Epson Projector Management Operation Guide
Contents Introduction to Epson Projector Management.......................................................................................... 5 Epson Projector Management Features............................................................................................... 5 Setting Up the Software for the First Time ................................................................................................ 7 Installing the Software .....................................................................
Solutions When You Cannot Connect Projectors Using Advanced Connection Mode (Wireless) . 39 Solving Monitoring and Controlling Problems..................................................................................... 40 Solutions When You Cannot Monitor or Control the Projector ....................................................... 41 Solutions When Network Alert Emails are not Received ............................................................... 41 Solutions When You Cannot Broadcast a Message ....
Introduction to Epson Projector Management See the information here to learn more about Epson Projector Management software. Epson Projector Management Features Epson Projector Management Features Epson Projector Management allows you to check the status of multiple networked projectors and perform various projector operations from your computer.
Related topics Message Broadcasting 6
Setting Up the Software for the First Time Follow these instructions before connecting a computer to the projector over a network. Installing the Software Selecting Projector Network Settings Installing the Software Check the system requirements necessary to run the software, and then install the software. Note: • If the language selected for the installation differs from the language of the operating system being used, the screens may not display correctly.
Windows 8.1 • Windows 8.1 (32- and 64-bit) • Windows 8.1 Pro (32- and 64-bit) • Windows 8.
2. Double-click Epson Projector Management Ver.X.XX.exe to start the installer. 3. Follow the on-screen instructions. Parent topic: Installing the Software Importing Settings From EasyMP Monitor You can transfer setting information from EasyMP Monitor (version 4.50 or later). Start Epson Projector Management on the same computer and the settings are imported automatically the first time you start the software. When finished, you see an message telling you that the settings are imported.
2. Connect a LAN cable to the projector. 3. Turn on the projector. 4. Press the Menu button on the remote control or the control panel, select the Network menu, and select Network Configuration. 5. Select Wired LAN. A screen like one of the following is displayed. 6. Set DHCP to Off and enter the projector's IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway Address values as necessary. 7.
2. Connect the computer to the network. Note: To set up a network connection, if necessary, see the documentation supplied with your computer or network adapter. 3. Install the wireless LAN unit in the projector, if necessary. See your projector User's Guide for instructions. 4. Turn on the projector. 5. Press the Menu button on the remote control or the control panel, select the Network menu, and then select Network Configuration. 6. Select Wireless LAN. A screen like one of the following is displayed. 7.
Parent topic: Selecting Projector Network Settings Related references Solutions When You Cannot Connect Projectors Using Advanced Connection Mode (Wireless) 12
Monitoring and Controlling the Projectors Follow these instructions to monitor and control the registered projectors. Registering Projectors for Monitoring Projector Monitoring Views Projector Status Display Projector Control Options Registering Projectors for Monitoring To monitor or control projectors, you must register the projectors to Epson Projector Management. Once you registered, the projector status is automatically displayed when you start Epson Projector Management.
Epson Projector Management starts. 2. Select Projector from the menu bar and select Projector Registration. The Projector Registration screen appears. 3. Select a search mode. • Select Automatic search to search for the projector on the same network. • Select Manual search to search for the projector by specifying the IP address. Enter an IP address. • Select Range search to search for the projector by setting an IP address range. Enter an IP address in Start Address and End Address.
5. Select the projector that you want to register. 6. Select the necessary settings for each projector. 1 Enter the name of the projector. This name is displayed in the Epson Projector Management main screen. You can enter up to 64 characters. 2 Displays the name that has been registered to the projector. 3 Select the icon. 4 Select a group if you want to register the projector to a group. (You must first create a group to add projectors to it.) 5 Displays the projector's IP address.
6 Enter notes about the projector, such as its location, if necessary. Notes entered here are displayed in Projector Properties. You can enter up to 60 characters. 7 If a password has been set for the projector, enter the password here. If you do not enter the correct password, you cannot monitor or control the projector, even after registering the projector. For more information about passwords, see your projector User's Guide. 7. Click Register. To register additional projectors, repeat steps 5 to 7.
2. Select the necessary settings. 1 Enter the name of the group. You can enter up to 64 characters. 2 Select the icon. 3 Select a parent group if you want to register a group to it. (You must create the parent group before you can add groups to it.) 3. Click Register. You see the registered group in the Epson Projector Management main screen. 4. Double-click the projector icon that you want to register to the group.
