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1. amp TS SHIPPING PRINTERS G 021 1 4212_Ship A 28 Aug 2006 15 07 38 29 Open Port 5001 Host IP 172 16 16 56 Host ID 99 28 Aug 2006 15 07 38 31 E Start connection to printer oa A 4212 Ship A 172 16 Send Get Info 021 1 4212_Ship A 172 16 Send Get Info 021 1 4212_Ship A 172 16 Send Get Info 021 1 4212_Ship A 172 16 Send Get Info 021 1 4212_Ship 4 172 16 Send Get Info 021 1 4212_Ship A 172 16 Send Get Info 020 1 4212 Receive A 172 Send Get Info 020 1 421 2 Receive 172 Send Get Info 020 1 4212_ Receive A 172 5 end Get Info 020 l 4212_Receive 172 Send Get Info ipa a qe KKK 28 Aug 2006 15 16 02 94 28 Aug 2006 15 16 07 21 28 Aug 2006 15 16 07 30 Connected Using Ethemet 15 16 32 00 This icon view of a configuration is the default view used by DMXNet Manager It presents gt On the left a tree view of your printers gt Inthe middle a view of the printers as icons in the Printer Window gt Across the bottom third a message log showing the communications between DMXNet Manager and the printers gt Across the very bottom a status bar about the selected printer The message log window may be sized vertically by moving its top window frame up or down The messages in the message log may be sorted by any column by clicking the appropriate column header The status icons in the message log have the f
2. 021 14212 Ship A af EE 4212_Receive A 4212_ShipA TEAT Sg Summ SEES US E 28 Aug 2006 15 24 14 46 Open Port 5001 Host IP 172 16 16 56 Host ID 99 28 Aug 2006 15 24 14 48 E _ __ Start connection to printer v Connected Using Ethernet 15 35 43 00 Delete Group To delete a group in the tree view 1 Right click on the group branch of the group to be deleted You are prompted to confirm that you want to delete the group DMXNet Manager Warehouse A 2 Click Yes November 2008 Page 61 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved wWwww meli collection com Chapter 3 Printer Management Add Printer From the tree view you can add a printer to the Configuration 1 Right click on any branch of the tree where you want to add the printer The Main Settings screen is displayed to setup the new printer Please see Section 2 5 Add Printer for more information Status printer New Printer Refresh Main Hardware System Front Panel Print Control Media Settings Communication GPIO Aux November 2008 Device ID paes Td Name Main Device ID State _ Disable Name IP Address Printer Type Group SHIPPING Priority O Low Normal lt gt High Default Script lt None gt The Main Settings includes a Group setting By default the Main Settings proposes a G
3. Options Quantity d g Mode Pause Mode Cancel 2 Enter the path and file name or click the browse La icon to search for the label you want to print This example selects a BarTender label to print Note that the label file must be of the format dpl 3 The default label print quantity is 1 To print a different quantity than the default or to select Pause Mode check the checkbox beside Options to enable these additional options 4 Enter the quantity or use the up and down arrow buttons to increment or decrement the quantity of this label that you want to print Minimum quantity is 1 Maximum quantity is 99 999 5 Check the checkbox beside Pause Mode if the Quantity is greater than 1 and you want to pause the printer between each label print Pause mode gives an operator time to peel and apply a label before the subsequent label is printed The operator presses the PAUSE button on the printer s front panel each time he she is ready for the next label 6 Click Print Load File Control Load File Control is the Printer Control that allows you to download files such as firmware labels and MCL projects to your Datamax printer Please see Section 3 4 Load File Control for more information November 2008 Page 76 WwWww mel collection com Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Chapter 3 Printer Management 3 4 Load File Control General introduction Load File Cont
4. MCL Project CAMCL3 Projects Er DPL Labels C DMXNetMantLabel Refresh 3 Low High Rate QE Mode C Connect at start up In the Units section indicate what unit of measure you want to use for monitoring your rolls of labels 2 Select Inches for inches or cm for centimeters In the Path section 3 Inthe MCL Project path box enter the path to the projects that you create using 123 Print and or MCL Designer and that you want to download to your printer s using DMXNet Manager or click the browse LGaicon to browse for the path to your projects folder 4 Inthe DPL Labels box enter the path to the labels that you create using BarTender or other label generation software and that you want to download to your printer s using DMXNet Manager Click the browse icon to browse for the path to your labels folder Note The labels you download must be in dpl format In the Refresh section 5 Adjust the Rate slider to the desired position This setting determines how frequently DMXNet Manager will poll your printers 6 Next select the Mode of DMXNet Manager s operation If upon startup you want DMXNet Manager to automatically connect to the printers you have set up to be controlled by DMXNet Manager check the Connect at start up checkbox If you want to establish the connections manually uncheck this box Note Connect at start up is only available for printers being managed by DMXNet Manager over an ether
5. Appendix F Datamax Drives and MCL Aliases Note If a given Load File Control action does not give you the option to select a LOCATION the file is automatically saved in the lt Default gt location Note If the lt Default gt location is being used and you are performing an MCL action the file is stored as indicated in the table above for the MCL Alias lt Default gt This is typically where the MCL Client is stored and is typically in Flash memory Note If the lt Default gt location is being used and you are performing a DPL action please see your Datamax programmer s manual for information about default drives and memory modules Note Keep in mind that anything saved in RAM memory will be lost when the printer is powered off or rebooted Note MCL Aliases are used with these same designations across all MCL Collection products including those used for mobile computing O U C O wlan U o O U l U n m February 2008 Page 112 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved
6. For information about printer drive locations please see Appendix F Datamax Drives and MCL Aliases Script File Script Help 4 gt Script Properties SB4d Baee Ome zB ADrde Type Name Date Size TargetName Location B310AC10_10054a zs 20 Nov 2007 1 791 506 Pause for 45 sec DemoDMXASerie PRJ 11Feb2008 83 adi Debts eat If you want to use a different script than the one opened by default 3 Click File 4 Click Open A script selection dialogue box is displayed as shown here Page 99 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved wWww mel collection com Script execution progress November 2008 Chapter 3 Printer Management Script Name Look in Script Shipping dms My Recent Documents File name Shipping dms pen My prea _ Files of type Script dms j Cance 5 Select the script you want to execute 6 Click Open 7 Click the Execute button found at the bottom of the Script utility screen Alternatively after you have selected the target printers as described above in step 1 on the DMXNet Manager menu bar 1 Click Control 2 Click Execute Script The script selection dialogue box is displayed as show here Script Name Look in B Script gt My Recent Documents Desktop Ps My Documents My Computer File name
7. Page 9 7 wWwWww mel collection com Chapter 3 Printer Management 3 5 4 Script Open Script open November 2008 Once saved the Script you created may be opened and modified again at any time On the Script menu bar 1 Click File 2 Click Open A dialogue box is displayed as shown here Script Name Look in Script Shipping dms My Recent Documents File name Shipping ds O MyNetwork Files of type Script dms 3 Select the script you want to open 4 Click Open Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Cancel Page 98 wWww mel collection com Chapter 3 Printer Management 3 5 5 Script Execution Script execution November 2008 Once a script is built and saved it may be executed Executing a script means that the script actions are sent to the selected printer s To execute a script 1 In the Printer Window or tree view select one or more printers using standard Windows mouse operation lt CTRL gt Click on each printer you want to select On the DMXNet Manager tool bar 2 Click the script e icon The Script utility screen is displayed with your last script automatically reopened Note Different printer models have different functions and memory locations If you are executing a script on several printers at once be sure that the given operation is suitable for all the selected printers
8. and upgrade the version of DMXNet Manager to the same version as that used to create the configuration Default Configuration When DMXNet Manager is first installed it includes a default configuration You can always return to this default configuration using the Open Configuration commands and selecting the configuration default dmg Another way to get started with your own configuration is to open the default configuration and save it as your Warehouse A configuration Save Configuration Save your configuration from time to time as you are working on it to November 2008 be sure you do not lose any of your work To Save your configuration on the tool bar click on the Save Configuration icon or on the menu bar 1 Click File 2 Click Save Page 24 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWwww mel collection com Chapter 2 Getting Started Tt TECHNOLOGIES 2 5 Add Printer General introduction This section describes how to add your Datamax printers to your DMXNet Manager Configuration There are two ways of adding printers e 2 5 1 Auto Discovery e 2 5 2 Manually Open configuration Now that you have created a new configuration start adding your printers to the configuration On the tool bar click on the Open Configuration Gar icon or on the menu bar 1 Click File 2 Click Open 3 Select the Configuration you want to use in this case the Warehous
9. 1 4212_Ship a aaa Deas a Connected Using Ethernet eo November 2008 4212_Receive A 4212_ShipA DateTime Status Printer Communication Message Eror Message i 28 Aug 2006 16 34 52 84 28 Aug 2006 16 34 52 85 28 Aug 2006 16 36 17 95 Open Port 5001 Host IP 172 16 16 56 Host ID 99 021 1 421 2_Ship 172 16 Start connection to printer Send MCL Project C MCL3 Projects Demo DMX Series 4212 PRJ 28 Aug 2006 16 36 21 01 021 1 4212_Ship A 172 16 Reset Type 5 28 Aug 2006 16 36 21 03 021 1 4212_Ship A 172 16 Send File c mel3 projects demo dmx i serie 4212 pr device setup mcl to FF File not found 28 Aug 2006 16 36 21 17 021 1 4212_Ship A 172 16 Send File c mcl3 projects demo dmx i serie 4212 pri device styles mcl to FF File not found 28 Aug 2006 16 36 21 25 021 4212_Ship A 172 16 Send File c mel3 projects demo dmx i serie 4212 prj device 00 mel to 00 FF File not found 28 Aug 2006 16 36 21 34 28 Aug 2008 16 36 21 42 28 Aug 2006 16 36 21 50 KKK HE K Mie He 021 1 4212_Ship A 172 16 021 4212 Ship A 17216 021 1 4212_Ship amp 172 16 Send File c mel3 projects demo dmx i serie 4212 prj device 01 mel to 01 Send File c mel3 projects demo dmx i serie 4212 pritdevice 10 mecl to 10 Send File c mcl3 projects demo dmx i serie 4212 pri device 02
10. 16 24 80 VGA or higher Windows 2000 133 or higher 64 80 VGA or higher DMXNet Manager supports three physical means of communication with the Datamax printers Serial Com gt Network Ethernet TCP IP and UDP protocol stacks F Ports 3000 9100 5001 Parallel V1 20 or greater H Class firmware MCL Build 61 or greater Page 109 WwWww mecl collection com Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Appendix F Datamax Drives and MCL Aliases Appendix F Datamax Drives and MCL Aliases Load File Control supports several actions as shown here Load File Control t Action 3 Action DMX MANE X DMX Load Firmware DMX Load Font Options DMX Load Graphic i DMX Load Label DMX Send Any DPL File Command pMx DEE Load Data File DPLC Load Profile Load MCL Project MCL Agent Control Type SOH for 01 hex Type ST for 02 hex These actions are categorized as DMX actions or MCL actions As shown above DMX actions include Load Firmware and Load Font MCL actions include Load Data File Load Profile and so on As shown below for Load Font many of these actions require you to provide the LOCATION destination on the printer for the file you are sending to the printer Load File Control Action gt Action DMX Load Font v _Options gt menm SSR TaN oO i E Location D Type O Smooth Font O Scalable Font IntelliFont
11. Appendix A Sample License Certificate Appendix A Sample License Certificate License Certificate When you place your order for DMXNet Manager you will receive an email with a License Certificate for the product you ordered Below is a sample License Certificate The information highlighted in yellow below is the information you need for your license activation From meosl license mcl certificate com mailto meosl license mcl certificate com Sent 11 May 2006 16 13 To marketing mcl collection com Subject MCL Certificate DATAMAX 1234567 SMM 24 603 1010 1 1 DMXNet Manager MCL Collection Certificate This MCL Collection Certificate is e mailed in response to your order placed with Datamax A To download the software please access the http datamax mcl collection com website go to Section Download B To automatically activate On Line Mode your purchased MCL Collection Software follow instructions displayed at install To manually activate Off Line Mode your purchased MCL Collection Software access the http www MCL License com website An easy activation process will require the License Number s and Password s provided hereunder for each individual Item Activation is required and ensures that each MCL Collection product is not installed on more than one device Software Key machine dependent activation ONCE THE MCL COLLECTION SOFTWARE IS ACTIVATED ON A DEVICE IT CANNOT BE UN INSTA
12. DPL or MCL at atime no polling Choose the interface serial network or parallel cable communications you want to use for connecting to the printer s 3 Select the appropriate radio button for your choice 4 Click OK If you select Network DMXNet Manager will attempt to connect to all the active printers in the open Configuration Note DMXNet Manager can send controls to the printer but cannot read the printer status when communications are unidirectional only DPL Mode has unidirectional communications only The Parallel interface also only has unidirectional communications If your connection from DMXNet Manager to a given printer is successful you will see a Ready status for that printer 5 Double click on the printer to view the Status Screen November 2008 Page 33 WwWww mecl collection com Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Chapter 2 Getting Started The following Status Screen is displayed when you click on the Main button found on the left of the screen Notice Ready in the status box on this screen For additional status messages that may appear in this status box please reference Appendix C Printer Status Messages Status printer 021 4212 Ship A Refresh minin Hardware Device ID System State Front Panel Name IP Address Print Control Media Setti edia settings Printer Type Communication Group GPIO Aux Priority Default Scr
13. Name This is what the file you are downloading will be called when it is loaded on the printer In each case the Target Name Is allowed to have a maximum of 16 characters Does not allow spaces or special characters Note In the following sections you are frequently prompted to enter a LOCATION For information about these locations please see Appendix F Datamax Drives and MCL Aliases Note Different printer models have different memory module assignments and functions If you are loading a file or applying a control to several printers at once be sure that the given operation is Suitable for all the selected printers WwWww mel collection com Page 77 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Chapter 3 Printer Management 3 4 1 Load Firmware Load firmware action To load firmware into the printer 1 Select the Load Firmware action A dialogue box is displayed as shown below This allows you to select the firmware and MCL System Menu you want to load into the printer Load File Control Firmware 44212_10051 2s System MCL E Load firmware and 2 Select the firmware you want to load into the selected printer s MCL system menu or options Click the browse icon to browse for the firmware you want to load Load File Control Action DMX Load Firmware bd 4212HE10_054 zs 4212HE10_055 zs 4212HE10_10073 zs 46310_10054 2s 14212_0803 2 2s 14212_0803m2
