These instructions for iEventMonitor version 9.1 and later.
Use the previous download page to install older versions.

To download a copy of iEventMonitor for a FREE TRIAL, select the software download link below. This will transfer a save file to your PC. You should also download the user's manual. Once you have downloaded the software and manual, follow the instructions shown below.

We recommend that you print this page to have a hardcopy checklist for the installation process.

File Downloads:

CLICK HERE for iEventMonitor software download.

After downloading the software, download the user's guide:

iEventMonitor User's Guide - Release 9
iEventMonitor BLUESCAPE User's Guide - Release 9

Prior Release Manuals:

iEventMonitor User's Guide - Release 8
iEventMonitor BLUESCAPE User's Guide - Release 8
iEventMonitor User's Guide - Release 7.10
iEventMonitor BLUESCAPE User's Guide - Release 7.00
iEventMonitor User's Guide - Release 6.00

Installation Instructions

To install iEventMonitor on your system from the save file you received via E-mail or Website Download, please follow these exact instructions. Please note that these instructions can be used whether you are installing iEventMonitor for the very first time or if you are upgrading an existing iEventMonitor installation.

Note For Customers Upgrading from Release 7 or earlier

We recommend removing and reinstalling iEventMonitor in these cases. You can check your installed release level using option 5 on the INSTALL menu.  Please contact support@kisco.com for assistance.

IBM i PTF Prerequisites

Some features (watch tasks) in iEventMonitor require native IBM i OS features to be present on your system in order to work properly. These PTF requirements ensure proper functionality of all iEventMonitor watch tasks:

• V7R6: no PTFs required
• V7R5: PTF group SF99950 levels 4 and 8
• V7R4: PTF group SF99704 levels 10, 25 and 29

Refer to IBM Support for more information.

All Upgrades:

If you are upgrading iEventMonitor from an earlier release, make sure that all current tasks in iEventMonitor have been ended.

• Use the ENDIEM command to cleanly end all tasks
• Use ENDSBS IEMONITOR to end the iEventMonitor subsystem

Also make sure that no users on your system have any of the iEventMonitor menus active on a terminal session.

First, go to the INSTALL menu and run option 15 (Remove Message Handling Exit Program). If your version of iEventMonitor does not show this option, ignore this step.

Then, run the following command from the command line:

WRKWCH WCH(*ALL)

If you see any tasks active that appear to be related to iEventMonitor, use option 4 to end them manually. If you are unsure, send a screenshot of your display to Kisco Information Systems support staff for advice.

To install iEventMonitor either for the first time or to install an upgrade, use the following steps.

1. Sign on to your IBM i from a 5250 terminal session. You must sign on using a security officer user profile (*SECOFR). During the install, make sure that this is the only session active for the profile.

2. After completing your logon process, run the IBM i OS command DSPMSG and clear any messages that are displayed. You can clear all of them using the F16 function key. If you are unable to remove messages it indicates that the user profile is already logged into the system from another session. The install process cannot continue until this is resolved.

3. Check the following system values. They should be set as indicated here. If they are not, note the current settings then change them to these settings:

   QALWOBJRST - *ALL or at least include *ALWSYSSTT
   QVFYOBJRST - value 3 or lower
   QFRCCVNRST - value 0

   Note: If you have to change any of these system values, make note of the original setting and make sure that you set them back to the original setting immediately following this installation process

4. If you have been using the File Monitor feature (option 8 on the MASTER menu), all registered files should be deactivated before starting your upgrade.

5. Run the following command to create a save file on your system

   CRTSAVF FILE(QGPL/IEMINST)
TEXT('iEventMonitor Install Objects from Kisco Systems')

   If the file already exists, clear it using this command:

   CLRSAVF FILE(QGPL/IEMINST)

6. From your PC, create a folder on your desktop named TEMP and move the IEMINST912.SAVF file into it.

7. This file now needs to get transferred into the IEMINST save file just created on your system in the QGPL library. This can be done using the following method:
   • Start the FTP server on your system: STRTCPSVR *FTP (if it is already running, no need to do this again)
   • Open a window on your PC and change ("cd") to the TEMP folder on your desktop
   • Start an FTP session with your IBM i system: FTP yoursystem.com
   • Complete the sign-on process
   • Issue the following FTP commands:

     BIN
PUT IEMINST912.SAVF QGPL/IEMINST

   • When the PUT command ends, use the command “QUIT” to exit FTP. At this point, the software is ready to install or upgrade on your system.
8. On the command line type the following command:

   LODRUN DEV(*SAVF) SAVF(QGPL/IEMINST)

9. Before the software installs, you will be prompted to confirm the installation. The prompt will confirm the product name being installed, the version that is currently active and the version that will be installed.  You must respond as follows to this prompt:

   Y – Yes, Continue the installation
   N – No, Cancel the installation

   When you reply with Y, the install or upgrade will complete.  If this is your first install, your thirty day trial period will be started.

10. If you have been using the File Monitor feature (option 8 on the MASTER menu), all registered files can now be reactivated.

11. If you have just installed iEventMonitor as an upgrade, go to the INSTALL menu in library IEMLIB and run option #2. Check the installation status shown at the center of the screen to make sure that it still shows that the software is permanently installed. If you see any other status, contact Kisco Information Systems as the software will not function correctly until this is corrected.

12. During installation or upgrade processing, the user profile doing the install or upgrade will be automatically authorized to administer iEventMonitor on your system. If this is not what you want to happen, use option #8 on the INSTALL menu to remove the authorization.

13. During the install processing, a document called "Additional Documentation Topics" will print. This includes the latest system changes and documentation since the last time the user manual was updated.
    
    
14. If you have just completed an upgrade, you can now resume normal use of iEventMonitor.  You can use this command to restart your current tasks:

    IEMLIB/STRIEM

    All defined tasks in iEventMonitor will now be restarted.