MOULDPRO Flosense 3.0 User manual

User Guidelines –Flosense VNC 09-10-2020 Version 001
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User Guide
Flosense 3.0 & 4.0 connecting VNC - Detailed

User Guidelines –Flosense VNC 09-10-2020 Version 001
Table of contents
1. Introduction................................................................................................................1
1.1. Connecting the Flosense display locally to Machine UI for Windows..................1
1) Connect the Flosense display to your unit with an ethernet cable....................2
2) Find or define the IP-address and Subnet mask for your unit. .........................2
3) Define the IP-address and Subnet mask on the Flosense display...................6
4) Connect the Flosense display to your unit with VNC software.........................8
1.2. Connecting the Flosense display through router for Windows.............................9
1) Connect the Flosense display to your router with an ethernet cable................9
2) Setup dynamic IP allocation on the Flosense display ....................................10
3) Connect the Flosense display to your unit with VNC software.......................12

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1. Introduction
This User guide serves as a reference for the operator of a Flosense 3.0 and 4.0 Manifold
system. It describes how to set up Virtual Network Computing (VNC) to allow the Flosense
system to broadcast and receive information to and from another unit. In most cases this
will be the Machine UI on the moulding machine, but it can also be connected to other
devices.
Please ensure that you have read this guide thoroughly before connecting your Flosense
system to your Machine UI or PC with VNC.
This user guide assumes that you have previously followed the Flosense 3 or 4 Manifold
Installation-guide and as a minimum have set up the Flosense display. This guide can be
followed regardless of whether the manifolds have been connected to the display or not.
There are two ways of connecting the Flosense system to your device
•Connecting the Flosense display locally to Machine UI for Windows
•Connecting the Flosense display to the Machine UI through common router for
Windows.
Disclaimer
Costs connected to any damages to the products, PC or Machine UI caused by lack of
following the instruction manuals, will be at the customers own expense.
1.1. Connecting the Flosense display locally to Machine UI for
Windows
The following steps will explain how to connect your Flosense display to the Machine UI or
to your PC. In order to successfully connect the display to your unit with a local connection,
you will need to setup both units to have a static IP-address.

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1) Connect the Flosense display to your unit with an ethernet cable.
The Flosense display needs to be Turned OFF, before connecting the display to the
Machine UI or PC as seen on the picture below. Once they are connected you can turn
on the Flosense display.
2) Find or define the IP-address and Subnet mask for your unit.
If you have already been provided with the IP-address and Subnet mask for your unit,
you can skip this step. Otherwise this section will explain how it is done on the next page.
First, you need to open up the “Network and Sharing Center” on your PC/Unit. This can
be found by opening the “control panel” and entering “Network and Internet” and finally
selecting “Network and Sharing center”
Once this is done, you need to click “Ethernet” (or Local Area Connection) under
connections for the Flosense unit as shown on the image below.

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If you have multiple options and are unsure, try disconnecting the ethernet cable and see
which connection disappears. The connection that disappears should be the connection
to the Flosense display. Afterwards reconnect the ethernet cable to the Flosense display
and reboot the system.
After rebooting the system, click “Ethernet” for the Flosense unit.
This should open the “ethernet status” (or Local Area Connection status) window, seen
below. In this window, press “Properties”.

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After opening “properties”, select the “TCIP/IPv4 (Internet protocol version 4) as shown
above. Then press “properties” again as shown.
This will show the properties for the TCP/IPv4, as seen below
Input the network data you wish. For the subnet mask, it is highly recommended to
input 255.255.0.0 as seen above.
When entering the IP-address, if you have input the recommended subnet mask, the
first 6 digits of the IP address will be assigned to your PC/Unit by your network and you
can select the remaining digits yourself.
The first 6 digits will almost always be 192.168 as shown above, but the remaining
digits may be any number you choose between 1 and 255.
After entering the data above, click OK and your network should be ready to connect.

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3) Define the IP-address and Subnet mask on the Flosense display
To define the IP-address and Subnet mask, you need to find the Network settings on the
Flosense display. These settings can be found in the global settings menu, seen below
marked with a red circle.

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Once you have opened the network settings, you must set IP allocation to STATIC and you
need to enable VNC as seen below.
Next, the Subnet mask need to be exactly the same as the subnet mask entered in the
TCP/IPv4 settings earlier.
If you entered the recommended Subnet mask, The IP-address entered here need to start
with the same 6 digits as before (192.168), followed by 6 digits of your choice. The only two
restrictions to these 6 digits are
•They need to be between 1 and 255
•They cannot be exactly the same digits as the ones entered in the TCP/IPv4 earlier
Gateway does not need to be filled out, but if you accidentally do, you can change it to
000.000.000.
After entering these values, you need to exit the menu in order for the changes to take effect.

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IMPORTANT!
The Flosense display need to have 12 digits in the IP-address field in order to successfully
register the IP-address. This means that if you wish to use the IP-address 192.168.4.5, you
will need to enter 192.168.004.005 in the Flosense software.
4) Connect the Flosense display to your unit with VNC software
Use the appropriate VNC connection software of your choice to connect the two devices. In
order to connect to the Flosense display, you will need to enter the IP-address of the
Flosense unit, followed by the Port number (in this example ::5901) as seen below.
Make sure that you have connected your manifolds to your Flosense display before
connecting the units with VNC, as the VNC connection is lost if the Flosense display is
turned off or rebooted.

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1.2. Connecting the Flosense display through router for Windows
In order to be able to connect the Flosense unit to your system using a router, the router
needs to have DHCP, for it to be able to designate an IP-address to the Flosense display.
The following steps will explain how to connect your Flosense display to the Machine UI or
to your PC. In order to successfully connect the display to your unit through a router, you
will need to setup the Flosense display to have a dynamic IP-address.
1) Connect the Flosense display to your router with an ethernet cable.
The Flosense display needs to be Turned OFF, before connecting the display to the
router as seen on the picture below. Once they are connected you can turn on the
Flosense display.

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2) Setup dynamic IP allocation on the Flosense display
In order to setup dynamic IP allocation, you need to find the Network settings on the
Flosense display. These settings can be found in the global settings menu, seen below
marked with a red circle.

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Next, you need to toggle the IP allocation settings to DYNAMIC and enable VNC as seen
below. You do not need to enter anything in the CURRENT IP ADDRESS field.
After setting up the display, exit the Network menu and enter it again. It should now show
an IP address in the CURRENT IP ADDRESS field. This is the IP address the router has
allocated to your Flosense display.

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3) Connect the Flosense display to your unit with VNC software
Use the appropriate VNC connection software of your choice to connect the two devices. In
order to connect to the Flosense display, you will need to enter the IP-address of the
Flosense unit, followed by the port number (in this example ::5901) as seen below.
Make sure that you have connected your manifolds to your Flosense display before
connecting the units with VNC, as the VNC connection is lost if the Flosense display is
turned off or rebooted.

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Change log
Date of change
Change
Version
09-10-2020
VNC Functionality implemented on Flosense
systems
001