14. Serial settings with values appropriate for your printers These values may be found through the menu on your printer or in your Datamax printer manual WwWww mecl collection com Page 20 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Chapter 2 Getting Started 2 3 2 MCL Connection MCL Connection November 2008 Next setup your printer interface for MCL Mode communications In the DMXNet Manager Setup dialogue box 1 Click on the MCL Connection tab The MCL Connection options screen is displayed as shown here DMXNet Manager Setup DPL Connection MCL Connection Local Settings MCLSID gt Group ID Host ID t_Network gt Base UDP Port e Serial Comm Port Speed Group ID can be any number from 001 to 255 However each instance of DMXNet Manager can only have one Group ID and each Group ID can only have 250 printers associated with it In the Group ID setting enter the value of the Group ID you assigned to the printer s to which you want to connect gt Think of the Group ID as a way of segmenting your printers similar to a subnet segmentation of network devices gt Each printer is identified by DMXNet Manager by combining Group ID Device ID See Section 2 5 Add Printer Device ID gt If you have for example 750 printers on your network segment your printers into 3 groups of 250 printers each Assign each of the 250 printers to t
15. These options are discussed elsewhere in the document To access these options from the tree view first connect to the printer Please see Section 2 6 Connect Disconnect Printer Page 63 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mecl collection com 3 1 4 Co Communications log November 2008 files Chapter 3 Printer Management mmunication Log Files In addition to being displayed for immediate viewing in both the Icons View and the Details View the communications log messages are saved in log files DMXNet Manager maintains by default ten log files of 50 kb each When the first log file is full it creates a second and then a third It continues like this until it has created ten log files When the tenth log file is full DMXNet Manager erases the first log file and starts the cycle again If you used the default paths when installing DMXNet Manager the communications log files are saved in C DMXNetMan Bin Log WwWww mecl collection com Page 64 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved 3 2 Edit Pri General introduction November 2008 Chapter 3 Printer Management nter Control and Management In addition to the Edit Printer features discussed in Chapter 2 to setup your printer DMXNet Manager also includes Edit Printer features to help you manage and control your printers These features are reached from the Statu
16. have created a new blank script start adding the actions you want this script to execute On the Script menu bar 1 Click Script 2 Click Add 3 Choose the action you want to perform first A Script Detail dialogue box is displayed With the exception of a new action to Pause the printer the choice of actions available for scripting are the same as those described in Section 3 4 Load File Control The possible script actions are also available as icons on the Script tool bar as follows gt Add firmware gt Add font Al gt Add graphic gt Add label a gt Add data file gt Add any DPL file gt Add MCL Project gt Add profile gt Add Other Controls be This icon takes you to a dialogue box that includes all possible actions including DPL Control and MCL Agent Control gt Add Pause ri 4 Click any of these action icons to display the related Script Detail dialogue box 5 Edit the Script Detail dialogue with settings for this action as described in Section 3 4 Load File Control 6 Click OK The Script Detail action dialogue boxes are the same as the Load File Control action dialogue boxes with one main difference When you have completed editing the Load File Control dialogue box as described in Section 3 4 you click Load to perform the action immediately on the selected printer s In Scripting when you have completed editing the Script Detail dialogue box you click OK to ad
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18. is due on a printer so an administrator can schedule printer maintenance that does not impact your operations gt Load files firmware fonts graphics labels profiles MCL printer applications data files and DPL control across your entire printer network gt Provides scripting so identical procedures such as downloading new firmware can be performed automatically on many printers Usage modes DMXNet Manager gives you two main modes for working with your printers Supervision Mode refers to when you are working in views that let you see and work with several printers at once gt Control Mode refers to when you are working in views that let you work with just one printer at a time November 2008 Page 5 WwWww mecl collection com Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Chapter 1 Introduction 2 Getting Started Overview Chapter 2 introduction Description Topics February 2008 This chapter describes the installation and setup of DMXNet Manager Setup in DMXNet Manager involves setup of gt DMXNet Manager itself to run in your environment gt The printers to be monitored and controlled by DMXNet Manager gt DMXNet Manager s printer control options The configuration process described in this chapter is typically performed just once when a printer is first added to DMXNet Manager and thereafter only periodically when a change in operations requires a change to pr
19. its status Default polling timeouts and retries are also different in Control Mode than in Supervision Mode Since Control Mode provides an environment to work in detail with just one printer the timeouts are longer and more retries are made before conclusions are drawn and the status is reported Page 71 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mecl collection com Chapter 3 Printer Management 3 3 Printer Control General introduction Printer controls Control of one printer November 2008 DMXNet Manager allows you to easily control a printer remotely centrally This section describes these controls and how they are initiated The following printer controls are available in DMXNet Manager Feed Label Y Pause Printer i 2 Cancel Printing Insert Test Label e Print Config Label 2 Reset Printer A Send Date Time Reprint Last Label Lu m Print Label Ls Load File Control These control options and control icons are not active if a printer s is not connected or selected The controls are grayed out Connect to and select a printer s to enable these controls Many of these controls are also available via the physical printer s front panel or printer menu Consequently you may also refer to your Datamax user manual for more information about these printer controls To control an individual printer 1 Double click on the given p
20. mel collection com Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Chapter 3 Printer Management 3 4 3 Load Graphic Load graphic action To load a graphic into the printer 1 Select Load Graphic A dialogue box is displayed as shown below Load File Control C Action gt Action DMX FELEI X Options gt FleNane ER TagetNane EEEE i E Location Format F 7 Bit Datamax Image X Type O ASCII Characters All Characters 00 FF Load graphic options In the graphic options area 2 Select the file name of the graphic you want to load into the selected printer s or 3 Click the browse Gricon to browse for the graphic you want to load 4 Enter the Target Name This is the name the graphic file will have when loaded on the printer You must enter a target file name If no target name is entered DMXNet Manager will not load the graphic 5 Select the target Location This is the Datamax printer drive where the graphic file will be saved on the printer Please see your Datamax programmer s manual for information about printer drive selection Below are examples of l Class and H Class printers respectively Load File Control Load File Control Action 3 Action gt Action DMX Load Graphic hd Action DMX Load Graphic X Options 3 Options gt FleNane ER FleNane SC TagetNane TagetNane Location x Location 6 Format Format Type November 2008 Page 82 WwWww mec
21. memory usage as a percentage of memory used In this example 0 RAM and 3 Flash memory are in use Note The memory module information available and therefore shown varies from printer model to printer model No status is provided for H Class printers since the memory on these printers is a virtual allocation Page 70 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Www mecl collection com Chapter 3 Printer Management Status indicators The printer image at the top of the screen displays three status November 2008 indicators They have the following meaning gt The left most indicator is the Connection Status Blue DMXNet Manager is doing a printer check Green DMXNet Manager is connected Red DMXNet Manager failed to connect Gray DMXNet Manager is not connected gt The middle indicator is the Printer Status Green printer is ready Orange printer is paused communications are busy Red printer has a problem Gray no information is available The right most indicator is the Media Status Green printer is ready Orange warning media running low Red operator action is needed for printer maintenance or for label ribbon or printer head replacement Gray no information is available or no warning levels are set in Supplies Management Notice that the Printer Status has an orange indicator to indicate that the printer is busy and cannot report
22. option A dialogue box is displayed in which you can write your own MCL Agent command to be sent to the printer Note This feature is generally expected to be used by advanced users only Page 91 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mel collection com 3 5 Scripts General introduction Create script November 2008 Chapter 3 Printer Management Section 3 4 Load File Control describes the various kinds of files that may be loaded into a Datamax printer The File Load allows you to load just one file at a time into the selected printer s By contrast scripting allows you to identify several files to be automatically loaded into selected printer s This section discusses how to create and use scripts to manage and control your Datamax printers To create a script click on the Script a icon on the DMXNet Manager tool bar or on the menu bar 1 Click Tools 2 Click Script The Script utility is displayed as shown here gt Script SEE File Script Help Script Properties SBad4d iaeaseenm be E Bide Type Name Date Size TargetName Location a DERNE DE ay On the Script menu bar 3 Click File 4 Click New wWww mecl collection com Page 92 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Chapter 3 Printer Management 3 5 1 Script Actions Script actions November 2008 Now that you
23. updated to reflect the new printer topology If you attempt to have more than 250 printers to DMXNet Manager you will receive an error message as shown below DMXNet Manager 249_Printers a LD Maximum printers is 250 C November 2008 Page 49 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved a WWW mcl collection com Chapter 2 Getting Started 2 9 Delete Printer General introduction If you no longer want to manage a printer via DMXNet Manager you can delete it from your DMXNet Manager configuration This section describes how to delete a printer Delete a printer You can delete a printer from a configuration 1 On the tree view or the Printer Window click on the printer you want to delete You can then delete the printer in any one of three ways 2 On the menu bar click Edit and then select Delete Printer 3 On the tool bar click the Delete Printer K icon 4 On the tree view or in the Printer Window right click on the printer and then select Delete Printer You are prompted to confirm that you want to delete this printer as shown here DMXNet Manager Warehous Confirm delete printer D 021 l 4212_Ship A 5 Click Yes to delete November 2008 Page 50 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mecl collection com 2 10 Profiles Chapter 2 Getting Started General introduction Once a printer is properly setup its propert
24. you want If DMXNet Manager does not require any additional information to perform the operation it initiates the control action immediately when you select the control you want to execute You are notified if the control operation is successful as shown here Printer Communication z 0 Operation Successfull Cancel Page 73 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mel collection com November 2008 Chapter 3 Printer Management If the operation is not successful you are notified of the failure as shown below If this occurs take corrective action to solve the connection problem and try again Please see Section 2 6 Connect Disconnect Printer for more information Printer Communication Operation Failed Cancel wWww mel collection com Page 74 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Feed Label Pause Printer Cancel Printing Insert Test Label Print Config Label Reset Printer Send Date Time November 2008 Chapter 3 Printer Management Following is a more detailed description about each control and how to execute it For more information please refer to your Datamax user manual 1 Click H to perform a form feed and advance the label roll to the top of the next label This is a toggle function that operates in the same way as the PAUSE button on your printer s front panel 1 Click one to
25. 010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mecl collection com Appendix D Supported Datamax Printers List of Printers gt A Class Supported by A 4212 DMXNet Manager A 4310 v1 x A 4408 A 4606 A 6212 A 6310 H Class H 4212X n H 4310X H 4606X n H 6212X H 6310X H 8308X H 4212 a H 4310 H 4408 H 4606 5 H 6210 H 6308 gt Class 1 4208 l 4210 l 4212 1 4308 1 4406 1 4604 Class M 4208 M 4306 M 4206 Mark II With graphical display M 4210 Mark II with graphical display M 4308 Mark II with graphical display gt W Class u ee te W 6208 W 6308 W 8306 February 2008 Appendix D Supported Datamax Printers Page 108 wWwWww mel collection com Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Appendix E General introduction Operating system Server Communications interface Datamax Text Printer firmware Datamax Graphical Printer firmware MCL Alias Support February 2008 Appendix E System Requirements System Requirements This appendix provides the minimum requirements to run DMXNet Manager v1 x Windows XP Windows 2000 Windows 98 Specification Processor speed MHz RAM MB Free hard disk space MB Display Specification Processor RAM MB Free hard disk space MB Display Windows XP min recommend 233 300 64 128 80 800 x 600 Win98 min recommend 486DX 66MHZ
26. 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Script delete action November 2008 Chapter 3 Printer Management In addition to editing actions in the script you may also delete actions you have previously inserted in the script 1 Select the action you want to delete On the Script menu bar 2 Click Script 3 Click Delete Alternatively click the Delete Delete button found at the bottom of the Script utility screen As an example if we delete the Pause we inserted in our new script a confirmation dialogue box is displayed as shown below 4 Click Yes to delete the selected action from the script Script A Confirm delete Pause for 30 sec WwWww mecl collection com Page 96 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Chapter 3 Printer Management 3 5 3 Script Save Script save November 2008 Save the script you have created On the Script menu bar 1 Click File 2 Click Save or 3 Click Save as A dialogue box is displayed as shown here Script Name O Script My Recent Documents fi 4 Enter a File name for your script 5 Click Save Scripts are of the type dms If you used the default paths when installing DMXNet Manager your scripts are saved in C DMXNetMan Script Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved File name Shipping v My Network Save as type Script dms v Cancel
27. 55 0000 7046 Serial Number Key Software Serial Number Key Activation Mode On Line Password STEPGROK MCL E Touch the Technologies and Take Control 17 Click Next to confirm the details you entered on the previous screens DMXNet Manager now connects to MCL s Licensing Server and records your details on the server The Licensing Server then returns an Activation Key When the Activation Key is received your software is ready to be used Page 16 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved wWwWww mel collection com November 2008 Chapter 2 Getting Started An Activation successful screen is displayed as shown below Activation Wizard 1 13 DMXNet Manager Activation SUCCESSFUL ACTIVATION License Number LN 2460 3101 0155 0000 7046 Serial Number SN 836 7 3048 556 7 9265 16 Activation Key AK 8356 5133 6094 1802 Next gt gt MCL E Touch the Technologies and Take Control 18 Print this information and keep it in a safe place for later use in case of disaster recovery 19 Click Next to validate your activation You are now prompted to save a backup of your License Key It includes your license number serial number and activation key Activation Wizard 1 13 DMXNet Manager MCL KEY license data Your License data are stored in the MCL KEY file It is recommended to make a backup copy of this file Note that each MCL product has its own AACL KEY file so be careful
