Production Terminal utilizes web based technology to allow employees to update Orders using Internet Explorer and have those changes visible immediately in Control.

Before starting this setup, please verify that the customer has the Production Terminal tab module. If they do not have the Production Terminal module they must purchase this first and you can direct the customer to mailto:sales@cyrious.com for pricing .

NOTE: These instructions are specifically for IIS v8.0 which is included in Windows 8.

Setting up SQL Server User for WebView/ProductionTerminal

  1. Go to Start | All Programs | Microsoft SQL Server
  2. Locate and open the SQL Server Management Studio.
  3. Log into the SQL instance used by the Control application.
  4. Expand the Security folder and Right-Click Logins.
  5. Choose “New Login”.
  6. Enter WebView as the Login Name.
  7. Change Authentication to SQL Server Authentication.
  8. Please contact Technical Support for the password. Be sure to enter the password they provide in all lowercase. Remove the check mark from “Enforce password policy, enforce password expiration, and User must change password at next login” *.
  9. Go to Server Roles section and enable all available check boxes.
  10. Click OK to save.

Installing the Production Terminal Files

  1. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the Cyrious folder.
  2. Create a new folder called “ProductionTerminal”.
  3. Download the latest version of ProductionTerminal. Note for Cyrious Techs: \\10.0.2.18\runimage$\Control [version]\ProductionTerminal
  4. Place latest Production Terminal application files into the Production Terminal folder.

Enabling Production Terminal in Control

  1. Verify the security key is authorized for Production Terminal, if on Control 4.6 or Earlier, or has a license key and on a stand alone sslip.
  2. Create a folder named PTSSLIPShare in the “ProductionTerminal” folder, open it, and copy the folder path in the address bar.
  3. Open Control and navigate to Setup | System Setup | Production Terminal Options. Click edit and paste the path you copied into the Folder Path field. i.e. C:\Program Files (x86)\Cyrious\ProductionTerminal\PTSSLIPShare Note: The path above may be slightly different based on the name of the PT folder you created and install path of PT.
  4. Click Save.
  5. Close Control.
  6. Close the SSLIP.

Verifying and Installing IIS 8 and .NET Framework

Note: For a walkthrough with screenshots installation_of_iis_on_windows_8 .

  1. Open Control Panel.
  2. Open Program and Features.
  3. Click on Turn Windows features on and off.
  4. Check these features in this specific order, if you do it in any other order you'll probably run into an issue. Once you have everything selected, click Next.
    1. Internet Information Services - check this option, accept the default settings.
    2. .NET Framework 3.5 (Includes .NET 2.0 and 3.0)
      1. Windows Communication Foundation HTTP Activation * .
    3. NET Framework 4.5 Advanced Services
      1. ASP.NET 4.5
      2. WCF Services
      3. HTTP Activation
      4. TCP Port Sharing
  5. Click OK, after the installation completes click OK.

Configuring IIS 8.0 for Production Terminal

  1. Click on Start | Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
  2. Expand Sites folder and right click on Default Web Site.
  3. Click on Add Application
  4. Enter ProductionTerminal for the Alias.
  5. Under the Physical path: section click the … button to Browse. Select the Production Terminal folder under C:\Program Files (x86)\Cyrious\ProductionTerminal.
  6. Under Application Pool, ensure that .NET v4.5 (we have seen where the Application Pool must be set to .NET v4.5 (Classic) in order to function) is selected.

Verifying The Production Terminal Installation

  1. Close Control and restart the SSLIP.

Creating Internet Shortcut For Production Terminal on Server

  1. Go to Start | Run | Accessories | Command Prompt
  2. Type in ipconfig and press Enter.
  3. Note down the internal IP Address. i.e. 192.168.1.100
  4. Right click on any empty area on the Desktop and choose New | Shortcut.
  5. Type in http:/ProductionTerminal i.e. http://192.168.1.100/ProductionTerminal
  6. Click OK and name the shortcut Production Terminal then click OK.
  7. Double click the Internet Shortcut that is now on your desktop to access Production Terminal.
  8. If prompted to install SilverLight on your machine, proceed, otherwise continue.
  9. Login using your Control username and password.

Creating Internet Shortcut For Production Terminal on the Clients

  1. Right click on Desktop and select Shortcut.
  2. Type in http:///ProductionTerminal i.e. http://192.168.1.100/ProductionTerminal
  3. Click OK and name the shortcut Production Terminal then click OK.
  4. Double click the Internet Shortcut that is now on your desktop to access Production Terminal.
  5. If prompted to install SilverLight on your machine, proceed, otherwise continue.
  6. Login using your Control username and password.
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