Download & Install Wickets Administrator
Try Demo
Mode - No Commitment
- Go Kick The Tires
Normally, in order to run Wickets
Administrator you must get AppID, SiteID, and Site License Codes
assigned
from the factory. They are required to
preserve the system security for all operating customers. However,
Wickets Administrator has a "Demo Mode" that allows you to try it out
to see what facilities it provides prior to committing to a purchase
of any equipment or site licenses. Once you are convinced that Stored
Value Wickets are what you need, IDX sales will help you easily
convert your installed software into a fully functional installation.
To run in Demo Mode, after you have
installed Wickets Administrator as instructed below and have started
it up, the first screen will be like the screen shot about a dozen
lines below. You will note that in the bottom left corner there is an
orange button named
Demo
Only . By clicking this button, you will automatically be
assigned AppID Code 41 (carwash market) and SiteID Code 777 (reserved
for Demo Mode) and you will be off and running.
Full
Installation Instructions
Use these steps to
download and install Wickets Administrator:
1.) Click the Download button
above or the link to the right to download the file
WAdminInstall.zip from our server. It contains all of the
installation files. Save it to your Desktop... were we will use it.
2.) Open the zip file by
double-clicking it to view its contents. Find and double-click file
setup.exe to install Wickets Administrator on your computer. Note:
To perform this step, the account of the person currently logged on to
your computer will likely have to be setup with "computer
administrator" rights.
3.)
Once you have installed the software, start the application by
clicking Start - All Programs - Wickets Administrator and then
click the icon for the application.
4.)
You may left-click the icon to start the program, or you may create a
shortcut icon on your desktop by right clicking the icon,
selecting "Send To" and then selecting "Desktop (create
shortcut)".
 5.)
When you first start the program, the
screen pictured to your right will open and offer you an Installation
ID number and request that you contact the IDX factory at
1-800-643-1109 to obtain your AppID Code (specifies your market),
your unique SiteID Code (to ensure only your Wickets are used at your
location) and a Site License Code which will allow the program to
operate on your computer.
6.)
Before continuing, see the special note about Windows Vista below.
Then once these codes have been properly entered, click the O.K.
button and Wickets Administrator will startup and run for you.
7.)
IDX strongly recommends that the first thing you do is to click the
Setup button on the main screen of Wickets Administrator and enter
your company information, select the Com Port to be used with your
Wicket Reader Programming Module and set the
Site Division for this location. Note that you can use the
? buttons
found on the screen to get a detailed description of what that is
about.
USB to Serial Port
Adapter Warning Note
If you are considering using your
own USB to Serial Port Adapter, please beware that some don't function as well
as might
be
expected. Some just do not transfer data in a sufficiently timely
manner for IDX real-time software applications, and some of them will
not re-initialize themselves after the computer has gone through a
Standby or Hibernate cycle. When the adapter does not get
re-initialized after Standby or Hibernate modes then Windows will
report to our software that the selected serial port is not valid. You
have three solutions: 1.) if you have an adapter that
malfunctions as described you can unplug and plug it back in to
re-initialize it... that may eventually get tiresome, or 2.)
you can choose to always use a full shutdown and restart sequence by
disabling Standby and Hibernate in the Control Panel -
Appearance/Themes - Display - Screen Saver - Power screen, or better
yet 3.) make sure you get a Serial Port Adapter that functions well to
begin with.... just buy the ones sold by IDX. The tables below list our
experience with a variety of units... buyer beware!
|
USB to Serial
Port Adapters That Work |
|
Manufacturer |
Model |
Comments |
| Byte Runner |
PL-4COM |
Single USB port converts to 4
serial ports. |
|
Cables Unlimited |
USB-2920 |
Single USB port
to single serial port |
|
USB to Serial
Port Adapters That DON'T Work |
|
Manufacturer |
Model |
Comments |
|
Belkin |
F5U109 / N10117 |
Port is invalid (does not
re-initialize itself) after Standby or Hibernate. |
|
Micro Innovations |
USB610A |
No LEDs - Some
blue screen of death in XP - no Vista support. |
|
Keyspan |
USA-19HS |
Some blue screens of death in
Win2K and freezes in WinXP |
Window Vista Special Note
- Pesky Run-Time Error #75
Windows Vista has imposed new access control restrictions with its
User Account Control (UAC) utility in order to protect your
computer from application software that may want to surreptitiously alter
files on
your computer. Wickets Administrator
needs to save and update files during its use, and thus must be given
special permission to do so or you will surely encounter Run-Time Error
#75. When this happens, Wickets Administrator will terminate.
Please
Click Here for detailed
instructions on how to deal with the new Windows Vista UAC so that Wickets
Administrator can create and modify the files it needs for its
operation. Windows XP
and Windows 2000 do not have the problematic UAC. In short, to install
the program on your computer you will need to be logged in as an
administrator. Then, to prevent the UAC from causing problems you will
need to either specifically change the properties of the program
file C:\Program Files\Idx\WAdmin\Wadmin.exe to have
administrator privileges, or disable the UAC in Control Panel –
User Accounts.
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