28. DMXNet Manager v1 x User Manual Visualize centralized printer control Realize DMXNet Manager Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved wWww mel collection com Preface DMXNet Manager Copyright Statement DMXNet Manager is developed by MCL Technologies to help network administrators manage their organization s Datamax printers 2008 MCL Technologies DMXNet Manager v1 x User Manual DATAMAX is a registered trademark of Datamax Bar Code Products Corporation Seagull and BarTender are trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagull Scientific Inc Microsoft Windows Windows XP Windows 2000 and Windows 98 are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners All specifications terms and descriptions of products and services are subject to change without notice or recourse Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mecl collection com Table of Contents L O OO tas dae ncoe ete te ee 4 alse What is DMXNGEE Manage P neritina EEEE ii iiaii 5 2 E nulg ee Ez 1e CC E EAEE TETEE TTT 6 2 1 Installation snssssnnnesrrnnsrrrrnrrrrnrrrrrsrrrrsrrrrrrnrrrtrrir strir st rrrot rrr rnrn nr rrrnrrrrn rrur rnrrrr nrnna rrnnnt 7 2 2 PCUIVAUIOW E E E E E E A E E E ease EET cas 11 2 3 ener E a SO EEEE EAEEREN EREEREER EE ENEA EEEE EEEE EEE E ena
29. Info 020 4212 Receive A 172 Send Settings oa oo Open Port 5001 Host IP 172 16 16 56 Host ID 99 Start connection to printer KELLEL K 30 Aug 2006 16 51 06 92 020 4212 Receive A 172 Pause Printer 16 52 46 00 November 2008 In the Printer Window you can hide any of the columns you do not want to see 3 Right click any of the column headers in the printer display window A list of all the possible information columns is displayed By default all of the columns are displayed To hide a column 4 Uncheck the checkbox beside the name of the column s you want to hide At any time you can re enable the display of the column 5 Check the checkbox beside the column name s you want to display Page 5 7 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mecl collection com Chapter 3 Printer Management Column descriptions These columns give detailed status information about each printer gt Group Assigned by you when adding a printer to DMXNet Manager 7 Created by you using the Add Group function Please see November 2008 Section 3 1 3 Tree View and Groups for more information gt Device ID Assigned by you on the Datamax printer and used when you added the printer to DMXNet Manager Should be a unique number among the printers in this group of printers see Section 2 3 2 MCL Connection Group ID gt Printer name Assigned by you when adding a p
30. Installshield 7 Click Finish November 2008 Page wWww mel collection com Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Starting DMXNet Manager November 2008 Chapter 2 Getting Started Once DMXNet Manager is installed start it by 1 Double click on the DMXNet Manager shortcut gt icon on the Windows desktop The DMXNet Manager splash screen is displayed MXNet gt MANAGER E a UY rt i DATAMAX i A rT Page 10 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mecl collection com Chapter 2 Getting Started 2 2 Activation General introduction This section describes the activation process for DMXNet Manager During the activation process you will be prompted to choose between a Software Activation and a Hardware Activation for your DMXNet Manager license Be sure to understand the benefits of each method and the consequences of choosing one method over the other Activation The first time you run DMXNet Manager you will be prompted to Activate the software To do this you will need to have the License Certificate ready which you have received by email when you ordered DMXNet Manager 1 Get out your DMXNet Manager License Certificate Please see Appendix A for a sample certificate Activation Wizard 1 13 DMXNet Manager Startup This product is not activated Select operation Activation D
31. LLED FROM THAT DEVICE TO BE RE INSTALLED ON A DIFFERENT ONE Hardware Key machine independent activation If you want to transfer your license from one PC to another one plug the Hardware Key ref HWSNK 1102U or HWSNK 1102P on the PC before Starting the Activation Procedure Please retain this Certificate for your files as it is required for proof of valid purchase KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KkKkKKKKK February 2008 Page 104 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mecl collection com Appendix A Sample License Cerftificate SALES ORDER gt DATAMAX 1234567 MCL REF NBR DATAMAX 1234567891234 CUSTOMER ID gt DATAMAX 12345678 CUSTOMER NAME MCL Technologies CUSTOMER ADDRESS gt Chaussee de Bruxelles 572 1410 Waterloo Belgium marketing mcl collection com DISTRIBUTOR ID PRODUCT CODE z SMM 24 603 1010 1 DESCRIPTION DMXNet Manager OTY lt 1 ITEM LICENSE NUMBER PASSWORD kkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxk xkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkkkxxkx k kx E MAIL DISCLAIMER This e mail and any files and attachments transmitted with it are confidential and may be legally privileged They are intended solely for the use of the intended recipient 1 e CUSTOMER The content of this e mail or any file or attachment transmitted with it may have been changed or altered w
32. MXNet Manager That is to say the active printers identified in the Configuration must be physically connected via the selected communications interface serial network or parallel Connect Control Mode To establish a limited connection between just one printer and DMXNet Manager 6 Double click on the printer in the Printer Window or tree view Alternatively on the tree view 7 Right click on the printer 8 Click Properties The following Status screen is displayed when you click on the Main button found on the left of the screen Notice Not connected in the status box on this screen Status printer 021 4212 Ship A November 2008 Refresh Profile Name 1 4212_ Ship A Device ID IP Address 172 16 32 21 E EEE Not connected ep GPIO Aux Supplies Control Device ID State Disable Name IP Address Printer Type l 4212 v Group SHIPPING PRINTERS v Priority O Low Normal High Default Sci OK Cancel 9 Click the Refresh Refresh button The Printer Connected To dialogue box is displayed as described above 10 Select the appropriate radio button for your choice of communications interface 11 Click OK Page 35 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mel collection com Chapter 2 Getting Started When the connection is successfully established in MCL Mode a Ready status is displayed in the s
33. Password Printer Message READY Network Speed 100 Megabits sec Done mMm Internet 2 Select Network Status This displays a page as shown below Datamax Corporation l Class 4212 Ver 08 03J 04 11 2006 PN 83 2283 08DJ Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help ay Q Back x a A Search Pe Favorites Ks B a E P rel 33 Address hetp 172 16 32 21 Eco Links Google v G Search g amp 128blocked 3 Check Autolink C Autoril faa Options DATAMAX a NetWare Status Datamax Corporation l Class 4212 Ver 08 03J Frame Type nii 04 11 2006 PN 83 2283 08DJ Serial C61066 File Server File Server Status Queue Name Queue Status Unit Information Back to Top Network Status TCP IP Status TCP IP Configuration NetWare Configuration Frame Type Ethernet II AppleTalk Configuration Pr cna tapi IP Address 172 16 32 21 Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 Default Gateway 172 16 16 253 gt Reset Base Port Number 3000 ee DHCP Disabled Store IP Address in NVRAM Enabled Primary Server Logged in Secondary Server Logged in a al p Internet Make a note of the value for Destination Port or Base Port Number 3000 in this case This is the value you should use for the TCP Port in Section 2 3 1 DPL Connection You can also setup your TCP Port value on t
34. Scalable Font TrueType Cancel The choices available for LOCATION depend on the action being performed and the model of the target printer If you are performing a gt DMX action the LOCATION refers to a Datamax drive please refer to your Datamax manual for more information gt MCL action the LOCATION refers to a MCL alias MCL Aliases are logical references used by MCL for the various Datamax printer drives and memory modules These aliases are used in MCL Client MCL Designer Datamax Text Display MCL Designer Datamax Graphical Display 123Print and DMXNet Manager The following table summarizes the MCL Aliases and their Datamax printer correspondences February 2008 Page 110 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mel collection com BEE Appendix F Datamax Drives and MCL Aliases TECHNOLOGIES Datamax Drive Reference Alias Alias Description T C S User Shared 5 Module X For DMX compatibility reason L T Usersmarede Tw C NA CAY IlIOInim r A MCL Projects NA C MCL PRJ C MCL PRJ A Platform Root N C N MCL Voice data NA A a wa o a T N Reference your Datamax Programmer s Manual typically Appendix K to see if the given module is present on your model of printer Table MCL Aliases and Their Corresponding Datamax Drive References WwWWwW MC February 2008 Page 111 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved
35. Script iter Control Printer Status 72 16 32 21 4212 SHIPPING PRINTERS O Low Normal lt gt High lt None gt Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Page 31 wWwWww mel collection com Chapter 2 Getting Started TCP Port hint Once you have added a printer and assigned it a valid IP Address if the printer is on the same network as DMXNet Manager you can look up the printer s TCP port number ji 1 Click the e icon on the Main Settings screen to navigate to an HTML page provided on your printer by Datamax F Datamax Corporation Class 4212 Ver 08 03J 04 11 2006 PN 83 2283 O8DJ Microsoft Internet Explorer fe ix File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Q sax z x a A DO search Pe Favorites O B coe E la rel 3 Address http 172 16 32 21 vE o Links Google wall G Search ge SB 128 blocked chad lt SQ Autolink YE AutoFill ea Options Pd DATAMAX Unit Information Datamax Corporation l Class 4212 Ver 08 03J Printer Datamax Corporation l Class 4212 Ver 08 03J 04 11 2006 PN 83 2283 06DJ 04 11 2006 PN 83 2283 Printer Status Idle 08DJ Error Message None Serial C61066 gt unitma TCP IP Configuration NIC Serial Number C61066 NetWare Configuration NetWare Configuration MAC Address 00 40 af7e 0d ca AppleTalk Configuration IPP Authentication Configuration Email Configuration Network Print Options Change
36. Shipping dms My Network Files of type Script dms 3 Select the script you want to execute 4 Click Open Regardless of how it was invoked from the tool bar or from the menu bar when the script is being executed various dialogue boxes are displayed indicating the progress of the script execution Below are three progress dialogue boxes for a firmware load and a pause count down respectively Page 100 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mel collection com Tt TECHNOLOGIES Printer Communication x Printer Communication a 020 4212_Receive A Loading i4212_mel_v120i zs 1 15 H Upgrading Firm Vare wait 24 sec Chapter 3 Printer Management x Printer Communication Printer Communication a Wait DMXNET INTIALIZING D z0 Please wait 18 sec Cancel The results of the script execution are recorded in the message log window as shown below An entry is made for each script command line executed A W status icon indicates a successful command line execution a status icon indicates an unsuccessful such as file not found command line execution DMXNet Manager Warehouse A File Edit DEW HE ie Control Tools Help ae ics 2 Qe OM Supervision SSG A Warehouse A 0 Line 1 Sy RECEIVING PRINTERS A 020 1 4212_Receive PPING PRINTERS GA 021
37. Supplies Management Settings 3 2 2 Supplies Control Settings 7 3 2 3 Printer Control Settings a 3 2 4 Printer Status 3 3 Printer Control 68 3 4 Load File Control 73 Load Firmware Load Font Load Graphic Load Label 1 2 3 4 5 Send Any DPL File 6 DPL Control 7 Load Data File 8 Load Profile 9 Load MCL Project 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 A 4 4 4 10 MCL Agent Control J ee a 3 3 J 3 a 3 3 5 Scripts 88 Script Actions Script Building Script Save Script Open Script Execution ee a lane ee se cia ah UBWNe Page 53 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mecl collection com Chapter 3 Printer Management 3 1 Configuration Views General introduction This section discusses DMXNet Manager s configuration display views These views are thought of as working in Supervision Mode Description DMXNet Manager provides two views of your configurations icons and November 2008 details Whether in Icons View or Details View if you pass your computer mouse over a printer entry in the Printer Window you will see a printer status summary like that shown below The first sample printer status is the default status displayed when you initially Add a Printer to a Configuration The second sample status is for a connected printer Note This status is not refreshed automatically Move your mouse away and then pass it back over the printe
38. bon Saver Disabled Supplies Control Printer Control Values to be set manually Printer Status Read Default Apply OK Cancel Edit the duplicate printer s Main settings to the appropriate values Click Main Edit Device ID Edit Name optional Edit I P Address Edit Group CONOoOF Similarly edit the duplicate printer s Supplies Control settings and Printer Status settings 9 Click OK If you have previously selected Tools DMXNet Manager Setup Local Settings Connect at start up Page 48 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Www mecl collection com Tt Chapter 2 Getting Started DMXNet Manager immediately attempts to retrieve the duplicate printer s information as shown below gt DMXNet Manager Warehouse A aae File Edit Control Tools Help CEA dee A c0gEaEBCOB BS 6 CEY A Warehouse 4 0 Line 1 ag RECEIVING PRINTERS see a SHIPPING PRINTERS 28 Aug 2006 14 56 31 31 a Open Port 5001 Host IP 172 16 16 56 Host ID 99 28 Aug 2006 14 56 31 32 Start connection to printer Connected Using Ethernet 15 01 09 00 eee eee eee In this example in Main Settings the duplicate printer was given the name 4212 Receive A and assigned to a new group called Receiving Printers Notice that the tree view on the left of the screen was automatically
39. ck Next Note Only Organisation and Country are compulsory fields However the more details you provide the easier it will be for MCL Technologies to provide technical assistance in the future should assistance be necessary WwWww mel collection com November 2008 Page 13 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Chapter 2 Getting Started Software versus The next step is to choose between Software Activation and Hardware hardware activation Activation November 2008 Software Activation Using this method of activation DMXNet Manager computes a Serial Number from various components on your PC DMXNet Manager then ties your license number to this computed Serial Number Thus your software becomes PC Dependent You will not be able to transfer your licensing details over to a different PC if you want to install and run DMXNet Manager on a different PC gt Hardware Activation This method of activation requires the purchase of a Hardware Serial Number Key Using this method of activation DMXNet Manager ties your license number to the serial number of your Hardware Key Thus your software becomes PC Independent This means you can install and run DMXNet Manager on a different PC at anytime providing you are able to plug your Hardware Serial Number Key into the other PC The Hardware Key must be present for the software to run Activation Wizard 1 13 DMXNet Manager Licensing Meth
40. d printer s or Click the browse Lt icon to browse for the label you want to load Enter the Target Name This is the name the label file will have when loaded on the printer You must enter a target file name If no target name is entered DMXNet Manager will not load the label Select the target Location This is the Datamax printer drive where the label file will be saved on the printer Please see your Datamax programmer s manual for information about printer drive selection Below are examples of l Class and H Class printers respectively Check the checkbox beside Store Label in module if this is the desired option If this option is not checked the label is printed without being stored on the printer Click Load Load File Control Action 3 DMX Load Label X Action DMX Load Label v Options Z FR FleNane OR TagetNane TagetNane Location Option November 2008 Default v Location Default Y Option Cancel Page 84 Www mecl collection com Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved 3 4 5 Send Any DPL File Send any DPL file To send any DPL file such as a label format or a file with DPL action commands to the printer 1 Select Send Any DPL File A dialogue box is displayed as shown below Load File Control DMX FETE ee gt File Name Send any DPL file In the send any DPL file options area options j 2 Select the file name of the fil
