Epson EMP LINK 21L User Manual

EMP Link 21L

User’s Guide

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Table of contents

1 About EMP Link 21L ...........................................................................................4

1.1 What is EMP Link 21L?...........................................................................................................4

1.2 Operating environment.............................................................................................................5

1.3 Supported projectors.................................................................................................................6

1.4 How to use this manual ............................................................................................................6

2 Installing EMP Link 21L ......................................................................................7

2.1 For Windows ............................................................................................................................7

2.2 For Macintosh...........................................................................................................................9

3 Un-installing EMP Link 21L...............................................................................10

3.1 For Windows ..........................................................................................................................10

3.2 For Macintosh.........................................................................................................................10

4 Using EMP Link 21L .........................................................................................11

4.1 Starting EMP Link 21L (for Windows)..................................................................................11

4.2 Starting EMP Link 21L (for Macintosh)................................................................................11

4.3 Using the toolbar ....................................................................................................................12

4.4 Exiting EMP Link 21L (for Windows) ..................................................................................16

4.5 Exiting EMP Link 21L (for Macintosh).................................................................................16

5 If a Problem Occurs ..........................................................................................17

5.1 Communication with the projector is not possible.................................................................17

5.2 The user logo file cannot be downloaded...............................................................................17

Appendix A About the EPSON Projector USB-COM Driver..................................18

A.1 Operating environment ...........................................................................................................18

A.2 Installing the EPSON Projector USB-COM Driver ...............................................................19

A.3 Un-installing the EPSON Projector USB-COM Driver .........................................................21

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1 About EMP Link 21L

1.1 What is EMP Link 21L?

EMP Link 21L is an application to control a SEIKO EPSON projector connected to your computer. Basically, the application provides the following two functions.

• Controlling the projector

From the connected computer, you can control the projector and change various settings of images projected from the projector.

• Setting a user logo

You can select a file, adjust its zoom ratio, and then send it to the projector as a user logo.

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1.2 Operating environment

EMP Link 21L runs in the following environments.

Note: When using EMP Link 21L, please make sure that your projector is cabled to your computer.

For Windows

OS Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0 Workstation/2000/XP Professional/XP Home

Edition

CPU Intel Pentium 166 MHz or above

(Windows XP: 300 MHz or above)

Memory 32 MB or more of available memory

(Windows XP: 128 MB or more of available memory)

Hard Disk Drive 5 MB or more of available space

Port One of the following ports is required.

-- Serial port

-- USB port for Windows 98/Me/2000/XP

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The following table lists ports supported by each operating system.

OS Serial Port USB Port

Windows 95 Supported -

Windows 98 Supported Supported

Windows Me Supported Supported

Windows NT 4.0 Workstation Supported -

Windows 2000 Supported Supported

Windows XP Professional Supported Supported

Windows XP Home Edition Supported Supported

Note: When using EMP Link 21L with a USB port, you need to separately install a dedicated driver (EPSON

Projector USB-COM Driver). For details on the EPSON Projector USB-COM Driver, refer to Appendix A, “EPSON Projector USB-COM Driver” in this manual.

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For Macintosh

OS MacOS 8.6 - 9.2/X 10.1 (Classic)

CPU Power PC or above

Memory 32 MB or more of available memory

(MacOS X: 128 MB or more of available memory)

Hard Disk Drive 5 MB or more of available space

Port One of the following ports is required.

-- Serial port

-- USB port

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Note:

When you install EMP Link 21L on Macintosh, the necessary driver (EPSON Projector USB-COM Driver) is also automatically installed. For details on the EPSON Projector USB-COM Driver, refer to Appendix A, “EPSON Projector USB-COM Driver” in this manual.

1.3 Supported projectors

EMP Link 21L can be used with SEIKO EPSON projectors supporting the ESC/VP 21 commands.

1.4 How to use this manual

This manual illustrates how to operate EMP Link 21L using Windows 98 as an example. If your operating system is not Windows 98, then the screen shots shown in this manual may be different from what you actually see on your computer. However, this does not affect the operation. If an operation is different due to the difference of the operating system, this will be noted.

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2 Installing EMP Link 21L

This section describes how to install EMP Link 21L.

2.1 For Windows

Follow the procedure below to install EMP Link 21L. Make sure to exit any application that is still running.

1. Double-click the downloaded file EMPLink21LSetup.exe.

2. The installation program starts and displays the following screen. Click [Next] to continue the installation procedure, or [Cancel] to cancel it.

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