TD Bridge Technical Reference Guide - DiscProducer

1 TD BridgeTechnical Reference Bridge OverviewInstallDevelopment Guide for a Cooperative ApplicationSetting sterreich:Tel.: 01 / 58 55 430 Fax: 01 / 58 55 460 Deutschland:Tel.: 0761 / 59 21 00 Fax: 0761 / 58 52 28 Schweiz:Tel.: 061 / 27 311 - 31 Fax: 061 / 27 311 - 39 HANTZ + PARTNERThe Upgrade Company! No part of this document may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Seiko Epson Corporation. The contents of this document are subject to change without notice. Please contact us for the latest information. While every precaution has taken in the preparation of this document, Seiko Epson Corporation assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions.

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3 TrademarksEPSON and Disc ProducerTM are registered trademarks of Seiko Epson Corporation in the and other , Windows Vista are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the and other Your SafetyMeaning of SymbolsThe following symbols are used throughout this Guide in order to draw your attention to important information for handling the of UseWhen this product is used in a system that must have high reliability and safety level, such as a traffic control system for aircraft, trains, or ships, a disaster/crime-prevention system, safeguard system, please give due consideration to ensure overall system high reliability and safety. Employing fail-safe or redundancy design may be required for incorporating our product is not intended to collaborate with extremely highly-reliable equipment such as aerospace equipment, communication equipment for mainline, atomic energy control equipment, medical equipment.

4 If you are considering the use of this product with those equipment, please make sure to carefully evaluate the appropriateness of this product to decide whether to use or This GuidePurposeThis Guide is aimed to provide necessary information for development engineers who take charge of developing a disc publishing system using Guide consists of the following information that must be observed to avoid damage to your equipment or a important information and useful 1TD Bridge OverviewChapter 2 InstallChapter 3 SettingChapter 4 Development Guide for a Cooperative Application4 Contents!For Your of !Restrictions of !About This ! Bridge !What is TD Bridge ?..5 Diagram of Conceptual Check !System !Number of PP-100/PP-100N Units Connectable11!

5 Available Disc !System Building Building Example Using Building Example Using !Added Functions of TD Bridge ! !Install TD TD !TD Bridge !Setting Items EPSON Total Disc EPSON Total Disc Net the Printer EPSON Total Disc evel o p m e n t G u i d e for a Cooperative !Functions of a Cooperative Application37!JDF File File Contents Item Track Information on Audio Data Discs - Specifying write data a Label Print of Print of !STF File Status File Codes and Code !JCF File !Log !Pop-up Message 1 TD Bridge Overview1TD Bridge OverviewThis chapter provides an overview of TD Bridge and explains the functions. In addition to that, the following information is provided; system requirements, supported disc types, and system examples using TD Bridge with cooperative applications.

6 What is TD Bridge ?TD Bridge allows you to interface your system to PP-100/PP-100N for publishing discs by means of HotFolder Bridge allows you to publish CD/DVD discs with write data/print data or print need to develop a cooperative application for controlling TD Bridge . Then you can publish CD/DVD discs directly from your Total Disk Maker is required for using TD Bridge . See PP-100/PP-100N User s Guide for the details of the EPSON Total Disk of ConnectionThe following shows a diagram of connection in a system that incorporates TD Bridge and a cooperative this case, the cooperative application is incorporated in an electronic accounting slip Accounting SystemElectronic Accounting ServerCooperative ApplicationAccesses to the existing accountingsystem and creates a file to be burnt onto CDs.

7 Network ConnectionUSB ConnectionMonitoring FolderWrite data and print data are sent to PP-100/PP-100N according to theinstructions of the JDF file moved into the monitoring for connecting with Bridge and Total Disc Maker areinstalled.(1) The cooperative application sends job description files (JDF).(2) TD Bridge creates CD/DVD images and label print data (images, characters) referring to data as instructed by JDF (data volume available to be referred is limited).(3) Discs are Conceptual DiagramYour cooperative application and TD Bridge work together as shown OperationThe following shows the operation flow for publishing discs and operations of a cooperative application and TD Bridge in the case of cancel, pause, and error.

8 TD BridgeTotal Disc MakerFileListJDFJCFSTFPP-100/PP-100 NYour Cooperative ApplicationSpecifying pathWritedataLabeldesignMergeMergeprint dataIn the same computerMonitoring FolderCreates/Gets statusReads/Updates statusReads/Updates statusUpdates statusGets statusCreates/Gets statusSpecifiesTasks of the cooperative applicationTasks of TD BridgeJDF: Job Description File STF:Status File JCF:Job Cancel FileTD BridgeTotal Disc MakerJDFSTFPP-100/PP-100 NWritedataPrintdataYour Cooperative ApplicationIn the same computerMonitoring FolderTD BridgeTotal Disc MakerJDFSTFW ritedataPrintdataYour Cooperative ApplicationIn the same computerMonitoring FolderPP-100/PP-100 NPrepareSet dataPreprocessingStarts writingEndCheck during operationMove the JDF file into the folder to write data and print data, then create JDF file using the cooperative application.

9 (When printing data only, record data is not necessary.)Operation flow for publishing discsPreparingSetting data7 Chapter 1 TD Bridge Overview1TD BridgeTotal Disc MakerINPSTFRJD WritedataPrintdataYour Cooperative ApplicationIn the same computerMonitoring FolderStart writingRJD -> INPU pdated every 5 secondsDisc imagedataPP-100/PP-100 NPrepareSet dataPreprocessingStarts writingEndCheck during operationTD BridgeTotal Disc MakerSTFJDFRJD WritedataPrintdataYour Cooperative ApplicationIn the same computerMonitoring FolderPreprocessingJDF -> RJDJob information is writtenDisc imagedataPP-100/PP-100 NIn the preprocessing process, the JDF file is checked for discrepancy and then a disc burn image (CD/DVD image) is created if necessary.

10 (1) TD Bridge keeps monitoring the folder to monitor.(2) When a JDF file is found in the folder, preprocessing is started.(3) The JDF file is read and preprocessing is started. At this process, the JDF file is changed to RJD (Received Job Description) file. When writing is started, the RJD file is changed to INP (IN Process) file. The job information is written to a STF writing/printingWhen writing or printing is started, the RJD file is changed to INP (IN Progress) job information is written to a STF (STatus File) BridgeTotal Disc MakerSTF INPYour Cooperative ApplicationIn the same computerMonitoring FolderUpdated every5 secondsDisc imagedataCheck as necessaryPP-100/PP-100 NTD BridgeTotal Disc MakerSTF INPDONYour Cooperative ApplicationIn the same computerMonitoring FolderJob information is updatedDisc imagedataCheck as necessaryCompletedINP - DONC ompleted Disc>PP-100/PP-100 NLog folderPrepareSet dataPreprocessingStarts writingEndCheck during operationWhen publishing discs is completed, the INP file is changed to DON (DONe)