E-Rds; Functional Overview - Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE System V3.13 Service Manual

E-RDS

Functional Overview

■ Overview of System
E-RDS, which stands for EMBEDDED-RDS, is a monitoring program that runs on the host machine. When the monitoring option
is enabled by making the setting on this machine, information such as the status change of the machine, counter information,
and failure information are collected. The collected device information is sent to a Remote Monitoring Server via Internet.
The information to be monitored is:
• Billing counter
• Parts counter
• ROM version
• Service call error log
• Jam log
• Alarm log
• Change of status (such as status of consumables)
The following device configuration information is sent to the Remote Monitoring Server.
Category
Host machine informa- Name
tion
Serial number
Version
Hardware Option infor- Optional equipments
mation
License Option Informa- License Option Information
tion
External controller infor- Patch information
mation
Number of patches
MEAP application infor- MEAP/option name
mation
MEAP/option status informa-
tion
MEAP version information
Since high confidentiality is required for the information shown above, it performs communication between this machine and the
Remote Monitoring Server using HTTPS/ SOAP protocol.
Customer
Environment
DNS Server
■ Main Functions
Functional cate-
gory
Communication test Test
Key name
This machine
Proxy Server Administrator
Configuration of the Remote Monitoring Service
Sub category
By executing the following service mode, E-RDS communicates with Remote Mon-
itoring Server, retrieves schedule information, and establish communication.
COPIER > Function > INSTALL > COM-TEST
Example of the value
imageRUNNER ADVANCE
C12345
AAA123456789
12.345.678a
-
-
FIT12345
30
Updater
MEAP: Started
Option: 1
1.2.2.1
Internet
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8. Monitoring Function
Remarks
Only one item can be output in the category.
Multiple items can be output in the category.
Multiple items can be output in the category.
The options connected to the device is
shown.
The license options connected to the device
is shown.
Information on patches applied to the exter-
nal controller
Number of patches applied
-
The option status value "1" means "enabled".
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Remote Monitoring Server
Sales Company
Description