41. d side of the screen The arrow beside one of the buttons indicates which settings screen is the active screen In the above example the Main Settings screen is the active screen On each of the screens 1 Click Read to retrieve current printer settings for the giving screen 2 Modify the values to your desired custom settings 3 Click Apply to send the new values to your printer If the printer has the settings you want 4 Click Read to retrieve current printer settings for the giving screen 5 Click Ok to update your DMXNet Manager configuration with these setting values Alternatively to restore the printer to Datamax recommended values 1 Click Default 2 Click Apply Page 38 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mel collection com Save Changes November 2008 Chapter 2 Getting Started If DMXNet Manager is not connected to the printer whose settings you are trying to read you will be notified of the operation failure through various status dialogue boxes as shown below Printer Communication Operation Failed Cancel 1 If one of these errors occurs return to the Connect Printer step of the setup as described in Section 2 6 When you have made all the changes you want to a printer s settings save the changes 1 Click OK on the Status Screen Your changes are automatically saved in your Configuration You are then prompted to apply the changes to the pri
42. d the action to the Script You continue adding all the actions you want to the script You save the script to be executed at a later time Page 93 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved wWwww mel collection com Pause Pause options November 2008 Chapter 3 Printer Management The Pause action is a Scripting action that is not available as a Load File Control action in Section 3 4 Use the Pause as necessary between file loads in your script For example if you load a large file into the printer you might want to delay a few seconds to give the printer time to save the file to memory before proceeding to the next load action in the script To insert a pause in your Script on the Script tool bar click the a icon or on the Script menu bar 1 Click Script 2 Click Add 3 Select the Pause action A Pause action dialogue box is displayed as shown here Script Detail C Action Action Pause X Options Pause for Second s 4 Edit the Pause for data entry field with the desired period of delay or use the up and down arrows beside the data entry field to increment or decrement the value respectively The period of delay is measured in seconds 5 Click OK Page 94 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mecl collection com educa Chapter 3 Printer Management Script Building Script add action To build your script contin
43. e 43 WwWww mel collection com Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Status printer 021 4212 Ship A November 2008 Hardware Feed Speed System Print Speed Front Panel aware Print Control b gt Slew Speed Media Settings Communication GPIO Aux Heat e Darkness Contrast Chapter 2 Getting Started MCL ID IP Address 172 16 32 21 Name 4212_Ship A In sec Row Offset 0 00 gt Inches In sec Column Offset 0 00 Inches In sec Row Adjust om Dots In sec Column Adjust sO gt Dots Present Dist Present Adjust 2 Click OK to update your DMXNet Manager s configuration for this printer with these values 3 Or modify these settings to the desired values and click Apply to update your printer with the desired settings Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Page 44 wWww mel collection com vam Bee Chapter 2 Getting Started Media Settings Media settings To change the printer s media settings 1 Click on the Media Settings Wed Sats Settings button found on the left of the Status Screen The Media Settings screen is displayed as shown below Please reference your Datamax manual for information about these settings Note the arrow beside the Media Settings button to show that this is the active display Status printer 021 4212 Ship A Refresh Hardware System Front Panel Print Control M
44. e A configuration as shown here gt DMXNet Manager Default Sel File Edit Control Tools Help oomme BH lE Supervision Jee A Default ALJ Line 1 Status Printer Communication Message Not Connected WwWww mel collection com November 2008 Page 25 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Dn dn Chapter 2 Getting Started Add Printer through Auto Discovery General introduction This section describes how to use the DMXNet Manager Auto Discovery function Auto Discovery modes November 2008 fa To start Auto Discovery click on the following icon g Auto Discovery looks on the network for Datamax printers that are communicating in MCL mode via Ethernet You can setup Auto Discovery to look for printers two different ways e Broadcasting an IP address mask A broadcast is a message sent over a network to all connected printers DMXNet Manager will send out an inquiry over the Broadcast IP address you provide Any printers that hear the broadcast send a reply identifying themselves To get the IP address mask to broadcast contact your network administrator e Checking a range of IP address IP Range means that you are interested in finding any printers on the network within the given range of IP addresses Auto Discovery Auto Discovery W Broadcast Broadcast IP Address 172 16 255 255 192 168 253 255 192 168 253 50 Choose th
45. e ID State Disable System Front Panel Name 4212_ShipA IP Address 72 16 32 21 Frinter Type 4212 Print Control Media Settings CONTEN Group SHIPPING PRINTERS Priority Low Normal High GPIO Aux Default Script poping Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Page 102 WwWww mel collection com November 2008 Chapter 3 Printer Management 2 Click OK As described previously under Script Execution you may at any time execute a script that you specify for a given printer s However DMXNet Manager provides another option for script execution If you set up a default script for a printer configuration or profile a default script can be executed automatically without having to specify it time after time 3 Select the printer s to which you want to apply default scripts On the DMXNet Manager menu bar 4 Click Control 5 Click Execute Default Script A dialogue box is displayed like the one shown below DMXNet Manager Warehouse A A Execute default printer script to printer Script Shipping dms to printer 021 I 4212_Ship 4 6 Click Yes to execute the default script for the selected printer s If you select two printers each with a different default script each will have a different script applied to it when you click Execute Default Script Page 103 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved wWww mel collection com
46. e IP Address for this printer This is the IP address you gave this printer as described in Appendix B Page 29 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Www mecl collection com November 2008 5 Chapter 2 Getting Started Select the printer model you are working with double click the appropriate model shown Printer_List a A 4310 A 4408 A 6310 H 4212 A a vd B H 4606 H 6210 H 6308 H 431 0 H 4606 _ ey i E H 8308 lt 4208 l 4210 SFRBReOdD M 4306 M 4210 Markll M 4306 Markll Enter any Group Name This is the group to which you want this printer assigned in the tree view This is a required field It can be very useful when monitoring many printers Click the radio button with the priority you want to give this printer This determines how aggressively this printer will be polled by DMXNet Manager in cooperation with the Refresh Rate setup in Section 2 3 3 Local Settings To understand how this priority setting works in conjunction with the Local Settings Refresh Rate here are the extremes based upon current default settings If the Refresh Rate is set at its maximum high the High priority printer is polled every 2 seconds Medium priority printer is polled every 5 seconds Low priority printer is polled every 12 seconds If the Refresh Rate is set at its minimum low the High priority printer is polled every 20 seconds Medium pri
47. e file name of the profile you want to load into the selected printer s or 5 Click the browse LB icon to browse for the profile you want to load 6 Click Load November 2008 Page 89 Chapter 3 Printer Management WwWww mel collection com Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved 3 4 9 Chapter 3 Printer Management Load MCL Project Load MCL project 123 Print and MCL Designer for Datamax Printers allow you to create action applications that run on Datamax printers To load a project into the printer 1 Select Load MCL Project A Load MCL Project dialogue box appears as shown here Load File Control Action Action Load MCL Project Project Name Demo DM H Series PRJ v Demo DMX A Series PRJ MCL Projects fpem eat aseea 9 C AMCL3 ProfDemo DMX Series 4212PRJ LQ Demo DMX M CLass 4308 PRJ Load MCL project In the project options area options November 2008 2 Select the project name of the project you want to load into the selected printer s or 3 Click the browse icon in the MCL Projects Path to change the source directory of the project you want to load 4 Click Load Page 90 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mecl collection com Chapter 3 Printer Management 3 4 10 MCL Agent Control MCL Agent Control November 2008 The MCL Client running on the Datamax printer includes a component called MCL Agent This i
48. e option s you want Auto Discovery to use and set up the IP Addresses to be used Note To auto discover Datamax Text Printers the Datamax Text Printers must communicate on the same subnet ID as DMXNet Manager The Datamax Text Printers must be properly set up as described in Appendix B This preset is not necessary for the Datamax Graphic printers Page 26 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mel collection com November 2008 Chapter 2 Getting Started Auto Discovery lists the printers it finds as shown here Auto Discovery Auto Discovery W Broadcast Broadcast IP Address W JP Range From IF 192 165 253 25 TalF 192 165 253 50 003 kikiki a a Plato E 172163030 008 022 M 4208 172 16 32 159 002 11 4210 17216 3293 o D4 14212 192 168 253 44 mO M4210 17216 3015 O01 O01 H4212x 17216 3011 00 H 4212 172163010 om om H 4212x 4 New Printer Read Printer info 172 16 30 10 Any printer found appears in the Auto Discovery screen Printers that are not in your current DMXNet Manager configuration are selected and can be added in the configuration by selecting Add Printer Uncheck any printer that should not be added to the configuration Note that printers whose Subnet ID only for Graphical printers and Device ID for all printers have been changed locally are also selected Leave tho
49. e printers are displayed with detailed information in the Printer Window as shown below The remainder of the display is the same as that for the icons view As with the icons view the message log window may be sized vertically by moving its top window frame up or down DMXNet Manager Warehouse A File Edit Control Tools CEA Bed EA H0mMEbLCE Be amp Help Supervision dT A Warehouse 4 G Line 1 Sy RECEIVING PRINTERS 020 1 4212 Receive Sy SHIPPING PRINTERS 021 1 4212_Ship A Date Time 30 Aug 2006 16 49 32 54 30 Aug 2006 16 49 32 56 30 Aug 2006 16 49 54 20 30 Aug 2006 16 49 54 27 30 Aug 2006 16 49 59 87 30 Aug 2006 16 49 59 94 30 Aug 2006 16 50 04 73 30 Aug 2006 16 50 04 78 30 Aug 2006 16 50 22 59 30 Aug 2006 16 50 22 70 30 Aug 2006 16 50 46 65 index Group Device ID Name IP Address Status message 1 RECEIVING PRINTI 020 2 SHIPPING PRINTEI 021 I 4212_Receive A 1 4212_Ship A 1172 16 32 20 172 16 32 21 ee apes Tae Priority Pause Normal Printer Communication Message Error Message o 21 1 4212_Ship 172 16 Send Get Info 21 1 4212_Ship 172 16 Send Get Info 021 1 4212_Ship A 172 16 Send Get Info 21 1 4212_Ship 172 16 Send Get Info 21 1 4212_Ship 172 16 Send Get Info 21 1 4212_Ship 172 16 Send Get Info 020 1 4212 Receive A 172 Send Get Info 020 1 4212 Receive A 172 Send Get
50. e the same TCP Port WwWww mel collection com Page 106 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Appendix C Printer Status Messages Appendix C Printer Status Messages Status messages This appendix lists the possible status messages that DMXNet Manager reports In Supervision Mode These messages are displayed in the Status message column of the Printer Window in Details View In Control Mode These messages are displayed in the status box on the various Status settings and control screens Status Message Additional information about the message No info Printer never connected No Info Using LPT1 No information because DMXNet Manager cannot read the printer DPL mode status when communications are unidirectional only Get Printer info Communication in progress with the printer getting the information Communication Error Message and Button displayed in red Device ID fault IP Address fault New Printer Message and Button displayed in gray Not connected Printer Disabled No IP Address Head Up Message and Button displayed in red Paper Out Ribbon Fault Top of Form Error Cutter Fault Pause Message and Button displayed in orange Printing Batch Busy Message and Button displayed in orange Ready Message and Button displayed in green February 2008 Page 107 Copyright 2
51. e you want to send to the selected printer s 3 Click Load November 2008 Chapter 3 Printer Management wWwWww mel collection com Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Chapter 3 Printer Management 3 4 6 DPL Control DPL Control action DPL command options November 2008 DMXNet Manager allows you to send a DPL command to the printer for immediate execution on the printer Note If you want to send more than one DPL command at a time create a file containing the desired DPL commands and then send the file to the printer using the Send Any DPL File command See Section 3 4 5 Send Any DPL File To send a DPL Control to the selected printer 1 Select the action DPL Control A dialogue box is displayed giving DPL Command options as shown here Load File Control Action 3 Action DMX DPL Control X _ Options gt Command Reset Printer v DPL Comman Reset Printer l onna a ae AllModulel Clear Module D Type SOH qU tint Test Label Type ST APrint Contig User DPL Command Cancel DMXNet Manager offers a list of preset DPL Commands for you to choose from These are the most commonly used DPL commands Note These preset actions are the same commands as provided by DMX Loader 2 Select the predefined DPL command you want to load in the printer Alternatively if you want to execute a DPL command that is not provided in the preset DPL command li
52. edia Settings Communication GPIO Aux MCL ID IP Address 172 16 32 21 Name 1 4212_Ship Zan Print Mode O Direct Thermal SensorMode Continuous e Thermal Transfert Gap Lenath leis 0 Reflective Width Inches Max Length Inches Paper Out Inches Ribbon Low Inches hd DPI Emulation Disabled Default Apply November 2008 Page 45 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mel collection com 2 7 0 Communication settings Communication Settings Chapter 2 Getting Started To change the printer s communic 1 Click on the Communication left of the Status Screen jaam button found on the The Communications Settings screen is displayed as shown below Please reference your Datamax manual for information about these settings Note the arrow beside the Communication button to show that this is the active display Status printer 021 4212 Ship A November 2008 Refresh Hardware System Front Panel Print Control Media Settings Communication GPIO Aux e e E J 7 J T v j Printer Status hd Speed Parity Data bits Stop bits Handshake Buffer Control Connected to Device ID 9600 bits s No parity O 7 bits 8 bits 1bit 2bits Never clear lt None gt Read IP Address 172 16 32 21 Name 1 4212_Ship A Parity No parity Data bits O 7 b
53. emo Quit MCL E Touch the Technologies and Take Control 2 Click Next to begin the Activation Process Note DMXNet Manager offers 30 day full use in demo mode no activation license required November 2008 Page 11 wWwWww mel collection com Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved November 2008 Chapter 2 Getting Started Activation Wizard 1 13 DMXNet Manager License Number Enter License Number LN from your License Certificate License Number LN MCL E Touch the Technologies and Take Control 3 Enter the License Number found on your License Certificate Activation Wizard 1 13 DMXNet Manager License Number Enter License Number LN from your License Certificate License Number LN 2460 3101 0155 0000 7046 MCL E Touch the Technologies and Take Control 4 Click Next Page 12 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mel collection com BEN MICIL TECHNOLOGIES Chapter 2 Getting Started End user license MCL s End User License Agreement is displayed as shown below Before agreement proceeding you must read and accept these license terms Activation Wizard 1 13 DMXNet Manager License Terms applicable law in no event shall DATAMAX or its suppliers be liable for any damages whatsoever including without limitation special incidental consequential or indirect damages for personal
54. entire add and edit process for the other printer s you can simply duplicate the one you have already set up This section describes how to duplicate a printer Duplicate a printer There are three ways to initiate Duplicate Printer in your configuration 1 On the tree view on the left of the display right click on the printer you added and select Duplicate Printer 2 In the Printer Window in the middle of the display right click on the printer you added and select Duplicate Printer 3 On the tree view or in the Printer Window select the printer you want to duplicate Then on the menu bar click Edit and then select Duplicate Printer DMXNet Manager creates a copy of your printer settings excluding the Supplies Control settings Printer Status settings and some Main settings It excludes settings that would not be relevant to the duplicate printer Status printer 022 Copy of 4212 Ship A November 2008 Refresh MCL ID IP Address 172 16 32 21 E Name Copy of l 4212_5hip Profle OOO Not connected Man toms Hardware D Network Card Ethernet X System Front Panel Serial Port B Print Control Media Settings d _Option2 gt _ Keyboard English v Internal Scanner Disabled lt Option T _____________ __ Option3 gt Communication GPIO Aux GPIO Disabled X Present Sensor Disabled X Supplies Mgmt C Cutter Disabled x C Rib
