• Windows 2000 or later
• Principalm Activation File
• Handheld requirementss

If you do not have a Principalm Activation File, please contact care@discoverysoftware.com

1. Save your Principalm Activation File to your desktop.
2. Install Principalm.
3. Principalm Connect will run after the installation is complete.  Click Add my first school now.
4. Click Load from file. Browse to the Principalm Activation File.  Select it and click Open.  Click OK.
5. Under SIS Bridge | Data, click Browse.  Select the folder C:\Program Files\Discovery Software\Principalm\DemoData\.
6. Under Student Photos | Folder, click Browse.  Select the folder C:\Program Files\Discovery Software\Principalm\DemoData\.
7. Under Student Photos | Identified By, select Photo ID.
8. Under Staff Photos | Folder, click Browse.  Select the folder C:\Program Files\Discovery Software\Principalm\DemoData\.
9. Under Staff Photos | Identified By, select Photo ID.
10. Click Update Device.
11. Select your card drive or BlackBerry card drive.  Enter and confirm a password.  Click Update Now.
12. Follow the Principalm+ Installation steps for your particular device.

Full details of configuring specific handheld devices can be found here: Demo Data

To confirm why you cannot see the Principalm icon, change to the default theme by following the steps below:

• Access the BlackBerry menu and select Options
• Select Theme
• Select the “default” theme
• Choose activate (not necessary on some BlackBerry devices)
• Exit to the home screen, and look for the Principalm application icon (note: on some devices the icon is listed under Downloads)

If you’ve received a preview build of a future release, you will have to uninstall on Windows. Please refer to Principalm Connect Uninstall for instructions.

If you are unsure whether you need to uninstall, just run the installer, it will tell you if an uninstall is necessary.

In Connect:

1. Save the .PAF file to your main hard drive (desktop recommended).
2. Run Principalm Connect.
3. Click “Schools”.
4. Under the License section, click “Edit”.
5. Browse to locate the saved .paf file. Drag your .PAF file into the Schools window.
6. You can also copy the license text from the email to your clipboard. Save this as a .PAF file (ie, SchoolName.paf) and then follow the steps above.

In Acorn:

1. Save the .PAF file to C:\Users\user\Documents\Discovery Software\Licenses
2. Run Acorn
3. Click “Schools”
4. Acorn should recognize the license key saved in the license folder and import it automatically.
5. If Acorn does not automatically import the license key: Click Add and browse to locate the saved .paf file
6. You may also, drag your .PAF file into the Schools window.

To work around this, set up the data extractor on the required machine and point the output data folder to a shared network drive. Users of other systems can then install Principalm Connect and import the output data files stored on the shared network.

1. Install the Data Extractor on a machine with access to the SIS Database, usually a machine at the district computing center.
2. Configure the data extractor to extract each school into a separate folder.
3. Set up the folders to be viewable by the schools via shared network connection, or ftp to the appropriate location via scheduled scripts.
4. Configure Connect at each school to read from the shared folder/FTP drop.

Please refer to Installation for deployment scenarios for Principalm Connect.