Pharos Omega PS60 1.1.0 Firmware

This document contains the release notes for this firmware release of the Pharos Omega PS60 solution. If you encounter any problems or require further assistance, contact your Pharos Authorized Reseller.

This Omega release supports Pharos Uniprint 7.2 and later and Pharos Blueprint Enterprise 3.5 and later

Known Issues 

If Omega terminals are being used with a Pharos Billing Gateway, and users do not have accounts in the Pharos system, a script with the following content must be created and attached to the Bank's Logon event:

1. PlugIn.Result = true;

   A Billing script is also needed if you wish to use the Blackboard TIA gateway with arrears accounts - contact Pharos Support for details.

2. Omega requires Pharos certificates for SSL

   The SSL certificates used by Omega are certified to have been generated by Pharos Systems and some other common certification authorities. If your EDI Server is using a certificate generated by another certification authority, then the Omega devices that communicate with it might not work. Contact Pharos for assistance in adding a CA certificate to your Omega devices.

Installation Notes 

1.  IMPORTANT : Connect the site's network to the WAN port!

   Make sure that the site's network is connected to the WAN port otherwise the site's network may malfunction because a DHCP server is running on all the other ports.

2. Adding Omega-PS-60 Terminal Types to Pharos Servers

   The Omega-PS-60 Network Terminal type is added automatically when the first PS60 is connected to a Pharos Uniprint EDI server. For Uniprint 8.0 and above create your first PS60 as type Generic 1.0.0, it will be automatically upgraded to a Omega-PS-60 type when the PS60 connects.

   Note: You must apply Hot Fix 15 to Pharos 7.2 before installing a PS60. These Hot Fixes contain an update to the EDI Server that allows the configuration schema to be installed. Hot Fixes can be downloaded from the Pharos web site.

   If you are using Omega with Pharos Blueprint Enterprise 3.5, the configuration schema must be updated manually. Copy the files included in the firmware package directory \Blueprint into the Blueprint\bin directory of the Analyst server. Run the batch file InstallPS60TerminalType.bat

   It is always a good idea to back up the database before applying changes.

3. Servers allowed to access the printer

   If the PS60's print server is not on the Pharos EDI Server it must be added to the Servers allowed to access the printer list in the Omega Administrator > Settings > Network > Advance Settings context.

4. Omega requires Uniprint to run against SQL Server 2000

   While Pharos Uniprint can be installed on SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 7, Omega installs must use SQL Server 2000 (or MSDE 2000) or later. If SQL Server 7 is used, Omega terminals may be unable to obtain their configuration information from the Pharos Database, and the error "'getutcdate' is not a recognized function name" appears at Omega terminals.

5. Omega Administrator browser support

   The Omega Administrator web application can be viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, and Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or later. Other browsers, e.g. Opera or Safari, may work, but are not officially supported.

   The timing diagrams that appear in the Copier Learning wizard are displayed using the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) specification, which is not supported natively by Internet Explorer. In order to view timing diagrams in Internet Explorer, you must install the Adobe SVG Viewer plug-in.

   Javascript must be enabled.