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Technical

 

Training

 

Guide

 

the

 

Error

 

text

 

box

 

there

 

may

 

be

 

a

 

configuration

 

issue

 

that

 

will

 

prevent

 

automatic

 

printing.

  

(See

 

Figure

 

16)

 

 

To

 

view

 

Actual

 

PLC

 

values

 

for

 

each

 

Channel,

 

left

 

click

 

the

 

View

 

Button.

  

If

 

there

 

is

 

a

 

network

 

related

 

error,

 

a

 

Kepserver

 

configuration

 

error,

 

or

 

a

 

PLC

 

Address

 

error,

 

the

 

Quality

 

of

 

the

 

specific

 

value

 

will

 

display

 

“BAD”.

  

If

 

the

 

value

 

is

 

being

 

read

 

properly

 

then

 

the

 

Quality

 

will

 

display

 

“GOOD”.

  

If

 

displayed

 

values

 

match

 

actual

 

values

 

in

 

the

 

PLC,

 

then

 

all

 

networking

 

and

 

OPC

 

configuration

 

has

 

been

 

completed

 

successfully.

  

(See

 

Figure

 

17)

 

 

Figure

 

17

 

 

 

 

Maintenance

 

 

Database

 

Backup

 

and

 

Deletion

 

of

 

Error

 

Log

 

Maintenance

 

functions

 

include

 

database

 

backup

 

and

 

deletion

 

of

 

error

 

log.

  

The

 

number

 

of

 

Scans

 

(planned

 

executions),

 

the

 

number

 

of

 

Executions

 

(successful

 

executions),

 

and

 

the

 

Time

 

Stamp

 

of

 

the

 

last

 

Maintenance

 

event

 

occurrence

 

is

 

displayed

 

in

 

the

 

Maintenance

 

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

 

Back

up

 

File

 

Location

 

can

 

be

 

changed

 

in

 

Settings

 

along

 

with

 

the

 

frequency

 

of

 

Back

up

 

execution

 

and

 

the

 

length

 

of

 

time

 

to

 

save

 

Error

 

Log

 

Messages.

  

(See

 

Figure

 

16

 

and

 

Figure

 

12)

 

 

Last

 

Printed

 

Label

 

The

 

Last

 

Printed

 

Label

 

for

 

each

 

Channel

 

is

 

displayed

 

at

 

the

 

bottom

 

of

 

the

 

Mission

 

Control

 

Page.

  

This

 

can

 

be

 

used

 

as

 

a

 

troubleshooting

 

tool

 

to

 

view

 

exactly

 

what

 

gets

 

sent

 

to

 

the

 

printer

 

including

 

Time

 

Stamps

 

and

 

dynamic

 

text

 

that

 

may

 

change

 

from

 

one

 

label

 

to

 

the

 

next.

  

(See

 

Figure

 

16)

 

 

Task

 

Manager

 

Enable/Disable

 

The

 

Windows

 

Task

 

Manager

 

is

 

disabled

 

on

 

start

 

up

 

to

 

prevent

 

Mission

 

Control

 

from

 

being

 

shutdown

 

without

 

knowledge

 

of

 

the

 

password

 

through

 

Windows.

  

The

 

Windows

 

Task

 

Manager

 

can

 

be

 

enabled

 

by

 

clicking

 

the

 

Task

 

Manager

 

Button

 

and

 

entering

 

the

 

correct

 

system

 

password.

  

The

 

Windows

 

Task

 

Manager

 

can

 

be

 

disabled

 

again

 

by

 

doing

 

the

 

same.

  

(See

 

Figure

 

16)

 

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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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