Beside widgets cab A+/Mach4 printers introducing another new feature concerning the setup of system messages. This configuration dialog is only available for A+-Series and Mach4 based printers and newer.
The configuration of all system messages takes place now in just one dialogue. This makes a configuration much easier to manage.
Important: The system message configuration and network service configuration like SNMP and SMTP
are separate. Each service can be enabled in the printers setup dialogue.
Therefore, system messages can be setup but they have to be activated if it is desired to use them.
The dialogue consists of one table. The messages are grouped into different section. Each section can be collapsed and expanded a needed like in the printer setup and how hinted in the figure of the dialogue. To store a configuration press "Transfer" button. The whole configurations will be saved. An Undo-mechanism is not given. The configuration image function can be used to backup a configuration.
The description column of the table tells the name of the alert. The content of the description is self-explaining. These cells can also be used to overtake a change instead of clicking an other cell to configure an other alert.
Note: Changing the configuration of a section entry, like Warning,
changes all downstream message entries in the same way.
Picture 1: System message dialogue - All in one
Note: The available system message may vary. This is depending on the device connected to a printer
like a cutter or an applicator.
At the moment three different kinds of ways of how a printer can send out messages: SNMP traps, e-mails and playing sounds. cab A+/Mach4 printers introduce the feature of playing sounds.
Generally, an alert can be manipulated by clicking on it. Setting up SNMP traps is less complex and
they can only be activated or deactivate. Like the older kinds of configuration SNMP traps supports two channels, too.
They can be setup in the printers setup dialogue.
The -symbol signals that
the system message is activated and will be send as SNMP traps if the event occurs.
The setup of the EAlert feature can also be configured by clicking into the desired cell, see picture 2. Clicking a cell enables to enter an new e-mail address or selecting one out of a list. The e-mail address list contains all new entered addresses and already set addresses. To deactivate an e-mail alert set an empty address either by deleting the characters in the address field or by selection of the empty address field in the addressing listing.
Picture 2: Setting up an e-Mail alert - Enter or select an known e-mail address
To set up or change an acoustical alert click into a according sound message cell and select
a sound from the list. The list will contain all available sounds at the moment on that printer.
To deactivate a sound message select the empty list and the speaker symbol
() is going to be removed.
Beside the state of being activated or deactivated, a sound message can be set to be repeated once per minute
until the message is be acknowledged at the printer. This state is indicated by the following
symbol: ().
It can be when an sound alert is set active by clicking its speaker symbol.
A sound can be tried out a sound it needs to be selected. By pressing the "Play sound" menu the sound will be played on that printer. The "play sound" menu is available by a right moue button click on its speaker or repetition symbol when it is selected, see picture 3.
Picture 3: Sound alert - Choose one available sound. The sound can be tested directly on printer.
By just pressing the "Image" button a configuration image will be created. For more detailed information about configuration images and how to synchronise printer parameters refer to configuration synchronisation. The configuration image will save all system messages and how they are set up.