Epson Powerlite 7850p Multimedia Projector Users Guide

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Managing Projectors 
The EasyManagement software for your projector lets you monitor 
and control your projectors from a remote computer in several ways:
■Use EMP Monitor to see your projectors’ status, switch image 
sources, and control basic settings.
■Use the mail notification function to receive e-mail alerts about 
possible problems. 
■Use a network management utility running SNMP, such as 
HP OpenView, to manage your facility’s equipment from a 
pre-existing system. 
You...

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Connecting and Configuring the 
Projector on a Wired Network
Before using the EasyManagement software to manage your 
projector(s), you have to connect each projector you want to monitor 
to your network and configure it with an appropriate IP address. You 
can connect and configure the projector wirelessly, as described in 
Chapter 4, or you can connect using a PCMCIA LAN card.
Follow these steps to use a PCMCIA LAN card to connect and 
configure the projector for your network.
1....

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■To enter numbers using the remote control, press the Num 
button until it lights, then use the number keypad shown 
below. 
■To change the network addresses from the projector’s control 
panel, press the right and left arrow buttons to select the part 
of the address you want to enter, then use the up and down 
arrow buttons to increase or decrease the numeric value. 
When you finish changing an address in the network menu, press 
the 
Enter button (on the remote control) or the...

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Using EMP Monitor
EMP Monitor lets you use a remote computer to manage your 
projectors, whether connected wirelessly or over a wired network. It 
lets you easily turn the projectors on or off (together or individually), 
switch image sources, and check their status. 
Before using EMP Monitor, make sure you’ve installed the software as 
described in Appendix A. The computer you’re using to monitor the 
projector should already be connected to your network.
Opening and Closing EMP...

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Registering a Projector
Before you can monitor a projector, you have to register it. Follow 
these steps:
1. Click
 Start > Programs or All Programs > EPSON Projector 
> EMP Monitor
. You see this screen:
2. Click 
Register projector as shown. 
You see this screen:
3. Click 
Auto detect to locate projectors currently operating on the 
network. Or click 
Manual registration and enter the projector’s 
name and network address. 
Click here
Click here
note
If Auto detect fails to find...

146Managing ProjectorsAny projectors found on the network are listed as shown below:
4. Select each projector you want to add by clicking its name, then 
clicking the 
Add button. When you’re done adding projectors, 
click 
Close. 
You see this screen with a list of all registered projectors.
5. Click 
Close.
Click here
note
To delete a projector from 
the list, highlight the 
projector name, and click 
Delete.  

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You see the status of each of your registered projectors on the main 
EMP Monitor screen:
Monitoring Your Projectors
The EMP Monitor screen lets you monitor your projectors using the 
Status, Video Source, and Error icons shown below. These let you see 
which projectors are currently being used, from which source (or port) 
they are projecting an image, and if a problem occurs.  
For detailed status information, select the projector in question and 
click 
View details. 
note
To...

148Managing ProjectorsThe following table explains the meaning of the status icons:
The following table explains the meaning of the video source icons:  Status icons
 (green) Projecting; no problems
 (dark) Turned off; no problems
 (green) Projecting; problems detected
 (dark) Turned off; problems detected
Network error (for example, not connected to 
network, or power cable disconnected). 
You may also see this error if Network OFF is 
selected in Standby Mode (see page 138).
Video source icons
Computer...

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The following table explains the meaning of the error icons 
(see Chapter 9 for recommended solutions to problems): 
Controlling Your Projectors
The control buttons in the upper-right let you select video signals and 
turn projectors on or off. (Hold the pointer over a button to see a 
description of its function.) Select the projector you want to operate 
(with the mouse pointer) before clicking one of the buttons.  Error icons
Lamp replacement notification (the lamp is nearing...

150Managing ProjectorsThe following table explains the functions of the control buttons:
Control buttons
Turns the projector on
Turns the projector off
Changes the video signal to the Computer port
Changes the video signal to the BNC ports
Changes the video signal to the S-Video port
Changes the video signal to the Video port
Changes the video signal to the DVI port
Switches the display to EasyMP