Contents
The manual covers the following topics about Corob Dispenser Installation:
- Important Announcement
- Prior to Installation
- Generation Slave
- Generation 4G
- Generation 5G
- Corob Flex (Lenteq)
- Corob Using DspProxy (Windows)
- Driver
- Driver Installation
- Redlike Setting
- Corob Using EvoDriver (Windows/Linux)
- Driver
- Driver Installation
- Redlike Setting
- Corob Using NextDriver (Linux)
- Driver
- Driver Installation
- Redlike Setting
- Corob FLEX 500 Series Using LLD (Windows)
- Driver
- Driver Installation
- Redlike Setting
- The difference between Evodriver and Nextdriver connection
Important Announcement
Please note that this manual aims to help you set the dispensing software Redlike 2 correctly. There are some steps which must be taken prior to Redlike 2 installation such as any driver installation and licensing of third-party products. DESO development is not responsible for such applications and cannot provide support for them.
Documentation about other products but Redlike 2 shared here is purely informational and it is only a suggestion for our customers. Other drivers, their versions and instances not described in this document may result in a different behaviour.
Prior to Installation
Before you start with Redlike installation, please make sure to have done/checked the following:
Generation Slave
- Computer
- your PC is fulfilling the minimal requirements for Redlike
- if the machine is communicating with a serial port, the user must have the rights to communicate with it (Windows as well as Linux)
- you have CorobTECH 3 installed and operating with the machine
- for Windows, you have DspProxy (recommended 3.1.11) installed
- for Linux, you have NextDriver installed and licensed
- Machine
- your machine has been calibrated and configured
- your machine has the colorants assigned to the correct canisters, etc.
Generation 4G
- Computer
- your PC is fulfilling the minimal requirements for Redlike
- if the machine is communicating with a serial port, the user must have the rights to communicate with it (Windows as well as Linux)
- you have CorobTECH 3 (package for 4G) installed and operating with the machine
- for Windows, you have DspProxy (recommended 3.1.11) installed
- Machine
- your machine has been calibrated and configured
- your machine has the colorants assigned to the correct canisters, etc.
Generation 5G
- Computer
- your PC is fulfilling the minimal requirements for Redlike
- if the machine is communicating with a serial port, the user must have the rights to communicate with it (Windows as well as Linux)
- you have EVOservice installed and operating with the machine (Windows or Linux)
- Machine
- your machine has been calibrated and configured
- your machine has the colorants assigned to the correct canisters, etc.
Corob Flex (Lenteq)
- Computer
- your PC is fulfilling the minimal requirements for Redlike
- if the machine is communicating with a serial port, the user must have the rights to communicate with it (Windows as well as Linux)
- you have HLD and LLD installed and operating with the machine
- Machine
- your machine has been calibrated and configured
- your machine has the colorants assigned to the correct canisters, etc.
Corob Using DspProxy (Windows)
Used for machines of the following generations running under Windows:
- SLAVE (D200, D300, D400, D600…)
- 4G (First One)
- 5G (EvoFlx)
Driver
DspProxy – serves to machine control; recommended driver version 3.1.11
CorobTECH – serves to set the machine; recommended driver version 5.9.0
Driver Installation
Step 1
Run your version of the installation package for DspProxy, for example our recommendation DspProxy 3.1.11.exe, and finish the installation.
Step 2
Run your version of the installation package for CorobTECH, for example our recommendation exe, during the installation you might be asked to install FTDIChip CDM Drivers – click on Extract.
Step 3
Installation wizard will appear and the installation will not proceed unless prompted by clicking on Next.
Step 4
Finish the installation process of FTDI CDM Driver.
Step 5
Automatically continue with installing CorobTECH and accept the terms in the License Agreement.
Step 6
Decide whether you want a password protection and finish the installation.
Step 7
After starting CorobTECH for the first time, the set password (if yes was selected in the previous step) is required to log in.
Step 8
Consequently, set the dispenser model, number of circuits, type of connection, configure the properties of your dispenser, associate colorants with the dispenser circuits, edit the levels of colorants, and set the types of pump.
Step 9
Both drivers have been successfully installed. DspProxy cannot be seen as an application but it communicates with the dispenser. CorobTech can be used to set the dispenser.
Redlike Setting
Step 1
(Install Redlike) Run Redlike and click on the user panel in the right bottom corner to log in as admin
Step 2
Open the left menu
Step 3
Select Driver settings
Step 4
Select Corob using DspProxy as your machine type and Save settings
Step 5
Double-click the Helper icon in the taskbar (similar to Redlike icon) and open Redlike Helper
Step 6
Restart RCC (Redlike Control Center) by clicking on Stop and afterwards on Start again
Step 7
Minimise the window and return to Redlike. Here, click on RCC Reconnect in the bottom part of the page
Step 8
You will see that the machine is connected to Redlike when the initialising bar changes to idle
Corob Using EvoDriver (Windows/Linux)
Used for machines of the following generations running under Windows or Linux:
- 5G (EvoFlx)
Driver
EVOservice which will automatically install also EVOdriver.
