Technical Note: 20011004001

Installing Maitre'D Software

(Maitre'D 2002, and later versions of Maitre'D)

To Install the Maitre'D software:

  1. Boot the system on which you want to install the Maitre'D software.
  2. Once the system has booted up to Windows shell, insert the Maitre'D CD in the CD ROM drive.
  3. If you do not see the Maitre'D installation screen, click on Run from the Start menu. Here, we assume your CD drive is D:\, then type D:\Autorun.Exe. The Maitre'D installation screen appears as shown in figure1. If you are using a different drive, you can hit the browse button and select your CD drive from there.
  4. To install the Maitre'D 2002 Back-Office software, select "Install Back-Office"
  5. Then select "Install Main Back-Office
Note: If you are not installing from a CD, but from a downloaded version, navigate to the disk1 directory, and start the following application;

Setup.Exe

  1. Read the instruction and click on Next. The installation program verifies the hard disk(s) installed on your computer and then displays the LICENSE AGREEMENT ; You have to read the license agreement and accept its terms to proceed with in the installation process of Maitre'D. To agree click on Yes.
  2. The setup program installs the Maitre'D Back-Office directories in the following default root directories C:\Posera\MaitreD.; This default value is used for the program root, Data root and Backup root. To accept those values, click on the Next button and the installation program will create the following directories: C:\Posera\MaitreD\Backup C:\Poisera\MaitreD\Data and C:\Posera\MaitreD\Prg.
    It is recommended to use the same directory for the Program root and the Data root. You might have to use different directories if you install the software on a file server and want different Back-Office station to share the same data. If so, the Program root could be installed locally on each Back-Office station for optimal performance and the Data root could be install on the file server.
  3. Shows up only if you are doing a new installation. If the screen is different you are probably doing a software upgrade, please refer to the appropriate section of this manual.

    4. Software Upgrade to be verified

    If you are upgrading a previous version of the Maitre'D software, the installation program detects the current installation on your computer and prompts you before upgrading it.

    New Installation

    If you are installing the Maitre'D software for the first time, the installation program will display a screen as shown below. If you are doing a software update, you will not see this screen and the installation program will take to the next step.
    Select "Standard demo restaurant data" to install a database already programmed with all Maitre'D features. It is recommended that you select this data if you are a new user. Select "French demo restaurant data" to install the French demo database, select "Empty data" to install an empty database or select "Load at Startup" to install your own database during the installation process of the software.
    Click Next to continue
    The Maitre'D installation program automatically creates a Maitre'D program folder. Click the Next button to continue.
  4. The installation program begins copying the files
  5. Once the installation is completed, you will need to restart your computer for settings take effect. Click on Finish to restart the computer.
    6. Once the software is installed the installation wizard will prompt to reboot the computer.
  6. After the computer has rebooted, you will need to license the program. Enter the serial number and the commerce name printed on the CD-Rom case or on your invoice provided by Posera, XX click next to continue.
  7. The system will prompt to the request key code screen, read the message and print the form that you will email to support@posera.com or fax to Posera at (514)499-9951 attention of support. Click next.
  8. Enter the key code number provides by Posera. Click next to continue.
  9. A congratulation message will display as shown below. Click yes to finish the installation process and to restart your computer.
  10. Once and your on your Windows shell, the Software asks to update the database, click on "Proceed". Maitre'D will convert automatically the database. Once the update is completed, you will notice a Maitre'D Server icon installed in your task bar .
    11. If you selected the"Load at Startup" option, the restoration of your database will ask to enter your first backup disk and will take you step by step to the full recovery of your database. You might need to perform a Control Update at the end of the restoration. To do so, start the Maitre'D Back-Office, enter your password and under the Server Control module select Tools / Control Update. If you are not familiar with the procedures on how to access Maitre'D Back-Office, refer yourself to the "Access the Maitre'D Back-Office Software". If you do not see the Maitre'D Server icon on your task bar, please select from the Server Control module File / Start server.
    The Maitre'D Server takes care of all communications between the workstations and the Back-Office computer. The installation program automatically places the Maitre'D Server program in the Start Up Group. It should always be in the Start Up group so when the Back-Office computer boots up; the communication with the workstations becomes available.