5. Select the group in which you want to register the projector, and then click OK. To verify the projectors included in the group, select Grouping view. Parent topic: Registering Projectors for Monitoring Related references Projector Monitoring Views Projector Monitoring Views You can select the type of monitoring window you want to view from the following windows.
You can check projector status as a list. To check the status of projectors in a specific group, select the group in the Group List. • Grouping view You can check projector groups in a hierarchical diagram. When you want to expand or collapse a group, double-click the group icon or a group name in the Group List. When the projectors in the group are hidden, the group icon appears with a circle frame. To move the position of the group icon, drag and drop the group icon.
• Error list You can check a list of only the projectors that are currently in an error or warning status. To check the status of projectors in a specific group, select the group in the Group List. To view solution, move the pointer over the error information. Note: • To change the displayed item or order in the Detail list view and Error list, change the Display List setting on the Environment setup screen.
Projector Status Display You can check detailed projector status information on the Projector properties screen. To access the Projector properties screen, double-click the projector in the Epson Projector Management main screen. You can check the following information in each tab. • Information: Displays general projector information. • Status History: Displays projector's error history. • Usage History: Displays the projector usage history as a graph.
• Service: Displays technical service information. (Normally used only by Epson Support.) Parent topic: Monitoring and Controlling the Projectors Projector Control Options You can control the selected projector by using the projector control buttons on the Epson Projector Management main screen. When you select multiple projectors and select a projector control button, you can control multiple projectors at one time. You can perform the following operations. • Refresh: Updates the projector information.
Note: • The Power, A/V Mute and Source operations are not available while using the Auto Setup feature. • See your projector User's Guide for details on the Remote Camera Access and the Auto Setup features, if available.
Using Additional Functions Follow the instructions here to use the additional functions available with Epson Projector Management. Scheduling Projector Events Making Security Settings Sending Email Notifications Message Broadcasting Saving Projector Log Files Scheduling Projector Events You can schedule events to occur automatically on your projector.
4. Select Add. 5. Select the date and time for the scheduled event, then select the operation you want performed as necessary. Note: • If you schedule an event that requires the projector to be turned on, the projector turns on automatically, even if you do not specify a power-on event. • Before activating the Auto Setup feature, allow the projected image to become steadily bright, without any flickering.
• To remove a scheduled event, select the event in the Schedule Settings screen and select Delete. • To enable or disable the scheduled event without removing the scheduled event from the list, select the event in the Schedule Settings screen and select Enable/Disable. • To enable or disable all scheduled events, select Tool from the menu bar, select Schedule, and then select Enable Schedule/Disable Schedule.
3. Select Password. 4. Do one of the following. • Create a password for the first time: Leave the Old password field blank. • Change an old password: Enter the existing password in the Old password field. 5. Enter a new password in the New password field. The password can be up to 16 alphanumeric characters. 6. Enter the same password again in the New password (confirm) field. 7. Click OK. The password is saved.
Open the Tool menu, and then select Application lock. The application is locked and no operations are available except for opening and closing the application and disabling the application lock. To unlock the application, open the Tool menu, and then select Application unlock. If no password has been set, you can leave these fields blank and just click OK in the window to enter the password.
3. Select any necessary settings. 1 Select to enable email notifications and allow you to enter the necessary information. 2 Enter the SMTP server name or IP address for the projector's SMTP server. 3 Select a number for the SMTP server port number using 1 to 65535. Default is 25. 4 Select to enable TLS authentication. 5 Select to enable SMTP authentication. 6 Enter a user name for the SMTP authentication. 7 Enter a password for the SMTP authentication.
6. Select OK to save your settings. Parent topic: Using Additional Functions Related references Solutions When Network Alert Emails are not Received Environment Setup - Mail Message Broadcasting You can distribute images or text messages to multiple projectors for simultaneous display on those projectors. You can distribute the information immediately or at a specific date and time using the schedule feature. Note: • Make sure the image file resolution is between 50 × 50 and 1920 × 1200 pixels.
2. Select the projector or group that you want to receive the distributed message. 3. Select the type of information to distribute. • Select File to distribute one JPEG file. • Select Folder to distribute all JPEG files in the specified folder.
