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Installation and Configuration Guide 

 

Introduction 

 

 

Introduction 

About This Document 

This document provides instructions on the process of installing and configuring the Pharos Omega 
PS200. 

Getting Help 

Below is a list of options for obtaining support in the event you have questions or encounter issues 
during or after your installation of Omega PS200

Omega Troubleshooting Guide 

See the “Omega PS200 Troubleshooting” section for the common errors and problems that you are 
likely to encounter when installing and configuring your PS200. This guide also includes the possible 
cause of the errors and gives you recommendations on how to solve the issues. 

Pharos Website 

The Pharos website (

www.pharos.com

) contains information about Pharos products, including product 

updates, fixes, and firmware releases. It also includes the 

Pharos Knowledge Base,

 which provides a 

comprehensive source of solutions and workarounds to known problems and issues. It also provides you 
with configuration examples. The Knowledge Base is constantly updated to ensure that it always 
contains the latest information. 

Contact Details 

Corporate Headquarters 

Post-Sales Technical Assistance 

Phone:   

(585) 249-8999 

Fax: 

 

(585) 249-9229 

Address: 

100 WillowBrook Office Park 

 

 

Fairport, NY 14450 

 

 

United States of America 

Email:   

 

[email protected]

 

North America:  

 

 

877 848 0397 

Australia/New Zealand: 

 

 

+64 9 523 0737 

Rest of the world: 

 

 

+1 (585) 249-8999 Ext1 

Summary of Contents for Omega PS200

Page 1: ...Installation and Configuration Guide Document Version PS200 Install 1 1 Distribution Date December 2010 Pharos Omega PS200 1 0 0...

Page 2: ...2 2010 Pharos Systems International Inc Pharos Blueprint Secure Release Here and Policy Print are trademarks or registered trademarks of Pharos Systems International...

Page 3: ...Hardware 11 Attaching the desk stand to the PS200 Touchscreen 11 Connecting the PS200 hardware components 12 Logging on to the PS200 14 Using the Touchscreen 14 Using the Omega Web Administrator 15 In...

Page 4: ...33 Editing Omega Themes 33 Editing Styles 33 Extracting Themes from the Thin Client 33 Editing Themes Manually 34 Adding Screen Saver Images 34 Changing the Administrator Password 34 Configuring Netwo...

Page 5: ...5 General Properties 40 Printing Properties 41 Card Reader 42 Copier 43 Logon 45 Printer 46 Session 46 Third Party Charging 48 Appendix 3 Blueprint Configuration Settings 49 Settings 49 PS200 Configu...

Page 6: ...gives you recommendations on how to solve the issues Pharos Website The Pharos website www pharos com contains information about Pharos products including product updates fixes and firmware releases I...

Page 7: ...of PS200 This section gives you an overview of the PS200 device including the hardware components PS200 Hardware Components Omega PS200 consists of the following hardware components Components Descrip...

Page 8: ...ttached to the Foreign Device Interface FDI of the copier 2 Install the PS200 firmware if it is does not have the latest firmware The PS200 is shipped with a default firmware However it is best to alw...

Page 9: ...0 components as described in the Package Contents section In most cases you will have already installed the SSL Certificate on the EDI Server machine during the install if you haven t you have to inst...

Page 10: ...rprise System The following Blueprint components must be set up before installing PS200 Refer the Blueprint Help for more information The Blueprint Analyst must be installed All Blueprint Collectors m...

Page 11: ...creen section Before attaching the desk stand to the PS200 ensure that you have all the necessary components The desk stand includes 2 pcs plastic stand pedestal and base 4 pcs mounting screws 1 spare...

Page 12: ...200 package comes with cables bundled in a wire loom One end of the loom will plug into the PS200 Touchscreen and the other end will plug into the network cables power adaptor and Copy Link if require...

Page 13: ...nk to the PS150 The Copy Cable and the Smart Link are packed separately Before you begin attach the Copy Cable to the SmartLink a Connect the USB cable of the SmartLink into the USB extension socket b...

Page 14: ...the PS200 Terminal configuration menu see Logging on to the PS200 section PS200 Omega Web Administrator This is the web user interface used to manage and configure PS200 remotely For more information...

Page 15: ...the administrative password of the PS200 terminal By default the password is set to pharos 3 Optional If you want to use SSL tick the Secure Connection box 4 Click the Log on button This opens the Ome...

Page 16: ...0 firmware from a USB memory stick Caution All contents on the memory stick will be overwritten Installing the PS200 firmware To install the firmware using a USB memory stick 1 Extract the firmware ZI...

Page 17: ...d from the Pharos website http pharos com Support Terminals Index html Checking the Firmware version Before performing a firmware upgrade check the version of the firmware installed with your PS200 To...

Page 18: ...Administrator This section provides you with instructions on how to configure the network details of your PS 150 terminal using the Touchscreen Administrator For more information on how to configure...

Page 19: ...applications To configure the PEDI settings 1 Select pedi ini from the configuration menu 2 In the URL setting click Edit and enter the URL for the Pharos Server file Refer to the PEDI settings for mo...

Page 20: ...while in Blueprint Administrator terminals are added and edited in the Device Management Terminals screen Training the Omega to detect copier signals The PS200 must be trained to recognize the signals...

