Eval Instructions

TeleScope Evaluatiuon Documentation Introduction Welcome to TeleScope! TeleScope is the newest, most versatile media management system available today. TeleScope allows you to manage your multimedia files (images, graphics, sounds, QuickTime movies, etc.) easily and intelligently on Macintosh and Windows. One of the many benefits of TeleScope is its use of industry-standard ODBC protocols, enabling you to manage your valuable digital assets on proven, high-performance database servers, such as Butler SQL, Oracle, Sybase or Microsoft SQL Server. Another unique feature is TeleScope’s seamless integration with the World Wide Web. Thank-you for your interest in TeleScope. This evaluation version of the software will let you see for yourself how TeleScope’s powerful features will benefit you and your company. For more information or if you have problems or questions, please contact North Plains Systems Inc. at the number below, and we will be happy to assist you. North Plains Systems Inc. 2 Fisherman Drive, Suite 11 Brampton, ON Canada L7A 1B5 Phone: (905) 846-8466 Fax: (905) 846-5568 e-mail: telescope@northplains.com url: www.northplains.com Launching the TeleScope Client After the installation, the “TeleScope Folder” folder will appear on your Macintosh’s hard drive. Inside this folder is the “TeleScope Viewer” software, which you will use to import, search, retrieve and download files from the TeleScope database. Simply double-click on the TeleScope Viewer icon to begin using your evaluation copy. Please see the sections below for more information about using the TeleScope Viewer software. Things to know Before you begin... There are a couple of things you should know about how the evaluation copy of TeleScope functions before you start working with it: 1: You will connect to North Plains' Evaluation Database over the Internet North Plains Systems Inc. is maintaining an evaluation database using Microsoft SQL Server at our web site, which is what you will be connecting to with the evaluation software. There are over 10,000 images in this database for you to search through. Using this database means that you will need to be connected to the internet while you are using the evaluation TeleScope software. If you have a dial-up connection (i.e. a modem or ISDN connection from home), you will need to connect to your internet service provider before running the TeleScope client software. 2. You will be able to import files into our database That's right, you will be able to import your own files into our public database. To prevent possible misuse of this feature, any newly-imported files w…