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System settings

Security

Reboot and Reset

Backup and Restore

Firmware Update

System Time

Logging


In the ThinPrint Hub's web console under the menu item System, you will find the following options:

  • Security: Changing the Administrator password or hide the Hub from the Finder
  • Reboot and Reset: Reboot the operating system or delete all data and reset the ThinPrint Hub to its factory default settings
  • Backup and Restore: Run a data backup or restore previously backed up data onto the ThinPrint Hub
  • Firmware Update:  Update the ThinPrint Hub’s firmware to a new version
  • System Time: View the system time, assign the workstation's system time, or specify a time server
  • Logging: Select which ThinPrint events are to be logged and how you can read the logs


Security

This menu is used for changing the Administrator password and to hide the Hub from the Finder.

MenuFunction
Change password• initiates Administrator password change
• At the end of five minutes after a system reboot the ThinPrint Hub will change to the Read Only mode.
Make ThinPrint Hub invisible for the ThinPrint Hub Finder At the end of five minutes after a system reboot the ThinPrint Hub will disappear from the Hub Finder.
Savesaves the new password
Cancelcancels the operation

ThinPrint Hub system settings: changing the password

ThinPrint Hub system settings: entering the passwords

 

Reboot and Reset

This menu is used to reboot the operating system or to delete all data and reset the ThinPrint Hub to its factory default settings.

MenuFunction
Rebootinitiate a system reboot
Suggestion: Save the log data in a log file beforehand because they will be deleted by a system reboot.
Factory Resetinitiates a system reset to its factory default settings
Rebootexecute the system reboot
Cancelcancels the reboot
Resetresets the ThinPrint Hub to its factory default settings
• Here, the software remains unchanged – particularly the current ver­sions of firmware and frontend. But all settings will be reset to their defaults – e. g. hostname and password.
Suggestion: Backup your data beforehand (see the next section).
Cancelcancels the reset

ThinPrint Hub system settings: reboot or reset

ThinPrint Hub system settings: reboot

ThinPrint Hub system settings: factory reset


Backup and Restore

This menu is used to run a data backup or to restore previously backed up data onto the ThinPrint Hub.

MenuFunction
Restore• restores a .json type backup
• As a precaution, perform Backup before restoring.
• If you use the Automatically add printers to printer list option, then per­form a system reboot after restoring.
Backupsaves the settings in the file Backup.json; if this file already exists, a new file name will be generated, e. g. Backup (1).json.

ThinPrint Hub system settings: backup or restore


Firmware Update

This menu is used to update the ThinPrint Hub’s firmware to a new version. See also Downloading and installing a firmware update.

MenuFunction
Update Firmwareinitiates a firmware update while loading the firmware from the local computer to the Hub
Download Firmwareinitiates a firmware update while loading the firmware to the Hub from:
https://tphubupdate.thinprint.com/1 with v1.3.9 and later
https://tphubupdate.thinprint.com/2 with v2.0 and later
Note: An update to v1.3.9 is only possible with v1.2.25:  https://www.thinprint.com/hubupdate
Openselect the .tgz firmware update file (the numbers in the file name indi­cates both the new and the old version)
Download download the firmware from www.thinprint.com
Confirmstarts the firmware update
Suggestion: Finally, perform a system reboot. To do so, disconnect the device from the power supply, wait for half a minute and then recon­nect it.
Cancelcancels the firmware update

Note! Perform a precautionary backup beforehand using the Backup option (see above) or with the PowerShell cmdlet Export-TPHubBackup.

ThinPrint Hub system settings: updating the firmware

ThinPrint Hub system settings: uploading a firmware update from a disk

ThinPrint Hub system settings:  uploading a firmware update from the web

ThinPrint Hub system settings: firmware update


System Time

As system time the ThinPrint Hub uses UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). In this menu you can

  • view the system time on the Hub
  • assign the workstation's system time to the Hub
  • specify a time server to automatically provide the system time

The ThinPrint Hub connects to a time server automatically if it has access to the internet. If not, you should specify a company-internal one using Additional time server.

MenuFunction
Additional time serverspecify an additional time server to automatically provide the system time, here: pool.ntp.org – preferably a company-internal one (in addition to the listed time servers)
ThinPrint Hub time view the Hub’s system time
assign the system time of your workstation assign your workstation's system time to the Hub, in case the given time servers can’t be reached
Savesaves the settings
Cancelcancels the operation

ThinPrint Hub system settings: system time and time server


Logging

See the Logging and reset section.


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