User manual OKI B6250DN UTILITIES GUIDE

[. . . ] PrintSuperVision Configuration Guide 59318401 Copyright © 2009 by Oki Data. All Rights Reserved PrintSuperVision Configuration Guide P/N 59318401, Revision 1. 0 April, 2009 Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this document is complete, accurate, and up-to-date. The manufacturer assumes no responsibility for the results of errors beyond its control. The manufacturer also cannot guarantee that changes in software and equipment made by other manufacturers and referred to in this guide will not affect the applicability of the information in it. [. . . ] To add an email Alert, select Services > Email Alerts from the main menu. 2. Adding an alert requires the following information: · Select a device or a group of devices to monitor · Select the Event (Alert) you wish to be notified of · Select how frequently the Alert will be sent · Select the user or group of users the Alert message will be sent to 38 · Configuring email Alerts · Select the format of email messages (text or html) 4. Click Save after the information has been entered. Configuring email Server 1. To set the parameters for sending alerts in email, click the Configure Email button from the Email Alerts page. 2. Enter the following information and click Save: · Address of the email server · Administrator's email address · Sender's name (placed in the From field in the email header) · Email method · Username and Password for authentication, if required · SMTP Port · TLS or SSL Encryption · Subject of email message 39 · Configuring email Alerts · Maximum number of message attempts Note To test whether the email configuration is correct, click the Send Test Email to Admin button. For a description of Email Methods see installation/setup instructions described earlier. Click the Select Properties Button to customize the email message to include additional device information in the Alert message. In addition to device-related parameters such as Location and Contact, PSV allows other user specified attributes to be included in the alert email message such as telephone number, postal code, or the contact's email address. Testing Your email Alert Configuration For convenience, you can click the Process Alerts Now button to make sure everything is configured properly. PSV will process the alert and send an email message to the assigned recipient. Configuring Status Events PrintSuperVision allows you to customize certain Events that trigger notification emails. An "Event" is different than a standard Alert condition where the print device generates the Alert and PSV delivers the Alert in an email. A customized Event can be created where a single condition or several conditions are assigned to one custom Event. This can be useful if you only want to be notified when a critical condition is met or when several conditions are met. To add an event, go back to the Email Alerts page and click the Status Events button. A list of default events is displayed: 2. You can click the name of the Event to see a list of conditions included in that event category. Note PrintSuperVision translates difficult to understand error codes displayed by the device into meaningful descriptions. Click the Add Event button and enter a unique name to the customized event. 41 · Configuring email Alerts 4. Assign a severity level to the event by selecting one of the options from the drop down box. Select one or more conditions to assign to the event by selecting the check boxes in the left margin. 5. Click the Add Event button at the bottom of the page (not shown in the screenshot above) to save the customized Event. Note Filling in the Status Description field is optional if the selected condition has a related status code. If a condition is not selected from the list, you can enter text in the Status Description field and PSV will attempt to match that description with the text description the device generates during an Alert condition. Note Keep in mind that the description being displayed on the device operator panel must match the description you have entered exactly in order for PSV to recognize the condition and act upon it. Customizing Status Codes PSV also allows you to customize the severity level of any of the status code conditions. [. . . ] Notice too that you may select the device attributes that have been entered manually such as the city, state or postal code that pertains to the location of the device. 5. Click Save at the bottom of the page. 71 · Performing Day to Day Tasks Searching for a Device From the Printers Page you can use two methods to locate a particular device. Use "Search" to type in the desired model name or number. Changing Languages The language displayed in PrintSuperVision can be changed at any time without the need to install language-specific versions of the application. Note Version 3. 6 has not been fully translated into all languages displayed. 72 · Performing Day to Day Tasks Downloading Oki Drivers For convenience, PSV provides a built in search mechanism for Oki device drivers and quick links to download a specific driver. [. . . ]