55. er if the printer is not activated barcodes are not printed and a not registered message is printed on the labels you print Please note that other anomalies may also be printed on the label gt Printer key Please reference your Datamax documentation Page 58 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WWwWw mcl collection com November 2008 Chapter 3 Printer Management Total counter This is the same as the Absolute Counter on the printer User counter This is the same as the Resettable Counter on you printer Page 59 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved wWwWww mel collection com 3 1 3 Tree View and Groups Chapter 3 Printer Management General introduction This section discusses the Tree View found on the left side of both the Icons View and the Details View The tree view shows the topology of your printer Configuration This section also discusses Groups used in the printer topology The topology hierarchy is by Configuration Group and Printer Design a printer topology that groups printers logically to simplify the management of your network of printers Tree View Several options are available from the Tree View to help you define your printer network topology To access these options 1 Right click on the branch of the tree where you want to add or change a branch Add Group To add a new Group 1 Right click on the to
56. er Profile dmp Apply profile Once a profile has been loaded it can be applied to the printer To apply a profile the given printer must be connected to DMXNet Manager 1 Select the target printer and load a profile as described above 2 On the Status Screen click on the Profile 3 Select Apply Profile Profile button You are prompted to confirm that you want to apply this profile to the printer with the given Device ID as shown below In this example the printer has Device ID 020 4 Click Yes to confirm and proceed with applying this profile 5 Click No to cancel the operation Status printer 021 1 4212_Ship A D Confirm Apply Settings to printer 021 November 2008 Page 52 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mecl collection com Chapter 3 Printer Management 3 Printer Management Overview Chapter 3 This chapter discusses the operations that you will perform repeatedly introduction during the on going management of your Datamax printers Description Management of your printers using DMXNet Manager involves gt Printer supervisory capabilities gt Printer control capabilities Topics This chapter covers the following topics Topic Page 3 1 Configuration Views 51 February 2008 3 1 1 lcons View 3 1 2 Details View 3 1 3 Tree View and Groups 3 1 4 Communication Log Files 3 2 Edit Printer Control and Management 61 m 3 2 1
57. ese settings Note the arrow beside the front Panel button to show that this is the active display Status printer 021 4212 Ship A Y MCL ID IP Address 172 16 32 21 Name 1 4212_Ship akalo Ready Hardware System Front Panel _ Secure access to Printer System Menu L Password esso Supplies Mamt Menu Language English November 2008 Page 42 WwWww mel collection com Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved 2 7 4 Print Control Settings Chapter 2 Getting Started Print Control settings To change the printer s control settings 1 Click on the Print Control oa button found on the left of the Status Screen The Print Control settings screen is displayed as shown here Please reference your Datamax manual for information about these settings Note the arrow beside the Print Control button to show that this is the active display Status printer 021 4212 Ship A Y MCL ID IP Address 172 16 32 21 Name l 4212_S5hip Refresh EEE Hardware Feed Speed In sec Row Offset 0 00 gt Inches System Print Speed ed In sec Column Offset oog Inches Front Panel Reverse ad In sec Row Adjust om Dots Print Control gt Slew Speed In sec Column Adjust sO 2 Dots Heat gt Present Dist Supplies Mgmt Darkness i Present Adjust Contrast O am 1 Click Read Below shows the results of a read of one of our printers November 2008 Pag
58. ew Ribbon Roll Print Control Last ribbon roll change on 07 Mar 2006 11H53 counter 9062 inches Media Settings Maintenance Clic button when you do the printer Maintenance Communication No info on last maintenance GPIO Aux ape neg y e Head Replacement Clic button when you replace Printer s Head No info on last head replacement Printer Status OK Cancel 3 Click the appropriate button corresponding to the printer maintenance action you are taking November 2008 Page 67 WwWww mel collection com Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved November 2008 Chapter 3 Printer Management You are prompted to confirm your request as shown here Status printer 0211 4212 Shi X D confirm new Label Roll 4 Click Yes to confirm the event 5 Click No to cancel the event If you are not connected to the printer when you attempt this maintenance you will be prompted to make a connection first as shown here Status printer 021 1 4212_Ship A fx D Connect or refresh printer info first 6 Connect the printer as described in Section 2 6 Connect Disconnect Printer WwWww mecl collection com Page 68 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved eTA Printer Control settings 1 Printer Control Settings Chapter 3 Printer Management Click on the Printer Control left of the Status Screen To change the printer s co
59. he data file will be saved on the printer Please see Appendix F Datamax Drives and MCL Aliases for information about LOCATION selection 6 Click Load November 2008 Page 88 WwWww mecl collection com Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved 3 4 8 Load Profile Load profile action All the settings for a given printer can be saved in a profile as described in Section 2 10 Profiles Profiles let you recover a given printer s setup or load the same printer settings into other printers to set them up identically Section 2 10 describes how to load a profile into a printer However the profile load in Section 2 10 applies only to a single selected printer Loading a profile through Printer Control allows you to load the profile into one or more printers Profiles are of the type dmp If you used the default paths when installing DMXNet Manager your profiles are saved in C DMXNetMan Profile To load a profile in the Icons View or Details View 1 Select several printers using standard Windows mouse operation lt CTRL gt Click on each printer you want to select Ea 2 On the tool bar click the Load File Control Fa icon 3 Select Load Profile A Load Profile dialogue box appears as shown here Load File Control Action 3 Action Load Profile v _ Options gt File Name Ehipping printers dmp amp Load profile options In the profile options area 4 Select th
60. he printer through this interface Click on the icon on the Main Settings screen at any time for convenient access to the Datamax HTML page about your printer WwWww mel collection com November 2008 Page 32 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Chapter 2 Getting Started 2 6 Connect Disconnect Printer General introduction This section describes how to manually initiate a connection and disconnection between DMXNet Manager and the printer s in your configuration You can initiate a gt Persistent connection to all printers in Supervision Mode or gt Limited connection with just one printer in Control Mode Connect Supervision Once you have added a printer or printers connect DMXNet Manager to Mode the printer s To establish a persistent connection between the printers and DMXNet Manager on the main DMXNet Manager tool bar click the Connect icon or on the menu bar 1 Click Tools 2 Click Connect The Printer Connected To dialogue box is displayed Three physical means of connection are available as shown below Serial Com gt Network Ethernet gt Parallel Printer Connected To Printer Connected To Printer Connected To SeralCom Network Parallel O SerialCom Network Parallel SerialCom Network Parallel Ill Warning III ut Warning ut Only ACTIONS and Load Firmware can be performed using the Parallel Port One printer at atime One mode
61. he same group and assign a Group ID of 001 002 or 003 for example to those printers Then assign a unique Device ID such as a number from 001 250 to each of the printers within the group These assignments will allow you to uniquely identify all 750 printers on your network If you have more than 750 printers simply run another copy of DMXNet Manager using another unique Group ID Host ID can be any number from 001 to 255 It is typically set to 099 This ID is used by the MCL protocol for communications between the Datamax Printers and DMXNet Manager The Host ID is used to identify DMXNet Manager as the host for these printer communications UDP Port is typically 5000 Comm Port is the port that DMXNet Manager uses on its own server when communicating serially with a printer Speed is the baud rate of the serial port as determined by the printer Please reference your Datamax manual for information about serial comm speed Page 21 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mecl collection com 2 3 3 Chapter 2 Getting Started Local Settings Local Settings Next setup the global settings that DMXNet Manager uses In the November 2008 DMXNet Manager Setup dialogue box 1 Click on the Local Settings tab The Local Settings screen is displayed as shown here DMXNet Manager Setup DPL Connection MCL Connection Local Settings Units Measure MMS lt __ Path
62. iated value yourself The significance of is defined on this screen only However it is used on other screens with the same significance Page 40 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwwWw mcecl collection com Chapter 2 Getting Started 2 2 System Settings System settings To change the printer s system settings 1 Click on the System button found on the left of the Status Screen The System settings screen is displayed as shown below Please reference your Datamax manual for information about these settings Note the arrow beside the System button to show that this is the active display Status printer 021 4212 Ship A Device ID IP Address 172 16 32 21 Name 1 4212_ShipA Hardware puun _ Pause Mode Front Panel _ Peel Mode Print Control Back After Print Media Settings Default Module D Ram memory X Communication Double Byte Symbols GPIO Aux Scalable Cache I Imaging Mode Multiple label ad WwWww mel collection com November 2008 Page 41 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved 2 7 3 Front Panel Settings Chapter 2 Getting Started Front Panel settings To change the printer s front panel settings 1 Click on the Front Panel button found on the left of the Status Screen The Front Panel settings screen is displayed as shown below Please reference your Datamax manual for information about th
63. ies may be saved in a profile for use on other printers This section describes how to use profiles Save profile To save a printer s setup in a profile 1 On the tree view or the Printer Window double click on the printer whose properties you want to save 2 On the Status Screen click on the Profile button 3 Select Save Profile A save profile dialogue screen is displayed as shown below 4 Enter the file name into which you want to save the profile 5 Click Save Choose profile name Save in O Profile we Qo Fd Ee a ee File name Shipping printers i Save as lype DMeNet Manager Profile drnop wt 4 Load profile Once a printer profile has been saved it may be used to give another printer the identical setup 1 On the tree view or the Printer Window double click on the printer to which you want to apply the profile 2 On the Status Screen click on the Profile button 3 Select Load Profile A load profile dialogue screen is displayed as shown below 4 Select the profile you want to load 5 Click Open 6 Click OK to save these properties for this printer November 2008 Page 51 WwWww mecl collection com Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Choose profile name Chapter 2 Getting Started Look in O Profile My Documents Shipping printers dmp __ My Network File name Shipping printers Files of type DMXNet Manag
64. injury loss of business profits business interruption loss of business information or any other pecuniary loss arising out of the use of or inability to use this product even if DATAMAX has been advised of the possibility of such damages In any case DATAMAX and its suppliers entire liability under any provision of this agreement shall be limited to the amount actually paid by you for the SOFTWARE Because some states jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages the above limitation may not apply to you 7 INVALIDITY If at any time one or more of the provisions of this EULA becomes invalid illegal or unenforceable in any respect under the governing law the validity legality and enforceability of its provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired IV I Agree with the License Terms l I do not agree with the License Terms MCL E Touch the Technologies and Take Control 5 Read and scroll down to the bottom of the terms 6 Check the checkbox to accept the license terms 7 Click Next The DMXNet Manager software registration form is displayed Activation Wizard 1 13 DMXNet Manager Registration Organisation MCL TECHNOLOGIES Country Belgium ciy e mail marketing mcl collection com Mandatory fields MCL E Touch the Technologies and Take Control 8 Enter the details of the company to whom the License should be registered 9 Cli
65. inter setup or a manufacturer update recommends a change to a configuration This chapter covers the following topics Topic Page 2 1 Installation 7 2 2 Activation 11 2 3 General Setup 19 z 2 3 1 DPL Connection 7 2 3 2 MCL Connection m 2 3 3 Local Settings 2 4 Configurations 23 2 5 Add Printer 25 7 2 5 1 Add Printers through Auto Discovery m 2 5 2 Add Printer Manually 7 2 5 3 Main Settings 2 6 Connect Disconnect Printer 33 2 7 Edit Printer Initial Setup 37 7 2 7 1 Hardware Settings m 2 7 2 System Settings 7 2 7 3 Front Panel Settings 7 2 7 4 Printer Control Settings a 2 7 5 Media Settings 7 2 7 6 Communication Settings a 2 7 7 GPIO and Auxiliary Settings 2 8 Duplicate Printer 48 2 9 Delete Printer 50 2 10 Profiles 51 Page 6 WwWww mecl collection com Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Chapter 2 Getting Started 2 1 Installation General introduction This section describes how to install DMXNet Manager Installation 1 Double click on the DMXNet Manager installation executable which you have downloaded The default folder in which DMXNet Manager is installed is C DMXNetMan A welcome screen is displayed as shown below DMXNet Manager V1 00 Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for DMHXNetMan_0100 The InstallShield Wizard will install DM NetMan_0100 on your computer To continue click Next TECHINOLOGES Installshield 2 Click Next to proceed wi
66. ipt Printer Status Device ID Name 1 4212_Ship A IPAddress 172 16 32 21 S Disable 172 16 32 21 l 4212 SHIPPING PRINTERS 3 High C Low Normal lt None gt As shown below if your connection to a printer from DMXNet Manager is unsuccessful you will see a Communication Error status instead of a Ready status Status printer 021 4212 Ship A E OO Refresh C in IP Device ID State Name IP Address Printer Type Group Priority Default Script Printer Status November 2008 Device ID Name Communication error 1 4212_Ship A IPAddress 172 16 32 21 K Disable 1 4212 Ship 172 16 32 21 4212 SHIPPING PRINTERS O High O Low e Normal lt None gt WwWww mcecl collection com Page 34 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Chapter 2 Getting Started Disable printer If you do not want all the printers to be connected polled simply disable the printers to which you do not want to connect before you initiate the connection Please see Section 2 5 3 Main Settings for more information Disconnect Supervision Mode Connect operates like a toggle gt Connect once from the menu bar or tool bar and all the active printers are connected gt Connect a second time from the menu bar or tool bar and all the connected printers are disconnected Note For connection the printers must be reachable by D