Driver Installation
Step 1
Run your version of the installation package for EVOservice, for example EVOservice 5.0.2.exe, and accept the agreement
Step 2
You will be asked to disconnect the machine from the computer.
Step 3
During the installation you might be asked to install FTDIChip CDM Drivers – click on Extract.
Step 4
Installation wizard will appear and the installation will not proceed unless prompted by clicking on Next.
Step 5
Finish the installation process of FTDI CDM Driver.
Step 6
Automatically continue with installing EVOservice and decide whether you want a password protection and if, then what the password should be.
Step 7
You will be asked to connect the machine to the computer.
Step 8
Finish installing EVOservice.
Step 9
Both drivers have been successfully installed. EVOdriver cannot be seen as an application but it communicates with the dispenser. EVOservice can be used to set the dispenser.
Redlike Setting
Step 1
(Install Redlike) Run Redlike and click on the user panel in the right bottom corner to log in as admin
Step 2
Open the left menu
Step 3
Select Driver settings
Step 4
Select Corob using EvoDriver as your machine type and Save settings
Step 5
Double-click the Helper icon in the taskbar (similar to Redlike icon) and open Redlike Helper
Step 6
Restart RCC (Redlike Control Center) by clicking on Stop and afterwards on Start again
Step 7
Minimise the window and return to Redlike. Here, click on RCC Reconnect in the bottom part of the page
Step 8
You will see that the machine is connected to Redlike when the initialising bar changes to idle
Corob Using NextDriver (Linux)
Used for machines of the following generations running under Linux:
- SLAVE (D200, D300, D400, D600…)
- 4G (First One)
- 5G (EvoFlx)
Driver
NextDriver – serves to machine control; first runs 90 days under trial version, then needs to be licensed
CorobTECH – serves to set the machine; for SLAVE generation machines or 4G machines
EVOservice (with EVOdriver) – serves to set and control the machine; for 5G machines
Driver Installation
Install NextDriver and CorobTECH for:
- SLAVE
- 4G
Install NextDriver as well as EVOservice (with EVOdriver) – or only EVOservice – for:
- 5G
Redlike Setting
Step 1
(Install Redlike) Run Redlike and click on the user panel in the right bottom corner to log in as admin
Step 2
Open the left menu
Step 3
Select Driver settings
Step 4
Select Corob using NextDriver as your machine type and Save settings
Step 5
Double-click the Helper icon in the taskbar (similar to Redlike icon) and open Redlike status in Redlike Helper
Step 6
Restart RCC (Redlike Control Center) by clicking on Stop and afterwards on Start again
Step 7
Minimise the window and return to Redlike. Here, click on RCC Reconnect in the bottom part of the page
Step 8
You will see that the machine is connected to Redlike when the initialising bar changes to idle
Corob FLEX 500 Series Using LLD
Used for machines of the following generations running under Windows:
- Corob Flex (Flex 500, Flex 520, Flex 540) = Lenteq
This machine type cannot run under Linux as there are no applicable drivers.
Driver
LLD (Low Level Driver) – serves to machine control
HLD (High Level Driver) – serves to set the machine
Driver Installation
Step 1
Run your version of the installation package for HDL, for example exe of HLD_3.00.29 and select the correct Dispenser Configuration
Step 2
In Additional Tasks, you can create a desktop shortcut, choose protocol and create empty configuration files for dispenser.
Step 3
Finish the installation.
Redlike Setting
Step 1
(Install Redlike) Run Redlike and click on the user panel in the right bottom corner to log in as admin
Step 2
Open the left menu
Step 3
Select Driver settings
Step 4
Select Corob FLEX 500 series using LLD as your machine type and Save settings
Step 5
Double-click the Helper icon in the taskbar (similar to Redlike icon) and open Redlike Helper
Step 6
Restart RCC (Redlike Control Center) by clicking on Stop and afterwards on Start again
Step 7
Minimise the window and return to Redlike. Here, click on RCC Reconnect in the bottom part of the page
Step 8
You will see that the machine is connected to Redlike when the initialising bar changes to idle
The difference between Evodriver and Nextdriver connection
There is quite a lot of Nextdriver issues at the machines.
Nextdriver is man-in-the-middle between Redlike and Evodriver. It only resend commands between them. It was created as a universal gateway between 5G and Slave machines and software. For 5G there is some limitation in possible commands and information, like serial number for pumps, sensor statuses, overall all the information that are available in Evoservice. Backups could be done by Evoservice, not via Nextdriver too. Fleet management is possible via Evodriver not via Nextdriver. Nextdriver is possible to use for dispensing, purging, cleaning the pumps and similar main operations. Nextdriver has license and is helping Corob to identify who is using the machine.
Nextdriver version 1.6 -> 2.4/2.6 update proces – via apk package would be possible to update, but we don’t know how about the activation.
TMC circuits info is possible to get into TMC using Evodriver.
Replacing Nextdriver to Evodriver = change in one setting file + restart of RCC. It is doable via script.