Configuration


Configuring TNIUT Server:

Entering Initial Password:

Once installed, The TNIUT Server needs to be configured in order to run. Configuration of server will take a few minutes.

You Must be online to configure the server. The server goes online, takes online time for configuration.

Once installed, you need to run the program by double clicking its icon, or shortcut in desktop or start menu. The icon of TNIUT Server looks like this.


Important: The server software accesses internet for the exact standard time during installation. If you have any software running that blocks other softwares from going online, then you will have to disable it manually. eg. If you have "Script Blocking" feature of Norton Antivirus enabled, and Norton Antivirus is running, it will prompt that the Server software is trying to access the Internet, and ask you whether you want to allow this. You will have to allow access as this is necessary for installation. This will do no harm either.

On running the program for the first time in your computer, you will get a Password form like this:

The green squares on two sides is not seen initially, but after going online, when the server gets the online time, the green squares appear. You will have to wait till green light appears, and when it is seen, will have to input the password. The password is supplied to you by the vendor.

Once you enter the correct password, a message will appear saying that you are running the program for the first time, so you need to configure the software. Configuring the software is discussed below.

Entering password Later:

When you click on the configuration button in the Server interface later (ie not while running for the first time), again the password interface will appear, which looks like this:

Here you don't have to wait for the green squares to appear. Type in the password you have put in the configuration straightway. If you have not put any password in the configuration earlier, just leave the password field blank and click on "Yeah!". You will now get the configuration interface as below. If you forget your password, contact your distributor or log in to http://nepalitimer.tripod.com

General Configuration:

The configuration interface that appears looks like this.

As you can see in the picture, there are 3 buttons and 3 tabs. The "Registration" button is discussed in the "Registration" section. The other two buttons are for saving or cancelling changes.

There are 3 tabs, and the first one, that is seen above, is the "General configuration" tab.

  1. In this tab, you will have to input the number of computers in your network, that is the number of computers you want to monitor the internet usage timer. All the computers must be connected with a hub, in order for the server to communicate with the client part. So you can't include those computers which are not connected within the network.

  2. The currency you use. In Nepal, it is "Rs.". So you do not need to make any changes if it is already there.

  3. Third option is "Open at start up". It is recommended that you choose this option in the server as well as in the client, so that you do not have to double click to start the program every time you turn your computer on.

  4. The fourth option is the "Client control" option. You can control 4 buttons of client from the server.

    Controlling the "Start" and "Stop" buttons means that the user in the client computer cannot start or stop the online time by himself respectively. So you will have to start or stop the online time usage from the server itself. You should enable or disable these buttons depending upon your needs. Disabling "Start" button will prevent the customers from stopping and restarting the timer, so that they can bargain that they have gone online a very less time, though they have used more. If you have not disabled "Start" button, and such thing happens, you should refer to the "Log Viewer" to view earlier online usage and solve the problem.

    "Work offline" is a feature that allows the user in the client computer to do offline work in the computer, but prevents him/her from going online, and any pages attempted to be downloaded will be disabled. But one can view offline pages and do other work. Clicking this button will not start the timer. So if you do not allow offline and you charge the customers from the point they work in the client computer, whether they go online or not, then you should disable this feature. And for most of the cases, it is recommended that you disable it.

    The "Disable Configuration button" will disable the "Configuration button in the client computer. This will prevent the client computer's configuration to be changed by anybody. So it is recommended that you disable it. The client's configuration is discussed in detail in the Client software's "Help", and some part of it will be discussed to you by the program vendor.



Charge Configuration:

The charge configuration tab looks like this.

Though the "Charge configuration" tab looks vast, actually it is not. This is made such to suit almost all type of charge rates. You just have to put charges where your rate changes, and leave the other textboxes blank (or zero). You are REQUIRED to put the minimum charge and for the time for which minimum charge is valid, and per hour charge. Other values are to be put as requirement.

Examples:

  1. If you do not have a minimum charge, your rate is Rs. 1 per minute, and no other change in rate for whatever time internet is accessed, then you will have to put "1" in minimum charge box, "1" in "for minutes" box, "1" in Per minute charge box, and "60" in Per hour charge box.

  2. If you do not have a minimum charge, your rate is Rs. 1 per minute, Rs. 25 for 30 minutes and Rs. 50 for an hour, then you will have to put "1" in minimum charge box, "1" in "for minutes" box, "1" in Per minute charge box, "25" in "for 30 minutes" charge box, and "50" in Per hour charge box. (This is the configuration you can see in the above picture.)

  3. If your minimum charge is 5 rupees which allows 5 minutes of internet access, then Rs. 1 per minute, Rs. 23 for 30 minutes, and Rs. 45 for an hour, then you will have to put "5" in minimum charge box, "5" in "for minutes" box, "1" in Per minute charge box,"23" in for 30 minutes charge box, and "45" in Per hour charge box.

  4. If your minimum charge is Rs. 10 for 10 minutes, there is no per minute charge, then Rs. 20 for another 10 minutes (ie 11 to 20 minutes), Rs. 30 for 30 minutes, Rs. 40 for 40 minutes, Rs. 50 for 50 minutes Rs. 60 for 1 hour then, you will have to put "10" in minimum charge box, "10" in "for minutes" box, then "20" in for 20 minutes box, then "30" in for 30 minutes box, then "40" in for 40 minutes box, then "50" in for 50 minutes box, then "60" in Per hour box. If you have similar configuration but Rs. 50 for an hour, then you can leave the "for 50 minutes" box empty, and put "50" in the per hour box instead.

  5. If your minimum charge is Rs. 20 for 30 minutes and Rs. 35 and hour, then you have to put "20" in minimum charge box, "30" in "for minutes" box, then again "20" in for 30 minutes box and "35" in Per hour box.



Administrative Configuration:

The administrative configuration tab looks like this.

It is recommended that you put some password in the topmost password fields. This will prevent access for others to the configuration in future, so that no one except you and the one who knows the password will be able to change the configuration.

Type in the name of you or your Cyber Cafe or whoever you want the software to, in the "The software should be liscenced to" input box. This is valid even if the software is within trial period. The trial period is of 10 days from the date of first use.

In the lower two input boxes, you need to input the registration number and the registration code. This is supplied by the vendor after you Register. The Registration part of the software is discussed in detail in the "Registration" section. When you enter correct registration number and code, the input boxes are not seen when you open the configuration interface next time.

After you are done with typing the necessary things, click on "Save Changes" to save the changes. On clicking it, a message box will appear asking whether you want to close the application so that you can restart or restart later. When configuring for the first time, you should click ok to close the application immediately. But later on, you can choose "Cancel" in such cases so that the application will not close. This is particularly helpful when the clients are running and timers are running. The changes you made at that time will take effect only after you close and restart application.

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