67. ithout the consent of the author If you are not the intended recipient i e CUSTOMER of this e mail you are hereby notified that any review dissemination disclosure alteration printing Circulation of transmission of ox any action taken or omitted in reliance on this e mail or any file or attachment transmitted with it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful If you received this e mail in error please notify MCL Technologies by e mailing marketing mcl collection com November 2008 Page 105 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mel collection com Appendix B Datamax Printer Setup Appendix B Datamax Printer Setup General introduction Device ID and Group ID Printer IP address TCP Port February 2008 In order to monitor and control your Datamax printer using DMXNet Manager you must first perform some setup operations on your Printer Firstly you must set up a Device ID and Group ID on each of your printers On the Datamax printer 1 Goto the MCL System Menu 2 Scroll through the Menu until you reach Setup press the Ent button on the printer to enter Setup 3 Scroll through the Menu until you reach Device ID 4 Use the printer Fwd button or Rev 4 button to increment or decrement the existing value respectively 5 When you reach the value you want press the Ent u button on the printer to apply the value 6 Make a note of this Device ID You will need it t
68. its 8 bits Stop bits 1bit 2bits Handshake v Default Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Page 46 WwWww mel collection com Ded sda Chapter 2 Getting Started GPIO and Auxiliary Settings Printer GPIO and To change the printer s GPIO and auxiliary settings Auxiliary settings J Click on the GPI O Aux button found on the left of the Status Screen The GPIO Aux settings screen is displayed as shown below Please reference your Datamax manual for information about these settings Note the arrow beside the GPI O Aux button to show that this is the active display Status printer 021 4212 Ship A November 2008 Device ID IP Address 172 16 32 21 y Name 1 4212_ShipA Refresh ain oe l Satt Pm GPIO Controlled by Active High O Active Low 0 High Pulse Ribbon low O Toggle Edge Media Settings Active High M O Active Low LI End of Print GPIO Aus Paper Out Active High e Active High PL S upplies Aa it ES O Active Low Active Low q1 O Low Pulse i Disabled a O High Pulse Defaut Apply Page 47 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mel collection com Chapter 2 Getting Started 2 8 Duplicate Printer General introduction If you have other printers on your network with the same properties as one that you have already added and edited rather than going through the
69. l collection com Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved November 2008 Chapter 3 Printer Management 6 Select the format of the graphic you want to load into the printer Several formats such as flip are allowed Please reference your Datamax documentation for information about these formats Load File Control Action Location Default Format T F 7 Bit Datamax Image ype B BMP 8 bit format flipped b BMP 8 bit format as is IMG 8 bit format flipped i IMG 8 bit format as is P PCX 8 bit format flipped p PCX 8 bit format as is Cancel 7 Select the appropriate Type ASCII characters only or all characters 8 Click Load Note Graphic images must be monochrome Valid graphic file types include bmp pcx img z f7b Datamax graphic file Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Page 83 wWww mel collection com Chapter 3 Printer Management 3 4 4 Load Label Load label action Load label options Load File Control Action 3 Action Options gt File Name A dialogue box is displayed as shown below To load a label into the printer Select Load Label Load File Control Action 3 Action DMX Load Label X __ Options gt FleNane SY TagetNane EEE i Location Option In the label options area 2 Select the file name of the label you want to load into the selecte
70. low it to operate in your environment This setup involve settings that gt Are common to all printers to be handled by DMXNet Manager Apply globally to DMXNet Manager for all printer management To enter DMXNet Manager s setup on the menu bar 1 Click Tools 2 Click DMXNet Manager Setup The DMXNet Manager Setup dialogue box is displayed as shown here DMXNet Manager Setup t Network gt Printer TCP Port 9 100 Seral Comm Port COM1 Speed 9600 v Parity None v Data Bits 7Bits 8Bits Stop bits 1Bit 2Bits Handshake None o Before you can do anything using DMXNet Manager you need to set up DMXNet Manager for initial communications with your printers for DPL Mode and MCL Mode where gt DPL Mode refers to the mode in which DMXNet Manager communicates with the printer using DPL commands DPL is the Datamax language used to print a label and control the printer These are commands like lt STX gt F Please refer to your Datamax manual for more information DPL Mode is a one way communication between Printer Manager and the printer gt MCL Mode refers to the mode in which DMXNet Manager communicates with the printer using MCL commands to direct the printer and run MCL applications These are commands like NO 001 TF I NVENTORY DAT AA DAT Please refer to your MCL Link manual for more information MCL Mode is a two way communication between DMXNet Manager and the pri
71. mel to 02 FF File not found FF File not found FF File not found 28 Aug 2006 16 36 21 57 x 021 1 4212_Ship A 172 16 Send File c mcl3 projects demo dmx i serie 4212 pri device 03 mel to 03 FF File not found 28 Aug 2006 16 36 21 65 x 021 1 421 2_Ship A 172 16 Send File c mcl3 projects demo dmx i serie 4212 prj device 04 mel to 04 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved FF File not found 16 37 21 oo Page 101 WwWww mel collection com November 2008 Chapter 3 Printer Management Default script l In addition to selecting several printers for script execution DMXNet execution Manager also lets you define a default script for a given printer As described in Section 2 7 Edit Printer enter the Main Settings screen as shown here Status printer 021 4212 Ship A Name 1 4212_ShipA Y Device ID IP Address 172 16 32 21 aag Min J Hardware Device ID State Disable Name IP Address 172 16 32 21 Printer Type l 4212 System Front Panel Print Control Media Settings blll Group SHIPPING PRINTERS GPIO Aux Priority O Low Normal High Default Script lt None gt Notice the Default Script setting 1 Select the script you want to execute by default on this printer Status printer 021 4212 Ship A Device ID IP Address 172 16 32 21 Name 1 4212_Ship A Hae Refresh WY Hardware Devic
72. net network Page 22 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mecl collection com Chapter 2 Getting Started 2 4 Configurations General introduction What is a Configuration New Configuration Open Configuration November 2008 This section describes the concept and use of Configurations in a DMXNet Manager environment A Configuration allows you to group printers together for monitoring at the same time For example you can view all your Warehouse A printers at the same time Furthermore within your warehouse you can identify your printers according to their functional role in your operations such as Receiving Putaway and Shipping Similarly in a hospital environment for example you might group your printers by floor or by department in the hospital Before getting started with DMXNet Manager plan the printer topology you want to set up to help you monitor and control your printer operations Start first by creating a new configuration On the menu bar Click File Click New Click File Click Save As Enter any file name you want This example uses the file name Warehouse A 0O AOUN Alternatively on the tool bar click on the New Configuration a icon and then Save As Save configuration as Save in Configuration B Default dmg File name Warehouse Al Save as type Configuration dmg This example u
73. not to overwrite another product key file MCL E Touch the Technologies and Take Control 20 Edit the entry or browse to the location where you want your License Key backed up 21 Click Next Note It is very important for you to record and save a backup of your license key This is the only way MCL Technologies can help you recover your DMXNet Manager license in the event of a disaster Page 17 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mel collection com Chapter 2 Getting Started Tt TECHNOLOGIES A successful backup screen is displayed as shown here Activation Wizard 1 13 DMXNet Manager MCL KEY license data SUCCESSFUL BACKUP DONE MCL E Touch the Technologies and Take Control 22 Click Finish DMXNet Manager With its installation and activation completed successfully DMXNet launch Manager is started as shown below You are now ready to setup DMXNet Manager for use in your environment DMXNet Manager Default TS File Edit Control Tools Help ocmgAH E A Jee eA Default DJ Line 1 Status Printer Communication Message Not Connected November 2008 Page 18 WwWww mel collection com Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Chapter 2 Getting Started 2 3 General Setup General introduction November 2008 Setup This section describes the setup of DMXNet Manager to al
74. nter For example DMXNet Manager may ask for a parameter and receive values in return or DMXNet Manager may send a file and receive an acknowledgement upon the successful completion of the transmission Page 19 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mel collection com 2 3 1 Chapter 2 Getting Started DPL Connection DPL Connection Setup your printer interface for DPL Mode communications In the November 2008 DMXNet Manager Setup dialogue box 1 Click on the DPL Connection tab If you want to use network communications for your DPL commands 2 Edit the Printer TCP port with the appropriate port number typically 9100 or 3000 Note All the printers managed by the same instance of DMXNet Manager must be on the same TCP port for DPL communications to work If you have some printers on TCP port 9100 and others on TCP 3000 you will need to run two copies of DMXNet Manager to manage the different printer populations If you have a printer with TCP port 3000 on a network of printers using TCP port 9100 DMXNet Manager will fail trying to communicate in DPL Mode with the TCP port 3000 printer In this case DMXNet Manager will try again to communicate with the printer but using MCL Mode this time See Section 2 5 3 Main Settings TCP Port Hint for a hint on where to find your printer s TCP port number If you want to use serial communications for your DPL commands 3 Edit the
75. nter as well Status printer 0211 4212 Ship A X Apply changes to printer 2 Click Yes to apply the changes Please note that as you proceed through the setting screens discussed in the following sections you have the option to apply those settings to the printer Those settings will not be undone if you click No here Page 39 WwWww mecl collection com Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved adada Chapter 2 Getting Started Hardware Settings Hardware settings To change the printer s hardware settings 1 Click on the Hardware button found on the left of the Status Screen The Hardware settings screen is displayed as shown below Please reference your Datamax manual for information about these settings Note the arrow beside the Hardware button to show that this is the active display Status printer 021 4212 Ship A November 2008 Y MCL ID IP Address 172 16 32 21 Name l 4212_5hip A Cr an Main _ Network Card Ethernet _ Keyboard English FrontPanel Serial Port B _ Internal Scanner Auto _ GPIO Disabled _ Present Sensor uto Ue Ma it Cutter Auto Ribbon Saver Auto Values to be set manually Read Default Apply Please notice the comment on this screen Values to be set manually This means that if you require the parameter flagged with the character you need to set the assoc
76. ntrol settings button found on the The Printer Control screen is displayed as shown here Note the arrow beside the Printer Control button to show that this is the active display Status printer 021 1 4212 Ship A November 2008 Device ID Name l 4212 Ship A Hardware System Feed Label Front Panel Print Control Pause Printer Media Settings Cancel Printing Communication Print Test Label GPIO Aux 5 m J S p al J 7 E3 Print Config Label Printer Status IP Address 172 16 32 21 gt Reset Printer Send Date Time Reprint Last Label Print Label Load File Control See Section 3 3 Printer Control for a description of these buttons Page 69 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mel collection com 3 2 4 Chapter 3 Printer Management Printer Status Printer Status To see the printer s status 1 Click on the Printer Status button found on the left of the Status Screen The printer status screen is displayed as shown here Note the P arrow beside the Printer Status button to show that this is the active display Status printer 020 4212 Receive A November 2008 Refresh Device ID IP Address 172 16 32 20 Name 4212 Receive poe SC a ere Hardware Label MZ Mode 14212 System Front Panel Maintenance ex Product Level TB10 ace SE Firoware ver Ribbon a Par
77. o confirm and proceed The Activation mode screen is displayed as shown here Activation Wizard 1 13 DMXNet Manager Activation Select Activation Mode On Line mode requires an Internet Connection MCL E Touch the Technologies and Take Control Indicate if you want to use on line or off line activation 13 Click the appropriate radio button 14 Click Next Your system needs internet access for on line activation to be possible This example uses on line activation Consequently the On Line Activation screen is displayed as shown below The off line activation mode will step you through the activation in a Similar fashion Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved process Page 15 WwWww mel collection com November 2008 Chapter 2 Getting Started Activation Wizard 1 13 DMXNet Manager On Line Activation Enter Password from your License Certificate License Number LN 2460 3101 01 55 0000 7046 j Password STEPGROK MCL E Touch the Technologies and Take Control 15 Enter the Password found on your License Certificate 16 Click Next You are prompted to confirm that your registration information is accurate Activation Wizard 1 13 DMXNet Manager Confirm Information Please confirm information below Organisation MCL TECHNOLOGIES Country Belgium City Waterloo Zip Code 1410 e mail marketing mel collection com License Number LN 2460 3101 01
78. o set up DMXNet Manager as described in Section 2 5 3 Main Settings 7 Scroll through the Menu until you reach Group ID 8 Use the printer Fwd button or Rev 4 button to increment or decrement the existing value respectively 9 When you reach the value you want press the Ent a button on the printer to apply the value 10 Make a note of this Group ID You will need it to set up DMXNet Manager as described in Section 2 3 2 MCL Connection Note All printers to be managed by the same instance of DMXNet Manager must use the same Group ID Next setup your printer for Serial or Ethernet communications On the MCL Agent Port 11 Select Ethernet or Serial This setting is the physical means of connection you intend to use to connect to your printer s as described in Section 2 6 Connect Disconnect If you setup the printer for Ethernet communications setup static IP addresses for your printer 12 Goto the Datamax Menu Mode 13 Scroll through and select Communications 14 Scroll through and select NIC adapters a Scroll through select and setup the IP Address b Scroll through select and setup the Subnet mask c Scroll through select and setup the Gateway address 15 Make a note of the IP Address You will need it to set up DMXNet Manager as described in Section 2 5 3 Main Settings Finally setup the desired TCP Port typically 3000 or 9100 Note All printers to be managed by the same instance of DMXNet Manager must us
79. oad a font into the printer 1 Select Load Font A dialogue box is displayed as shown below Load File Control t Action Action DMX Load Font X _ Options 3 FileName LQ TagetNane fd Locsin ID Type O Smooth Font O Scalable Font IntelliF ont Scalable Font TrueType Load font options In the font options area 2 Select the file name of the font you want to load into the selected printer s or 3 Click the browse Lik icon to browse for the font you want to load 4 Enter the Target Name This is the name the font file will have when loaded on the printer You must enter a target file name If no target name is entered DMXNet Manager will not load the font 5 Select the target Location This is the Datamax printer drive where the font file will be saved on the printer Please see your Datamax programmer s manual for information about printer drive selection 6 Enter the Font ID This is a user assigned ID for the given font Once a Font ID has been assigned subsequent references to this font use this ID not the font name Please reference your Datamax manual for more information 7 Click the radio button beside the appropriate font type 8 Click Load Note Target Name and Location are not required it you are loading a Smooth font type Note As examples valid font file types for text display printers include CU Sp sfl cdi November 2008 Page 81 Chapter 3 Printer Management WwWww
