Installation & Use of SP40plus Remote Setup Tool Rel

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1 Installation The SP40plus Remote Setup is a powerful SW tool which allows an easy programming of the SP40 and SP40plus transactional printer through the USB interface. It can also be used to upgrade the Firmware. This tool has been developed in different releases, this installation and user guide covers the Rel Note: this release is compatible with SP40plus FW release 1.61 or later. Preliminary step. The SP40plus Remote Setup can be found on the CD Driver in the specific folder called Tools. Alternatively the same compressed file can be downloaded from the Compuprint web site. Link on Download and then Tools; select transactional printers and the specific model SP40 or SP40plus. The file Installation_Remote_Setup_ rar contains all the files for install the tool suite. After the downloading of the compressed file Installation_Remote_Setup_ rar available on Compuprint web extract all the files in a folder. Double click on Setup.exe and follow the instructions. After the installation steps, the following mask will appears. Click on Setup and follow the masks to select the folder in which stored the tool and to skip, if exist, step to write already present file in the host. After the successfully installation of the SP40plus Remote Setup, a specific folder and icon will be present in the Program windows. Double click on it. 1

2 Run the Remote Setup Tool This is the home page of the SP40plus Remote Setup tool. First of all select on the menu bar the action to do: Select Printer Type Setting At this time only the function key Refresh List of the Interfaces is available. The Printer Type selection is splitted into three choices: Set Program for SP40 Set Program for SP40plus Download FW from S1 Select the one you want to run. This setting is valid only if the host has a phisical serial interface. After the pressure of the Refresh List of the Interfaces key, open the Select Active Port windows to look for the active ones. This icon will exit from the tool. The printer will go in READY status. 2

3 Set Program for SP40 Set Program for SP40plus With the printer READY status this is the available port. USB *Physical Interface* After the selection of the USB *Physical Interface* port, these keys are activated: Reboot Load FW USB ID Send Setup Read USB ID When Reboot action is run this pop up message is displayed and the printer is rebooted. 3

4 After the Reboot action, the tool display the Reboot Action Report. When Load FW action is run, the tool displayed a file manager. Select the folder in which the correct FW file (filename.img) is stored. When Load FW action is run this pop up message is displayed and the printer is busy status. When all the data is send to printer the erasing/writing procedure is running. The printer when receiving code data will show: PRINTER BUSY ERASING SECT. xx WRITING SECT. xx CODE OK And will reboot at the end. After the Load FW action, the tool display the Downloading Firmware Action Report. This mask in case of update successfully update completed. 4

5 After the Load FW action, the tool display the Downloading Firmware Action Report. This mask in case of failed update which could happen in different modes: wrong FW versus HW corrupted file other When Read USB ID action is run, the USB ID is displayed at the bottom line. Default value is: When USB ID action is run, this pop up message is displayed to write the new USB ID. When Send Setup action is run, the tool displayed a file manager. Select the folder in which the correct setup file (filename.dmp) is stored. This file.dmp can be used to setup different printers in the same mode. Note: the filename.dmp is stored during NVM Write action described later on. 5

6 When the printer is in SETUP status (pressing Ready key, hold it and power on), this is the available port: COMx *Compuprint USB Virtual Serial Interface* In this status the printer uses the CDC driver converting USB to serial. After the selection of COMx *Compuprint USB Virtual Serial Interface* port, these keys are activated: Read NVM Restore MFG When Read NVM is selected is selected this pop up message is displayed. 6

7 And the the current Setup parameters are displayed as indicated in the mask. CONFIGURATION SETUP PROGRAM 1 PROGRAM 2 PROGRAM 3 PROGRAM 4 It is possible to change any item. In the example the language is changed from English to Italian. 7

8 After that, it is possible to store the new item by pressing Write NVM key. The tool di splayed a file manager. Select the folder in which the correct setup file (filename.dmp) is stored. Note: wnvm.dmp is the default dump file name proposed by the tool. This is the file you can send to the printer in READY status to store the same Setup. When Restore MFG is selected this pop up message is displayed. And the default parameters are displayed as indicated in the mask. 8

9 Download FW from S1 With the printer is WAITING CODE status these are the available ports. Note: WAITING CODE status is run by open the cover, push the ST1 key, hold it and power on the printer. When Load FW action is run, the tool displayed a file manager. Select the folder in which the correct FW file (filename.img) is stored. When select the file this pop up message is displayed to advise the action to do. 9

10 When Load FW action is run, the tool displayed a file manager. Select the folder in which the correct FW file (filename.img) is stored. The printer when receiving code data will show: RECEIVING CODE ERASING SECT. xx WRITING SECT. xx And will reboot at the end. When Load FW action is run this pop up message is displayed and the printer is busy status. The printer when receiving code data will show: RECEIVING CODE ERASING SECT. xx WRITING SECT. xx And will reboot at the end. After the Load FW action, the tool display the Downloading Firmware Action Report. This mask in case of update successfully update completed. After the Load FW action, the tool display the Downloading Firmware Action Report. This mask in case of failed update which could happen in different modes: wrong FW versus HW corrupted file other 10

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