Permissions
To install the Loadman Fleet Manager you will need to be logged in as a user that has administrative privileges (or on Vista with UAC enabled be ready to enter an administrative password).

To install maps, you must have write permission to the Program Folder (or on Vista with UAC enabled be ready to enter an administrative password).

Any Windows login that will use the Loadman Fleet Manager, either as a Master or a Satellite, must have...

• Read access to the Program Folder.
• Read/Write access to the Data Folder.
• Read/Write access to the registry keys
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Creative Microsystems\Loadman Fleet Manager
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CtrlsoftM7

• If you do have the Loadman Fleet Manager running, close it.
• Get the file named LoadmanSetup_#####.exe where ##### is the version number (such as LoadmanSetup_41722.exe). This is an executable file, you just run it to perform the install. You will be presented with a multi-page wizard.
• At the Welcome page, click next.
• At the Customer Information page, enter your name and company name. Then click next.
• At the Destination Folder page you will most likely want to accept the default. This determines where the program and other read only files are located. After making your selection, click next.
• At the Database Folder page you will select where you want the database and other read-write files to be placed. Caution, selecting a location accessed over a network may have a negative performance impact. After making your selection, click next.
• At the Ready to Install the Program page, click install.
• At the InstallShield Wizard Completed page, click finish.
• You can then launch the Loadman Fleet Manager from the start menu or the desktop icon.

• If you do have the Loadman Fleet Manager running, close it.
• Get the file named LoadmanUpgrade_#####.exe where ##### is the version number (such as LoadmanUpgrade_41722.exe). This is an executable file, you just run it to perform the upgrade.
• You will first see a WinZip Self-Extractor. It will identify the version to which you are upgrading. Simply click Setup.
• You will then be given a notice of what you are doing an given a chance to not upgrade. Click yes.
• You will then see some eyewash about copying files (this is quick so you may miss it) and then a notice of a complete upgrade. Click ok.
• You can then launch the Loadman Fleet Manager from the start menu or the desktop icon.

• Master
  • Install the Loadman Fleet Manager on the computer that will be in contact with the Loadman meter(s). This installation is called the Master. The master database must be installed on a disk drive that can be accessed by all the satellites (see Full Install above). If your network configuration allows, it is better if the master database is located on the computer running as master.
  • Start the Loadman Fleet Manager, go to the menu tools : users and select add from the toolbar and add the desired users.
  • In the upper left of the user view, un-check the box labeled single user mode.
  
  
• Satellite
  • Install the Loadman Fleet Manager as described above. The database location that you select for each satellite must be unique and not be the same as the location of the master database. The default is probably best.
    WHEN SELECTING THE LOCATION FOR THE SATELLITE DATABASE DURING THE INSTALL, DO NOT SELECT THE LOCATION OF THE MASTER DATABASE.
    Pointing to the master comes later.
  • Start the satellite and select menu tools : advanced functions : maintenance tools . You will be warned that this shuts down the Loadman Fleet Manager, click yes.
  • At the maintenance tools, select the multi-user tab.
  • Click the box labeled run as a satellite and select the folder that contains the master database. That location can be viewed at the master from menu help : folders, it will be the second entry.
  • Now restart the Loadman Fleet Manager and login.
  • The database that was installed with the satellite is used to keep track of your local settings and as a temporary staging area for reports.