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CHEMS ANNUAL TRAINING 2009

CHEMS ANNUAL TRAINING 2009. Topics For Today . CHEMS Status CHEMSPRO, The Next Step. CHEMS – New County . Welcome Eau Claire County In the process of converting to AREV CHEMS Should be up and running by year end Others Investigating CHEMSPRO Attend the training sessions

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CHEMS ANNUAL TRAINING 2009

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  1. CHEMS ANNUAL TRAINING 2009

  2. Topics For Today • CHEMS Status • CHEMSPRO, The Next Step

  3. CHEMS – New County • Welcome Eau Claire County • In the process of converting to AREV CHEMS • Should be up and running by year end • Others Investigating CHEMSPRO • Attend the training sessions • Ask questions, get answers

  4. CHEMS – Software Status • Version 4.72 (Jan) Global • New Equipment Rates • Printer Driver(s) / Minor fixes • Version 4.73 (Aug) * Beta * • Winter Rate update in January • Printer Drivers / Fuel Interface • Global release 4.73 (Dec) • Equipment Rate Updates • Check the release notes for information

  5. CHEMS – Server • Don’t change your CHEMS server • No server needed for CHEMSPRO • Citrix Servers • AREV CHEMS NOT Supported, CHEMSPRO OK • Can’t use a slow link (1-3MB T1 / Radio) • AREV CHEMS NOT Supported, CHEMSPRO OK • Do NOT get rid of your existing server! • Unplug it but don’t let it out of your sight

  6. CHEMS – Workstation Just about any newer version of Windows is OK • Many counties are running Win XP-pro • MS will retire Windows 2K July 2010 • Not sure about Windows 7 coming out • Should really be on XP, Vista or Windows 7 • Computer • Bigger & Faster is always better • Any Windows capable computer will work • Can’t use a 64bit workstation OS for CHEMS • Windows Vista (32 bit only 4GB or less memory)

  7. CHEMS – Summary Support with little or no coding expected • Daily business operations continue • Equipment rate updates • Do what makes sense for your county • Any questions on AREV CHEMS ?

  8. CHEMS – Contact Info • Primary • jon.gray@dot.wi.gov • 608-873-0665 • http://www.graytech.info/cs • Alternate • 608-266-5005 • jon@graytech.us

  9. CHEMSPRO – Status • Training / Review / Testing • Coding Finished (99%) • Database / Infrastructure • User Acceptance Testing • One County Goes Live

  10. CHEMSPRO – Acceptance Test • Starts next week – 10/19-10/23 • All counties / All users / Test data • Duplicate your work in CHEMSPRO • Report any problems and I will fix them • Thursday 10/22 @ 10AM ~ Noon • All users do something in CHEMSPRO • Want 100+ concurrent users • Final verification • I expect hardware/software issues… • Let’s find anything now in “test”

  11. CHEMSPRO – Live Parallel Test • Successful Acceptance Testing… • Resolved the outstanding issues • Winnebago will Parallel Test - 11/1 ? • Successful Parallel Testing… • Winnebago will go “live” • Another county will parallel (Dev Sites) • Successful Parallel Test(s) • Others parallel now if they wish • Convert remaining counties

  12. CHEMSPRO – Who Goes Next ? • All depends on how ready you are • Hardware / Software / Internet ? • All Users prepared ? • Did you do the acceptance testing? • Checklist / Survey in your booklet • http://www.graytech.info/checklist.pdf • Turn in at the end of the meeting

  13. CHEMSPRO - Conversion When it’s time to convert your county… • Same process we are using now • Upload your data on a Friday • I convert your data on the weekend • Start using CHEMSPRO on Monday • If it doesn’t work for some reason • Use existing AREV CHEMS system

  14. CHEMSPRO Any Questions on CHEMSPRO?

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