Epson 4.4 manual

EasyMP Monitor Operation Guide Ver.4.40 ®[...]

2 Notations Used in This Guide The following table shows the symbol s used in this manual, alon g with descript ions of what they mea n. Cauti on Indic ates pr ocedure s which may resu lt i n damage or inj ury if su fficien t care is not taken. q Indicates additio nal info rmation a nd points which may be u seful to know regardi ng a top ic. s Indi[...]

3 Notations Used in This Guide EasyMP Mon itor Featur es Tasks that can be done using EasyMP Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Installing EasyMP Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Operating environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

4 Application lock function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Switchi ng Applicat ion lock between enabled and disabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Enabling the application lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Disabling the applicatio n lock . . . . .[...]

5 EasyMP Monitor Features[...]

Tasks that can be done using EasyMP Monitor 6 Tasks that can be done using EasyMP Monitor EasyMP Monitor lets you carry out operations such as checking the stat uses of multi ple EPS ON proje ctors that a re c onnecte d to a network at a comput er monitor , and con trolling t he projec tors from the compu ter. Following are brief de scriptions of t[...]

Installing EasyMP Monitor 7 Installing EasyMP Monitor Op erati ng en viron men t This soft ware is c ompatible with co mputers tha t comply with the following re quirements. • Macintosh compute rs cannot be used . • Operations carrie d out at the compute r may become slow de pending on the number of pr ojectors bein g managed. If this happ ens,[...]

Installing EasyMP Monitor 8 • If your operating system is Wind ows 98, Win dows Me, Windows 2000, Windows NT4.0 , or Windows XP "C:Program FilesEPSON ProjectorEasyMP (or EMP) Monitor Ver. x.xx (Ver . x.xx represen ts the softwa re vers ion)" • If your ope rating syst em is Window s Vista or Windows 7 "C:Users(User Name)App [...]

Installing EasyMP Monitor 9 C From he re, continue with the in stallation by followi ng the on-screen mes sages. Limitations imposed by a Windows Vista or Windo ws 7 e nvironmen t When using EasyMP Monitor under Windows Vista or Windows 7, note the followin g limitations. • You must have administrator authority in order to use Regist er at star t[...]

10 Using EasyMP Monitor[...]

Registering and deleting projectors for monitoring 11 Reg ister ing and del eting proje ctors fo r monito ring This operati on is carried out when starti ng EasyMP Monitor for the fi rst 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 displ[...]

Registering and deleting projectors for monitoring 12 Registering projecto rs using automatic search (Searching for and register ing proj ectors that a re located in th e same segment) Proc edure s for aut omat ic searc h Procedure A Right-cli ck in Grouping view and select "New" - "Projector (automat ic search) ". The f ollowin[...]

Registering and deleting projectors for monitoring 13 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 necess ary setti ngs wh ile refe rring to th e followin g tabl e. Display na me Enter the name of [...]

Registering and deleting projectors for monitoring 14 B After enteri ng the detail s, click "Regis ter" to start the regist ration. When the messag e is display ed, click "OK ". To cont inue registerin g other pr ojec tor(s), repe at Steps 1 and 2. q Projectors that hav e been registered using automatic search are searched for a[...]

Registering and deleting projectors for monitoring 15 C Click "Search". Automatic searchi ng will be carried out, and the names of the pro- jectors th at have been de tected will be disp layed.[...]

Registering and deleting projectors for monitoring 16 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 necess ary setti ngs wh ile refe rring to th e followin g tabl e. Display na me Enter the name of[...]

Registering and deleting projectors for monitoring 17 B After enteri ng the detail s, click "Regis ter" to start the regist ration. When the messag e is display ed, click "OK ". To cont inue registerin g other pr ojec tor(s), repe at Steps 1 and 2. C To end the registration operation, cli ck in the top-ri ght corner of the wind [...]

Registering and deleting projectors for monitoring 18 q You can also carry ou t this operation by sel ecting New - Projector (manual registration) from the Edit menu. B Enter the IP ad dress of the projector t o be registered in the "IP address" box and then click "Search". Wh en the message is disp layed, click "OK ".[...]

Registering and deleting projectors for monitoring 19 First, creat e the regi stration grou ps, and then register p rojector s into the groups th at hav e been crea ted. Procedure A Right-cli ck in Grouping view and select "New" - "Group". The f ollow ing windo w will be disp layed. Make the necess ary setti ngs whil e refe rrin[...]

Registering and deleting projectors for monitoring 20 If the projector name or IP address changes a fter registration For pr ojectors th at have been register ed manually Procedure A Right-cli ck on a pr ojector icon in Grouping vi ew or Detai l list view and sele ct "Monito ring disabl ed". Then right-click th e projector i con aga in an[...]

Monitoring window layout 21 Monitoring window layout Types of monito ring wind ows and switching method Types of monitoring windows There are two type s of monito ring win dows. Se lect a de sired window. • Groupi ng view This vie w lets you check the status of group registrat ions in a hierarchical d iagram. • Detail list vi ew This vi ew let [...]

Monitoring window layout 22 Procedure Click the View menu, and sele ct "Grouping view" or "D etail list view". Monitorin g using Groupi ng view Meanings of Grouping v iew icons In Grou ping view, the pa tterns on the icons indicate th e statuses of the projector s. If th e group i cons are ro und in sh ape, it in dicates th at t[...]

Monitoring window layout 23 The icon pattern s and their meanings are explai ned belo w. *1 When Temperature level display gro up view is set to On at Env ironment setup in the Tool menu, an icon indicating the internal temperature of the projector will be displayed on to p of the projector icon. The default setting is O ff . A s yo u ca n g et a n[...]

Monitoring window layout 24 Monitori ng using De tail list v iew Meanings of Detail list view icons The status of registe red proje ctors is disp layed as a list in Deta il list view regardless of which Group the proj ectors be long to.[...]

