This is a carry over from a conversation that took place in this thread by blackcat... http://www.copytechnet.com/forums/co...addresses.html
I had a chance to get this up and running for the customer I mentioned in the thread above. I also stated I would let you guys know how it turned out, so... here I are...
So, after talking with the customer face to face, what the customer wanted was 5 custom buttons on the scan display to point to different locations and use Scan to NCP to do it.
So, what I suggested was adding users to the machines address book and give the title of each user a destination title, such as Metafile Sales, Metafile Shipping, Sales (volume on Novell Server), etc... We made sure to specify that each was in the Freq list and placed all other users in there respective title list. With each of these set up, we designated each with the paths to each of the individual folders located on the Novell Server. We added each machine, as users, on the Novell Server and assigned each a username and password, which was programmed in as part of the NCP set up procedure.
That's it! Now, when you walk up to a machine and press the scanner key of the left of the LCD display, you see 5 destination choices, which would normally have titles such as Bob or Mary or whatever. In other words, instead of giving normal people names to the user account, we gave a working Novell volume name. And instead of pointing to a individual folder on a single pc, we simply pointed to a volume on the server that everyone in a giving department would have access to.
So! It was really no big deal. With that said, there were some issue's with a few of the machines not being able to see far enough into the system tree. This should be resolved with a firmware update, which is not noted anywhere in the firmware histories that I have read. I just set @Remote to update the firmware with the latest and greatest and we will see how it goes.
One other thing that came up, when talking with the IT person, was his frustration with the different lay outs of each machine. Not just at the machine display, but from web image monitor as well. And to be honest, I couldn't agree more!! Well, I got to thinking on the drive there that he could use Smart Device Monitor for Admin. This would allow him to make all the address book additions for each machine, with the same interface on every one. He could also back up and restore the address book for each machine from here too. After I showed him this, he was flabbergasted and asked why we haven't told them about this tool sooner. I just shrugged my shoulders... what else was I suppose to say, "Ancient Chinese Secret!"?
Anyway, if there's any other happens on this subject I will update if needed.
I had a chance to get this up and running for the customer I mentioned in the thread above. I also stated I would let you guys know how it turned out, so... here I are...
So, after talking with the customer face to face, what the customer wanted was 5 custom buttons on the scan display to point to different locations and use Scan to NCP to do it.
So, what I suggested was adding users to the machines address book and give the title of each user a destination title, such as Metafile Sales, Metafile Shipping, Sales (volume on Novell Server), etc... We made sure to specify that each was in the Freq list and placed all other users in there respective title list. With each of these set up, we designated each with the paths to each of the individual folders located on the Novell Server. We added each machine, as users, on the Novell Server and assigned each a username and password, which was programmed in as part of the NCP set up procedure.
That's it! Now, when you walk up to a machine and press the scanner key of the left of the LCD display, you see 5 destination choices, which would normally have titles such as Bob or Mary or whatever. In other words, instead of giving normal people names to the user account, we gave a working Novell volume name. And instead of pointing to a individual folder on a single pc, we simply pointed to a volume on the server that everyone in a giving department would have access to.
So! It was really no big deal. With that said, there were some issue's with a few of the machines not being able to see far enough into the system tree. This should be resolved with a firmware update, which is not noted anywhere in the firmware histories that I have read. I just set @Remote to update the firmware with the latest and greatest and we will see how it goes.
One other thing that came up, when talking with the IT person, was his frustration with the different lay outs of each machine. Not just at the machine display, but from web image monitor as well. And to be honest, I couldn't agree more!! Well, I got to thinking on the drive there that he could use Smart Device Monitor for Admin. This would allow him to make all the address book additions for each machine, with the same interface on every one. He could also back up and restore the address book for each machine from here too. After I showed him this, he was flabbergasted and asked why we haven't told them about this tool sooner. I just shrugged my shoulders... what else was I suppose to say, "Ancient Chinese Secret!"?
Anyway, if there's any other happens on this subject I will update if needed.
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