Page 21: ...Others to select one or more properties Step 3 Detecting copier signaling This screen lists all tests that must be performed to allow Omega to detect all combinations of the properties you selected pr...

Page 22: ...his screen displays the timing diagram generated by the test If the test was successful the configuration values obtained are displayed below If the test failed an error message indicating why the tes...

Page 23: ...back to the factory defaults and reboots the PS200 The Reboot button restarts the Omega PS200 The Edit button allows you to edit the configuration settings The Back button takes you to the previous sc...

Page 24: ...is screen configure how the PS200 firewall functionality operates From the Touchscreen Administrator select firewall ini to activate Firewall functionality Settings Description PrinterMac Only allow p...

Page 25: ...ss for the IP property as well as all the other network properties as required Net Mask This property defines the subnet mask that will be used by the Omega If DHCP is used this value will be automati...

Page 26: ...n means that the PS200 acts as a network hub The PS200 and the printer MFD are both visible on the network and the IP addresses and MAC addresses of both are available See PS200 Device Networking belo...

Page 27: ...umentation supplied with the EDI for more information on setting up SSL at the EDI server Blueprint SSL is required for all EDI terminal communications You must obtain an SSL server certificate from a...

Page 28: ...is setting set to No The default showcursor setting should be adequate in most cases but it may be necessary to turn this on for testing purposes Setting the showcursor property to Yes displays the mo...

Page 29: ...e information Syslog Settings Description Logging The properties on this screen determine what information is logged from the PS200 The following describes the different logging settings for the PS200...

Page 30: ...g output will be sent to System This section of the PS200 displays read only information about the following properties of the PS200 LAN Print Port Network Version System LAN This screen displays read...

Page 31: ...displays read only information on the PS200 s network properties Operation mode firewall or hub Host name Domain name server These properties are configured on the Network Network screen System Versio...

Page 32: ...mega Administrator The Omega Web Administrator can be viewed with Microsoft Explorer 7 0 or later and Mozilla Firefox 3 0 or later Other browsers e g Opera may work but are not officially supported To...

Page 33: ...ails To create a new style Click the Add New Style button This adds a new entry to the bottom of the list Enter the following details of the new style into the fields next to its name Font size Color...

Page 34: ...k to the ZIP file and upload the theme as normal Adding Screen Saver Images The Omega Web Administrator allows you to add screen saver images to your PS200 terminal when it is idle To add screen saver...

Page 35: ...shows all the network configuration details for your PS200 2 In the Host name field type a new host name 3 Click the Save button to save the configuration details This hostname must correspond to the...

Page 36: ...er and the Copy Cable SmartLink version The Show Others function is not supported on Blueprint 3 5 R2 However the Omega Web Administrator allows you to upload a list of PS200s connected to the EDI ser...

Page 37: ...figuration Using the PS200 as a Firewall If the PS200 s firewall functionality is activated from the PS200 Touchscreen Administrator select Yes for the Enabled property on the Firewall screen the PS20...

Page 38: ...entication This error suggests that the server to which your PS200 is connected is not available Check that the server to which your PS200 is attached to is running Failed to connect to Pharos Server...

Page 39: ...exit the configuration menu to enter demo mode While in demo mode all of the properties under the Station screen of the configuration menu can be edited from the Touchscreen these properties are norma...

Page 40: ...ber Description A free form text description of this Release Station displayed only in Pharos Administrator External Name A name that uniquely identifies this Release Station in any external authentic...

Page 41: ...e default value for this property is 60 seconds Inactivity Time used to be referred to as Auto Logoff Delay Access Times The times when this Release Station is available for use This property can be u...

Page 42: ...f the card swipe data to be stripped from the data automatically The following card reader properties only appear when the Show Advanced Properties from the Actions Pane is toggled on Property Descrip...

Page 43: ...e user balance field on the copying screen displays Balance 0 00 offline to indicate that they are in offline mode Omega stores details of all copying performed while offline and sends these details t...

Page 44: ...fore Disable Certain copiers stop all printing processes as soon as they are disabled which can result in paper jams This timeout specifies the minimum amount of time that must elapse after the last c...

Page 45: ...or authentication and disables the logon settings configured in the Logon category for the selected terminal List Print Job Owners This property determines how print jobs are displayed for selection S...

Page 46: ...nly be able to print one job at a time Show Print Counts Select Yes if the print count should be shown when releasing print jobs When copying the print count is always displayed Show Print Delete Butt...

Page 47: ...ties only appear when Show Advanced Properties is toggled on from the Release Stations Actions Pane Property Description Screensaver Time minutes Enter the amount of time in minutes after which the Om...

Page 48: ...personal account Users must have Cost Centers to Logon This is a configuration option that restricts who can logon to PS200 Select Yes so that only users who have Cost Centers will be allowed to logo...

Page 49: ...st name is not known Terminal Type This is a read only property displaying the device s terminal type For Omega PS200 terminals this property should display PS200 Server A read only property showing t...

Page 50: ...ation tab are the same as those that are available in Pharos Administrator Settings that do not apply to Blueprint are not displayed these include all settings on the General Access and Third Party Ch...

Page 51: ...wer Usage 51 Appendix 6 Power Usage This section includes the power usage of the common activities on the Omega PS200 Activity Power Usage Watts Peak Activity upgrading 15 Idle with Touchscreen backli...

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