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Collecting data from devices
Data collection from devices is one of the most important jobs SyncThru™ Admin 5 should support because the purpose
you use your SyncThru™ Admin 5 is to manage lots of devices. Devices have more than hundreds of properties and you
cannot get all the properties real time. Therefore, SyncThru™ Admin 5 categorizes properties as follows:
Role reference
The following tables are based on RFC3805:
Role assignment help
The following table helps you to assign roles to users:
CATEGORY DESCRIPTION PROPERTIES KEEP IN DB UPDATE DB
DEFAULT
UPDATE
INTERVAL
Identity • To use for
identifying devices
• No change over
time after
initialization
• Hardware
address
• Serial number
Yes No N/A
Properties. 1 • To collect often for
monitoring device
status
• Always changes are
there over time
• Device status
• Total page count
• Console text
Yes Yes 10 minutes
Properties. 2 • To collect
periodically
• Changes are
expected over time
(not more frequently
than Properties.1)
• Alerts (Troubles)
• Consumables
• Usage counters
Yes Yes 1 hour
Properties. 3 • To collect
periodically
• Changes happen
seldom
• Location
• Model name
• Host name
• Storage files
• Tray information
and other
properties
Yes Yes 24 hours
REQUIRED AREA DESCRIPTION
SYNCTHRU™ ADMIN 5
FEATURE
USER ROLE
Notification of events Receive notification of the
existence of a defined
printer event. An event can
be of many types,
including
warnings, errors, job stage
completion and etc.
Click Settings menu > Settings >
Device Management > Alert
notifications.
• Operator
• Technician
Printer configuration Query the current
configuration of a printer
Click the Devices menu >
Configuration.
• System manager
• Installer
Printer consumables Determine the current
state of any and all
consumables within a
printer
• Click the Dashboard menu
• Click the Devices menu >
Group/List.
• Operator
• Capacity planner
• Accountant
Internal printer status Determine the current
status of the printer
• Click the Dashboard menu
• Click the Devices menu >
Group/List.
• Operator
• Technician
• System Manager
Printer location Determine the physical
location of a printer
Click the Devices menu > Map.
(Map only appears if you installed
the Device Map Plug-in)
Capacity Planner
