Epson EMP MONITOR OPERATION V4.30 Bedienungsanleitung

EMP Monitor Operation Guide V4.30[...]

2 Meanings of symbols used The following table shows the symbol s used in this manual, alon g with descript ions of what they mea n. s Indicat es a p age wher e a rel ated topic or a more detailed explanat ion is p rovided. [ (name) ] Indicates the name of the buttons on t he remote control or the control panel. Example: Esc button "(name)&quo[...]

3 Meanings of symbols used EM P Monitor Features EMP Monitor Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Operating environme nt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Compatible computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

4 Application lock function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Switching application lock between enabled and disabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Enabling the a pplication lock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Disabling the app lication lock . . . . . .[...]

5 EMP Monitor Features[...]

EMP Monitor Functions 6 EMP Monitor Functions EMP Monitor lets you carry out operations such as checking the statuses of multiple EPSON p rojectors tha t are conn ected to a network a t a computer monitor, and controlling the projectors from the computer. Following are brief de scriptions of the monit oring and cont rol functions that ca n be carri[...]

Operating environment 7 Operating enviro nment Compatible computers Only Wi ndows is supported. • Macintosh compute rs cannot be used. • Operations carried out at the com puter may be come sl ow depending on the numb er of project ors being managed. If this happ ens, use a comp uter wi th high er speci fication s. • EMP Monit or cannot be use[...]

Operating environment 8 Limitations imposed by a Windows Vista environme nt. When using EMP Monitor under Wind ows Vis ta, note the fo llowing limita tions. • You must have administrator authority in order to use Re gister at star tup on the Envir onment se tup scre en of EMP Monitor. • Even after EMP Monitor has bee n uninstalled, th e setting[...]

9 Using EMP Monitor[...]

Registering and deleting projectors for monitoring 10 Reg ister ing and del eting proje ctors fo r monito ring This ope ration is c arried ou t when starting E MP Mo nitor for the first time afte r it has bee n installe d and when you would like to add projectors. On ce a project or has been registered, th e status for t he projector will be displa[...]

Registering and deleting projectors for monitoring 11 Registering projecto rs using automatic search (Searching for and register ing proj ectors that ar e located in th e same segmen t) Proc edure s for autom atic s earch Procedure A Right-click in Grouping view and se lect "New" - "Projector (automat ic search) ". The Cre ate n[...]

Registering and deleting projectors for monitoring 12 Proced ures for reg istration Procedure A Select the pro jector(s) to be registered from the di splayed list, and th en click "Edit" . The f ollow ing windo w will be disp layed. Make the necessar y settin gs whil e referring to the foll owing tabl e. Display na me Ente r the na me of [...]

Registering and deleting projectors for monitoring 13 B After enteri ng the deta ils, click "Register " to start the regist ration. When the messag e is display ed, click "OK ". To cont inue registerin g other pr ojec tor(s), repea t Steps 1 and 2. Projectors that have be en registere d using automatic s earch are searched for a[...]

Registering and deleting projectors for monitoring 14 C Click "Search". Automatic searchi ng will be carried out, and the names of the pro- jectors th at have been dete cted will be displayed.[...]

Registering and deleting projectors for monitoring 15 Proced ures for reg istration Procedure A Select th e projecto r(s) to be registerd from the dis played lis t, and t hen click "Edit" . The f ollow ing windo w will be disp layed. Make the necessar y settin gs whil e referring to the foll owing tabl e. Display na me Enter the name of t[...]

Registering and deleting projectors for monitoring 16 B After enteri ng the deta ils, click "Register " to start the regist ration. When the messag e is display ed, click "OK ". To cont inue registerin g other pr ojec tor(s), repea t Steps 1 and 2. C To end the registrati on operation, cli ck in the top -right corner of the wind[...]

Registering and deleting projectors for monitoring 17 Registration by specifying an IP address (Manual registration) Procedure A Right-click in Grouping view and se lect "New" - "Projector (manual registration)". The f ollow ing windo w will be disp layed. If Detail list view is disp layed, se lect " New " - " Pro[...]

Registering and deleting projectors for monitoring 18 D After enteri ng the deta ils, click "Register " to start the regist ration. When the messag e is display ed, click "OK ". The icon(s) of the proj ector(s) you regist ered will be displaye d in Grouping vi ew or Detail li st view. Registering several project ors to a monitor[...]

Registering and deleting projectors for monitoring 19 Procedure A Right-click in Grouping view and select "New " - "Group". The f ollow ing windo w will be disp layed. Make the necessar y settin gs whil e referring to the table below. If Detail list view is disp layed, se lect Ne w - Group from the Edit men u. You can also carry[...]

Registering and deleting projectors for monitoring 20 If the projector name or IP address changes after registration For pr ojectors th at have been register ed manually Procedure A Right-cli ck on a pr ojector icon in Grouping view o r Detail li st view and sele ct "Monitoring di sabled". Then right-click the projector i con aga in and s[...]

Monitoring window layout 21 Monitoring window layout You can moni tor using either of the wi ndow layouts b elow. • Groupi ng view This vie w lets you check the status of group registrat ions in a hierarchical d iagram. • Detai l li st vi ew This vi ew lets you di splay the s tatus of each projector a s a list so th at the projectors can be che[...]

Monitoring window layout 22 The icon pattern s and their meanings are explai ned belo w. *1 When Temperature level display group view is set to On at Env ironment setup in the Tool menu, an icon indicati ng the internal temperature of the projector will be displayed on to p of the projector icon. The default setting is O ff . As y ou c an g et an i[...]

