Doc.It Watch 4 - Upgrading from V3 or Installing From Scratch

Doc.It Watch 4 - Upgrading from V3 or Installing From Scratch

Hello Doc-It users!

 

Doc.It Watch 4 and Doc.It OCR 4 installers are available in the \\DOCITSERVER\Client Setup\Install OCR directory.  If not available, please check the Announcements and make sure you are on the latest release of the server software.

 

Already using Watch 4 and need to update - simply uninstall both Doc.It Watch 4 and Doc.It OCR 4 from Programs and Features and install the latest copies from "\\DOCIT SERVER\Client Setup\Install OCR"

 

Doc-It Watch now consists of two components that will run on your scanning station:

- Doc-It Watch 4

- Doc-It OCR

 

Follow these steps to upgrade to Doc-It Watch 4 on your dedicated scanning station machine:

 

1. If upgrading from Watch 3.x, take a capture of Doc-It Watch V3's interface to later enter into Watch V4

2. IMPORTANT: From the Watch 3 interface go to File and click Remove Service to ensure the Watch service is removed before beginning.

 

- Removal of Suite V3 and all of its components - if applicable (do not perform this step if there is a scanner attached to this computer)

Start Add/Remove Programs (or Programs and Features, as appropriate) and uninstall the following:

a. Doc.It Suite -- all versions listed,
b. PDF Writer -- all versions listed,
c. PDF-XChange PDF Viewer -- all versions listed.

 

- Removal of scan/watch/ocr 4.0.xx - if applicable (do not perform this step if there is a scanner attached to this computer)

Start Add/Remove Programs (or Programs and Features, as appropriate) and uninstall the following:

a. Doc.It OCR/Scan/Watch Setup 

 

- Install of Watch V4 and OCR V4 components and configuration

Browse to "\\DOCIT SERVER\Client Setup\Install OCR" and run the following two installers.

a. Doc.It OCR Setup v4.0.xx.msi
b. Doc.It Watch Setup v4.0.xx.msi

Double click on "Doc.It Watch 4" shortcut on desktop
a. Go to Edit\Settings and fill in the server path field with unc path. i.e. \\docitservername\Doc-ItServer and click Save
b. Set "Watching Folder" to match what Watch V3 had.
c. Check the following boxes: Auto Start, OCR Non-Text PDF files, OCR Graphics And Faxes, Auto Rotate Documents and Auto De-skew
d. Click 'Start Watch'

Double click on "Doc.It OCR 4" shortcut on desktop
a. Go to Settings and click Auto-Start
b. First Field: Click on browse button and browse to c:\OCRFolders click 'Make New Folder' button and name it OCR1 - highlight this folder and click OK
c. Second Field: Click on browse button and browse to \\docitservername\Doc-ItServer\FileToArchive - and click OK
d. Click Save and Start

 

 

 


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