ViewSonic Pjl6243 Projector User Manual

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Chapter 2 Set up
PJ Network Manager installation
1  
Set the supplied CD -ROM into the CD -ROM 
drive of your computer. Double click SetupTool.
exe icon in the "PJ Network Manager" folder in 
the CD-ROM.
2  Select "[English [United States]" from the pull-
down menu on the "Choose Setup Language" 
window and click OK button to start installing 
and then follow the installation wizards.
As the "Software License Agreement" will 
appear, read contents carefully and click Ye s 
button if you agree with the license agree-
ment to proceed with installing.
Note:
To install the software into the computer with Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 
Vista, or Windows 7 you should login as administrator. Before installation, make sure 
that the other applications are closed, otherwise proper installation cannot be made.
PJ Network Manager un-installation
To remove the PJ Network Manager software from your computer, perform it with "Add 
& Remove Programs" on the control panel. (In case of Windows Vista or Windows 7, use 
"Programs and Features" from the control panel.)  
						

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ViewSonic SNMP  Manager Software7
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Chapter 3 
 Basic Operation
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Chapter 3 Basic Operation
Launching and quitting PJ Network Manager
To launch PJ Network Manager, take one of the following.
- Select "PJ Network Manager" from the menu "Start" - "All programs".
- Double click a management file*1.
Tool barMenu
Status list
Status barPolling times indication
Event indication
Items Description
Menu .....................................Executes a command with menu selectionTool bar ...............................Executes a command assigned to a button.Target ...................................Network equipment for monitoring.Status bar ........................... 
Indicates the status of PJ Network Manager and explaining the command selected with cursor.Status list ............................ 
Indicates the status of targets monitoring.  
When some errors are detected, the target name, icon and error items are indicated with red.Status column ................Column of status list.Polling times indication .........Indicates the times of polling during the monitoring.Event indication ............Indicates the event (ALERT, TRAP, SYSERR) when the event happened.
Name of status window
Status column
*1  
The file in which the Monitor target information and event log information are stored. Refer to item "Storing the management file" (+p.28) for further details.
 
*  
With double clicking the target name, the web browser is launching and displays login window of the target.(+p.31)
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Quitting PJ Network Manager
To quit the PJ Network Manager, click the close box on top right of the status window, or 
select "Exit" from the "File" menu
[Note]
* The PJ Network Manager cannot open multiple status windows at the same time.
Menu tree
Menu Sub menu  Operation
File New Creates a new management file.
 Open Opens an existing management file.
 Save  Saves the active management file.
 Save As  Saves the active management file with a new file name.
 Exit  Quits the application.
Target Target monitoring Starts or stops target monitoring.
  Target addition Adds a new target. Target information window will appear.
  Target editing Edits selected target information.
  Target deletion Deletes the selected target.
  Group setting Groups the selected targets.
  Warning value setting Sets up the warning value of the selected target.
  Telnet setting Sets up the password of telnet.
 Commands batch processing Sets commands batch processing for multiple selected targets.
  Timer setting Sets up the timer for the selected target.
System Target batch registration Imports target information defined with the external file. 
 System default setting   Sets up the default setting (monitoring information, e-mail informa-
tion).
  Column selection Selects display items on the status list.
  Font setting Sets up display font type and size on the status list.
Display Update  Updates the information on the status list display.
 Target display Displays selected target information.
  Alert display Displays all of alert information on the status list.
  Event log display Displays all the event logs.
 Command history display Displays all of command history.
  Tool bar  Switches tool bar on or off.
Help Version information Displays version of software.
What's Target
Target indicates the network equipment which provides an SNMP agent function .
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Name of the button on the tool bar
The following commands are assigned to the buttons on the tool bar.
Button Operation
New ..................................................Creates a new management file.
Open ...............................................Opens an existing management file. 
Save .................................................Saves the active management file.
Target monitoring .................Starts or stops target monitoring.
Target display ...........................Displays selected target information.
Alert display ...............................Displays all of alert information on the status list.
Event log display ....................Displays all the event logs.
Command history display ..Displays all of the command history.
 
