Manage Schedule Times
Depending when you want PSM to do the Queries, you can specify the Week Days, Starting Hour, and Interval of the Printer Queries and the Email Sending.
Please Note, that in larger Networks it can take quite a while, to complete a Printer Query. Also it should be considered, that some Printers are not powered on, while a Printer Query is running. In such a case, PSM will use the Results from the last Query.
We recommend to use the following values:
Printer Query: Starting Time: 06:30 / every 2 Hours / Mo-Fr
Email Sending: Starting Time: 13:00 / every 9 Hours / Mo-Fr
You may also choose, if PSM should send a Monthly Statistic Report. If enabled, the Report will be generated after Midnight at the 1th of each months. The Report will be sent out to the Email Recipients configured in the Program Administration. See "Send Usage Report" below for more Details about the Report.
Manual Start
You can also always start a Query manually if needed.
Send usage Report
PSM collects information on each device each Time an Order is sent. This information is stored in a SQL Database and will be sent by Email to the Addresses specified in the Program Administration. The Format of the Attachment is CSV and can be opened for Example by Excel.
The Usage Report (Statistic) always contains the following Columns for each defined Printer:
Total Page Count (PAGES)
Number of ordered Parts for each Part
CSxx is the Number of ordered Parts for Part xx
CPxx is the Part Number for Part xx
CNxx is the Description for Part xx
xx can be a Number from 01 -15, dependent on how many Consumable Parts the Printer has
Important: The usage Report (statistic) is cumulative. This means:
PSM will collect the Information from the Time on, where the Printer has been defined
The Statistic will never be reset
If you delete a Printer, the Statistic of that Printer will also be lost!
Things to know
If you have bought the PSM on a predefined closed System from Sysprint AG, the Scheduler will be started at System Boot Time.
If you bought the Software only, you will need to call scheduler.php into your System Startup, eg. setup a cron Job.