Getting Started
There are two useful documents that will help you get started. The FFI User Guide includes FFI and SQL Server installation instructions. The guidance document will help you decide which application to install.
Download "FFI-MT, FFI-Lite and FFI - which is right for you?"
February 2023: The latest version of FFI and FFI-Lite are posted below. All instances of FFI or FFI-Lite accessing a database or data exported from a database must have the same version number.
If you are upgrading to FFI v1.05.14:
Follow these FFI 1.05.14 Upgrade Installation Instructions.
If you are installing FFI for the first time:
Follow the installation procedure in the FFI User Guide.
TIP: Download files to a temporary directory such as C:\FFI_Temp
To use the FFI-Lite monitoring software:
Download and install the FFI-Lite 1.05.14 Install Package.
NOTE: Forest Service users must install FFI-Lite through the Forest Service Software Center.
To use the FFI-MT monitoring software:
Download and install the FFI MT 1.05.14 Install Package
NOTE: Moving from FFI to FFI-MT requires a database update. Contact Duncan Lutes or MaryBeth Keifer for assistance (see the Contact Us tab).
NOTE: FFI-MT Requires SQL Server Express 2016 SP2 - see the installation instructions in the FFI User Guide.
The FFI monitoring software is no longer supported:
Use FFI-MT. Contact Duncan Lutes or MaryBeth Keifer for assistance updating your database to FFI-MT (see the Contact Us tab).
NOTE: New users who require multiple simultaneous user access to their FFI data should use FFI-MT.
Training Databases are used in the FFI training classes or if you wish to have a practice dataset. There are two zip files:
FFI-Lite_Training_Data_10514.zip (includes the database used in training class)
FFI-MT_Training_Data_10514.zip