About This Guide

This document will guide you through the installation, configuration, and maintenance of the TraCS software in your agency.  A moderate information technology background on the part of the reader is assumed.

Other documents for TraCS include:

• Badger TraCS User Guide

• Badger TraCS Office Administrator Guide

• Badger TraCS Integration Package

This guide is organized into sections.  The overview section explains how to use this manual, how TraCS works, and how to get help when you need it.  You are reading it now.

The planning section will aid you in designing the IT infrastructure appropriate for running TraCS in your agency.   You must complete all worksheets in the planning section before proceeding to the actual installation.

Tasks

Tasks are number in such a way that you should be able to tell by the first number what you are working on.  

Task Series 1:  You will begin by downloading and installing the baseline version of the TraCS software on your master computer and creating the databases to store your TraCS data.  Tasks in this series begin with the number “1”, for example “1.1”, “1.2”, etc.

Task Series 2: These tasks were set up for migrating from TraCS 7.3 to TraCS 10 and are obsolete at this time.

Task Series 3: You will then configure the copy of TraCS on the master computer to meet the exact needs of your agency.  Some of the tasks in this series are required, but several of the tasks in the section are optional depending on the features your agency needs.  Tasks in this series begin with the number “3”, for example “3.1”, “3.2”, etc.

Task Series 4: Finally, you will also create custom installation files to simplify deployment of your agency’s customizations to additional workstations and field units and then deploy TraCS on additional workstations and field units.  As a result of the work you did on the master computer, these installations are completed quickly with little additional customization needed.  Tasks in this series begin with the number “4”, for example “4.1”, “4.2”, etc.

Task Series 5: The series of tasks are for the on-going maintenance of TraCS.  Tasks in this series begin with the number “5”, for example “5.1”, “5.2”, etc.

Task Series 6: The last series of tasks are for the optional feature used in Web Services only environments of TraCS.  Tasks in this series begin with the number “6”, for example “6.1”, “6.2”, etc.