Installing SEMMS in these different configurations can sometimes be somewhat confusing. This web page tries to address the configuration issues of what files need to go where, and what directories and subdirectories need to be created.

The base directory for SEMMS can be placed anywhere on the hard drive. This is referred to as the SEMMS program or home directory. The monumentation database, gdsrvmnt.mdb, can be located in the SEMMS home directory or anywhere on the local drive or on a remote drive for networked configurations. The default directory location suggested by the installation program is ‘C:\Program Files\Semms’. There must be a subdirectory under the directory containing the monumentation database named ‘tempngs’. This is a directory used for temporarily holding uncompressed NGS data.

So, if there will not be a central SEMMS database on a network, and the default home directory for SEMMS is used, then create a subdirectory under ‘c:\Program Files\Semms’ called ‘tempngs’. If there will not be a central SEMMS database on a network and an alternate drive is used for SEMMS, then create a subdirectory under the alternate drive path to SEMMS called ‘tempngs’. If a central SEMMS database is planned on a network drive, then create the SEMMS directory on the network for storing the monumentation database, and then create a subdirectory under it on the network drive called ‘tempngs’.

The following files are required to be in the main monumentation directory, which may be on the local drive or on a network drive:

The following files are required to be in the directory that SEMMS is installed into:

Unzip.exe also needs to be in the root directory directly under ‘C:’.

The integral Corpscon geodetic conversion software contained in semmscon.dll is automatically installed to the Windows system directory.

If any of this is overly confusing, or if you are unable to get SEMMS configured, please contact SEMMS support at Beacon Resources (256) 771-0014, or e-mail: help@semms.org