V4.5.0.0.4 Deployment

GE Digital provides an iOS application, but there are specific steps that you must perform to install the GE Digital APM mobile application on iOS devices.

1. Access the application package file at C:\Program Files\Meridium\ApplicationServer\distribution\GEDigitalAPM.ipa.
   Note: This is the default location of the application package file. The exact location at which you can obtain the application package file may differ based on your initial installation of GE Digital APM.
2. Sign the application using the production certificate, private key, application identifier, and distribution provisioning profile created through https://developer.apple.com/programs/enterprise/.
   The GE Digital APM Mobile Application is installed on the iOS Device.
3. Optional: If your organization does not use mobile device management, complete the following steps to distribute the application within your organization:
   1. In Notepad or a similar text editor, copy and paste the following text:

      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF - 8"?>
      <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC " -//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
      <plist version="1.0">
      <dict>
      	<key>items</key>
      	<array>
      		<dict>
      			<key>assets</key>
      			<array>
      				<dict>
      					<key>kind</key>
      					<string>software-package</string>
      					<key>url</key>
      					<string>https://<your_server_url>/GEDigitalAPM.ipa</string>
      				</dict>
      			</array>
      			<key>metadata</key>
      			<dict>
      				<key>bundle-identifier</key>
      				<string><your_application_identifier></string>
      				<key>kind</key>
      				<string>software</string>
      				<key>title</key>
      				<string>GEDigitalAPM</string>
      			</dict>
      		</dict>
      	</array>
      </dict>
      </plist>

   2. Replace <your_server_url> with the URL of your server.
   3. Replace <your_application_identifier> with an identifier for your application.
   4. Save the file as GEDigitalAPM.plist, and then close the file.
      The .plist file is created. When you configure a distribution page for your application, link to this file.
   5. In the web page from which you want to distribute the application within your organization, add an anchor tag with an href pointing to the installation file, as shown in the following example:
      <a href="itms-services://?action=download-manifest&url=https://my.company.com/GEDigitalAPM.plist">Install GE Digital APM</a>

   You can use the link you configured to distribute the application within your organization.

GE Digital provides an Android application, but there are specific steps that you must perform to install the GE Digital APM mobile application on Android devices.

1. Access the application package file at C:\Program Files\Meridium\ApplicationServer\distribution\GEDigitalAPM.apk.
   Note: This is the default location of the application package file. The exact location at which you can obtain the application package file may differ based on your initial installation of GE Digital APM.
2. Optional: If your organization does not use mobile device management, in the web page from which you want to distribute the application within your organization, add an anchor tag with an href pointing to the installation file, as shown in the following example:
   <a href="my.company.com/GEDigitalAPM.apk">Install GE Digital APM</a>

   You can use the link you configured to distribute the application within your organization.

1. Access the application package file at C:\Program Files\Meridium\ApplicationServer\distribution\GEDigitalAPM.zip.
   Note: This is the default location of the application package file. The exact location at which you can obtain the application package file may differ based on your initial installation of GE Digital APM.
2. Access the application package file at C:\Program Files\Meridium\ApplicationServer\distribution\GEDigitalAPM.zip.
   Note: This is the default location of the application package file. The exact location at which you can obtain the application package file may differ based on your initial installation of GE Digital APM.
3. On the device on which you want to install the GE Digital APM mobile application, extract the content of the application package file to a local folder.
4. In the folder into which you extracted the application package file content, right-click Install.bat, and then select Run as an Administrator.
   Note: If you are using a touch-screen device, press and hold Install.bat, and then select Run as an Administrator.
   The GE Digital APM mobile application is installed on the Windows device for all current and future Windows user accounts.
5. Optional: To cancel future installations or uninstall the GE Digital APM mobile application, in the folder into which you extracted the application package file content, right-click Uninstall.bat, and then select Run as an Administrator.
   Note: If you are using a touch-screen device, press and hold Uninstall.bat, and then select Run as an Administrator.
   The GE Digital APM mobile application is uninstalled for the Windows user account that is currently logged in, and installations for future Windows user accounts are canceled.

1. On the computer, access the Uninstall or Change a Program section of the Control Panel.
2. Select Meridium Device Service, right-click, and then select Uninstall.
   The Meridium Device Service is uninstalled.
3. Restart the computer.
4. Access the Access Dataloggers page.
5. Select Send.
   Note: A datalogger does not need to be connected.

   The Meridium Device Service Not Found window appears.
6. Select the Download link.
   MeridiumDevices.exe is downloaded.
7. Run MeridiumDevices.exe, and then follow the instructions in the installer.
   The Meridium Device Service is installed.
8. In the Meridium Device Service Not Found window, select Continue.
   Dataloggers can now be used with Thickness Monitoring.

1. Open the C:\Program Files\Meridium\Services\OTConnect\Adapters\{name}\appsettings.json file in a text editor, and then configure it to connect to the process historian or OPC server that you want to investigate.
2. Open Command Prompt, and then run C:\Program Files\Meridium\Services\OTConnect\Adapters\{name}\APM.OTConnect.Adapter.exe tags.
   The exact Source Tag metadata collected from the process historian is written to a file, tags.csv in the working directory.

1. Extract the archive to a working directory.
2. Update the appsettings.json file in the working directory. For more information, refer to the https://www.ge.com/digital/documentation/apm-classic/otc-working-with-ot-source-capability-utility.html#otc-working-with-ot-source-capability-utility topic.
3. To run the Portable OT Connect Capability Utility, run APM.OTConnect.Adapter.exe check.
4. To run the Tag Sync Utility, run APM.OTConnect.Adapter.exe tags.