In order for all installation options to work properly you will need to log on as a user that

has permissions to install software and system drivers. This will generally be a user with
Administrator permissions.
BACKUP your existing MineSight installation. Do this especially if you intend to install
over a previous version as certain outdated folders will be cleared before installing the
newer folders.
CHECK YOUR DISK SPACE. NEW installations require approximately 2 GB of disk space
(this includes required third party .NET2, and Sentinel installations described below).
MineSight alone requires about 1.64 GB of disk space. UPDATE installations require
less disk space since previously installed files are not added but rather updated.
SAVE SITE-SPECIFIC FILES. Skip this step if you are making a NEW installation. Other-
wise, if you have site-specific files (e.g., plot.inf, digit.inf, medlist.bat) copy them to a save
directory.
START THE INSTALLATION. Normally, simply loading the CD will automatically start the
installation. The installation can also be started in any of the following ways:
Click Start, click Run, and enter d:\install\setup.
From Windows Explorer: double click on file d:\install\setup
From DOS: at the command prompt, enter d:\install\setup.
where d: is your specific CD drive containing the CD.
The Information Screen text you are currently reading appears as file, \install\ReadMe.txt
on the CD. Click the Next button to get past the Information Screen.
The next screen allows you to perform one of several different setups. The "Typical"
setup installs all MineSight program products except Visualizer. The "Custom" setup
allows you to include or exclude certain program products or documentation from the
installation. The "Visualizer" setup installs only the MineSight Visualizer program
and documentation.
The "Network Client" setup is only for installing system files, shortcuts and registry settings
on a network client machine. Prior to selecting this setup type, you must have already
performed an installation on the server machine using any of the other setup types.
If you are performing a "Network Client" setup, you will be asked to click Browse to locate
and select the network server's MineSight folder. You will be required to first map a drive
letter to the server before using the browser as this will affect the execution of MineSight.
If you are performing a "Typical", "Custom" or "Visualizer" setup, you will be asked for
the drive and directory in which to install MineSight. If you want to change the default
installation directory, click the Browse button to select another drive and directory.
If you are performing a "Custom" setup, you will be asked to select the components you
wish to install.
You will next be given a choice of a program folder in which to put the MineSight icons.
The default will be "MineSight", but you can rename this folder or choose to put the icons
in an already existing folder. The working directory set up for each of these icons will
usually be C:\.
You will next be given a choice of where you wish to set environment variables. Setting
the environment variables in the User section is ideal for a single computer user. Setting
these variables in the System section allows multiple users of the same computer to use
the same System environment settings providing that these variable names are not also
defined in the User section. Should the same environment variable be defined in both
sections, the User environment variable will take precedence.
Clicking Next will start the actual installation process. If the installer detects that a previous
MineSight version was installed in the same installation directory, an attempt will be made
to first uninstall the prior installation. After your chosen installation is complete, a few things
will occur in the background. Environment variables and Registry settings will be set or
updated with current information.
The .NET2 installation will occur next. The wizard will skip the .NET2 installation if it
detects that .NET2 was already installed. Approximately 230 MB of disk space is
required to install .NET2. The .NET2 installer requires Microsoft Windows Installer 3
as a prerequisite which usually is already installed. If Microsoft Windows Installer 3 is
missing, you may execute WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe. This installer is
found in the folder, \install\dotNET on the CD, and it requires 12 MB of disk space.
The Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable installation will occur next. The wizard will skip this
installation if it detects that it was already installed. Approximately 5 MB of disk space is
required to install the Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable.
The Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable installation will occur next. The wizard will skip this
installation if it detects that it was already installed. Approximately 5 MB of disk space is
required to install the Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable.
The Report Viewer installation will occur next. The wizard will skip this installation if it
detects that it was already installed. Approximately 8 MB of disk space is required to
install the Report Viewer.
The MineSight Licensing Utility installation will occur next. The wizard will skip this
installation if it detects that it was already installed. Approximately 35 MB of disk space
is required to install the MineSight Licensing Utility.
The installation of MineSight Schedule Optimizer does not include the installation of
third party software (Lindo API) required for performing the optimization calculations.
To obtain a Lindo API license, please contact Mintec Inc.
MineSight Torque will require additional installations of SQL components if SQL Server
2008 is not installed or if SQL Server 2008 is to be accessed via the network. We do
provide these installers in the \SQL folder of the CD. Please refer to the \SQL\ReadMe.txt
file for further details.
Next, the Sentinel key driver is installed. If a prior version already exists, it will first be
uninstalled. All Sentinel USB keys will need to be removed prior to the installation (and
uninstallation if applicable). In some cases, the Sentinel Installation may prompt a popup
dialog asking whether to reboot now or wait until later. Please respond LATER; otherwise,
the Minesight Installation will not be able to perform it's cleanup tasks. Approximately
120 MB of disk space is required to install the driver.
Once the MineSight Setup window announces 'InstallShield Wizard Complete', you may
select YES to restart the computer; otherwise, ensure you restart the computer at a later
time. To complete the installation program, click on the Finish button.
SENTINEL COMPATIBILITY ISSUES. The Sentinel SuperPro version 7.4.0 key driver
we install is developed by SafeNet and is reported to be compatible with all 32 and
64 bit computers with the exception of the Intel Itanium processor. Upon startup of the
MineSight programs, information is obtained from the attached Sentinel hardware key
and delivered to the program being executed.
Visit the SafeNet website at "http://www.safenet-inc.com/support/tech/sentinel.asp"
for further information regarding Sentinel driver compatibility and/or downloading.
RESETTING ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES. The install program automatically
sets the necessary environment variables in either the User or System section as
specified above. Environment variables MEDEXE, METLIB, DEFIL, LSORTWORK1
and LSORTWORK2 will be set. The directory you are installing to is assigned to medexe
and is appended to the PATH variable. If you want to change these environment
variables, you may do so using Control Panel\System.
One simplified means of setting User environment variables is to import the installation
generated registry files, mintec.reg and hoops.reg, residing in the installed \Support
subdirectory. After the Administrator grants the user read and execute permissions for
these files, log into the user's account and import mintec.reg and hoops.reg by using
Regedit or simply by double-clicking the files in Windows Explorer.
The installation automatically uses the settings found in hoops_opengl.reg for better
video performance. If you are experiencing video problems executing the MineSight
software, please import registry file, hoops_msw.reg, found in the installed \Support
subdirectory by using Regedit or by double-clicking it under Windows Explorer.
INSTALLING ADOBE READER. If you have chosen an install option that includes
documentation, you will need the Adobe Reader to read files with the .pdf extension.
If you do not have this installed, you may download an installer from the website,
http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.
MICROSOFT SQL SERVER 2005 EXPRESS. MineSight AP, IP, Haulage and Torque
utilize the SQL Server. If you do not have this installed, we do provide an SQL Server
2005 Express installer in the \SQLserverExpress2005 directory on the CD. For installation
instructions, please refer to \SQLserverExpress2005\SQLExpressInstall_ReadMe.txt.
SITE-SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS. Retrieve any site-specific files you saved earlier.
Copy the proper site-specific plotting programs to m122v1.exe and plotv1.exe. To deter-
mine the proper version of M122xx and PLOTxx, check page 122-3 in the M120 Programs
section of the documentation. (E.g., if you have an HP plotter that doesn't use HPGL/2,
copy m122hp.exe to m122v1.exe and plothp.exe to plotv1.exe.)
RELEASE NOTES. Documents describing the enhancements of this release can be
found in RelNotesUpdate2010.pdf in the CD's root directory.
If you have any questions about this installation, contact Mintec Technical Support.