Echo Printers

We're working on integrating as many printers as possible, as quickly as you can say "Additive Manufacturing".

Our support differs depending on what module you choose. In particular, it differs for 

• Machine Analytics

• Secure Delivery

• Process Monitoring

Machine Analytics

See here: http://docs.authentise.com/machine-analytics/supported-printers.html

Several other machines are under development. Please contact us if your machine is not listed. 

Of course, we will take your OPC-UA compatible API's but we realize that most OEMs don't have those, so what we need from a technical standpoint is fairly simple. Most manufacturers have some kind of software tool that customers use to prepare jobs and send them to the printer and monitor the progress of jobs as they are processing. This software usually works over a local network. We just need some of the technical specifications on the protocol that is used by the OEM software so that we can update our software to understand how to query the printer for its current status and interpret the response. In some situations, if the software is sufficiently modular we can reuse one or more dynamic libraries that ships with the OEM software. Otherwise, a few conversations with a software engineer that is familiar with the communications protocols is usually enough for us…

This is a guide for ping testing your machines while installing Echo. This quick and simple test will establish that the computer that is hosting Echo can reach the printers that you intend to monitor via your network.  

• Open a Command Prompt on the PC that is hosting the Echo client

• Click on the Start Menu and in the search bar, type `cmd`, and press Enter.

• OR press Windows Key + R to open the Run Prompt. Type 'cmd', then click OK (or press Enter)

• In the Command Prompt window, type `ping` followed by the destination, either an IP Address or a Domain Name, and press Enter.

• For example, `ping 122.56.77.17`