80. od Software Key Serial Number Activation Product Activation using a Software Key Serial Number ties the MEL software to the given computer and cannot be transferred to another computer Once activated using this method it cannot be changed to the Hardware Key Serial Number method for that license Hardware Key Serial Number Activation The MCL software may be installed on several different computers and activated using the same activation codes as long as the given Hardware Key is moved to the new computer as well Once activated using this method it cannot be changed to the Software Key method for that license l Software Serial Number Key l Hardware Serial Number Key MCL E Touch the Technologies and Take Control Once you have made your choice between Software and Hardware activation 10 Check the appropriate checkbox 11 Click Next You are prompted to confirm your selection as shown below Page 14 WwWww mel collection com Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved November 2008 Chapter 2 Getting Started Activation Wizard 1 13 DMXNet Manager Software Serial Number Key You have chosen for a Software Serial Number installation which means that this software will be licensed for this computer only and cannot be transferred to another computer Clic Next gt gt to proceed Clic lt lt Back to change mode MCL Touch the Technologies and Take Control 12 Click Next t
81. ollowing significance i Information wf Communication successful x Communication error oo Establishing communications with printer Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Page 55 WwWww mel collection com Status indicators November 2008 Chapter 3 Printer Management Each printer icon displays three status indicators beneath the printer image The left most indicator is the Connection Status Blue DMXNet Manager is doing a printer check poll Green DMXNet Manager is connected Red DMXNet Manager failed to connect Gray DMXNet Manager is not connected The middle indicator is the Printer Status Green printer is ready Orange printer is busy paused Red printer has a problem Gray no information is available The right most indicator is the Media Status Green printer is ready Orange warning media running low Red operator action is needed for printer maintenance or for label ribbon or printer head replacement Gray no information is available or no warning levels are set in Supplies Management wWwWww mel collection com Page 56 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved ce ee Details View Chapter 3 Printer Management Details view the tool bar Click the Views iij icon Select details 1 2 To see your configuration with a details view of the Printer Window on Th
82. ority printer is polled every 50 seconds Low priority printer is polled every 120 seconds If you set the Refresh Rate at a value between high and low the printer polling rates will vary accordingly between the extreme polling rates indicated above Keep in mind that when you have many printers on your network each is polled sequentially If a printer does not respond to a poll DMXNet Manager times out after 1 second based upon current default settings trying to communicate with the printer and then moves on to poll the next printer If you have the Refresh Rate set to high and the priority on all your printers set to high and 250 printers on your network all your printers will be polled within a maximum time of a little over 4 minutes even if none of the printers responded to its poll Few environments require such real time aggressive polling Consequently the default setting for the Refresh Rate is mid range and the default printer priority is normal for a new printer Enter a default script if appropriate see Section 3 5 Scripts for more information Click OK Page 30 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mecl collection com Status printer New Printer November 2008 Chapter 2 Getting Started Device ID IP Address 172 16 32 21 Name 1 4212_Ship A New Printer Device ID State Name IP Address iets Group GPIO Aux Priority ies M a Eo eae aja Default
83. ou may y Do you accept all the terms of the preceding License Agreement If you select No the setup will close To install DMNetMan_0100 you must accept this agreement To accept the license terms and proceed 3 Click Yes As shown below a screen is displayed prompting you to enter the location where you want to install DMXNet Manager D MXNet Manager V1 00 Choose Destination Location Select folder where setup will install files Setup will install DM gt NetMan_0100 in the following folder To install to this folder click Next To install to a different folder click Browse and select another folder TRCOHNOLOGES Destination Folder E DOMXNetMan Installshield 4 Click Next to use the default folder for your installation or 5 Edit the entry or browse for the folder where you want to install DMXNet Manager 6 Click Next Page Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved DMXNet Manager V1 00 x WwWww mel collection com Chapter 2 Getting Started As shown below a screen is displayed to show you the progress of the installation DMXNet Manager V1 00 Setup Status DM NetMan_0100 is configuring your new software installation Installing C DM gt NetMan Bin Mcl1 OKey dll TECHNOLOGES Installshield The following is displayed when installation is completed DMXNet Manager V1 00 Setup Complete Installation Complete TECHNOLOGES
84. p level the Configuration level of the tree 2 Select Add Group Alternatively 3 Right click on the second level the Group level of the tree 4 Select Add Group The Group dialogue box is displayed as shown here Grou Create a new printer group Group x 5 Enter the desired name for the new group 6 Click OK The new group is inserted above any other existing groups Rename Group To rename a group in the tree view 1 Right click on the group branch of the group to be renamed The Group Rename dialogue box is displayed r urup _ Rename printer group SHIPPING PRINTERS Group RECEIVING PRINTERS x November 2008 Page 60 Wwww mel collection com Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Chapter 3 Printer Management 2 Enter the new name you want to use for this group 3 Click OK If the name you enter already exists you are prompted to merge the printers from the two groups into one group as shown here Do you wantto merge printers from group SHIPPING PRINTERS and RECEIVING PRINTERS 4 Click Yes to merge printers into one group or 5 Click No to cancel and enter a different group name If you click yes the printers are merged into the designated group as shown below DMXNet Manager Warehouse A File Edit Control Tools Help Cee oe AVUUVGHBEH08 8S e Supervision PSS A Warehouse 4 0 Line 1 a a RECEIVING PRINTERS
85. pause the printer 2 Click WV second time to resume printer operation from the point of interruption This control operates in the same way as the STOP CANCEL button on your printer 1 Click Od to abort the current print job and clear the current label format from the printer buffer 2 Click Wo resume printer operation 1 Click ii to print a Datamax factory defined test label 1 Click to print a Datamax factory defined configuration label 2 1 Click to reset the selected printer DMXNet Manager automatically synchronizes the time and date of connected printers once every hour by default This Send Date Time control allows you to synchronize the time and date of your printer s at any time manually 1 Click ae to update the printer s time and date DMXNet Manager displays your server s time and date in a dialogue box as shown here Send Date time Send Date time Curent Date 10Jun 2006 Curent Time 00 33 17 OK Cancel 2 Click OK to send the server s time and date to the printer 3 Click OK Page 7 5 WwWww mel collection com Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Chapter 3 Printer Management Reprint Last Label 1 Click to reprint the last label LH Print Label 1 Click H to print a label that you select A Send Label dialogue box is displayed as show here Send _ Label Label gt Label Name 3 Projects Demo1 prj Label Label001 dpl v
86. pen Port 5001 Host IP 172 16 16 56 Host ID s a 28 Aug 2006 14 56 31 32 i E Start connection to printer Connected Using Ethemet 15 01 09 90 Chapter 2 Getting Started Edit Printer There are several ways to initiate Edit Printer 1 On the menu bar click Edit and then select Printer Properties or 2 On the tool bar click the Edit Printer E icon 3 On the tree view on the left of the display double click on the printer whose settings you want to edit 7 or right click on the printer and select Properties 4 In the Printer Window in the middle of the display double click on the printer whose settings you want to edit or right click on the printer and select Properties A Status Screen is displayed as shown below November 2008 Page 3 7 WwWww mel collection com Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Chapter 2 Getting Started Status printer 021 4212 Ship A Refresh Device ID IP Address 172 16 32 21 y Name 4212_Ship A C r aan an J Hardware Front Panel Device ID State Disable Name 1 4212_Ship amp IP Address 172 16 32 21 ely Group SHIPPING PRINTERS GPIO Aux Priority Nomal High Supplies Mart Common functionality November 2008 Default Script The remainder of this chapter discusses the settings that are reached from this Status Screen They correspond to the light green buttons found on the left han
87. r again to refresh the information Device ID 001 IP Address Label No data Ribbon No data Maintenance No data Head Replace No data Total Counter 0 User Counter 0 IP Address fault Device ID 020 IP Address 172 16 32 20 Label Ribbon Maintenance Head Replace Total Counter User Counter The Device ID and IP Address are the values you entered for this printer Next percentages are shown for the printer s current supply levels These indicate how much supply or component life remains in the printer for the given supply component For example the label status shown in this example is 80 This means that the label roll is still 80 full In other words only 20 of the roll has been consumed Similar at 91 the printer head is very new The Total Counter and User Counter are the same as Absolute Counter and Resettable Counter on your Datamax printer respectively Page 54 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mecl collection com Tt TECHNOLOGIES Dds ke November 2008 Chapter 3 Printer Management Icons View Icons view To see your configuration with an icon view of the Printer Window on the tool bar 1 Click the Views Ely icon 2 Select icons The printers are displayed as icons as shown here DMXNet Manager Warehouse A aAA File Edit Control Tools Help CEE eB eo H amp iMlSesoe Be e SSS A Warehouse 4 29 Line 1 a a alaskan CHN LENS
88. rinter in the Printer Window or tree view 2 Click the yellow Printer Control button found on the left of the Status Screen The Printer Control screen is displayed as shown below Note the arrow beside the Printer Control button to show that this is the active display Page 72 WwWww mecl collection com Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Chapter 3 Printer Management Status printer 021 4212 Ship A Device ID IP Address 172 16 32 21 Name l 4212 Ship amp Refresh Profile Ready Main Control Hardware System 7 Front Panel Print Control Pause Printer Send Date Time _Media Setings _ amalik i Cancel Printing Reprint Last Label Communication Print Test Label Print Label GPIO Aux Feed Label Reset Printer gt E3 Print Config Label Load File Control Printer Status Control of several printers Control execution November 2008 OK Cancel 3 Click the control you want to execute The above procedure allows you to only affect one printer at a time However DMXNet Manager also allows you to apply a control to several printers at the same time In Icons View or Details View 1 Select several printers using standard Windows mouse operation lt CTRL gt Click on each printer you want to select 2 On the tool bar click the control you want or 3 On the menu bar select Control and then select the control
89. rinter to DMXNet Manager gt IP address z Assigned by you on the Datamax printer and used when you added the printer to DMXNet Manager gt Printing status Reported by DMXNet Manager The status shown here is interpreted in the same way as that described in Section 3 1 1 Icons View Status Indicators gt Status messages Reported by DMXNet Manager See Appendix C for the list of possible printer status messages gt Polling priority e Assigned by you when adding a printer to DMXNet Manager gt Printer model Reported by DMXNet Manager gt Part number Please reference your Datamax documentation gt Product level Please reference your Datamax documentation gt Firmware version Reported by DMXNet Manager This is the version of your Datamax firmware gt Firmware date Reported by DMXNet Manager z This is the date of creation of your Datamax firmware gt MCL version Reported by DMXNet Manager This is the version of the MCL Client on your Datamax printer gt MCL date Reported by DMXNet Manager This is creation date of the MCL Client on the Datamax printer gt Activated Reported by DMXNet Manager This indicates whether or not the MCL Client has been activated on your Datamax printer allowing you to run applications created using MCL Designer or 123 Print Whether or not the printer has been activated MCL Designer and 123 Print projects will run on the printer Howev
90. rol November 2008 Load File Control is the Printer Control see Section 3 3 Printer Control that allows you to download files such as firmware labels DPL control commands and MCL projects to your Datamax printer This section describes the kinds of files that may be loaded into the Datamax printer s It also discusses the file load options To load a file into a printer or printers 1 Select the printer s to be loaded 2 Click the Load File Control F printer control icon to load a file into the selected printer s Remember that if the printer controls are reached via the Status Screen then Load File Control applies only to the single printer selected gt Tool bar then Load File Control applies to all the printers selected As shown below when you click the Load File Control icon a dialogue box is displayed with the possible Load actions Each Load action also includes Load options unique to the given Load type Load File Control Action 3 Action DMX REC DMX EREE DMX Load Font 4 DMX Load Graphic s _ Options 3 DMX Load Label l DMX Send Any DPL File Firmware DMX DPL Control TEAN Load Data File Sustem MCL MAN Load Profile dii Load MCL Project MCL Agent Control Note The Actions available at any given time depend upon the physical connection to the printer and the printer model involved Note In the following sections you are frequently prompted to enter a Target
91. roup for the new printer It proposes the Group associated with the branch of the tree that you right clicked to add the printer If the suggested Group is not the Group to which you want to add the printer 2 Edit this entry with the Group name you want for this printer If you enter a name here for a group that does not exist yet this new Group is created and added to the tree If you right click on the top level the Configuration level of the tree when you add a printer Main Settings proposes the first group found in the tree Page 62 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mecl collection com Tree View Printer November 2008 level Chapter 3 Printer Management If you right click on a printer in the tree view several options are available gt Add New Printer gt Delete Printer gt Duplicate Printer Properties Clicking Properties has the same result as double clicking on the printer the Status Screen is displayed giving access to the printer settings If you left click on a printer or lt CTRL gt left click on several printers to select one or more printers in the tree view you can move the selected printers into a different Group by dragging and dropping them If you right click on a connected printer in the tree view additional options are available gt Control Supplies Control gt Apply profile gt Execute Script Execute Default Script
92. rrerrrrrrrrrrerrrerrrerrren 108 Appendix E System Requirements gntcscedusececeveuduvecededevesecseedusecedeciseteeeasiadeeedanedasecedesenacaoesecees 109 Appendix F Datamax Drives and MCL Aliases ccccccccce cece eee eee eee nent tees seen eee eeeneeeeesnanenenenaas 110 February 2008 Page 3 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved wWwww mel collection com Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction Overview Document introduction Chapter 1 introduction Topics February 2008 This document is a User Guide for DMXNet Manager v1 x Itis divided into three chapters to give a thorough understanding of DMXNet Manager and its supervisory and printer control capabilities Chapter 1 Introduction gt Chapter 2 Getting Started Chapter 3 Printer Management This chapter gives a general overview of DMXNet Manager s capabilities and introduces you to its purpose benefits and philosophy This chapter covers the following topics Topic Page 1 1 What is DMXNet Manager 5 O U C Q wha U K 0 U L E a n Page 4 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 What is DMXNet Manager General introduction This section gives an overview of DMXNet Manager its purpose and its benefits Purpose The purpose of DMXNet Manager is to help network administrators Supervisor and control their organization s Datamax printers ea
