Specifying the Initial Settings (Device Setting Value Monitoring)

When monitoring the device setting values of printers, it is recommended that you configure the initial settings described here.

Configuring the initial settings enables you to perform the following in this software.

Create monitoring data by extracting monitoring items and setting values common to all models using the data backed up from the printers

Check the value of [Data Path] in the path format on the [Details for Device Setting Values] page in the monitoring data

The [Details for Device Setting Values] page is displayed by performing the following operation.

Click the name in the [Data Name] field in the [Monitoring data] list in the [Data Management] menu > [Device Setting Values] > [Device Setting Values Data] page

IMPORTANT
This software can monitor device setting values for only some Type I printers. For details on printer types, see the following. Types of Printer and Corresponding Printer Models (Displayed in a separate tab) The initial settings are not required. If you do not configure the initial settings, you cannot create monitoring data in this software. It is necessary to create device setting value data for monitoring in Device Settings Configurator and upload it to this software. Even if you configure the initial settings, monitoring data for items unique to some models cannot be created in this software. If you want to monitor items unique to some models, it is necessary to create device setting values in Device Settings Configurator and upload them to this software.

IMPORTANT

This software can monitor device setting values for only some Type I printers. For details on printer types, see the following.

Types of Printer and Corresponding Printer Models (Displayed in a separate tab)

The initial settings are not required. If you do not configure the initial settings, you cannot create monitoring data in this software. It is necessary to create device setting value data for monitoring in Device Settings Configurator and upload it to this software.

Even if you configure the initial settings, monitoring data for items unique to some models cannot be created in this software. If you want to monitor items unique to some models, it is necessary to create device setting values in Device Settings Configurator and upload them to this software.

NOTE
If a settings file for Device Settings Configurator version 2.0.7 or later (when the FIPS mode is enabled, version 2.0.8 or later) has been uploaded to this software, such as when this software has been upgraded from an older version, the value in [Data Path] on the [Details for Device Setting Values] page for the monitoring data can be displayed in the path format, even without configuring the initial settings.

NOTE

If a settings file for Device Settings Configurator version 2.0.7 or later (when the FIPS mode is enabled, version 2.0.8 or later) has been uploaded to this software, such as when this software has been upgraded from an older version, the value in [Data Path] on the [Details for Device Setting Values] page for the monitoring data can be displayed in the path format, even without configuring the initial settings.

Prepare the DVD for this software.

Select the [System] menu > [System Configuration].

In the [System Configuration] list, click [Device Setting Values Management].

On the [Upload Files for Device Setting Values Database] tab, upload the model data.

In [Settings File], select the zip file on the DVD with a name in the following format.

ModelData_<target region>_<version of model data>.zip

If you have copied the model data file from the DVD to another location, select the file that you copied. In this case, do not change the file name. If the file name is changed, the model data cannot be uploaded.

NOTE
If model data is already uploaded and you want to upload data with a newer version, click [Reset] on the bottom of the list of product names, then upload the new model data.

Click [Upload].