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Operational
Modes (Trial, Basic, Purchased)
When Paul Bunyan is initially installed it runs in trial
mode as a fully functional (essentially purchased)
Enterprise Edition
for a free trial period.
If at the end of the trial period the product has not been
purchased, and subsequently unlocked with the
license key provided at the time of purchase, it will
change operating modes from trial to basic/FREE.
If a license key is obtained and applied (whether during or
after the trial period) the product will run in purchased
mode as per whatever feature set edition was purchased and
indicated by the license key.
When running in basic mode, the
viewer operates with a reduced feature set and the
message server will operate locally to provide messages
in real time to the viewer. The difference between basic
mode and the Lite edition is that nag screens that the
basic mode displays AND the Lite
edition can accept
download requests from viewers and message servers (see
Message Forwarding) that
are connectivity enabled.
By contrast, when running in purchased
mode the viewer and message server are fully enabled and the
message server will accept download requests from any and
all viewers and/or message servers - local or remote; free
trial mode, basic, or purchased; Lite, Professional, or Enterprise
Edition; connectivity enabled or not.
To see
a summary of features - click here
To see a
summary of connectivity options - click here
Note: companion products Ox and Falcon are currently FREE
- Because they are essential off the shelf message handlers -
they do require either an Enterprise or Enterprise Connectvity
Enabled edition to be used.
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Connectivity
Enabled (See also Redistribution)
Paul Bunyan (specifically, the
message server) operates in one of two modes:
purchased and basic. When operating in purchased mode
a connected
viewer or message server (see
Message Forwarding) issuing a
download request need not be Connectivity Enabled. When
in basic mode, however, the message server will
only accept download requests from Connectivity Enabled
viewers and message servers or from the local basic mode viewer.
Each of the Paul Bunyan Editions (Professional,
and Enterprise) may be purchased with the Connectivity Enabled extension
- thus creating five choices; Lite, Professional and
Professional CE, Enterprise and Enterprise CE.
As with functionality differences between the Lite,
Professional, and Enterprise Editions, functionality pertaining
to Connectivity Enabling is enabled by encoding in the license key
issued at the time of purchase.
You can see a
summary chart
showing the connectivity options here
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License Key
The license key is a 16 digit key (e.g. "1234-ABCD-1234-ABCD")
that is issued at the time of purchase. It is identically analogous
to standard 'Product Keys' or 'CD Keys' found in many common software
products and is provided to the Paul Bunyan installer during installation
(or to the maintenance setup application subsequent to the time
of installation) to change the operational mode to 'purchased'.
As all of the
Paul Bunyan Editions (including the
Connectivity Enabled versions) as well as the
trial mode and basic mode functionality are encapsulated
in a single installer, the license
keys themselves are encoded to enable the specific functionality
of feature sets purchased.
In accordance with Diamond Sierra's
upgrade policy, a given license key will unlock all minor
versions of the major version for which it was issued.
The above applies to Ox and Falcon as well.
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Message Handler
Paul Bunyan defines and exports a COM interface that
allows the message server to pass
log messages to other components/applications
(COM servers) so that they may be processed by custom code. COM
servers implementing this interface are known as message
handlers. Message handler functionality is included
in the Enterprise Editions. Ox and Falcon are message handlers
and are a free add-on to the Enterprise Editions.
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Message Forwarding
Log messages can be forwarded from one
message
server to another. This allows them to be routed from strictly
internally accessible machines where they are generated to
externally accessible machines where they can be downloaded.
It also allows log messages to be routed to machines where
they can be processed with local message
handlers.
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Download Request
A download request is a command issued to a message
server by a connected viewer or message server (see Message
Forwarding)
indicating that the issuer wishes to receive all log messages received
subsequent to the previous download request. (This is identically
analogous to the standard email client's request for all email messages
received since last download.) The distinction is made between a
download request in specific and a connection in general because
there are numerous commands that may be issued by connecting entities.
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Free Trial Period
Diamond Sierra products may be downloaded from the web site
and installed at any time for a free 21 day trial period as
fully functional versions. Paul Bunyan will run in
trial mode as a fully operational
Enterprise Edition. Subsequent installation of newer product
versions will reset the trial period.
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Installer
The Paul Bunyan Installer (PBnn-nn-nn.exe) is the self-extracting
executable used to install Paul Bunyan. It is available for
download from the web site
at any time and is the one and only installation program,
regardless of operating system,
feature set edition, or
operational mode (trial, basic, or purchased).
Similarly, the Ox and Falcon Installer (OFnn-nn-nn.exe) is
the self-extracting executable used to install Ox and Falcon.
It is available for download
from the web site at any time and is the one and only installation
program, regardless of trial
mode vs. purchase installation.
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Maintenance Setup Application
The maintenance setup application (installed with
Paul Bunyan) is used to:
- Add/Remove or configure Paul Bunyan components
- Apply the license key issued at the time of purchase
- Repeat the last installation to restore missing or corrupted
files
- Uninstall Paul Bunyan
It is available from the Paul Bunyan program group
via the Start menu.
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