Pervasive Firewall Settings

How to add the Pervasive Database Manager and open necessary TCP ports in your Windows firewall to ensure Pervasive & Sage Pastel can communicate.

Adding the rules can assist in preventing errors & speed up your copy of Sage Pastel.

Click Search and type in Firewall
Select the option Windows Defender Firewall
On the left, select the option Advanced settings
On the left, select the option Inbound Rules
On the right, select the option New Rule…
Select the option Program and click Next>
Select ‘This program path:’ and put in the path %ProgramFiles% (x86)\Pervasive Software\PSQL\bin\w3dbsmgr.exe then click Next>
Select Allow the connection and click Next>
Select Domain, Private and Public and click Next>
Enter a Name: Pervasive Database Manager
Optionally enter a Description i.e. Access to Pervasive Program/Database, click Finish to save the rule
On the left, select the option Inbound Rules
On the right, select the option New Rule…
Select the option Port, click Next>
Select Specific local ports, Enter 1583, 3351, click Next>
Ensure Allow the connection is selected , click Next>
Select Domain, Private and Public and click Next>
Enter a Name: Pervasive Ports
Optionally enter a Description i.e. Access to Pervasive Ports, click Finish to save the rule
Repeat the above 2 steps for Outbound Rules

Open the main program window of your ESET Windows product
Press the F5 key on your keyboard to access Advanced setup
Click Network Protection>Firewall, expand Advanced and click Edit next to Rules
Click Add
Type a name for the rule into the Name field e.g. Pervasive Access
Under Direction select Both
Under Action select Allow
Under Protocol select TCP & UDP
Click the Local tab, in the Port field put in 1583, 3351
Then under Application copy and paste %ProgramFiles% (x86)\Pervasive Software\PSQL\bin\w3dbsmgr.exe – Do NOT enter the name of the application
Click the Remote tab, enable port numbers 1583, 3351
Click OK>OK>OK