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Copyright © 2003 -2004 Ahead Software AG REV 1.3 Table of contents 1 NeroNET Server ................................................................................. 6 1.1 1.2 What is NeroNET? ............................................................................ 6 How does NeroNET work? .............................................................. 6 2 Installation ......................................................................................... 8 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 System requirements....................................................................... 8 Installing NeroNET ........................................................................... 9 Deinstalling NeroNET..................................................................... 11 Starting the program...................................................................... 11 3 NeroNET user interface................................................................... 15 3.1 3.2 3.3 Configuration area ......................................................................... 15 Information area ............................................................................. 16 Status area ...................................................................................... 17 4 Configuring the server .................................................................... 18 4.1 4.1.1 4.1.2 4.1.3 4.1.4 4.1.5 4.1.6 Preferences..................................................................................... 18 Entering the serial number ............................................................... 20 Creating logfiles ............................................................................... 21 Determining the size of the logfiles .................................................. 21 Viewing logfiles ................................................................................ 22 Determining the number of finished jobs.......................................... 22 Specifying the COM port for the robot.............................................. 22 5 Configuring the recorder ................................................................ 23 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 Introduction .................................................................................... 23 Selecting recorders........................................................................ 25 Setting the recording speed.......................................................... 25 Activating buffer underrun protection ......................................... 25 Deactivating a recorder ................................................................. 26 Accepting no further recording jobs ............................................ 26 Printing labels................................................................................. 26 Selecting the directory for the image file..................................... 27 Table of contents · 3 Quickstart NeroNET 6 User administration......................................................................... 28 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Introduction .................................................................................... 28 Setting up the user account .......................................................... 30 Changing a user account .............................................................. 31 Deleting a user account................................................................. 32 7 Job administration .......................................................................... 33 7.1 7.2 7.2.1 7.2.2 7.2.3 7.2.4 7.2.5 7.3 7.3.1 7.3.2 7.3.3 Introduction .................................................................................... 33 For queue administrators .............................................................. 33 Deleting a job ................................................................................... 34 Adding copies................................................................................... 35 Deleting copies................................................................................. 35 Increasing the priority ....................................................................... 35 Reducing the priority ........................................................................ 36 Users ............................................................................................... 37 Deleting a job ................................................................................... 38 Adding copies................................................................................... 38 Deleting copies................................................................................. 38 8 General information ........................................................................ 39 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Jobs ................................................................................................. 39 Recorder ......................................................................................... 40 Completed jobs .............................................................................. 41 Help ................................................................................................. 42 9 Status area ....................................................................................... 43 9.1 9.2 Introduction .................................................................................... 43 Elements of the status area........................................................... 43 10 Configuring the browser................................................................. 44 10.1 Entering the server address.......................................................... 44 Quickstart NeroNET Table of contents · 4 11 Nero (Client)..................................................................................... 45 11.1 11.1.1 11.1.2 11.1.3 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 11.9 Installing Nero (Client) ................................................................... 45 Installation where there is an existing OEM version of Nero............ 45 Installation (no previous version of Nero)......................................... 46 Installation where there is an existing Retail version of Nero........... 46 Enable NeroNET support............................................................... 47 Special features when recording with Nero (Client) ................... 48 Usable discs ................................................................................... 48 Working with Nero Burning ROM or Nero Express..................... 48 CD + CD-RW compilations ............................................................ 49 DVD + DVDRW compilations......................................................... 49 Configuring network recorders..................................................... 50 Changing users .............................................................................. 54 11.10 Recording options.......................................................................... 57 11.10.1 Determining maximum speed ...................................................... 58 11.10.2 Simulation .................................................................................... 58 11.10.3 Write............................................................................................. 58 11.10.4 Finalize disc ................................................................................. 58 11.10.5 Write method................................................................................ 58 11.10.6 Number of copies ......................................................................... 58 11.10.7 Use multiple recorders ................................................................. 58 11.10.8 Do a virus check before burning .................................................. 58 12 Nero (Client) Preferences ............................................................... 59 12.1 12.2 12.3 Introduction .................................................................................... 59 General ............................................................................................ 59 Expert Features .............................................................................. 60 13 Creating a disc................................................................................. 61 13.1 Printing labels on recorded discs................................................. 61 14 Troubleshooting .............................................................................. 65 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 No burning possible....................................................................... 65 The server is not active ................................................................. 67 The recorder is deactivated........................................................... 68 Server does not accept any jobs .................................................. 69 15 16 Glossar ............................................................................................. 70 Index ................................................................................................. 78 Quickstart NeroNET Table of contents · 5 1 NeroNET Server 1.1 What is NeroNET? NeroNET extends the capabilities of the Nero recorder program so that it can be used in an IP-based Intranet. Its aim is to give all users connected to the Intranet comfortable access to the recorder on the NeroNET server. As a result, individual staff members of do not need to have recorders installed in their own computers but can record discs on the NeroNET server via Nero. NeroNET consists of two components: NeroNET Server and Nero (Client). As NeroNET Server, it runs on computers which have recording ('burning') functions ('burn servers'). Nero (Client) runs on the user's computer and corresponds to 'normal' Nero, enhanced by the addition of NeroNET functions. A suitable label can be made for the medium being recorded if the NeroNET server is also connected to an appropriate printer. The Nero Cover Designer program (included) makes this possible. NeroNET is an extremely economical application because it makes it possible for every member of staff to complete all recording orders on one central server. In the simplest version, all that is needed is one full version of Nero at the client and one CD/DVD recorder at the NeroNET server. 1.2 How does NeroNET work? NeroNET is the client/server version of Nero. It combines the functions of Nero with the client/server technology that many companies use to connect their computers to a network. A user can put together his or her compilation at any workstation where Nero (client) is installed, initiate the record procedure for the medium concerned and transmit a suitable label to the NeroNET server. First, an image of the medium and the label is generated locally on the user's computer and this is then transmitted to the NeroNET server. NeroNET comprises two components: The server program, that controls everything concerned with recording (e.g. recorder selection and the order of jobs to be recorded) and which regulates user administration (e.g. assignment of rights and setting up new users) and specifies the server configuration. The client program, which generates the jobs to be recorded and transmits them to the NeroNET server. Quickstart NeroNET NeroNET Server · 6 The user can follow the status of his job via a Web browser (like Internet Explorer) and can receive information on when the job it was started and how far it has progressed, for example. Recording jobs that have not yet been begun can also be deleted by the user. Once the server has recorded the medium, the user receives a message about the result of the recording process. Quickstart NeroNET NeroNET Server · 7 2 Installation 2.1 System requirements NeroNET runs on all currently commercially available computers and Windows versions. 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