Documentation contents

The order below is the order we work in on a new site. If you are looking something up rather than installing, the reference section at the bottom is where you want to be.

Setup

1. 1
   Hardware specifications

   Dimensions, ports, power, mounting options and environmental limits for MLU-1 and MLU-1P. Read before ordering, not after.

2. 2
   Installation and first boot

   Where the unit goes, the service port, the setup wizard, the acceptance checks, and the procedure for replacing a failed unit without losing meter history.

3. 3
   Network requirements

   The complete port table with directions, addressing, DNS and time, VLAN placement, and what each closed port costs you.

Configuration

1. 4
   Device discovery and inventory

   Scan ranges, SNMP credentials, profile matching, manual devices, and the rules that stop one printer appearing twice.

2. 5
   Meter collection and reporting

   Poll schedule, which counters exist on which platform, retention, corrections, and the three export formats.

3. 6
   Consumable monitoring

   Thresholds and overrides, percentage against page estimate, and the models whose reporting cannot be trusted below a certain level.

4. 7
   Secure release printing

   The hold queue, identification by PIN or card, retention and size limits, roaming a job to a different device, and what users see when the unit is down.

Reference

1. 8
   Web console reference

   Every console page in order, what it writes to, and the four roles that decide who sees what.

2. 9
   mluctl command reference

   All commands with examples and exit codes, plus the ones that interrupt collection while they run.

3. 10
   Alert catalogue

   Codes 1xx to 4xx with severity, cause and the action that clears each one.

4. 11
   Diagnostics and troubleshooting

   LED patterns, a symptom table, the diagnostic bundle, and the three faults we see most often.

5. 12
   Release notes

   Software 3.0 to 3.4.2, upgrade paths, and the two versions you cannot skip.

6. 13
   Documentation desk

   How to report an error in these pages or ask for a procedure that is missing.