Field Service Manual              December 2003 
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Ucam - Smartplot install configuration 
 
To configure on PowerRip and Ucam station : 
 
A  Fixed IP address 
1.  IP Address+Computer name – Subnetmask – Defaultgateway – Domain -   
Workgroup – login on PowerRip. 
(2. IP Address in : Winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts) 
(3. Sharing the data drive on Ucam-station!) 
B  DHCP 
1. Computer name  - Domain – Workgroup – login on PowerRip. 
2.  Ripshare directory on PowerRip(done during PowerRip v2.x installation)  
 
 
Configuration of the communication between a PowerRip v2.x 
plotter and UCAM on Windows workstations to be able to use 
SmartPlot. 
 
Conventions used in this document: 
Hostname of the PowerRip: my_PowerRip (example: powerrip)    
Hostname of the Windows UCAM workstation: my_UCAM   
 
Update PowerRip 
Upgrading the plotter with PowerRip v2.x will make all required modification to 
allow an UCAM Windows workstation to share a part of the hard disk of the plotter.  
D:\rip\share is automatically made accessible for sharing between Windows 
workstations, this directory is shared with share name ripshare. 
 
 
Update Ucam.db on UCAM Windows workstation 
This document contains only the most critical ucam.db keys, to allow SmartPlot to 
pass the required files from the UCAM Windows workstation on the PowerRip.  
 
 
smartupl.hosts 
Defines the available rip hosts in a comma-separated list of names. 
 
smartupl.hosts: my_PowerRip 
 
Example: smartupl.hosts: powerrip 
 
 
 
smartupl.my_PowerRip.ripdir 
Defines the directory where the MLF files and the DPF files for the plotter are stored.  
This is the directory specification used by SmartPlot.   This directory can be located 
on the shared folder on the PowerRip. 
 
smartupl.my_PowerRip.ripdir: \\my_PowerRip\ripshare