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 								=Setup=
 								===Setting up the hardware and software===
 								The following pieces of hardware and software that will have to be installed in order to get
 								an ESL demonstration or pilot up and running:
 								<b>The ESL Server installer containing:</b>
 								** The ESL server application
 								** Example database files and image templates
 								** Firmware for the barcode terminal, base station and ESL tags.
 								** Appload (optional)
 								** USB drivers for the barcode terminal cradle (optional)
 								** User manual
 								<b>EBS40 Base station that includes:</b>
 								** 6 Volt 2 Amp Power supply
 								** Ethernet cable
 								==Installing the ESL Server application==
 								To install and run the software you will also need a PC or Server running Windows with .NET Framework 4.61 or higher (Windows 10 recommended)
 								<i>Before installing the software, make sure you have administrator rights and the PC is fully updated with all Windows updates.</i>
 								If your PC doesn’t have .NET Framework 4.6.1 (or higher) installed, it will be installed during the installation of the the ESL Server application.
 								# Run the installer by starting the ‘SetupEslServer.msi’ file.
 								# Select the components that you wish to install.
 								If you haven’t installed Appload or the Opticon USB drivers on your PC before, make sure you install those components as well.
 								If you wish to use the REST-API make sure you enable the Web Service
 								If you wish to use the ESL Web application, make sure you enabled the installation of XAMPP (if you haven’t installed Apache or MySQL on your system already)
 								==Installing and finding the EBS-40 Base station==
 								The base station can easily be installed by powering it up, connecting it to the Ethernet
 								with DHCP support and placing it within 10 meters (the actual maximum range is bigger)
 								of your ESLs.
 								#Plug in power supply to wall outlet and barrel connector to base station
 								<i>The power LED on top of the EBS-40 should start blinking red. Once the LED turns solid continue.</i>
 								#<b>Connect one end of the ethernet cable to either ethernet jack of the base station and the other end to the host computer that has DHCP enabled.</b>
 								<b>The PC will need to be connected to the same LAN, so it can communicate
 								with the base station</b>.
 								<i>After starting the application for the first time, no base station will be available to
 								communicate with ESLs</i>.
 								#<b>Press the ‘Find’ button on the ‘Base stations-tab to find the connected base station.</b>
 								#<b>Select the discovered base station to add and connect your PC to the base station.</b>
 								If activated ESLs are nearby, then the ESL count will start incrementing as they start
 								connecting to the base station. However, if the ESLs are still ‘deactivated’, they will first
 								have to be reactivated.
 								* Note 1: when the base station is connected to the LAN with DHCP the IP address can
 								vary over time, making it necessary to remove the old base station entry by pressing the
 								‘Delete’-key of your keyboard and discovering the base station again using the ‘find'
 								button. Using static IP leases in the DHCP server can resolve this problem.
 								* Note 2: when the base station is connected to the LAN without DHCP, the default IP
 								address/subnet mask of the base station is 169.254.19.63 / 255.255.0.0. Configure a PC
 								or laptop on the same subnet to change this using a web browser.
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