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Technical

 

Training

 

Guide

 

Revision

 

1.0

 ‐ 

10

 

of

 

15

 

There

 

are

 

12

 

reserved

 

bracketed

 

words

 

that

 

can

 

be

 

used

 

to

 

create

 

dynamic

 

labels.

  

The

 

following

 

10

 

Dynamic

 

Text

 

reserved

 

words

 

are

 

label

 

specific

 

and

 

can

 

only

 

be

 

used

 

with

 

Template

 

labels.

 

 

[TEXT1]

 

[TEXT2]

 

[TEXT3]

 

[TEXT4]

 

[TEXT5]

 

[TEXT6]

 

[TEXT7]

 

[TEXT8]

 

[TEXT9]

 

[TEXT10]

 

 

Placing

 

any

 

of

 

these

 

reserved

 

words

 

in

 

a

 

label

 

template

 

will

 

replace

 

“[TEXT#]”

 

with

 

the

 

text

 

stored

 

for

 

each

 

Dynamic

 

Text

 

field

 

for

 

each

 

label

 

into

 

the

 

template

 

when

 

each

 

label

 

is

 

printed.

   

 

The

 

following

 

two

 

reserved

 

bracketed

 

words

 

can

 

be

 

used

 

for

 

Template

 

or

 

Ad

Hoc

 

labels.

  

 

[ID]

 

[TIMESTAMP]

 

 

Placing

 

[ID]

 

into

 

a

 

Template

 

or

 

Ad

Hoc

 

label

 

replaces

 

“[ID]”

 

with

 

the

 

Channel

 

ID

 

that

 

is

 

entered

 

in

 

Settings

 

for

 

each

 

Channel

 

when

 

the

 

label

 

is

 

printed.

  

This

 

word

 

is

 

intended

 

to

 

identify

 

which

 

Channel

 

printed

 

each

 

specific

 

label

 

in

 

multi

channel

 

systems.

  

Placing

 

[TIMESTAMP]

 

replaces

 

[TIMESTAMP]

 

with

 

the

 

current

 

Time

 

Stamp

 

of

 

the

 

Rockbox

 

when

 

each

 

label

 

is

 

printed.

  

The

 

Rockbox

 

Time

 

can

 

be

 

modified

 

by

 

double

 

clicking

 

the

 

time

 

displayed

 

in

 

the

 

bottom

 

right

 

hand

 

corner

 

of

 

the

 

task

 

bar

 

and

 

making

 

the

 

required

 

adjustments.

  

The

 

Time

 

Stamp

 

is

 

printed

 

on

 

the

 

label

 

and/or

 

bar

 

code

 

in

 

the

 

following

 

format:

   

 

ddmmyyhhnnss

 

 

d

 

=

 

day

 

m

 

=

 

month

 

y

 

=

 

year

 

h

 

=

 

hour

 

n

 

=

 

minutes

 

s

 

=

 

seconds

 

 

Labels

 

and

 

templates

 

can

 

be

 

added

 

or

 

changed

 

anytime

 

and

 

changes

 

will

 

immediately

 

take

 

place

 

the

 

next

 

time

 

a

 

print

 

trigger

 

event

 

occurs.

   

 

The

 

PLC

 

#

 

field

 

is

 

the

 

link

 

between

 

the

 

PLC

 

and

 

the

 

SPS

100

 

database.

  

The

 

value

 

of

 

the

 

assigned

 

PLC

 

Label

 

Number

 

register

 

for

 

each

 

channel

 

will

 

determine

 

which

 

label

 

will

 

automatically

 

be

 

printed

 

when

 

printing

 

is

 

triggered.

  

It

 

is

 

imperative

 

that

 

the

 

numbers

 

entered

 

in

 

this

 

field

 

match

 

the

 

PLC

 

for

 

each

 

label.

  

(See

 

Figure

 

19)

 

Summary of Contents for Rockbox SPS-100

Page 1: ...rial Print Server TECHNICAL TRAINING GUIDE Overview 2 A Configuration 3 B Installation 6 C Mission Control 7 D Studio 9 E Print On Demand 12 F View and Configure from a Remote Computer 13 G System Bac...

Page 2: ...PLC and the Rockbox are connected to Studio Refers to the application intended for label and template creation and modification The executable file for this application is SPS100_Studio and is stored...

Page 3: ...4 Configure OPC Server software KepserverEx to allow reading of print trigger bit and label number register from PLC o Double click KepserverEx shortcut on desktop See Figure 5 o A preconfigured Keps...

Page 4: ...Functions o Left Click on Mission Control tab in task bar See Figure 9 Click on Settings Button in Mission Control See Figure 10 Figure 10 Figure 9 o Enter Password sps is default See Figure 11 Make m...

Page 5: ...Default is sps Comport Setting Make sure Printer dip switches match SPS 100 settings for each Channel Channel ID that can be used to identify what Channel was used to print each specific label Normall...

Page 6: ...e corresponding COM number labels to identify which Comport each USB port connects to See Figure 14a Connect serial cables from corresponding printers to applicable USB to RS 232 Serial converters See...

Page 7: ...Control is running or not Green Running text displays when PLC scanning is occurring and red Stopped text displays when PLC scanning is not occurring Left click the Stop Button to stop PLC scanning a...

Page 8: ...nance text boxes If there is an error there will be a red Error message in the Error text box Errors usually are a result of database backup locations being set to directories that don t exist The Bac...

Page 9: ...d Modify Delete Templates Figure 19 Select Label to modify delete or view PLC Label Register value Label Name for Identification Label Preview using Template and Dynamic Text values Choose whether to...

Page 10: ...ded to identify which Channel printed each specific label in multi channel systems Placing TIMESTAMP replaces TIMESTAMP with the current Time Stamp of the Rockbox when each label is printed The Rockbo...

Page 11: ...Stamp insertion Printer specific formatting instructions Error Log To view all recorded system errors view left click the Error Log Button See Figure 19 Some common errors that will get recorded in th...

Page 12: ...n be printed on any of the four available channels that are connected to a printer This is a good way to test label formatting prior to running live It also is a good way to ensure Channel COM configu...

Page 13: ...dification and deletion of label templates and labels Studio is a stand alone application that was intended to run on not only the Rockbox but on any computer connected to the network The SPS100_Studi...

Page 14: ...backup file in the input box and click OK See Figure 26 The default backup file will be the Back Up File listed in Settings Backing up to this file will overwrite the existing backup file saving the...

Page 15: ...another Communication Related Error 5 Reset and recheck IP Addresses along with the functionality of any network switches across the network if Ping checks are not successful Kepserver Channel or Devi...

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