0 To switch the tool bar display on or off, select "Tool bar" from "Display" menu.
NewSaveTarget displayEvent log display
Target monitoring Start/StopOpenAlert display
Icon display for the target
Displays icon according to the target condition.
IconConditionFlat display typeProjector type
Normal
Abnormal condition (One of the abnormalities, Alert, Trap or System error is happening on the target.)
Connection error ( Target has been disconnected from the network)
Acquisition error  ( Target has been disconnected from the network, or does not provide SNMP function.)
Unknown  ( Target monitoring is not operating)
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Addition of the target
1  Select Target Addition from Target menu. The target 
information registering window appears.
2  
Enter target setup information and click Update button. 
The information set on the target equipment are dis-
played on the system information items.
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When the target equipment is not operating, or it is not the monitoring equipment, the error dialog "Cannot obtain  infor-mation" will appear.
3   Click OK to close the window. Repeat the above steps to register for other equipment 
which is to be managed. 
Editing the target
1  Select a target name to edit on the status list with right click.
2  Select Target editing on the popup menu. The target information window will appear 
and edit the contents, then click OK button.
0 The system information cannot be edited.
0 Target editing can be executed by selecting Target editing from Target menu.
Deletion of the target
1 Select a target name to delete on the status list with right click.
2  Select Target deletion on the popup menu. The confirmation dialog will appear and 
click Ye s button to execute deleting.
0 Target deletion can be executed by selecting Target deletion from Target menu.
0  It cannot perform the target addition, editing and deletion during the target monitoring.
0 Up to 200 targets can be registered.
0  Up to 255 characters can be used for target name and community.
Items Description
Name ......................... 
Enter a management name of the target equipment.IP address ............... 
Enter IP address of the target equipment.Community ........... 
Enter a community name in the network. Default name is "public".System information ..... 
Displays information set on the network equipment
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Setting up the warning value
PJ Network Manager provides a function to 
display the alert when the use time of the set-
ting item reaches a specified setting time. The 
available setting items (use time) are depend-
ing on the target equipment.
1  Select a target on the status list with right click.
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When setting multiple targets together, select targets with pressing "Shift" or "Control" key.
2   Select Warning value setting on the popup 
menu. The setting window will appear as the 
right figure.
3  Check Warning time check box. The setting 
items are activated. Select a setting item and click 
Edit button. Another setting window appears.
4  
Enter the threshold value of selected item and 
then click OK button. The setting window will dis-
appear.
5  
Set up warning value for remaining items if avail-
able and then click OK button. The setting win-
dow will disappear.
0 To disable the warning value, clear Warning time check box.
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When selecting multiple targets, the value set to the lowest target on the status list is displayed as the current setting time. Up to 99,999 hours can be set for the use time. The warning value is stored in the management file.
Starting target monitoring
1 Click  button on the tool bar to start monitoring the target.
2   
PJ Network Manager starts polling the target in a sequential from the top of the status 
list and displays the results on the status list.
(Example of the set up window)  
						

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What's Trap
Trap is the event predefined by the SNMP agent. If the predefined event ( "When PJ lamp is 
off ", "When internal PJ power circuit is failed" etc. ) happens, target sends trap information 
to the SNMP manager.
When happens the alert on the target
When happens the alert on the target
If the abnormality or connection error happens on the target, PJ Network Manager indi-
cates target name, icon and status column item with red color to let you know the abnor-
mality.
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When PJ Network Manager cannot acquire the MIB information of the target equipment, it indicates as Connection Error.
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The interval of target monitoring is according to the setting of Monitoring interval on System default setting from System menu. (+p.17)
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For the way to give notice of the alert information, refer to Event reception process on System default setting from System menu. (+p.17)
When happens the trap event on the target
During the target monitoring, if the predefined event (trap) happens on the target equip-
ment, the target sends the trap information to PJ Network Manager. This trap information is 
displayed on the status list.
The trap information is set up in the SNMP setting items of the target equipment. Projector 
has items such as "When PJ lamp is off ", "When the life span of lamp is reached", "When 
internal PJ power circuit is failed" etc. For further trap information, refer to "SNMP setting" in 
the separated network owner's manual.
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For the way to give notice of the trap information, refer to Event reception process on System default setting from System menu. (+p.17)  
						

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Displaying all the status information of the target
Select a target and click  button on the tool bar. The following status window appears 
and displays all the available status information of the target.
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The target name and item which have an abnormality or connection error happen-ing are indicated with red.
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When PJ Network Manager cannot acquire the value of column information,  "---"  is displayed.
Stopping monitoring the target
To stop monitoring the target, click  button again on the tool bar.
0  The projectors setting different network passwords cannot be set to the same group. It is nec-essary for the projectors in the same group to set to the same password.
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The above procedure can perform by selecting Target display from Display menu.
Setting the target group
The target group can be set up by the procedure below. When you set a command in the 
same group, you set it.
1   
Select targets which you want to set from the status list. Select Group setting from 
Target menu, the dialog box will appear as the below figure.
2  Select a group, and then click OK button.
0  "---" will not set the group.  
						

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Setting up the password of Telnet
The password of telnet can be set up by the procedure below. It is necessary to make a 
password, same as the network password.
1  
Select a target which you want to set up the password of telnet from the status list. You 
can select multiple targets.
2  Select Telnet setting from Target menu, Telnet setting dialog box will appear as the 
below figure. Set a password and click OK button. When multiple targets are selected, all 
the selected targets are set as the same password.
Setting up the password of Telnet
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The initial setting is "0000".
Setting commands batch processing for multiple targets
The commands batch processing for multiple targets can be set up by the procedure 
below.
1   
Select a target belonging to the batch processing group which you want to set, and 
select Commands batch processing from Target menu. Commands batch processing 
dialog box will appear as the below figure.
2  
Select a command which you want to set, click Edit button. Parameter editing dia-
log box will appear. Select a parameter, and then click OK button. The check box of 
Commands batch processing dialog box will be checked.
3  Click OK button. The commands are carried out to all the targets of the same group.
0   The commands also work for the target which is not set to a group.