Graco 309504E manual

Graco Inc. P.O. Box 1441 Minneapolis, MN 55440-1441 Copyright 2003, Graco Inc. is r egistered to I. S. EN ISO 9001 309504E Instr uction Manual T ank Le vel Monitor (TLM) Software F or use with Graco Matrix Electronic Meter and T ank Le v el Monitor Components . EN[...]

2 309504E Contents System Requirem ents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 General Matr ix System Spec ifications . . . . . . . . 3 PC Hardwa re Requireme nts 3 PC Software Requirements 4 P op-Up Block er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Software Firew alls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Windows [...]

System Requirement s 309504E 3 System Requirements Graco str ongl y recommends that the end user ’ s IT (Inf ormation T echnology) representat ive be in v olved in the following Matrix installation activities: • Assist with the selectio n and/or purchase of the Matrix PC . The PC must meet th e perf ormance specifications listed under PC Hardwa[...]

System Requirements 4 309504E E-Mail Matrix can send e-mail to responsib le parties based on cer tain bulk fluid tank cond itions. If t his feat ure is to be used, an “alw ays on” Internet connection or network access to an outgoing mail ser ver is requir ed. PC Software Requirements • Microsoft XP Professional or Home Editio n (no other oper[...]

System Requirement s 309504E 5 T ypically , when a PC has an active pop-up b loc k er and the Matrix client is launched, a prog ress bar appears briefly and disapp ears withou t any fur ther visible indica- tion of anyt hing happening. This is usually an indicati on that the PC has a pop-up b loc ker that is stopping the Matrix window from appe ari[...]

System Requirements 6 309504E Note the button in the middle of the Go ogle toolbar tha t shows 31 b locked (circled in F IG . 5); this is a count of how man y pop-ups t he Google toolbar ha s stopped from appearing. Click this button to mak e the toolbar allow pop-ups from th e address currently in the a ddress bar . Close the browser window and tr[...]

Installation Ins tructions 309504E 7 Installation Instructions I If an older v ersion of Matrix is already installed, the older v ersion must be uninstalled bef ore t his one can be installed. Se e the Matrix So ftwar e Instruction Manual that accom panied your current Matrix installation f or instructions on how to uninstall Matrix. Software Insta[...]

Installation Instructions 8 309504E Br owser Configuration Prior to running the setup progr am, ensure that IE is configured properly . Open IE and v erify that activ e scripting is enab led. This setting is typically f ound in To o l s / Internet Options / Security Settings / Custom selection. See F IG . 9. 1. In the T emporary Internet Files sect[...]

Installation Ins tructions 309504E 9 5. Click Next . 6. Re view the End User License Agreement. If accept- able , select “I accept…” and c lick Ne xt . 7. The def ault setup type is sho wn selected: Ty p i c a l (Matrix Server & Client) . Ch ose this setup type f or either stan dalone Matr ix PCs o r for the Matrix Ser ver in m ultiple-PC[...]

Installation Instructions 10 309504E 9. Setup chec ks f or Windo ws XP Ser vice P ac k 2 installation. I f Ser vice P ac k 2 is present, the pop-u p shown in F IG . 16 appears . Choose Ye s or No to continue. 10. Y ou ma y need to mak e changes to pop -up blo ck ers installed on the PC f or Matrix to function pr operly . Read this information caref[...]

Installation Ins tructions 309504E 11 The T ypical (Matrix Server and Cli ent) setup creates the f ollowing shortcuts. In Start / A ll Programs / Graco / Matr ix: • Matrix Serv er - launches th e Matrix Ser ver which handles all RF commun ication to tank le v el moni- tors, database stor age of tank le v el da ta and system configuration and ge n[...]

Installation Instructions 12 309504E 7. The setup type sho wn selected is Matrix Client Only , used f or all machines except the Matr ix Ser ver in multiple-PC Matrix systems. Click Ne xt . 8. Note fire wall configur ation settings that may nee d to be changed f or Matr ix to function. Click Next . 9. Setup checks f or Windows XP Service Pac k 2 in[...]

