Please remember to leave your computers on the network this Friday for the SiteManager Update.
The email below explains what changes are being made with the update.
Cullen Pfeiffer
Texas Department of Transportation ~ Construction Division ~ CMISD
200 E. Riverside Drive ~ Austin, Tx 78704 ~ 512.416.2541
From: Stewart DeWitt
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2016 11:29 AM
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Subject: SiteManager Update Scheduled for Friday, April 15th
Importance: High
SiteManager 3.8a tx2.015 is scheduled for distribution the weekend of Friday, April 15th.
Greeting,
On Friday, April 15, 2016 IT will begin the process of updating your SiteManager application to the latest release 3.8a tx 2.015. The upgrade process will begin at 6 PM on Friday and will proceed through Saturday and Sunday (all times central). Access to the SiteManager application through the Citrix and MTS servers or the client Non-Inspector version will not be available for the duration. SiteManager reporting will be offline until Monday, April 18th at 6 AM when SiteManager is scheduled to be available again.
Want to learn about what to expect from the SiteManager 3.8a tx2.015 upgrade?
See the web link on the home page of our CMISD website for a detailed description of the upcoming changes - SiteManager 3.8a 2.015 Details (TxDOT intranet access required). In short, expect a change in the way we administer items and change orders on federally funded projects. We have a WebEx meetings scheduled for April 7th at 1:30 to answer your questions.
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SiteManager 3.8a tx2.015 Update |
| Thursday, April 7, 2016 |
| 1:30 pm | Central Daylight Time (Chicago, GMT-05:00) | 1 hr |
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| Meeting number: | 738 710 762 |
| Meeting password: | apples |
| Join by phone |
| Call-in toll-free number: 1-866-6371408 (US) |
| Call-in number: 1-660-4225173 (US) |
| Conference Code: 676 283 5395 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
No SiteManager access from 6 PM Friday the 15th until 6:00 AM Monday the 17th.
What you need to do:
· Please make every attempt to keep all SiteManager PC's powered on during this period. Log out of any SiteManager workstations or keep the SiteManager application closed while not in use this weekend.
· Laptops with a local installation of SiteManager (a.k.a. Non- Inspector) must be on the network this weekend to receive the update.
· Workstations and laptops that use Citrix and Terminal Servers connections exclusively do not have to be on the network to receive the update.
· It is mandatory that standalone users check in all work prior to 6:00 PM Friday, April 15th.
· SiteManager access to reports and reporting tools will not be available.
· Citrix and Terminal server SiteManager access will not be available.
· Remember – When users open SiteManager Non-Inspector for the first time on Monday, April 18th, after the upgrade, the user ID field on the logon screen will be blank. SiteManager user ID’s are case sensitive and 99.99% of these ID’s are all upper case characters.
How to do determine if your computer received the update?
On Monday, April 18th open SiteManager and from the menu choose Help and then About ( HELP>>ABOUT) . Read the number beneath 3.8a TXDOT 2.015 version. A device is up to date when this number reads (20160323) - See figure 1.
Figure 1
Missed the update?
You will know immediately Monday upon trying to login to SiteManager if your device was not updated. When the application is out of date, SiteManager will prompt you that the version of the software has changed -See figure 2.
Figure 2
If you receive this message come Monday, April 18th, you should contact the IT Help Desk (512.302.HELP). Your request should include your computer’s name and instructions to deploy the new installation package “AASHTOWare SiteManager 3.8a 2.015 - Install (7x64, 7x32)” to your device.
Thank you,
STEWART DEWITT | the SENIOR SITEMANAGER SUCCOR™ | TxDOT | 512.416.2462 |stewart.dewitt@txdot.gov
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