Epson V4.21 User Manual

EMP Monitor V4.21 Operation Guide

Meanings of symbols used

The following table shows the symbols used in this manual, along with descriptions of what they mean.

CAUTIONCAUTION

TIP

[ (Name) ]

Indicates something that may cause injury or damage to the projector.

Indicates information that is related to a topic or which may be useful to know.

Indicates a page where a related topic or a more detailed explanation is provided. Click on the page number to display that page.

Indicates the name of a projector port or a computer menu or item name. Example: [InputA] [Start]

Meanings of symbols used 1

Tasks that can be done using EMP Monitor 4

Operating environment 5

Compatible computers ............................................................5

Installing EMP Monitor ............................................................5

Languages supported by the application...................................... 6

Languages supported by the automatic installer.......................... 6

Limitations imposed by a Windows Vista environment ...........6

Before starting operations ....................................................... 6

Registering and deleting projectors for monitoring 7

Starting EMP Monitor .............................................................. 7

Registration by specifying an IP address

(Manual registration)........................................................... 12

Registering several projectors to a monitoring group

all at once ........................................................................... 13

If the projector name or IP address changes

after registration.................................................................. 15

For projectors that have been registered manually..................... 15

For projectors that have been registered using

automatic search........................................................................ 15

Cancelling (deleting) projector registrations.......................... 16

Monitoring window layout 17

How to switch views .................................................................. 17

Monitoring using "Grouping view" ......................................... 17

Meanings of "Grouping view" icons.......................................... 17

Registering projectors using automatic search

(Searching for and registering projectors that are

located in the same segment)...............................................8

Procedures for automatic search .................................................. 8

Procedures for registration........................................................... 9

Setting the range of addresses to do an automatic search

and registration ................................................................... 10

Procedures for automatic search ................................................ 10

Procedures for registration......................................................... 11

Using the icons in "Grouping view" .......................................... 18

Monitoring using "Detail list view" ......................................... 19

Meanings of "Detail list view" icons.......................................... 19

Selecting display items...............................................................20

Sorting lists................................................................................. 21

Searching for desired icons (Projector list) ........................... 21

Monitoring using the system tray .......................................... 22

Displaying projectors with problem or warning

statuses in a list .................................................................. 23

Contents

Checking properties in detail ................................................. 24

Displaying group properties....................................................... 24

Displaying projector properties.................................................. 25

Displaying and deleting logs.................................................. 25

Displaying logs .......................................................................... 25

Deleting logs .............................................................................. 25

Using the control functions 26

Carrying out control using control buttons.............................26

Carrying out control using a web browser (Web control) ......27

Carrying out control using timer settings ............................... 27

Procedures for new timer settings.............................................. 28

Setting the mail notification function 29

Troubleshooting 33

Projectors cannot be monitored or controlled ....................... 33

An e-mail message is not sent when a problem

occurs with a projector........................................................ 33

An e-mail notifying the operator of a problem/warning/status is issued 31

Application lock function 32

Switching application lock between enabled

and disabled........................................................................ 32

Enabling the lock ....................................................................... 32

Disabling the lock ...................................................................... 32

Setting a password for cancelling application lock ................ 32

Tasks that can be done using EMP Monitor

EMP Monitor lets you carry out operations such as checking the statuses of multiple EPSON projectors that are connected to a network at a computer monitor, and controlling the projectors from the computer. Following are brief descriptions of the monitoring and control functions that can be carried out using EMP Monitor.

• Registering projectors for monitoring and control

- Projectors on the network can be searched for automatically, and you can then select projectors to be registered from the projectors that are detected.

- You can enter the IP addresses for target projectors to register them.

• Registered projectors can also be assigned to groups so that they

can be monitored and controlled in groups

• Monitoring the statuses of registered projectors

- The power status (ON/OFF) for projectors and problems or warnings requiring attention can be checked visually by means of icons.

- You can select groups of projectors or a single projector that you are interested in, and then check the cumulative lamp operating time or the details of information such as input sources, problems, and warnings for these projectors.

