BTNInventory Quick Start
Quick
Start:
Assuming your PCs
have all the requirements such as WMI and IP Addresses.
1. Install the
database program on a computer that has Microsoft Access 2000.
2. Edit the BTNIP.INI
file with the IP address of the PC with the database, the port number to use
and the sending delay. Usually you only have to change the IP address. (See
Setting the IP Info section)
3. Start the
BTNDBW program. If the IP address of the database server and the IP address in
the BTNIP.INI file don’t match, you will get the configuration screen to enter
the BTNIP.INI data.
4. Install the
client on a computer. It can be the same one that has the database, but another
one would be better for test purposes.
5. Copy the
modified BTNIP.INI file from the server to the BTNINV directory on the client,
or edit the file on the client to match the one on the server.
6. Edit the
BTNXFILE.TXT for the files you want to search for on the hard disk. (See Search
for Extra Files section.). There is a menu option in the database program for
editing the BTNXFILE.TXT file.
7. Start the
BTNINVW program.
Your database
should be populated with the data from the client.
Setting
the IP info:
Edit the BTNIP.INI
file (located in the BTN program install directory) to have the same IP address
of the system, which is running the database program. Make sure that the port
number the client is using matches the port number for the BTNIP.INI the
database program is using.
BTNIP.INI - both
the client and server programs use this file. The format is the same, so you
can use the same file for both programs. You can use the Database server
program to edit one file, then copy it to the clients when you install the
client program.
IP address: The first line contains the IP address of
the system running the database server program. The database server program
ignores this line.
IP port: The second line is the port number that
Winsock will use to communicate. This needs to be the same on both the client
and the server.
Delay: The third line is the delay for sending the
data. If data is being dropped, then you can increase this number (the delay)
to slow down the send rate. You will notice a difference in the send tick count
displayed on the client.
International
users may need to enter the delay amount starting with a comma instead of a
period.
Search
for Extra Files:
You can search for
specific files by adding them to the BTNXFILE.TXT file. The BTNXFILE.TXT file is
located in the client install directory.
This is the
format:
c:\program
files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe
c:\*.doc;*.xls;*.ppt
c:\ntdetect.com;
c:\ntdetect.com
By including the
“;” (semi colon) in lines 2 and 3, the program will search the entire hard disk
for the files.
With line 2 you
can search for multiple files by separating them on the same line with a “;”
(semi colon). You will get a combined count of how many times the files on that
line were found (not how many of each file). This is useful for finding files
users shouldn’t have, like mp3’s and mpeg’s.
To improve the
search speed you could combine lines 2 and 3. However, you will get a combined
total of all the files on that line.
c:\*.doc;*.xls;*.ppt;ntdetect.com
If you want a
total for each file type, they need to be listed on separate lines. This search
will be slower, since it searches the entire hard disk once for each line.
c:\*.doc;
c:\*.xls;
c:\*.ppt;
c:\ntdetect.com;
Lines 1 and 4 will
only search the specified directory. If the file is found the database will
show the version, size and date of the file.
If there are zero
or more than one file that matches the criteria, you will have a count of how
many files were found in the database. If there is only one then you will have
the version, size and date of the file.