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Manage Devices Utility

Use the Administration application Manage Devices to configure and manage each Output Manager SNMP Service. You can determine how frequently the Output Manager SNMP Service will update Output Manager destinations that are auto-detected SNMP printers.

SNMP services

The SNMP services grid lists all of the servers with the Output Manager SNMP Service installed and the configuration parameters for each service. From this grid you configure how often the Output Manager SNMP Service will update Output Manager destinations that are auto-detected SNMP printers. The SNMP update has two types of values, dynamic and static, each with their own frequency setting.

The Last Dynamic Update and Last Static Update columns will always display recent values because the printer is being checked for alert status. This occurs even if dynamic and static updates are disabled during configuration.

Configure button — Configures the selected SNMP server. This opens the SNMP Server Configuration dialog box.

Detect devices button — Starts the autodetection process for each selected SNMP server. The Autodetected Devices grid will update to list any newly detected printers. Note, a printer may be listed multiple times, once from each server where auto-detection was run.

Detect readers button — Opens the Detect readers dialog box to search for Ethernet Card Readers for each selected SNMP server.

Autodetected devices

The Autodetection Devices grid lists all of the previously detected devices. Notice there are five tabs below the grid, Unused devices, OM devices, Ignored devices, All devices, and Merged devices.

Unused devices tab — Lists all of the devices that have not been promoted as Output Manager devices.

  • Update button — Updates the selected Output Manager devices.
  • Promote to OM button — Promotes the selected devices to Output Manager Devices and optionally creates new Output Manager destinations. You can choose from the following destination types: IPP, LPR, and socket. These printers are moved to the OM devices tab.
  • Ignore button — Ignores the selected devices. This will move the selected devices to the Ignored devices tab.
  • Delete button — Deletes the selected devices. This will remove the devices from the Manage SNMP Utility.

OM devices tab — Lists all of the devices that have been added as Output Manager socket or Output Manager LPR destinations.

  • Update button — Updates the selected Output Manager devices.
  • Merge button — Allows for merging multiple Output Manager devices into a single Output Manager device. You will select the main device from the Merge Devices dialog box. This is the device that will display after the merge.
  • Demote button — Removes the device from the Output Manager devices tab and places it back on the Unused devices tab.

Ignored devices tab — Lists all of the devices that have been ignored on the Unused devices tab.

  • Update button — Updates the selected Output Manager devices.
  • Restore button  — Restores the selected devices to the Unused devices tab.
  • Delete button — Deletes the selected devices. This will remove the devices from the Manage Devices Utility.

All Devices tab — Lists all of the SNMP devices.

  • Update button — Updates the selected Output Manager devices.
  • Delete button — Deletes the selected devices. This will remove the devices from the Manage Devices Utility.

Merged devices tab — Lists all of the merged Output Manager devices.

  • Update button — Updates the selected Output Manager devices.
  • Unmerge button — Unmerges the selected devices.
  • Delete button — Deletes the selected devices. This will remove the devices from the Manage Devices Utility.