First Time Installation and Configuration
Before installing the software

There is a considerable amount of flexibility to the TraCS System to allow it to be tailored to meet the needs of individual agencies. For this reason, it is important to carefully consider the options available in TraCS usage prior to installing and configuring TraCS in an agency. The key elements of configuration are listed below:

	1.		The process of reviewing crash reports and citations at the agency.
	2.		The type of networking capability available to the agency (Aircards, wireless, LAN only).
	3.		The preferred method of returning forms that need modification and resubmission.
	4.		The printing of reports (in vehicle, in station).
	5.		The method of software configuration and deployment.
	6.		Type of database engine to be used (Access or MSSQL).
	7.		The method of distributing DHSMV form numbers.
	8.		The types of forms that the officers will be creating with TraCS.
	9.		The type of equipment available to the officers in the field.

Getting started with TraCS

	Step 1)		Acquire a TraCS Serial Number. Contact the TraCS Team to receive a TraCS serial number for your agency. TraCS can be contacted at (850) 410-6237 or via email at bryants@tracsflorida.org.
	Step 2)		Attain Software. TraCS installation software is available online at www.tracsflorida.org or on CD by mail. The software that will be needed is the TraCS Florida Installer and the GIS and Locator Tool Installer.
	Step 3)		Install TraCS Florida.
	Step 4)		Install the GIS and Locator Tool
	Step 5)		Acquire DHSMV form numbers
	Step 6)		Create Users
	Step 7)		Configure TraCS form processing
	Step 8)		Assign DHSMV Numbers

TraCS Florida software is FREE for Florida Law Enforcement.