Installation Instructions Chapter 2

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Pre-Installation Procedures

Overview of the Installation Process

This chapter provides an overview of the planning and installation

processes. The basic steps are:

• Survey the site and develop an installation plan based on the

customer’s needs

• Develop SmarTalker overlays

• Contract the purchase of SmarTalker mounting rails and clips, and

schedule labor for installation, or purchase SmarTalker II mounting

clips from NCR and schedule contract labor for clip installation

• Install the DecisioNet hardware and DecisioNet software

• Install the SmarTalker tags

• Validate the quality of installation

Note: This chapter provides an overview and does not contain every

detailed step for every installation. An NCR representative will work

with each customer to address every detail of a particular installation.

Summary of content (8 pages)

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2 Pre-Installation Procedures Overview of the Installation Process This chapter provides an overview of the planning and installation processes.
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-2 Pre-Installation Procedures Phase 1: Survey Site and Plan the Installation Once the customer has requested installation services, a number of activities are required. These activities consist of gathering, recording, and preparing information for presentation to the customers and the DecisioNet support team. The information gathered is used to formulate a strategy and identify the steps necessary to create a proper environment for operation of the DecisioNet System.
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Pre-Installation Procedures • 2-3 497-0410343: Certification/Re-certification Site Survey Procedure (to document site configuration for support purposes) Phase 2: Scan the Site and Develop SmarTalker Overlays During the pre-installation phase, NCR works with the customer to design the paper overlays to be applied to the SmarTalker tags. Customers determine what details (such as UPC numbers, bar codes, re-order numbers, and product names) are to be printed on the overlays.
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2-4 Pre-Installation Procedures Phase 3: Contract the Purchase of SmarTalker Mounting Devices and Schedule Labor for Installation Mounting rails are not part of the NCR-delivered system, but during the pre-installation phase, customers are referred to a SmarTalker rail supplier to begin the rail purchase process. Clips for SmarTalker II tags are purchased from NCR, but they are installed by an outside contractor.
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Pre-Installation Procedures 2-5 Phase 4: Install the DecisioNet Software and Hardware Infrastructure The tasks in Phases 4 and 5 are often occurring in parallel but certain infrastructure tasks must be completed before the SmarTalker tags can be installed at a site. Phase 4 consists of the following tasks: • Install the CBS infrastructure (Refer to Chapter 4, “Installing the Hardware Infrastructure.
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2-6 Pre-Installation Procedures Phase 5: Install the SmarTalker Tags Although physical placement of the SmarTalker tags is one of the last tasks to be completed, preparation is occurring in parallel with Phase 4 of the installation.
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Pre-Installation Procedures 2-7 Example List of Install Tasks The install process can be broken into distinct functions, but the execution of these tasks must be carefully choreographed. The following list gives an example of typical tasks. This manual explains procedures involving software and hardware installation and testing.
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2-8 Pre-Installation Procedures • Test RF components and certify the site.