Super Systems TS Manager User Manual

TS MANAGER

OPERATIONS MANUAL

Super Systems Inc.

7205 Edington Drive

Cincinnati, OH 45249

513-772-0060
800-666-4330

Fax: [phone]

www.supersystems.com

Table of Contents

Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 3

Prerequisites ................................................................................................................................................. 3

Getting Started .............................................................................................................................................. 3

File ................................................................................................................................................................. 6

Tools .............................................................................................................................................................. 6

Communications ........................................................................................................................................... 6

Advanced Download & Maintenance ........................................................................................................... 7

Transfer Data ................................................................................................................................................ 7

Export .......................................................................................................................................................... 10

Data Backup ................................................................................................................................................ 10

Maintenance ............................................................................................................................................... 10

Toolbar ........................................................................................................................................................ 16

TS Manager Batch Mode (Applies to version 1.1.0.21 and higher) ............................................................ 18

Running the TS Manager Software in batch mode ............................................................................. 20

Error logging ........................................................................................................................................ 21

List of Batch Mode Parameters ........................................................................................................... 21

Revision History .......................................................................................................................................... 22

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Introduction
Touch Screen Manager (TS Manager) allows a Windows-based workstation to connect to and
access data from an SSi touch screen. Connected to a compatible touch screen, TS Manager
provides a rich set of features, such as the following:

• Remote touch screen setup

• Downloading log data

• Downloading notes

• Database backups

• Managing maintenance items

• Passing notes to SuperDATA

• Reviewing notes, charts, and tabular data.

Prerequisites
Your SSi controller’s touch screen interface should be connected to the plant Ethernet network
on the same subnet as the PC that is going to interface via Touch Screen Manager. (A USB
connection with ActiveSync or Mobile Device Center can also be used to download data and view
trends.) Prerequisites for using TS Manager include .NET Framework 2.0, SQL CE 3.5, Microsoft
.NET 2.0 Redistributable, and either ActiveSync or Windows Mobile Device Center. The
setup.exe program will check to make sure that these prerequisites are installed and, if
necessary, install them.

Getting Started
Install Touch Screen Manager from the provided CD. Run Touch Screen Manager from the
provided shortcut. Touch Screen Manager will open to this screen:

Figure 1 - First screen that will appear in TS Manager

To interface with a screen, select Tools  Communications  Setup.

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From this screen, select Add.
Assign the screen a name by typing it in the box next

.

button to scan the network for IP

OK.
display to the previous screen, and the IP Address box should show the selected address. Press
Save

Figure 2 - Screen selection menu

to Name (use furnace name for unique identification)

Click the
Addresses.

Figure 3 - Screen selection menu (scan IP function)

Select the IP address that corresponds to the controller and press

This will return the

to return to the following screen with the IP address and Identifier assigned.

If you need to identify the IP address of the controller (such as a situation where you have two or
more similar controllers on the network), there is often more than one way to do it, depending
on the software running on the Touch Screen. One way to check the IP address on most Touch
Screens is first to shut down the Touch Screen software that you are running, and then to

double tap on the network icon ( ) in the system tray A window will appear showing network
settings, including the IP address.

For specific instructions on how to identify the IP address of the controller within the Touch
Screen software or how to shut down the Touch Screen software that the controller is running,
refer to the manual for that specific product.

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Figure 4 - Network Settings display on Touch Screen device

Press OK to interface with the selected screen. If a

Edit.

Figure 5 - Selecting a screen by IP address

Figure 6 - Screen selection menu (populated with

additional screens)

screen that is already added is assigned a new IP
address, select that screen and press

Then,
follow the same procedure for setting up a new
screen (scan for IP address and save).

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Menu

Figure 7 - File Menu

Figure 8 - Tools Menu

Figure 9 - Tools > Communications Menu

File

Tools

File contains the following options:
New: Create a new chart
Open: Open a saved chart
Save: Save a chart
Save as: Save a chart with a new location/name
Print: Print either the chart or the corresponding
notes
Print Preview: Preview the chart or the
corresponding notes for printing.
Exit: Quit TS Manager

Tools contain several useful features of
SSi’s TS Manager program.

Communications: Communications consists of Setup, Advanced Download & Maintenance,
and Online Screen Configuration.

Setup allows the user to add and edit screens to interface with TS Manager. Instructions for
this are outlined in the Getting Started portion of the manual.

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Advanced Download & Maintenance

Figure 10 - Data Transfer screen

Advanced Download and Maintenance contains two tabs: Transfer Data and Maintenance.

Transfer Data

This option determines what information will be downloaded to TS Manager. There are two
drop down menus. The first lists all the screens that have been set up. To download data from
a particular screen, select it from this menu.

Figure 11 - Transfer Data > Screen selection drop down box

The second drop down menu contains the options of Screen Source, Disk Source, and View
Local Files:

• Selecting Screen Source will download data stored on the screen.

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