Installation Ins tructions 309504E 13 12. T ransf er of application files fro m the setup prog ram to the hard disk is complete. Click Finish . 13. Matr ix soft ware installation is com plete. Y ou must restar t your comp uter bef ore using Matrix. The Matrix Client O nly setup creates the f ollowing shor tcuts. In Start / All Programs / Graco / Ma[...]

Installation Instructions 14 309504E Sun Ja va Runtime Because the startup program places shortcuts to Matrix in the Windows Star tup folder , Matr ix will launch auto- matically when the you log into Windows . Each time Matrix is launched, it chec ks for th e presence of the Sun Ja v a Runtime Environment (JRE) on the PC. If it is not f ound, Matr[...]

Software Installat ion Troubleshooting 309504E 15 Software Installation T roub leshooting Problem Cause/Solution When Matrix is launched, I see a progress bar f or a period of time, but the browser window showing the Matrix application ne v er appears . There ma y be a pop-up b loc ke r progra m running on your PC an d pre ven ting the Matr ix wind[...]

Software Installatio n Troubleshooting 16 309504E Uninstalling Matrix on Windo ws XP F ollow this procedure to re mov e Matrix softwa re and data files stored on your computer . Y ou will lose all Matrix system parameters and all Matrix tank le v el his- tor y using these procedure s unless you fi rst use Matrix Repor ter to mak e a back -up of the[...]

Operator Screens 309504E 17 Operator Screens T ank Level Inf ormati on _____________________________________ Place the cur sor over the T ank Lev el Inf or mation box, causing the text to turn yellow . Le ft click the box to go to the T ank Setup screen. See F IG . 33. This screen prov ides tank le vel status acti vity for all tanks in the system: [...]

Operator Screens 18 309504E Battery Level Inf ormat ion ___________________________________ Place the cursor o v er the Battery Le ve l Inf orm ation bo x, causing th e te xt to turn y ellow . Left click t he bo x to go to t he Battery Lev el Inf ormation screen. See F IG . 34. This screen provi des batter y charge le vel f or all meters and tank l[...]

System Administ rator Scree ns 309504E 19 System Administrator Screens Matrix System Setup Once the Mat rix PC so ftware is installed, it’ s necessar y to synchroniz e the softw are with the othe r hardwar e components of the Matrix system. This is done th rough the system administrator por tion of t he software. This section is pass wo rd protec[...]

System Administrator Screens 20 309504E System Configuratio n ______________________________________ There are three sections of the System Configuration screen: General syste m-wide default settings , transceive r set- tings , and PC client setti ngs. See F IG . 36. T he System Configuration set up must be perf ormed prior to defining a ll other M[...]

System Administ rator Scree ns 309504E 21 T ransceiver Setup Click the Add T ra nsceiver button, then click Modify . 1. Enter the area of the shop where the t ransceiv er is located (i.e ., Main Shop , F ast Lube Shop , Engine Depar tment) in the T ransceiver Name field. 2. The Network ID is a letter designation f or the T rans- ceiv er network ide[...]

System Administrator Screens 22 309504E 5. As the transceiver initializ es itself on power-up , watch the LED lights on the s ide of the t ransceiver . Y ou should see the lights f lick er briefly with a burst of activity . Y ou ma y see occasional flic kering of the lights after this initial burst. 6. After the brief b urst of LED activity , open [...]

System Administ rator Scree ns 309504E 23 System User Setu p ______________________ __________________ Place the cur sor ov er the Syste m User Setup box causing the text to turn yellow . Left click the box to go to the Sys- tems Users Se tup screen . See F IG . 40. Use this screen to add new system administ rators and their PIN n umbers . Click on[...]