Monitoring window layout 23 • Expanding and colla psing ico ns Each time y ou double-cli ck a group i con, the icons f or the project or that ha ve been registered in that group are displayed or hidden. • Movin g icon s To change t he position of an icon within Group ing view, s imply drag and drop th e icon to be move d. Monitori ng using De t[...]

Monitoring window layout 24 The icon pattern s and their meanings are explai ned belo w. Type : Displays the project or status. No warnings or problems *1 Warning or problem An error has occurred on the pro jector. Noti ficati on The projector requires immedi ate attention. Monitori ng dis abled The project or is not bei ng moni tored . If y ou ri [...]

Monitoring window layout 25 *1 When Temperature level display group view is set to On at Environment setup in the Tool menu , an icon indicating the i nternal temperature of the projector will b e displayed on top of the projector i con. The default setting is Off . *2 Ch eck t he fo llo win g it ems. - Check that the proj ector's power is tur[...]

Monitoring window layout 26 Sorting lists You can sort de tailed lists by using a s pecific row as a s ort key, such as projector name order or IP address order. Procedure Click the it em name of the row you want to use as the s ort key. Searching for desired icons (Projector list) The Projector list feature is useful for searching in lists when ma[...]

Monitoring window layout 27 B Select "Resi dent in the task tray". C Click " OK". • Right-c lick th e icon in the sys tem tray to open a pop-up menu to select the Op en the main screen or Ex it . • If Regis ter at st art up in the Environment s et up is sele cted, EMP Monitor sta rts au tomaticall y when th e compute r'[...]

Monitoring window layout 28 The icon pattern s and their meanings are explai ned belo w. * You can display Replace lamp at any time preset at Environment setup in the Tool menu. Detect able error in formation di ffers with th e projector yo u are using. Checking properties in detail You ca n check th e proper ties of gr oups and p rojectors in deta[...]

Monitoring window layout 29 • Displayi ng properties for sp ecified group s Right-click an icon in Grouping vie w and then select Property . If you double-click in a line , the properties for that group or project or will be disp layed. Displayin g projec tor pr operties Right-cl ick on a projec tor icon in Groupi ng view or Detail li st view an [...]

Monitoring window layout 30 When L og output is set t o On at Environment setup in the Tool menu, transmission logs are st ored. The default sett ing is Off . Displaying logs Procedure Select "Log" - "Vi ew" from the Vie w menu. The we b browser wil l open and the com municati on logs up unti l that time will be displayed. Delet[...]

Using the control functions 31 Using the control functions Carrying out control using control buttons Click the icon of a projector to be co ntrol led in G rouping view or Detail list view, and click a control button to enabl e control of only that selected projector . You can also en able control of all sele cted projector s by selecting more than[...]

Using the control functions 32 The fol lowing ta ble shows t he meanings of the control bu ttons. * If the button does not functio n, you ca n switch the i nput source using the EasyMP control button. • Some connec ted projectors may not be equipp ed with al l of the ab ove ports or functions. If you click a button for a port or function that is [...]

Using the control functions 33 You can sele ct projectors an d right-click on them to select Web control even when t he following are bei ng displayed . Group pr operties s p.28 Warning and Error Projector list (Contr ol operations can only be carried out for projec tors with a warn ing status. ) s p.2 7 Carryi ng out cont rol using timer settings [...]

Using the control functions 34 Proced ures for new timer settings Procedure A Click " Add " on the timer sett ing wi ndow. The fo llowing window is dis played and the new timer settings are appli ed. At Operation , you ca n carry out t he operations of turning t he pow- er on and off and switching the in put sources, similarly for the con[...]

E-mail notification function setti ngs 35 E-mail notifi cation functi on setting s The mail notificati on function can be used to sen d correspond ing notif ication m essag es to a preset e-mail addr ess whe n a pr ojector t hat is connected to the netw ork assumes a certain status, or if it experiences a problem or warning. By usi ng this function[...]

E-mail notification function setti ngs 36 C Click "Notific ation event" and check the items for mail notificati on in the windo w that appears. D Click " OK". The Set mail no tifica tion fun ction window ap pear s agai n. Repeat St eps 3 and 4 to se t the n otific ation events to be noti fied. E When th e setup is complete, clic[...]

E-mail notification of problem/warning/status 37 E-ma il not ific ation of prob lem/wa rning/ sta tus If the proj ector experienc es a prob lem or enters a status requiring atte ntio n, an e-ma il like that sh own below is sent to the add ress spe cifie d for Recipient mail address. If there is more than one problem, warning, or status, the corresp[...]

E-mail notification of problem/warning/status 38 Messages to inform that the projector has re covered from the er ror or warning sta tuses are s ent. Other error Stop using the projector, disconnect the power cable from the electrical outlet, and contact Epson. s Project or's User's Guide Supply System Error (Ballast) Auto Iris E rror Net[...]

Application lock function 39 Appl icat ion l ock funct ion You can use the appl ication lock to p revent th ird parti es from operatin g the projec tors using EMP Mon itor and from chang ing settings without authority. Openin g and closing EMP Monitor and status monit oring can stil l be carri ed out even whe n the app licatio n lock is appli ed. I[...]

40 Appendix[...]

Troubleshooting 41 Trou bles hoot ing Projectors cannot be monitored or controlled An e-mail message is not sent when a problem oc curs with a projector Cause Remed y Is the projector connected to the n etwork correctly? Check that the network cable has been connected correctly. If the cable is not connected correctly, reconnect it. Has the pro jec[...]

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