Install ECI DCA

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Requirements

Microsoft .NET Framework® 4.7.2 or higher (recommended: latest version)
Microsoft-supported versions of Windows and Windows Server. Versions that are no longer supported by Microsoft are not supported by ECI DCA.
Local network and/or firewall settings allow connection to PrintFleet Central services and the PrintFleet Optimizer server.

Disclaimer

ECI strongly recommends installation on dedicated servers for best performance. Desktop environments may include features that can lead to the DCA being less reliable (such as wi-fi connections, sleep-mode, and other user applications).

Instructions

Download and run the installer.

Download ECI DCA 1.5.8.9518 [P3WVL83HLJBE].exe (3.8 MB)
Follow all instructions as presented.

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Requirements

Mono Framework 5.4 or higher (recommended: latest version)
Local network and/or firewall settings allow connection to PrintFleet Central services and the PrintFleet Optimizer server.
Only Ubuntu LTS 20.04 and above are officially supported.

Disclaimer

ECI strongly recommends installation on dedicated servers for best performance. Desktop environments may include features that can lead to the DCA being less reliable (such as wi-fi connections, sleep-mode, and other user applications).

Instructions

Install the mono-complete package from the latest version of Mono.
While logged in as the user you want ECI DCA to run as, use the console to run:
1. curl -gLO https://install.printfleetcdn.com/dca-pulse/1.5.8.9518/McjC5ec0iMU3fldZiCkHhrLI/Linux-x86_64/ecidca-1.5.8.9518-Linux-x86_64-install-\[P3WVL83HLJBE\].sh
2. chmod +x ecidca-1.5.8.9518-Linux-x86_64-install-\[P3WVL83HLJBE\].sh
3. ./ecidca-1.5.8.9518-Linux-x86_64-install-\[P3WVL83HLJBE\].sh
1. curl -gLO https://install.printfleetcdn.com/dca-pulse/1.5.8.9518/McjC5ec0iMU3fldZiCkHhrLI/Linux-armv7l/ecidca-1.5.8.9518-Linux-armv7l-install-\[P3WVL83HLJBE\].sh
2. chmod +x ecidca-1.5.8.9518-Linux-armv7l-install-\[P3WVL83HLJBE\].sh
3. ./ecidca-1.5.8.9518-Linux-armv7l-install-\[P3WVL83HLJBE\].sh
x86_64 arm
Follow the instructions in the installer.

Direct Download

Download ecidca-1.5.8.9518-Linux-x86_64-install-[P3WVL83HLJBE].sh (4.7 MB)

Requirements

Mono Framework 5.4 or higher (recommended: latest version)
macOS® Sierra (10.12) or higher
Local network and/or firewall settings allow connection to PrintFleet Central services and the PrintFleet Optimizer server.

Disclaimer

ECI strongly recommends installation on dedicated servers for best performance. Desktop environments may include features that can lead to the DCA being less reliable (such as wi-fi connections, sleep-mode, and other user applications).

Instructions

Install the latest version of Mono.
Download and run the installer.

Download ECI DCA 1.5.8.9518 [P3WVL83HLJBE].pkg (3.5 MB)
Follow the instructions as presented.

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Requirements

Raspberry Pi 3 Model B or higher
Blank 8GB or larger microSD card
PC capable of writing to microSD card
Local network and/or firewall settings allow connection to PrintFleet Central services and the PrintFleet Optimizer server.

Disclaimer

ECI strongly recommends installation on dedicated servers for best performance. Desktop environments may include features that can lead to the DCA being less reliable (such as wi-fi connections, sleep-mode, and other user applications).

Installing New Raspberry Pi Image

Download and run the ECIDCAPi installer on a Windows system.

Download ECIDCAPi Installer [P3WVL83HLJBE].exe (0.9 MB)
Follow the instructions to write to your microSD card.
Install the microSD card in the Raspberry Pi and power it up.

Manually Installing New Raspberry Pi Image

You can use the image utility of your choice to write the raw image to a microSD card.

Note: This image file does not include the activation PIN supplied (P3WVL83HLJBE), and instead by default will get its own activation PIN and use registry to find a server URL. You can manually add the PIN by writing the following file to the boot partition:

dca.config

Pin: P3WVL83HLJBE

Download ecidca-raspberrypi-1.5.8.9518.zip (757.3 MB)

For more details, see the Raspberry Pi project's documentation for Installing Operating System Images.

Finding IP address and Activation PIN of Raspberry Pi

You can use the following PowerShell code (paste into PowerShell) to find the IP address and hostname.
1. $nic=gwmi -computer . -class "win32_networkadapterconfiguration"|Where-Object{$_.defaultIPGateway -ne $null};
2. $IP=$nic.ipaddress|select-object -first 1;$Mask=$nic.ipsubnet|select-object -first 1;$IPInt=([Net.IPAddress]$IP).Address;$MaskInt=([Net.IPAddress]$Mask).Address;$start=($IPInt -band $MaskInt);$end=($IPInt -bor(-bnot [uint32]$MaskInt))-16777216;
3. Write-Host "Scanning $IP/$Mask...";while($start -lt $end){$start += 16777216;Test-Connection (new-object System.Net.IPAddress $start).ToString() -Count 1 -AsJob|Out-Null};Start-Sleep 1;
4. Write-Host "Looking up hostnames..";Get-NetNeighbor|Where-Object{$_.LinkLayerAddress.StartsWith("B8-27-EB")}|ForEach{try{$name=[System.Net.Dns]::GetHostByAddress($_.IPAddress).HostName}Catch{$name=""};[PSCustomObject]@{IP=$_.IPAddress;MAC=$_.LinkLayerAddress;Host=$name}};
Note the hostname will be in the form ecidca-SRPxxxxxxxxx, where SRPxxxxxxxxx is the activation PIN. You can use this from within PrintFleet Optimizer to activate this DCA, if not using a pre-supplied PIN.
You can also log in using a keyboard and monitor plugged into the Raspberry Pi, or using SSH and the IP address.

Installing on an Existing Raspberry Pi

If you want to install on an existing Raspberry Pi, use the Linux ARM installer.