• Select Text to distribute a text message. 4. Select the necessary settings. • When you select File, select Browse to specify the file to be distributed. • When you select Folder, select Browse to specify the folder that includes the files to be distributed. Specify an Update interval setting from 1 to 30 minutes for automatically switching display from one image to the next. • When you select Text, enter the message in the text box and select any available style settings. 5. Select Start.
3. Select the projector or group that you want to receive the distributed message. 4. Select Add.
5. Select the date and time for the message broadcast, then select Message Broadcasting from Control. 6. Select Start, and then select Settings.
7. Select the type of information to distribute. • Select File to distribute one JPEG file. • Select Folder to distribute all JPEG files in the specified folder. • Select Text to distribute a text message. 8. Select the necessary settings. • When you select File, select Browse to specify the file to be distributed. • When you select Folder, select Browse to specify the folder that includes the files to be distributed.
At the specified date and time, the images or text message you specified is projected by the selected projectors or groups. Parent topic: Message Broadcasting Saving Projector Log Files You can save selected information such as a projector's usage and error histories to a log file in a folder of your choosing. (Available only for Epson projectors.) The log file is saved as a separate zip file. Note: • Epson Projector Management saves log information for the last three months by default.
• Select Selected projectors to include only the selected projectors. 3. Select the type of information you want to save in a log file, and then select Save. 4. Specify the output folder and file name, and then select Save. The zip file is created to the specified folder.
Solving Problems See the following sections to check for solutions to problems you may have using Epson Projector Management. Solving Network Connection Problems Solving Monitoring and Controlling Problems Solving Network Connection Problems Try these solutions depending on your network environment.
• Check the computer's network settings. • Enable LAN settings on your computer. • Turn off the firewall. If you do not want to turn it off, register the firewall as an exception. Make the necessary settings to open the port. The port used by this software is "56181" (TCP).
• Set DHCP to Off. When DHCP is set to On, it may take some time to enter LAN standby status if an available DHCP server is not found. • Set the IP address, the subnet mask, and the gateway address for the projector correctly. • Turn on a wireless LAN. • Set the wireless LAN system to meet the standards supported by the access point. • When you enable the security setting, set the same passphrase to the access point, the computer, and the projector.
Solutions When You Cannot Monitor or Control the Projector Try these solutions when you cannot monitor or control the projectors. • Make sure the projector is turned on and connected to the network correctly. • To monitor projectors even when they are in standby mode (when power is off), select Communication On as the Standby Mode setting in the projector's menus. Also select the correct Port setting, if necessary.
• Select Test Email on the Mail tab of the Environment setup screen. If you do not receive the test email, check all of the settings on the Mail tab for accuracy. Parent topic: Solving Monitoring and Controlling Problems Related references Environment Setup - Mail Solutions When You Cannot Broadcast a Message If the message broadcasting feature does not work, try the following solutions: • Make sure the projector is turned on and connected to the network correctly.
Screen Summary See these sections for more information about the Epson Projector Management screens. Epson Projector Management Main Screen Projector Properties Screen Environment Setup Screen Epson Projector Management Main Screen When you start Epson Projector Management, the main screen appears. 1 File menu • Log Save Settings: Selects the log file settings. • Version information: Displays the application version information. • Exit: Closes the application.
Edit menu • Property: Displays the projector properties screen. • Monitoring enabled/Monitoring disabled: Enables or disables monitoring. • Delete: Removes the selected projector from the list. Tool menu • Application lock/Application unlock: Enables or disables the application lock feature. • Environment setup: Displays the Environment setup screen. • Schedule: Selects schedule settings. • Message Broadcasting: Selects message broadcasting settings. 2 Show/Hide Expands or collapses the group list.
The group is expanded. The group is collapsed. The projector is monitored or controlled using the PJLink protocol. The group or projector is in normal status. The group or projector is in warning status. The group or projector is in error status. The group or projector requires immediate attention. The group or projector performs operations. Updating the group or projector information. Monitoring is disabled for the group or projector. The projector power is on. The projector power is off.
Projector Properties Screen When you select Projector Properties in the Edit menu, the projector properties screen appears.
Projector Properties - Information When you select the Information tab on the projector properties screen, the following screen appears. The information acquired from the projector varies depending on the projector model. If the software cannot acquire information, it displays it as "---". To update the projector information, select . Display name Displays the name used in Epson Projector Management. Projector name Displays the name that has been registered to the projector.
