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INFINITY EX NETWO RKING CONNE CTI ON TO A NE TWO RK SER VICE 27.1 2 Technical Reference Manual Chapter Issue 1 Aug 02 Quick Reference T a ble The table belo w is pro vided for an engineer who needs a qui ck reference to …

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IP Address Configuration

Figure 28-5 Selecting the Protocol Type

TCP/IP

Driver (GEM

and NET_FILES)

Windows NT Network Configuration option can be set up using the Network

icon in Control Panel. Select Protocols and highlight TCP/IP Protocol. From

Properties choose the appropriate adapter and either obtain or specify a fixed IP

Address for the printer in Protocols - Properties.

NOTE

The network administrator should be instructed to create two working directo-

ries for the product and data fields to be stored. These directories must have

read/write capabilities.

SDR Driver (GEM

Only)

The GEM - IP Address for the machine must be set up in the SDR driver, this

can be checked and edited if necessary in the configuration file D:\ Program

files\DEK\Machine Control\Printer\sdrconf.cfg

Set the PASSIVE ENTITY IP ADDRESS to the printers’ ‘IP Address’.

If there is more than one printer communicating with the GEM Host, set the

DEVICEID differently for each printer. The default value is 0x109 (265).

Alternative DEVICEID values should be chosen within the range 0x0000 -

0x7FFF (0 - 32767).

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Quick

Reference Table

The table below is provided for an engineer who needs a quick reference to the

actions required to install a machine onto a network. The engineer may have

previously installed a machine, be re-installing a machine onto another server or

be installing several machines at once.

NOTE

The system requires that the correct enabling security key device driver is fitted

to the port on the rear of the machine before software applications can be

installed

At the printer use housekeeping to transfer product files (.pr1) from local disk to

the remote disk. Load a product file from the remote disk back to the printer and

check that the transaction is complete.

No. Action Required Information

1 In Windows, select the Network icon

from Control Panel and the Identifi-

cation tab, register the printer on the

correct domain or workgroup

The network administrator shall supply domain

or workgroup information, select the Change

button to change the detail

2 Select the Protocols tab, select TCP/

IP protocol and the Properties button

Check that the adaptor is correct for the con-

nection (as fitted in the PC). There may be

more than one device fitted

3 If DHCP is specified:- Select: Obtain an IP Address from the

DHCP Server

4 If an IP Address is to be specified:- Obtain the IP Address, and the Subnet Mask

details from the system administrator

5 Tell the network administrator that

you require two working directories

where the product and data files are to

be stored

Files must have full administrative rights (read/

write)

6 For GEM, set up the IP address in the

SDR driver

D:\ Program Files \ DEK\Machine Control \

Printer \ sdrconf.cfg

Set the

Passive IP Address to the print-

ers IP Address

7 If more than one printer is to commu-

nicate using the GEM Host:

Set a different DEVICEID for each printer.

8 At the printer in Set Prefs, select

Comms Protocol to ON

For serial GEM only

9 Select Auto Login option Set to disabled if the operator is to log in every

session or enabled if the login is to occur auto-

matically at start up

10 Select Local Copies option Decide if it is desired that the printer copies

remote product files to the local drive after

loading it from the remote product directory. If

disabled, modifications to the file are not saved

11 Check the physical connection to the

network

Ethernet 10BaseT is supported by DEK

12 Ask the network administrator if there

are any intermediate routers between

the server and the printing machine

Supply the correct IP Address, check the IP

forwarding option in Protocols Properties,

Routing

13 Using Network Neighborhood in

Windows, check that the printer can be

‘seen’ by the host PC

Look for a computer icon with the printer serial

number next to it

14 Test the network connection See section ‘Pinging the Network’

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TESTING THE CONNECTION

Pinging the

Network

To ‘Ping’ the network, open the Command Prompt (DOS) pane and Neighbour-

hood Network.

1. Select from the desktop, Start, Run and CMD.EXE

NOTE

The network administrator can supply an IP Address to ping or use Neigh-

bourhood Network to select a computer name.

2. Type Ping <Server IP Address or Computer Name>.

3. If the ping is successful the reply shall contain information of the form:

‘Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128.’

The installation of the printer to the company network has been successful.