IndySoft Web-Tier Tools
IndySoft Web-Tier Tools is a supplemental product for the IndySoft Web-Tier edition. Because everything in Web-Tier runs in a web browser, a few hardware-specific functions can't operate exactly as they would on a native Windows machine. A quick install of Web-Tier Tools gives users the full benefits of hardware connected directly to their local workstation.
What Web-Tier Tools is for
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Smart printer and email routing — In the native IndySoft client, print documents can be auto-routed to multiple printers during a single print operation (for example, a laser printer for the certificate of calibration and a sticker printer for a calibration sticker). Each user's User/Location settings has five routable printer options. A web browser can only print to its default printer, so Web-Tier Tools performs this routing locally on the user's workstation, bypassing browser printing. Because reporting also happens locally, native email applications can be used and SMTP is not required.
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RS-232 data collection from local hardware — Web browsers can't access serial (RS-232) ports, so Web-Tier Tools lets users connect a piece of equipment locally and send measurement results directly to the Web-Tier application in the browser.
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Direct image scanning — Without Web-Tier Tools, scanning in a browser session means scanning in a local application, then selecting the scanned file via the browser's Open File dialog. Web-Tier Tools bypasses that step — you scan directly into the Web-Tier Tools application without having to save and re-select a file.
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Viewing the current print queue — Web-Tier Tools shows any print jobs currently in the queue.