Path: Main Menu: Material > Connect to database…

Path: Explorer window > Tab: Machine > Button: connect

SIGMA offers you the possibility to connect to a material or machine database. For a successful database connection four parameters are needed:

Figure: Database login dialog

Note: If your work station computer is the server, please choose localhost.

Server: A symbolic or numerical IP address of a computer on which the data base is physically saved and a corresponding data base service (Firebird/Interbase) is running.

Path: Indicates the location of the database. If your work station computer is the server, you can search for the file with the Disk-Icon. The local database of PAM for example is in the program directory of Pam and is called Pam2.0.gdb.

Connect as (User): The user name of the database decides your rights. With a standard installation of PAM the user name is SYSDBA. If the database service does not accept this login, ask your administrator for help.