Light source hours used Displays the number of hours the projector's light source has been used. Source Displays the projector's current input source. When you select a non-Epson projector, you can specify the number of the input source to switch sources. Light Source Displays projector's light source. Constant Brightness Remains Displays the remaining time that the projector can maintain the constant brightness. Temperature level Displays the projector's temperature in five levels.
Projector Properties - Status History When you select the Status History tab on the projector properties screen, the following screen appears. You can check errors that occur while Epson Projector Management is running. To output the error history as a csv file, select Save.
Projector Properties - Usage History When you select the Usage History tab on the projector properties screen, the following screen appears. Previous Month Displays a graph of the previous month. Next Month Displays a graph of the next month. Save Outputs the currently displayed history as a csv file. Other times Displays the number of hours the projector has been used without monitoring by Epson Projector Management.
Projector Properties - Schedule When you select the Schedule tab on the projector properties screen, the following screen appears. Show/Hide Calendar Displays or hides the calendar. Today's date appears with a highlighted background and white text. A scheduled date appears with a highlighted background and black text. Select to move to the previous month or year and select to move to the next month or year.
Schedule Displays the schedule list. The color of the row is described as follows. • : Enabled schedule • : Disabled schedule • : Unselected schedule Note: You can duplicate the schedule by right-clicking the schedule and selecting Copy and Paste. Enabled Enables the selected schedule. Disabled Disables the selected schedule. Add Creates a new schedule. Edit Edits the selected schedule. Delete Removes the selected schedule.
Projector Properties - Status Information When you select the Status Information tab on the projector properties screen, the following screen appears. The information acquired from the projector varies depending on the projector model. If the software cannot acquire information, it displays it as "---". Information Status Switches the displayed information from the following list.
Update Updates status information. Parent topic: Projector Properties Screen Projector Properties - Service When you select the Service tab on the projector properties screen, the following screen appears. (Normally used only by Epson Support.) Parent topic: Projector Properties Screen Environment Setup Screen When you select Environment setup in the Tool menu, the environment setup screen appears.
Environment Setup - Monitor Environment Setup - Display List Environment Setup - Mail Parent topic: Screen Summary Environment Setup - General When you select the General tab on the environment setup screen, the following screen appears. Application lock Changes password for the application lock feature by selecting Password. Register at startup Starts Epson Projector Management automatically when you start up the computer.
Set the projector's Standby mode to Communication On when registering Sets the Standby Mode setting to Communication On in the projector's menu during projector registration (Epson projectors only). Save Configuration File Creates a backup of the configuration file by selecting Save. When you restore settings from the backup file, extract the zip file and copy the extracted files to the following directory. C:\ProgramData\SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION\Epson Projector Management Parent topic: Environment Setup
Temperature level display group view Displays the projector temperature level in the Grouping view. Lamp schedule notification Specifies when you receive a projector status notification based on the number of hours the light source has been used. Log Save Settings Specifies the length of time for which to save the log of Projector Usage History and Status History from 1 to 99 months.
List Item Select the items you want to display or remove from display, and arrange their order. Displayable Items are available for adding to the Selected Items and Order list. • : Displays the item selected in Displayable Items. • : Hides the item selected in Selected Items and Order. • : Moves the item selected in Selected Items and Order to the previous position. • : Moves the item selected in Selected Items and Order to the next position.
Use Email Notification Select to send an email to the preset addresses when a projector status System changes. SMTP Server Enter the SMTP server name or IP address for the projector's SMTP server. Port Number Select a number for the SMTP server port number using 1 to 65535. Default is 25. Use TLS Authentication Select to enable TLS authentication. Use SMTP Authentication Select to enable SMTP authentication. User name Enter a user name for the SMTP authentication.
Appendix See these sections to learn more about Epson Projector Management software. Updating and Uninstalling the Software Limitations for Non-Epson Projectors Notices Updating and Uninstalling the Software Follow these instructions to uninstall Epson Projector Management. Uninstalling Epson Projector Management (Windows 7) Uninstalling Epson Projector Management (Windows 8.
2. Make sure all running applications are closed. 3. Press the key on the keyboard to display all apps. 4. Right-click (press and hold) Epson Projector Management Ver.X.XX, and then select Uninstall. 5. Follow the on-screen instructions. Parent topic: Updating and Uninstalling the Software Limitations for Non-Epson Projectors The following features are not available for non-Epson projectors.
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