93. s Screen They correspond to the light yellow buttons found on the left hand side of the screen This section discusses these printer management and control features Using these views you are working with just one printer at a time in Control Mode wWwWww mel collection com Page 65 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Cee Supplies management settings Chapter 3 Printer Management Supplies Management Settings 1 On the Status Screen click on the Supplies Mgmt button DMXNet Manager helps you manage your printer s supplies To change the printer s supply management settings The supplies management settings screen is displayed as shown here Note the arrow beside the Supplies Mgmt button to show that this is the active display Status printer 021 4212 Ship A November 2008 MCL ID IP Address 172 16 32 21 Name 1 4212_ShipA Refresh Hardware Single Label Length System Number of labels per roll Front Panel Ribbon Length Print Control Media Settings Communication Label Stock is less than GPIO Aux Ribbon stock is less than Maintenance needed every e E E Head replacement every J ag m 5 Printer Status Inches Labels Inches Labels 7 Inches 3 Inches Inches Provide DMXNet Manager with information about the supplies you are using for the given printer 2 Enter the length of a single label 3 Enter
94. s a program that runs in the background for remote printer management using DMXNet Manager MCL Agent can be thought of as the printer side component of DMXNet Manager Load File Control Action gt Action MEAM MCL Agent Control __ Options gt Command jeiGyen E aE X Stop MCL engine MCL Agent Cdetart MCL engine Send System Variable Send Date Time User MCL Agent Command Just as you send DPL commands Section 3 4 9 Load DPL Control to Datamax printers for the Datamax engine to execute this dialogue box lets you send MCL commands to the printer for the MCL Agent to execute DMXNet Manager offers a list of preset MCL Commands for you to choose from These are the most commonly used MCL commands used in scripts However they are also available here for direct MCL control 1 Select the predefined MCL Agent command you want to send to the printer When would you use these commands Stop MCL engine is useful if you want to stop the MCL engine before you download a new project or new firmware to the printer You may also want to stop the MCL engine if for example your MCL application is running in an infinite loop on the printer You would use Start MCL engine after having stopped the engine to for example download a new project If the action you want to perform is not provided as a preset command you may want to execute your own MCL Agent command 2 Choose the User MCL Agent Command
95. se printers selected and click Add Printer to update your DMXNet Manager configuration with the revised settings Page 27 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mecl collection com Chapter 2 Getting Started 2 5 2 Add Printer Manually General introduction Add new printer November 2008 This section describes how to manually add your Datamax printers to your DMXNet Manager Configuration There are three ways to initiate Add New Printer 1 On the menu bar click Edit and then select Add New Printer or 2 On the tree view on the left of the display right click on any branch of the tree and then select Add New Printer 3 Onthe tool bar click the Add New Printer icon The Status Screen is displayed as shown below Notice the arrow beside the Main button on the left of the screen This indicates that the Main Settings screen is the active display wWww mel collection com Page 28 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Zi Di Ds Chapter 2 Getting Started Main Settings Main Settings The Main Settings screen is displayed as shown below when you Add Printer The Main settings can be viewed and edited at any time by double clicking on an existing printer and then clicking on the Main Nor button Alternatively it may be viewed by right clicking on an existing printer and selecting Properties and then clicking on the Main bu
96. ses the above New Configuration procedure to create a second new configuration called Warehouse B The printers for that facility would be included in this second configuration To easily monitor and control the printers across your entire network you can shift from facility to facility by shifting from configuration to configuration using Open Configuration On the tool bar click on the a Open Configuration Lay icon or on the menu bar 1 Click File 2 Click Open The Open Configuration dialogue box is displayed as shown below Page 23 Www mecl collection com Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Chapter 2 Getting Started Open configuration Look in e Configuration Default dmg Warehouse 4 dmqg Warehouse B dmg File name Files of type Configuration dmg 3 Select the Configuration you want to use 4 Click Open Note Configuration formats may change from one release of DMXNet Manager to another If you create a configuration using a new version of DMXNet Manager and then deploy the configuration to different sites in your organization if those sites have not upgraded their version of DMXNet Manager to the same version as you they will receive the following warning message DMXNet Manager New Build for file Default dmg This version is gt than this DMXNet Manager version Continue You are advised to click No
97. sily and proactively by providing gt Remote status supervision gt Printer parameterization gt Firmware deployment gt Application deployment gt Media control Benefits DMXNet Manager gt Reduces your network administrator s time and related costs to manage and control your network of Datamax printers gt Reduces your printer downtime and therefore reduces your operations downtime and related loss of productivity costs Philosophy DMXNet Manager was conceived to facilitate proactive management of Datamax printers by giving administrators and supervisors an at a glance view of the status of their entire printer network DMXNet Manager DMXNet Manager is a supervision and control environment for Datamax Printers It gt Gives your network administrators the ability to configure monitor control your printers remotely centrally proactively gt Initializes and updates your printer settings Provides profiles so the identical printer setup can be applied to many printers gt Executes printer controls such as form feed pause printer Gives color coded status indicators of your printers m Communication status m Printer status Media status gt Gives warnings when a printer s supplies such as a label roll or printer ribbon needs to be replaced before it runs out and affects your organization s operations gt Gives warnings when maintenance such as printer head replacement
98. st 3 Choose the User DPL Command option A dialogue box is displayed as shown below This allows you to write your own DPL command to be sent to the printer Page 86 WwWww mecl collection com Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved November 2008 4 5 Chapter 3 Printer Management Load File Control Command User DPL Command aa DPL Command Type SOH for 01 hex Type ST for 02 hex In the DPL Command box provided enter the DPL command you want to execute Click Load wWwWww mel collection com Page 8 7 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Chapter 3 Printer Management 3 4 7 Load Data File Load data file action To load a data file into the printer Select Load Data File A dialogue box is displayed as shown below Load File Control Action 3 Action EMC JLoad Data File X lt Options gt FieNane ER TagetNane E Location Load data file options In the data file options area 2 Select the file name of the data file you want to load into the selected printer s or 3 Click the browse Ldhicon to browse for the data file you want to load 4 Enter the Target Name This is the name the data file will have when loaded on the printer You must enter a target file name If no target name is entered DMXNet Manager will not load the data file 5 Select the target Location This is the MCL Alias drive designation where t
99. t Number 83 2283 08DJ Head Replace 08 03 Print Control Fimware Date 04 11 2006 Counters Unit MCL Version 1 20 12 137 Media Settings 3 otra MCL Date Jun 25 2007 Communication lt E oe Activated Y Sy eae Printer Key 4212 TB10 030700 041 GPIO Aue Labels 1 MB RAM D a Supplies Mgmt 0 1 MB Flash G Sa Total Counter 16628 OMB Ext F Not installed Supplies Control User Counter 911 04MB Ex K RR Printer Status b OK Cancel The supplies status percentage presented here for Label Ribbon Maintenance and Head Replacement is the same as that described in Section 3 1 Configuration Views These percentages reflect the supply or component life still remaining for the given supply component 2 Click the appropriate radio button to indicate which unit of measure Inches Centimeters or Labels you want DMXNet Manager to use when displaying the Total Counter and User Counter status The Total Counter and User Counter are the same as Absolute Counter and Resettable Counter on your Datamax printer respectively Here they are displayed in the unit of measure you select The Model Part Number Product Level Firmware ver Firmware Date MCL Version MCL Date Activated and Printer Key information provided here is the same as that provided in the details view Please see Section 3 1 2 Details View Column Descriptions for more information This Printer Status screen also displays printer
100. tatus box as shown below Status printer 021 4212 Ship A Refresh Name 1 4212_Ship Y Device ID IP Address 172 16 32 21 C Hn e Hardware System Front Panel Print Control Media Settings Communication GPIO Aux Printer Status November 2008 Device ID State Disable Name IP Address Printer Type Group SHIPPING PRINTERS Priority Nomal lt High Default Script You may now perform any of the functions accessible from this screen When you are done working with this screen and you click OK or Cancel to leave the screen DMXNet Manager disconnects the printer Page 36 wWwWww mel collection com Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Tt TECHNOLOGIES 2 7 Edit Printer Initial Setup General introduction This section describes how to configure your printers using DMXNet Manager You are working in Control Mode when you are editing printer settings Printer Properties Once you have added a printer to your configuration and connected to it you are ready to setup the printer for your environment The various printer setting options are reached through the Edit Printer command DMXNet Manager Warehouse A File Edit Control Tools Help CeEbdea fe BUVVSBeB08 BS e SSS m Warehouse 4 0 Line 1 SHIPPING PRINTERS 021 1 4212_Ship EEE 4212_Ship A Status Printer Communication Messag 28 Aug 2006 14 56 31 31 Fi O
101. th the installation wWwWww mel collection com November 2008 Page 7 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved November 2008 Chapter 2 Getting Started An end user license agreement is displayed as shown here License Agreement a Please read the following license agreement carefully Press the PAGE DOWN key to see the rest of the DATAMAX MCL Collection END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT IMPORTANT READ CAREFULLY This End User License Agreement EULA is a legal agreement between you either an individual or a single legal entity and DATAMAX from which you acquired directly or indirectly through a Distributor all or some of the MCL Collection ee product s SOFTWARE The SOFTWARE includes DATAMAX computer software and may include associated media printed materials online or electronic documentation and Internet based services Note however that any software documentation or web services that are included in the SOFTWARE or accessible via the SOFTWARE and are accompanied by their own license agreements or terms of use are governed by such agreements rather than this EULA This EULA is valid and grants the end user rights ONLY if the SOFTWARE i is genuine and a genuine License Certificate for the SOFTWARE has been issued By installing copying downloading accessing or otherwise using the SOFTWARE you agree to be bound by the terms of this EULA If you do not agree to the terms of this EULA y
102. the number of labels per roll 4 Enter the ribbon length Next setup DMXNet Manager to issue the low supply warnings you want to receive 5 Check the checkbox beside any all of the supplies for which you want to receive low supply warnings 6 Uncheck the checkbox beside any of the supplies for which you do not want to receive low supply warnings 7 Enter the threshold values you want DMXNet Manager to use to issue the warnings Page 66 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved WwWww mel collection com Chapter 3 Printer Management 3 2 2 Supplies Control Settings Supplies Control Whenever you change any of the printer s supplies notify DMXNet settings Manager of the replenishment event so it can begin anew the low Supply warning calculations from the moment of replenishment 1 Click on the Supplies Control button Alternatively on the menu bar 1 Select Control 2 Select Supplies Control The Supplies update screen is displayed as shown here Note the arrow beside the Supplies Control button to show that this is the active display Status printer 021 4212 Ship A MCL ID IP Address 172 16 32 21 Name 1 4212_Ship A Refresh sans Rey Main Hardware New Label Roll Clic button when you put a new Label Roll System Last Label Roll change on 31 May 2006 21H00 counter 11801 inches Front Panel New Ribbon Roll Clic button when you put a n
103. tton Status printer New Printer November 2008 Device ID PAddess O Name Refresh oa New Printer rofile Main gt Hardware reset Device ID H System Front Panel Name Print Control IP Address Media Setti scab Printer Type 4 4606 Communication Gia Line 1 _ GPIO Aw Priority O Low e Nomal High Supplies Mgmt Default Script lt None gt Supplies Control Printer Control Printer Status State Disable OK Cancel 1 Enter the Device ID for this printer This is the Device ID you gave this printer as described in Appendix B 2 You may optionally disable the printer by checking the checkbox beside Disable This removes the given printer from the active list of printers to be managed by DMXNet Manager You cannot connect to a disabled printer in Supervision Mode However you can connect to a disabled printer in Control Mode and perform any action available in Control Mode If this box is not checked the printer is considered to be active For this exercise leave the printer active 3 Enter any name you want for this printer The name must be unique for this configuration Although you can have multiple printers in your configuration targeted on the same physical printer i e all having the same IP address you cannot have two printers with the same Device ID and the same name in a configuration A name is not compulsory but can be very useful when monitoring many printers 4 Enter th
104. uing adding actions as required On the Script menu bar 1 Click Script 2 Click Add 3 Choose the action you want to perform first Alternatively click the Add button found at the bottom of the Script utility screen Here is an example of a simple script that loads new firmware a new MCL System Menu delays for 45 seconds and then loads an MCL Project The MCL System Menu does not show in the script it is included in the Load Firmware action options Script File Script Help 4 P E ETE RA Aar gz S0ideqType Name Date Siz TargetName Location 1 mm 631Q4C10_10054a 2s 20 Nov 2007 1 791 506 2 amp Pause for 45 sec a Demo DMX A Serie PRJ 11 Feb 2008 a Script edit action The script you create may be modified at any time 1 Select the Script action you want to edit 2 Double click on the Script action or 3 Onthe menu bar click Script then click Edit 4 Edit the Script Detail dialogue box that is displayed change the action or the action options 5 Click Ok Alternatively click the Edit button found at the bottom of the Script utility screen Script action order You may re order the actions in your script at any time November 2008 To move an action up or down 1 Select the action to be moved 2 Click the miii a buttons found on the bottom of the Script utility screen to move an action up or down the script respectively Page 95 wWwww mel collection com Copyright
105. zs 14212_0803FR zs w6308_0803m2 zs November 2008 Page 78 Wwww mel collection com Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved Download Process DMXNet Manager performs the following steps for you if you load the November 2008 Chapter 3 Printer Management 4 Next select the MCL System Menu you want to load if any into the selected printer s or 5 Click the browse LR icon to browse for the MCL System Menu you want to load Load File Control Action DMX Load Firmware aa Firmware 44212_10052 zs SystemMCL MR 6 Click Load Load File Control Action DMX Load Firmware X Firmware H4310HE10 zs a System MCL MCLSystemMenu_H _0104 PRJ MCL System Menu into the printer when you are loading firmware gt Loads the selected firmware gt Reboots the printer wWwww mel collection com Page 79 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved November 2008 Chapter 3 Printer Management gt Waits for the printer to boot up and restore its settings normally about 40 seconds gt Loads the selected MCL System Menu Note It is advisable to shut down any applications such as AppleTalk before downloading new firmware These applications can affect the printer reboot time wWww mel collection com Page 80 Copyright 2010 e MCL Technologies e All Rigths Reserved 3 4 2 Load Font Load font action To l

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