How to disable the Acuant SDK Installer

How to disable the Acuant SDK Installer

How to disable the Acuant SDK Installer

Note: 
This is only available in versions 6437 (7.05.2203_01.6437) and greater.

To find the version - 

From the app:
log in with admin>> go to home> configure system> product licenses> on the right hand side> product version> build version.

From the app server:
You may have mulitple versions. Look for the largest last 4 numbers in the code folder. See path below.
\PPGlobal\Config\code\

Instructions:
  1. On the client machine where you want to disable the Acuant SDK  (driver license drivers) from installing.
  2. go to "\PPGlobal" folder (default install path C:\PPGlobal) and edit the client.bat
  3. Look for the line "set SKIP_SCANNER_DRIVER=0" and update it to "set SKIP_SCANNER_DRIVER=1"
    1.  If the line "set SKIP_SCANNER_DRIVER=0" is not existing, add the following parameter in the client.bat just above 'setlocal'
    2. set SKIP_SCANNER_DRIVER=1
    3. Please note that this step has to be performed on each client station that needs the SDK disabled.
To re-enable the Acuant SDK installer:
  1. On the client machine where you disabled the Acuant SDK  (driver license drivers) from installing.
  2. go to "\PPGlobal" folder (default install path C:\PPGlobal) and edit the client.bat
  3. update the following parameter in the client.bat "set SKIP_SCANNER_DRIVER=1" to "set SKIP_SCANNER_DRIVER=0"
  4. Please note that this step has to be performed on each client station  that needs the SDK enabled.