• Controlling registered projectors

- Projectors can be selected in groups or as single projectors, and you can then carry out operations for the selected projectors such as turning the power on and off and switching their input sources.

- Web control functions can be used to change the settings in the projector's configuration menu.

- If there are certain control actions which are carried out regularly at particular times or on particular days, you can use "Timer Settings" to register timer settings.

• E-mail notification function settings

You can set e-mail addresses to which notifications are sent if a status requiring attention, such as a problem, occurs with a projector that has been registered.

Projector A

Projector B

TIP

To enable projectors to be monitored and controlled even when they are in standby mode*, make the following settings at the projectors. The settings that need to be made will vary depending on the projector you are using.

s "Configuration menus" in the projector's User's Guide.

• Set "Network Monitoring" to "ON".

• Set "Standby Mode" to "Network ON".

* When the projector's (Power) indicator is lit orange

Group A

I want to turn on the power for Group A projectors.

Group B

EMP Monitor

System configuration example

Operating environment

Compatible computers

Macintosh computers cannot be used.

OS Windows 98 Second Edition SP1/Me/NT.4.0 SP6/2000

Professional SP4/XP 32-bit versions (Home Edition/ Professional) SP1 and later/Vista 32-bit versions (Home Basic/Home Premium/Ultimate/Business/Enterprise Editions)

• Internet Explorer Ver. 5.0 or later must be installed.

CPU Pentium MMX 166 MHz or higher (Pentium II 233 MHz

or higher recommended)

Memory capacity

Free hard disk space

Display SVGA (800×600) or higher resolution, 32 bit or higher

* Operations carried out at the computer may become slow depending on the

number of projectors being managed. If this happens, use a computer with higher specifications.

* EMP Monitor cannot be used in environments which do not allow pings to

be transmitted.

64 MB or more (128 MB or more recommended)

50 MB or more

display colour

PROCEDURE

Turn the computer on.

To prevent problems from occurring during the installation, we recommend that you terminate all resident applications that can be ended.

Place the "EPSON Projector Software for Meeting &

Presentation" CD-ROM in the computer's CD-ROM drive.

The installer automatically starts up. This installer supports the languages listed in

supported by the automatic installer. When using any of these

languages for the installation, go to step 4. When installing EMP Monitor in another language, click to

close the installer screen, and then perform the following procedure.

Using Windows Explorer or similar, display the files

available on the CD drive, and then double-click "MonInst.exe" in the following location.

(CD drive)\MON\MonInst.exe

sLanguages

Installing EMP Monitor

When you are using Windows2000/NT4.0/XP/Vista, you must have administrator authority in order to install EMP Monitor. This application supports the languages listed in sLanguages supported

by the application.

When the language selected for the EMP Monitor installation varies from that of the OS being used, the EMP Monitor screens may not be displayed correctly.

From here, continue with the installation by following

the on-screen messages.

Operating environment

f Languages supported by the application

Note that Ukrainian is not supported by Windows Vista. Arabic is not supported by Windows NT4.0.

f Languages supported by the automatic installer

Limitations imposed by a Windows Vista environment

When using EMP Monitor under Windows Vista, note the following limitations.

• You must have administrator authority in order to use "Register at startup" on the "Environment setup" screen of EMP monitor. s"Monitoring using the system tray" p.22

• Even after EMP monitor has been uninstalled, the settings and log information will remain on the hard disk. If this information is no longer required, you may delete the "EMP Monitor V4.21" folder. Provided the default settings were used at installation, this folder can be found at: "C:\Users\(User Name)\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\EPSON Projector\EMP Monitor V4.21"

Before starting operations

Check the following points before starting up EMP Monitor.

• EMP Monitor must be installed on the computer to be used for monitoring and control.

• The computer and the projectors must be connected to the network.

• If using Windows 2000, NT4.0, XP, or Vista, the computer must be started up in Administrator mode.

When using EMP-6000/82/62/828/821/81/61

• A commercially-available serial ⇔ TCP/IP conversion adapter and a connection cable are required in order to use EMP Monitor. s"Standby mode" in the projector's User's Guide

• Make the settings for the serial ⇔ TCP/IP conversion adapter before connecting to the projector.