System Administrator Screens 24 309504E Changing User Inf ormation. 1. Select th e user informa tion to chang e and click Modify . 2. Select and change the info r mation. 3. Click Apply to update t he record. Removing a User In the Action Column of th e user reco rd, click remov e to remov e the us er record from the System Use rs Setup screen. Mod[...]

System Administ rator Scree ns 309504E 25 3. Ta n k N a m e : select and name the tank . 4. Fluid Name: select an y type of ser vice fluid from the drop do wn list. 5. T ank Capacity: fill in the tank capacity and select a measurement (i. e. 500 gal lons). 6. T ank Level Mo nitor: select yes if you plan to use a T ank Lev el Monit or (TLM) on th e [...]

System Administrator Screens 26 309504E T ank Shape Screen V ertical T ank Geometry V er tical tanks use the tank c apacity to calculate tank v ol- ume. Obround an d cylindr ical tanks use the ta nk dimen- sions to calculate tank v olume . V erify ing Capacity f or Obround and Cylin drical Ta n k s After the obround or cylindric al tank setup in f [...]

System Administ rator Scree ns 309504E 27 1. After making the ap propriate tank shape selection click contin ue f or the ne xt scree n called the edit tank schedule dialogue bo x. See F IG . 49. 2. This screen defines the freq uency of tank le v el repor t s to be sent to the Ma trix PC. Click Appl y to update the rec ord and retur n to th e tank S[...]

System Administrator Screens 28 309504E Pr ogramming the T ank Level Monitor 1. In the Action column of the t ank record you want to program, click Pr ogram . The T ank Lev el Monitor setup timeout no tice appears . See F IG . 52. 2. When the screen appears, y ou will hav e up to 5 min- utes to program the TLM or y ou will need to reclick on Progra[...]

System Administ rator Scree ns 309504E 29 E-Mail Setup _______ _____________________ __________________ Click E-Mai l Setup to g o to the E-Mail Setup sc reen (F IG . 55 ). Matrix can send e-mail noti fication to responsib le parties based on the f ollo wing tank-related e v ents: Missed T ank Level Re ading – T ank lev el monitors can be progr a[...]

System Administrator Screens 30 309504E 1. Y our Company Name – this is the end user’ s com- pany name. 2. “From” E-Mail Address – recipients of any e-mail sent by Matrix will appear to come from the address entered here . T ypically , this is the e-mail address of the person resp onsibl e f or managing the b ulk oil tank deliv eries and [...]

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Matrix Reporter 32 309504E Matrix Repor ter Matrix Repor ter provides all Matrix reports and is used to impor t and expor t the Matrix database. Pr oduction Data Matrix retains production data ov er a 4 month rolling window . That is, data older than 4 mont hs is automati- cally deleted on a daily basis . This “purging” acti on is performed at [...]

Matrix Reporter 309504E 33 Saving Report Data to File All Matr ix repor ts can be saved to an electron ic file on the hard disk b y running t he desired report and then selecting T ools/Save Active Report from the main menu. The file will be in comma-separated te xt f ormat and can be sa v ed with a .csv or .txt e xtension . A spread- sheet softwar[...]

Matrix Reporter 34 309504E Impor ting a Matr ix Database File Matrix can impor t database files created b y the e xpor t routine described in Expor ting the Matrix Database in this manual. The primar y pur pose of impor ting a Matrix database file is to allow recov er y from a catastr ophic PC hardware or softwar e ev ent, such as a har d disk fail[...]

Troubleshooting 309504E 35 T roub leshooting See T roubleshooting Section of the Readme file located on the Mat rix Installation disk and Software Installation T ro ubleshooting on page 15 f or more detailed software tr ouble shooting inf ormation. Prob lem Cause Solution Cannot access System Administration sc reens. Incorrect u ser name or pass wo[...]

All written and visual data contained in this document reflects the latest product information available at the time of publica tion. Graco reserves the right to make changes a t any time without notice. For patent information, see www.graco.com/patents. Original instructions. T his manual contains English. MM 309504 Graco Headquarters: Minneapolis[...]