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Technical

 

Training

 

Guide

 

Revision

 

1.0

 ‐ 

15

 

of

 

15

 

H)

 

System

 

Troubleshooting

 

Power

 

Error

 

If

 

the

 

computer

 

will

 

not

 

power

 

up

 

there

 

could

 

potentially

 

be

 

a

 

power

 

supply,

 

motherboard,

 

or

 

hard

 

drive

 

issue.

  

Try

 

powering

 

up

 

from

 

a

 

different

 

power

 

source.

  

If

 

it

 

doesn’t

 

start,

 

remove

 

the

 

Magic.Stick

 

and

 

plug

 

into

 

a

 

spare

 

Rockbox

 

SPS100.

  

Follow

 

instructions

 

for

 

restoring

 

the

 

system

 

back

up

 

file

 

in

 

Section

 

G)

  

System

 

Backup

 

and

 

Restore

 

 

Restoration.

  

If

 

the

 

Rockbox

 

is

 

still

 

under

 

warranty,

 

send

 

to

 

Rockware

 

Corp

 

for

 

repair.

 

 

Network

 

Error

 

If

 

there

 

are

 

issues

 

reading

 

PLC

 

trigger

 

and

 

Label

 

Number

 

values

 

there

 

potentially

 

could

 

be

 

a

 

network

 

error.

  

Click

 

settings

 

Network

 

errors

 

will

 

occur

 

if

 

the

 

IP

 

Address

 

of

 

the

 

Rockbox

 

does

 

not

 

match

 

the

 

IP

 

Address

 

of

 

the

 

PLC

 

or

 

if

 

the

 

IP

 

Address

 

of

 

the

 

Rockbox

 

is

 

a

 

duplicate

 

IP

 

with

 

another

 

device

 

on

 

the

 

network

.

 

To

 

determine

 

if

 

there

 

is

 

successful

 

network

 

communication:

 

1.

 

Left

 

click

 

Start

.

 

2.

 

Left

 

click

 

Run

.

 

3.

 

Type

 

Ping

 

 

and

 

the

 

IP

 

Address

 

of

 

the

 

PLC

 

from

 

the

 

Rockbox.

  

If

 

there

 

is

 

no

 

communication

 

than

 

there

 

will

 

either

 

be

 

a

 

“Request

 

Time

 

Out”

 

or

 

another

 

“Communication

 

Related

 

Error”.

 

4.

 

Type

 

Ping

 

 

and

 

the

 

IP

 

Address

 

of

 

the

 

Rockbox

 

from

 

a

 

Remote

 

Computer

.

  

If

 

there

 

is

 

no

 

communication

 

than

 

there

 

will

 

either

 

be

 

a

 

“Request

 

Time

 

Out”

 

or

 

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

 

Device

 

Configuration

 

Error

 

If

 

there

 

are

 

issues

 

reading

 

PLC

 

Trigger

 

and

 

Label

 

Number

 

values

 

there

 

potentially

 

could

 

be

 

a

 

Kepserver

 

configuration

 

error.

  

Make

 

sure

 

the

 

Channel

 

has

 

the

 

correct

 

device

 

driver

 

assigned

 

for

 

the

 

specific

 

make

 

and

 

model

 

of

 

the

 

PLC

 

type

 

being

 

used.

  

Make

 

sure

 

the

 

Device

 

has

 

the

 

correct

 

IP

 

Address

 

and

 

IP

 

Address

 

configuration

 

for

 

the

 

PLC

 

type

 

being

 

used.

  

See

 

Section

 

A)

 

Configuration

 

 

Item

 

4

 

for

 

more

 

detail.

 

 

Comport/Channel

 

Error

 

If

 

there

 

are

 

no

 

issues

 

reading

 

the

 

PLC

 

Trigger

 

and

 

Label

 

Number

 

values

 

and

 

labels

 

do

 

not

 

print

 

there

 

could

 

potentially

 

be

 

a

 

comport

 

configuration

 

problem.

  

Make

 

sure

 

the

 

correct

 

COM#

 

is

 

entered

 

for

 

each

 

channel

 

being

 

used

 

in

 

Settings.

  

Also

 

make

 

sure

 

that

 

the

 

Baud

 

Rate,

 

Parity,

 

Data

 

Bits,

 

and

 

Stop

 

Bits

 

match

 

how

 

the

 

printer

 

is

 

configured.

  

Printer

 

settings

 

are

 

usually

 

set

 

via

 

dip

 

switches.

  

COM

 

errors

 

will

 

show

 

up

 

in

 

the

 

Error

 

Log.

  

See

 

D)

 

Studio

 ‐ 

Error

 

Log

 

for

 

more

 

detail.

   

 

Label

 

Number

 

Error

 

Labels

 

will

 

not

 

print

 

if

 

the

 

PLC

 

Label

 

Number

 

does

 

not

 

match

 

any

 

of

 

the

 

labels

 

stored

 

in

 

the

 

database.

  

This

 

error

 

will

 

be

 

recorded

 

in

 

the

 

Error

 

Log

 

if

 

it

 

occurs.

  

See

 

D)

 

Studio

 ‐ 

Error

 

Log

 

for

 

more

 

detail.

  

This

 

error

 

will

 

need

 

to

 

be

 

corrected

 

by

 

modification

 

of

 

the

 

PLC

 

code

 

or

 

modification

 

of

 

the

 

label

 

configuration.

 

 

Содержание Rockbox SPS-100

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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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