Registering and deleting projectors for monitoring

This operation is carried out when starting EMP Monitor for the first time after it has been installed and when you would like to add projectors. Once a projector has been registered, the status for the projector will be displayed automatically each time EMP Monitor is started from that point onwards.

Starting EMP Monitor

PROCEDURE

Click [Start] - [Programs] (or [All Programs]) - [EPSON

Projector] - [EMP Monitor V4.21] in that order to start EMP Monitor.

The main window will be displayed.

"Grouping view"

The operations to register projectors using the automatic search will vary depending on where the projectors are connected to in the network.

• When registering a projector that is located in the same segment

that the computer the EMP Monitor is installed in is associated with. s"Registering projectors using automatic search (Searching for and registering projectors that are located in the same segment)"

p.8

• When registering projectors that are in multiple segments of the

network s"Setting the range of addresses to do an automatic search and registration" p.10

Registering and deleting projectors for monitoring

Registering projectors using automatic search (Searching for and registering projectors that are located in the same segment)

PROCEDURE

f Procedures for automatic search

Right-click in "Grouping view" and select "New" -

"Projector (automatic search)".

The "Create new projector (automatic registration)" window will be displayed.

• If "Detail list view" is displayed, select "New" - "Projector (automatic search)" from the "Edit" menu.

Click [Search].

Automatic search will be carried out, and the names of the projectors that have been detected will be displayed.

• If a projector does not appear in the list, use "Registration by

specifying an IP address (Manual registration)". sp.12

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• You can also carry out this operation by selecting "Projector (automatic search)" from "New" in the "Edit" menu.

⇔

• Projectors that are using a serial cannot be detected.

TCP/IP conversion adapter

Registering and deleting projectors for monitoring

f Procedures for registration

Select the projector(s) to be registered, and then click

[Edit].

The following window will be displayed. Make the necessary settings while referring to the following

table.

Projector name

IP address This shows the IP address for the registered projector. Use Serial ⇔

TCP/IP conversion adaptor.

Port Number This cannot be selected when registering projectors

Monitor Password

Description You can enter some kind of memo about the projector.

Monitor Select this when you want monitoring to start.

This shows the name that has been registered on the projector.

This cannot be selected when registering projectors using automatic search.

using automatic search. If a Monitor Password has been set for the projector,

be sure to enter the Monitor Password that has been set. If the correct password is not entered at this time, it will not be possible to monitor and control the projector even though it is registered.

The details you enter here will be displayed at the projector properties. Up to a maximum of 60 bytes can be entered.

Display name Enter the name of the projector(s) to be displayed in

"Grouping view" or "Detail list view". Up to a maximum of 32 bytes can be entered. A space cannot be used as the first character.

Display icon Select the icon(s) to be displayed in "Grouping view"

or "Detail list view".

Parent group Select when registering a projector in a group.

If no groups have been created, this cannot be selected. s"Registering several projectors to a monitoring group all at once" p.13

After entering the details, click [Register] to start the registration. When the message is displayed, click [OK].

To continue registering other projector(s), repeat Steps 3 and 4.

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Projectors that have been registered using automatic search are searched for again by projector name each time EMP Monitor is started.

Registering and deleting projectors for monitoring

To end the registration operation, click the in the top-right corner of the window or click [Cancel].

The icon(s) of the projector(s) you registered will be displayed in "Grouping view" or "Detail list view".

Refer to "Monitoring window layout" for details on using the "Grouping view" and "Detail list view".

sp.17

Setting the range of addresses to do an automatic search and registration

TIP

Projectors that are using a serial ⇔ TCP/IP conversion adapter cannot be detected.

PROCEDURE

Select the "Specify an address range and search"

check box and then enter the starting address and ending address in the range.

Click [Search].

Automatic searching will be carried out, and the names of the projectors that have been detected will be displayed.

f Procedures for automatic search

Right-click in "Grouping view" and select "New" -

"Projector (automatic search)".

The "Create new projector (automatic registration)" window will be displayed.

• If "Detail list view" is displayed, select "New" - "Projector (automatic search)" from the "Edit" menu.

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