Monitoring window layout 25 The icon pattern s and their meanings are explai ned belo w. 1 Type Displays the project or status. No w arnin gs or pro blem s *1 Warning or problem An error has occurred on the projector. Noti fication Th e pro ject or r equi res imme dia te a tten tion . Monitoring d isabled The projector is not being m onitored. If y[...]

Monitoring window layout 26 *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 C hec k th e fol low ing it ems . - Check that the proj ector's power is tur[...]

Monitoring window layout 27 D When all of the detail s of the item cannot be displayed in Detail list view, dr ag the boundary line on the ri ght of the item name so that the view is extended to the de sired width . 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. [...]

Monitoring window layout 28 When t he confi guration menus are set us ing the f ollowing operat ions, an icon appears in t he system tr ay and the status can be mo nitored by means of the ic on's patt ern. The icon pattern s are expl ained belo w. Procedure A Sele ct "E nviron ment setup " from the Tool menu . The En vironment setup [...]

Monitoring window layout 29 If you mov e the mous e pointe r over the icon of the Er ror informat ion, details of the error and the remedy wi ll be disp layed. If you double- click in a lin e, the prop erties for th at project or will be di splayed. s p. 32[...]

Monitoring window layout 30 The icon pattern s and their meanings are explai ned belo w. 1 Type Shows the group or project or status. No w arnin gs or pro blem s *1 Warning or problem An error has occurred on the projector. Noti fication Th e pro ject or r equi res imme dia te a tten tion . Monitoring d isabled The projector is not being m onitored[...]

Monitoring window layout 31 *1 When Temperature level display gro up view is set to On at Env ironment setup in the Tool menu, an icon indicating the internal temperature of the projector will be displayed on to p of the projector icon. The default setting is Off. *2 Check the follow ing items. - Check that the projector's pow er is turned on.[...]

Monitoring window layout 32 • Displayi ng the spe cified grou p properti es Right-click an icon in Groupin g view and t hen sele ct Property . If you double-click in a line , the properties for that group or project or will be disp layed. Displayin g Proj ector prop erties Right-cl ick on a proj ector icon in Grouping view or Detail list view and[...]

Monitoring window layout 33 q When Log output is set to On at Environment setup in the Tool menu, transmission logs are stored. The default setting is Of f. Displaying Log Procedure Select "L og" - "View" from the V iew menu. The we b browser will open and th e communic ation logs up until tha t time will be displayed. Deleting [...]

Using the control functions 34 Using the control functions Carrying out control using control buttons Click the icon of a projector to be control led in G rouping view or Detai l list view, and click a control button to enabl e control of only that selecte d projector . You can also en able control of all sele cted projector s by selecting more tha[...]

Using the control functions 35 The fol lowing ta ble lists the con trol button function s. * If the button does not function, you ca n switc h the input sou rce using the button. q • Some connected projec tors may not be equipped wit h all of the ab ove ports or functions. If you click a button for a port or function that is not available, nothin[...]

Using the control functions 36 Carrying out control using a web browser (Web control) You can us e the compu ter's we b browser to change the con figuration menu sett ings for projectors. Procedure A Right-cli ck on the icon of a projector to be controlled in Grouping view or De tail list view and select "Web con trol". B The web bro[...]

Using the control functions 37 Proced ures for new timer settings Procedure A Click "Add" on the Timer Settings window. Th e following window is displayed and the new timer setti ngs are appl ied. For Operation, you can select op erations such a s turning th e power on and off and switc hing the inpu t sources, simila r to the con trol bu[...]

Mail notification function settings 38 Mail n otifica tion f uncti on se ttings The mail notificat ion function can be use d to send c orresponding notif ication messa ges to a pres et e- mail a ddress when a proje ctor 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, t[...]

Mail notification function settings 39 C Click "Not ification event" and check the items for ma il notificati on in the windo w that appears. D Click "OK". The Set m ail noti ficati on funct ion window appear s agai n. Repeat St eps 3 and 4 to se t the no tificat ion even ts to be noti fied. E When the setu p is complete, cli ck[...]

E-mail notification 40 E-mail notif icatio n If the proj ector experie nces a prob lem or enters a st atus requiring atte ntio n, an e-m ail like that shown be low is se nt to th e addr ess spe cifie d for Recipient mail address. If there is more than one problem, warning, or status, the corresp onding messages a re output to separate lines. Item D[...]

E-mail notification 41 The det ails contain ed in th e e-mail message can consist of the fo llowing. * When the projector has 2 lamps, the additional information, such as (Lamp 1) or (Ballast 1), is displayed af ter the message so that you can know which l amp has problems/warnings. Message Reme dy Internal Error See your projector User’s Guide F[...]

E-mail notification 42 Messages in forming you th at the p roj ector has recovered from errors or warning sta tuses are s ent.[...]

Application lock function 43 Appl icat ion l ock funct ion You can use the applicat ion lock to p revent th ird parti es from operatin g the proj ectors using Ea syMP Monitor and fr om changing s ettings without authority. Open ing and closing EasyMP Monitor and status monitoring c an still be carried out ev en when the appl ication loc k is applie[...]

44 Appendix[...]

Troubleshooting 45 Trou bles hoot ing Projectors cannot be monitored or controlled An e-mail message is not sent when a problem occurs 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 ject[...]

Uninstalling EasyMP Monitor 46 Uninstalling EasyMP Monitor The following procedures to uninstall EasyMP Monitor vary depending on your oprating system. • If your operating system is Wind ows 98, Win dows Me, Windows 2000, Windows NT4.0 , or Windows XP Click Start - ( Se ttings ) - Control Pa nel - Add/Re move Programs or Add or Remove Progr ams t[...]

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