \DATABASES\ESPION.FDB By default, databases are located in C:\Multifocal\Databases (for V6 systems).

3. If you wish to consolidate multiple databases from multiple machines, do that now. Contact support for assistance. You can find an article explaining the step in more detail here: How to Consolidate Databases.

4. You must now install Firebird Database Server Software onto the host computer. You can find a setup file for Firebird in the location C:\Multifocal\Firebird and Utilities\Firebird*.exe.

5. TCP/IP port 3050 must be open on all computers/servers (it is by default). This is the default port that Firebird communicates through. The default port can be changed. If this is required by your institution, contact Diagnosys for assistance.

6. Check that the acquisition computer(s) can now see the server computer on the network and vice versa (using Windows tools). The server machine must have a static IP address.

7. You will not be able to connect to a networked database using Database Center.  Run the Espion software on the client and go to Configure System, Program, Database, Database Path. Modify this to with the location of the database. i.e. 192.168.1.140:c:\multifocal\databases\espion.fdb

8.  If you encounter an error, you can also try directly editing the application configuration file directly.  This is called C:/Multifocal/ESLOCAL.ini.

Example

Connect to: 192.168.1.140:c:\multifocal\databases\espion.fdb

Database is Stored: c:\multifocal\databases\espion.fdb

Address of Server Computer: 192.168.1.140