ntouch 180

Hi,

You'll need to specify the 'Project Name / user / password' in the 'project' option of the nTouch 180 - These details are then used to Auto connect to the project at boot up and login to the specified Kiosk session. - The project name is case sensitive.

You'll also need to ensure that your chosen user account has the relevant access privileges when you're authoring your .npa (ie - network control access should be granted for the Kiosk users)

The Knowledge center hardware manual for the nTouch 180 does describe this procedure.

If the nTouch has an IP address you might be able to access the WebUI to enter the project settings too (this might not be available in earlier nTouch firmware release)

Hope this helps - please email me if you have any other problems.

Cheers,

Lee 

You can erase the "ntouch-test" project file that is currently running on your nTouch 180. It is used for testing units before they are shipped out.

Notes on using the nTouch 180:

1. Be sure you are using the Ethernet port on your nTouch 180 that is adjacent to the USB ports, not the one that is adjacent to the Serial ports.

2. When setting up the "Project" page the project name must MATCH EXACTLY. Capitalization counts. Spaces count. If you see the message "discovering fs_man for project..." that means that there is an issue with the name and the nTouch 180 can not find the name. Check for extra spaces at the beginning or end of the project name and check to be absolutely certain that the project names do in fact match EXACTLY. I have been bitten many times by project names where I reversed a couple letters or accidentally added a space.

3. You can change the version of NWare and NControl installed on your nTouch 180 by doing a firmware update through the NWare software on your computer. It works just like doing a firmware update for a NION. However, newer versions do work better and offer more features than older versions so it would be preferred to update the NIONs and nTouch 180 to the latest version, though it will work to downgrade your nTouch 180, as long as firmware is available in that version of NWare.

4. If you get past the "discovering fs_man for project..." but then get the login message asking for a username and password, this means that the user account information that you entered on the Project page is either wrong in some way (misspelled, or simply incorrect) or your user account does not have access to a Kiosk Exported Page Group. You can check the user account settings in NWare and adjust them as necessary, remember that your user account must be allowed access to an Exported Page Group, so you will need to check one of the check boxes on that part of the page. If you edit any of the user account information you will need to deploy the project. Be sure when the deploy process starts that it goes through the "Check and compile" part first. You can force this to happen by holding down the shift key when you click the deploy button.

5. When you are authoring your .npa file, you will need to provide navigation buttons for your page flips. This is typically done with Generic Controls configured as Trigger. This is to allow you to change pages and allows you to decide what your navigation scheme is going to be.

Have fun and good luck!