100/180 mm PAPERLESS GRAPHIC RECORDER: USER GUIDE
HA028910
Issue 13 Sep 16
User Guide
Page 244
6 BRIDGE (REMOTE VIEWER)
6.1 INTRODUCTION
This feature comes in two levels, called ‘Full’ (option) and ‘Lite’ (supplied as standard).
The ‘Full’ option allows full operation and confi guration of the recorder, simultaneously, from up to ten
PCs which meet or exceed the minimum requirements listed below. When a change is being made to the
confi guration of the recorder by one Bridge user (‘client’), the message:
Feature Locked
Another client (IP ADDRESS) has locked this feature.
Wait for lock to be released and try again
appears on the screen of any other user who attempts to change the confi guration. When changes are
complete, the message:
Feature changed
Synchronising data
appears on the screens of all clients (except that of the one making the change).
Bridge ‘Lite’ allows the user to view recorder standard screens, dynamically, on-line, from up to 10 PCs
which meet or exceed the minimum requirements listed below.
The software is supplied on a CD ROM, which also includes PC Review, PC Confi guration and Acrobat
reader software and various manuals relevant to the recorder.
The Bridge software is suitable for any physical hardware confi gurations, some common examples being:
1. A single PC connected directly to a recorder.
2. Multiple PCs connected via a network to one or more recorders. (Each recorder can be accessed, si-
multaneously, by a maximum of 10 PCs, but one PC can look at only ‘N’ recorders where ‘N’ depends
on how much memory is available at the PC. For example, a minimum specifi cation computer (
sec-
tion 6.1.1
) running Windows NT can ‘look at’ up to three recorders simultaneously.
3. A single PC connected via a telephone line to a remote recorder.
This manual does not describe network setup in detail, as each network is different. In most cases, the
help of the network administrator or supervisor will be required, for example, in the allocation of valid
addresses and passwords.
Notes:
1 When logging in via ‘Bridge’, only users with ‘Connect from Remote’ enabled appear in the user
list. See
section 4.4.1
for details.
2 Full Bridge requires some small amount of space on the PC disk. The message ‘There appears
to be no free disk space on the client. Create some space and run again.’ appears if there is
insuffi cient space.
3. If an attempt is made to establish more than one Full Bridge connection between a PC and an
instrument, the message “ You are already running a Full Bridge session with this instrument.
The new session will run as Bridge Lite.” appears.
4. If an attempt is made to establish a Full Bridge connection using the ‘anonymous’ user name,
the following message appears:
‘You are authenticating Full Bridge using the “anonymous” user name. This provides guest read
only access. To establish Full Bridge connection you must use a different user name. Please
change and try again.’
5. The maximum number of Bridge sessions that can be run simultaneously on one recorder is 10.
