OpenEMR Appliance Help and Tips

1. HowTo: Auto-start the VMPlayer in Windows.
   • Make a shortcut for the Virtual-Appliance.vmx file on the desktop.
   • RightClick on the Desktop-Shortcut, choose: Open with...
   • Choose as default program VMPlayer.
   • This connection with VMPlayer has only once to be made. Windows will remember this choice.
   • Choose VMPlayer from already installed programs => SAVE
   • Now Double Click Shortcut. VMPlayer will start. If finished you can use the Browser of your choice with the suggested defaults.
   • Be sure to make a static IP address (See Appliance manual), to login with a Browser-homepage startup. (https://....)
   • If confronted with a blank-screen in VMPlayer: Click with mouse in VMPlayer and hit CTR-key.
   • To leave the VMPlayer and go back to Windows OS, hit CTR+ALT
   • If Shortcut is entered in Start menu in Windows, the part of DoubleClick the Shortcut can be omitted and VMPlayer is ready to use after complete startup.
   • Put the shortcut in C:/Documents and Settings/USER/Start Menu/Programs/Startup this will automatically starts the VMPlayer when the account loads.
     
     
2. For effective work in VMPlayer Appliance (Your own Ubuntu work environment, within Windows or other OS)
   • Be sure to do an update for Ubuntu database first: sudo apt-get update , do this within the VMPlayer with Login and Password.
   • This makes the database for Ubuntu programs ready for installing different Ubuntu programs.
     
     
3. Improve read/change Ubuntu text-files. Use the latest vim-program in OpenEMR Appliance.
   • Install the full vim with sudo apt-get install vim. (the older vim included does not do syntax coloring)
   • To end vim viewing files, use .... :!q .... to go back for more cursor input and NOT saving corrections/mistakes made.
   • Use .... vim --help .... to see more options for use of vim file text editor.
     
     
4. How to Patch the Appliance OpenEMR machine
   • Login the VMPayer Machine with Login and Password
   • Go to the OpenEMR directory: cd /var/www/openemr
   • Type ls -a to see if the Patch of choice is available as file, if not, continue with following steps.
   • Download the Patch with command: sudo wget http://www.open-emr.org/patch/4-1-1-Patch4.zip
   • Make sure the file is in your openemr directory, do again: ls -a, this should be the same directory as where you can find the file sql_patch.php
   • Open the your Browser and surf to: https://192.168.1.XXX/openemr/sql_patch.php
   • Have patience, Browser, Appliance machine, VMPlayer and your computer will do the work as can be seen with the blinking of the harddisk, while executing the command.
   • Make your Browser go to Login page: https://192.168.1.xxx/openemr, and your Patch should be available.
     
     
5. A User Manual can be found at: http://www.bradymd.com/appliance/documentation.shtml