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02. Installing Spinoza Navigator Server

The Navigator Web site is implemented using Microsoft .Net, and uses Microsoft’s Internet Information Service (ISS). The site requires the Microsoft .Net Framework 1.1, and IIS 5 or greater. (See the Spinoza Navigator Quick Start Guide for more info.)

Minimum System Requirements

  • PC with 300 megahertz or higher processor clock speed recommended; 233 MHz minimum required (single or dual processor system);* Intel Pentium/Celeron family, or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor recommended
  • 128 MB RAM (256+ MB recommended)
  • 20 MB Disk Space
  • Display Resolution: 1024x768

Prerequisite Software

  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional with IIS
  • Microsoft .Net Framework 1.1

Any audio-visual (AV) device you plan to control or manage must be connected to the network. Then Spinoza Navigator Server must be installed on a server computer. To actually control the device, you can then use a web browser on any computer on the network.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Before you can actually begin using Spinoza Navigator, you must first obtain a License Key by visiting the Spinoza web site at http://spinozatechnology.com/navigator. The License Key is required from you before you use the software for the first time. You are allowed to install Spinoza Navigator software on multiple computers, but the software will allow you to control only up to the number of devices authorized by the License you have purchased.

To install Spinoza Navigator Server:

  1. Close all applications you have running.
  2. Insert the Spinoza Navigator CD. The Setup program should launch automatically in Windows. If it does not, you can open the CD and double-click on the Setup program icon.
  3. Select Install Spinoza Navigator on the Setup screen.
  4. Click Next to continue through a series of screens with information about the License Agreement, Minimum System Requirements, Prerequisite Software.
  5. Select a Destination Location for the installed files.
  6. On the Select Additional Tasks screen, it is recommended that you leave the following boxes checked:
    - Install Basic Device Services (these are the core software services required to control devices)
    - Install Navigator Event Monitor (this installs the software component that reports various events related to a device)
    - Install Navigator Web Client (this installs a link on the desktop of the Server machine)
    - Display Option - Set desktop wallpaper (This option allows you to rapidly identify any computer being used to host Spinoza Navigator)
  7. When prompted, enter the License Key that you have obtained by visiting the Spinoza web site at http://spinozatechnology.com/navigator. (You will not be able to use the software until you first enter the License Key.)
  8. Follow the onscreen steps to complete the installation process.

IMPORTANT NOTE: While the Navigator Web relies on an IIS web site (a component part of Windows operating systems), the Navigator Device server itself is implemented using the NavTunnelVision (GoAhead) web server. Therefore, when you install the Spinoza Navigator suite, there will actually be two web servers running (NavTunnelVision on port 100 and IIS on port 80). The Navigator Web site (IIS) communicates with NavTunnelVision and uses it to monitor and control projector devices.