Unattended installation of the Monitor ERP Windows client

This instruction describes the first-time unattended installation of the Monitor ERP Windows client via the installation file for the client.

Previously, an MSI package was used for unattended installations. As of version 24.6, this package is included in MONITOR Client Setup.exe.

Preparations

The installation file can be found on your Monitor server in the latest version in the Monitor server folder, example of path: “C:\Program Files \Monitor ERP System AB\MONITOR Server\MONITOR Client Setup.exe”.

From version 24.3, Monitor ERP will no longer work on computers (clients) with a 32-bit Windows operating system. This means that computers with a 32-bit operating system need to be updated to a 64-bit operating system or need to be swapped with a computer that has a 64-bit operating system.

Installation in Powershell:

Installation command:

$installationFolder = ”[Installation folder for Monitor ERP Windows client.]"

$licensePath = "[Path (e.g. a UNC path) to the license file.]"

$serverAddress = "[Monitor ERP server’s IP address.]"

$arguments = "-q INSTALLATION_FOLDER=`"$installationFolder`”
LICENSE_PATH=`"$licensePath`" SERVER_ADDRESS=`"$serverAddress`""

Start-Process -FilePath "[Path to the installation file Monitor Client Setup.exe]" -ArgumentList $arguments -Wait -NoNewWindow

With the above example of parameters, the installation command can be used as follows:

$installationFolder = "$env:localappdata\MonitorERPClient"

$licensePath = "C:\MONITOR Certificate - Perssons Mekaniska.rsa"

$serverAddress = "192.168.1.5"

$arguments = "-q INSTALLATION_FOLDER=`"$installationFolder`”
LICENSE_PATH=`"$licensePath`" SERVER_ADDRESS=`"$serverAddress`""

Start-Process -FilePath "C:\Monitor Client Setup.exe" -ArgumentList $arguments -Wait -NoNewWindow

Installation in the command line interface (Windows)

Installation command:

“[Path to the installation file Monitor Client Setup.exe]” -q
INSTALLATION_FOLDER=”[Installation folder for Monitor ERP Windows client.]"
LICENSE_PATH="[Path (e.g. a UNC path) to the license file.]"
SERVER_ADDRESS="[Monitor ERP server’s IP address.]"

With the above example of parameters, the installation command can be used as follows:

“C:\MONITOR Client Setup.exe” -q
INSTALLATION_FOLDER="C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\MonitorG5Client”
LICENSE_PATH="C:\MONITOR Certificate - Perssons Mekaniska.rsa"
SERVER_ADDRESS="192.168.1.5"

Please note! If incorrect syntax is used, only a Logs folder will be created in the installation folder. Please ensure that quotation marks are used in the correct places in the command.

Updating the Monitor ERP Windows client

If you want to manage updates of the Monitor ERP Windows client via a tool for endpoint management, e.g., Intune, you must first uninstall and then re-install the client as outlined above every time the Monitor ERP Server has been updated. Alternatively, you can give users read and write permission to the installation point to automatically update the Monitor ERP Windows client.