USER MANUAL
Version 01
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CONTENTS
1. LICENSE ACTIVATION 03
1.1 Activating a 30-day test version
1.2 Obtaining a license key
1.3 Activating a license
2. MAIN WINDOW 04
2.1 The device list
3. THE PDF ARCHIVE 05
3.1 Sorting
3.2 Filtering
4. THE CUSTOMER DATA WINDOW 06
4.1 Adding/ Changing/ Removing a company logo
5. THE CONFIGURATION WINDOW 07
5.1 Adding/Deleting a device
5.2 Adding a COM port to a device
6. CERTIFICATES 09
6.1 Importing certificates
6.2 Displaying current certificates
7. CHANGING PROGRAM LANGUAGES 10
8. DEVICE CONTROL 11
9. PROGRAM INFO 12
10. PDF GENERATION 13
10.1 Starting/Ending batches
11. TROUBLESHOOTING 14
11.1 Device not sending any data
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1. LICENSE ACTIVATION
Figure 1
License activation takes place in the main window via the "Extras" 1.1 button
in the "License" 1.2 menu item
Figure 2
1.1 A
ctivating a 30-day test version
To activate the 30-day test period, press the "Unlock 30-day test ver-
sion" 2.1 button.
1.2 O
btaining a license key
To obtain a license key, start the program and contact hawo support
and provide them with your control number. 2.2
1.3 Activating a license
To activate a license, you must enter the key segments in the respective
text fields. 2.3 Then press the "Unlock" button. 2.4
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2. MAIN WINDOW
Figure 1
In the main window, you can manage your devices, obtain device informa-
tion and view the last data received as well as view tabular data. 1.1
2.1 T
he device list
The colour of the device name in the device list 1.2 provides information
regarding the device status.
Green: The device is activated and ready-to-receive
Light green: The device is activated, but not ready-to-receive
Red: The device is deactivated or not configured or incorrectly configured
Blue: The device is currently receiving data
Yellow: The device has an open release window
Black: The reception was interrupted
You can also right-click a device to activate/deactivate the respective
device, restart the device or check the device's COM port for errors.
Left-clicking a device allows you to select that the data from this device
will be shown on the right side of the window. 1.3
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3. THE PDF-ARCHIVE
Figure 1
The PDF archive is opened by clicking on the "Archive" button 1.1 at the top
left of the main window and then selecting the "Show PDF-archive" 1.2 menu
item.
3.1 Sorting
Click on the column name to sort the archive by column in descending
order. Click the column name a second time to sort in ascending order.
3.2 Filtering
Press on the funnel 2 next to the corresponding column to filter for
specific values. Then enter the value that you want to use for the filter.
Select the search type that you want to use in the drop-down list.
Figure 2
Equals The cell must have exactly this value
NotEquals The cell may not have this value
StartsWith The cell starts with this value
EndsWith The cell ends with this value
Contains The cell contains this value
LessThan Only cells with a "less than" date value (only for date columns)
LessThanOrEqual Only cells with a "less than or equal to" date value (only for date columns)
GreaterThan The cell has a date value "greater than" the date value (only for date columns)
GreaterThanOrEqual The cell has a date value that is "greater than or equal to" the date value (only for date columns)
Between The cell date value is between the upper and lower value
The "MatchCase" checkbox matches the upper/lower case of the letters.
The selection button defines whether at least one filter or this filter as well
as another filter must be matched.
And as well as
Or at least one
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4. THE CUSTOMER DATA WINDOW
Figure 1
You can enter your customer data in the customer data window. This data is
then added to PDF reports. You can access the customer data window by
pressing the "Settings" 1.1 button in the top left of the main window and then
clicking on the "Customer data" 1.2 menu item.
4.1 Adding/ Changing/ Removing a company logo
Click on the "Add" 2.1 button to add a company logo. Then navigate to
the image file 3.1 that you want to use in the File Explorer and click on it.
Then press the "Open" button. 3.2
To change the company logo, simply re-press the "Add" button 2.1 and
select a different logo as described above.
To delete the logo, press the "Remove" 2.2 button.
Figure 2 Figure 3
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5. THE CONFIGURATION WINDOW
Figure 1
You can access the configuration window by pressing the "Settings" 1.1
button in the top left of the main window and then clicking on the "Configu-
ration" 1.2 menu item.
5.1 Adding/Deleting a device
To add a device to the device list, right-click on a device 2.1, click on the
"Add" 2.2 button and then on the "Save" button. 2.3 To delete a device,
select the device to be deleted from the list with the selected devices
and press the "Remove" button. 2.4
Figure 2
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5. THE CONFIGURATION WINDOW
5.2 Adding a COM port to a device
Click on the "Communication" 1.1 tab on the right side of the window to
open the port overview window, then select the device 1.2 on the left
side to which you want to assign the port. Click on the COM port
menu 1.3 on the top left in the communications menu and select the
COM port 1.4 of the device. Now click on the "Check port" 1.5 button
and select "Yes" 2.1 in the pop-up window that appears or press the
"Adopt port" button. 1.6 Then press the "Save" button 1.7 on the bottom
left of the communication menu.
Figure 1
Figure 2
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6. CERTIFICATES
Certificates are used to sign digitally created reports. Certificates
must be renewed every two years.
Figure 1
Figure 2
6.1 Importing certificates
To import a certificate, press the Settings 1.1 button in the main
menu, select the "Certificates" 1.2 menu item and then the "Manage
certificates" 1.3 option. Enter your contact information, location, issuing
reason, etc. in the fields 2.1, then press on "Import new certificate" 2.2
and go to the location where you saved the certificate, select it and
press Open. Then press "Save". 2.3
6.2 Displaying current certificates
To display your current certificate, press the Settings 1.1 button in the
main menu, select the "Certificates" 1.2 menu item and then the "Show
certificates" 1.4 option.
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7. CHANGING PROGRAM LANGUAGES
Figure 1
In the main window, press the Settings 1.1 button, select the "Languages" 1.2
menu item and then select your language. 1.3
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8. DEVICE CONTROL
Figure 1
Open the device menu by either right-clicking the desired device 1.1 in the
main window or left-clicking the device 1.1 in the main window and then
pressing the "Device" 1.2 button.
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9. PROGRAM INFO
Figure 1
General information about the program is available in the program info
window, e.g. the program version.
The info window is located in the main window via the "Help" 1.1 button
in the "Info" 1.2 menu item.
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10. PDF GENERATION
PDFs are created when the day changes (at midnight). If the program
is not running at midnight, then PDFs are created the next time the
program is started. PDFs that are part of a batch are created when
the batch ends.
Figure 1
10.1 Starting/Ending batches
To start a batch, open the device control by either
right-clicking the desired device 1.1 in the main window
or left-clicking the device 1.1 in the main window and then
pressing the "Device" 1.2 button and then selecting the
"Start batch" 1.3 menu item. To end a batch, select the
"Finish batch" 1.4 menu item. PDFs that belong to a batch
are created when the batch ends.
Example of a PDF report
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11. TROUBLESHOOTING
11.1 Device not sending any data
Check the following:
1. Is the device running normally?
2. Is there a error message on the device display?
3. A
re all the cable connections OK?
(Is there a loose connection?)
4. Were the device settings changed?
5. Were the software settings changed?
Please contact hawo support if this did not help:
+49 (0) 6261 / 9770 - 0
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