Setting up the Star TSP100 IIIW WiFi Printer with IndicaOnline POS on iPad

                             

Connecting the Star TSP100IIIW Wi-Fi printer to your network, assigning a static IP Address and configuring it to use with IndicaOnline POS on your iPad.

Star TSP100 IIIW Wifi Printer Configuration

 

Straight out of the box, this printer, when powered up, exists on its own network and is not connected to the Internet. The first task is to get the printer configured on to your Local Area Network (LAN).

 

Connecting by WPS

 

WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) is a standard for making easy connections between wireless networking devices. Depending on the manufacturer, the buttons that have been displayed as "AOSS", "Easy wireless start", "JumpStart" etc. may also function as WPS.

 

• Press and hold the Pair button until the blue LED of the printer blinks (see the diagram below)"the printer's Mac address

• Press the WPS (or equivalent) button of the router.
• When the printer connects to the network, the blue LED will stop flashing and become solid blue. The printer will print off its connection information including its IP Address. Your printer is now set up on your network.

 

Connecting by Ad-Hoc

 

If your equipment is not suitable for connecting by WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup), you can connect by 'Ad-Hoc'. Once you have connected using Ad-Hoc and set the necessary wireless LAN setting, you can connect your printer to your wireless LAN network.

 

The first step is to get the printer's 'Mac Address'. To do this, we need the printer to self print its settings. With the printer switched off, hold down the feed button while you switch the printer on. It will print out something similar to the image below with the 'Mac Addr' at the top and the printer's own network name listed under that and the printer's IP Address at the bottom.

  

 

Now open the Wi-Fi Settings on your iPad. Among the list of networks, you should see the TSP100III listed with the last six digits of the Mac address beside it (see below). Tap on it to join the network.

A popup will appear to tell you that an Internet connection cannot be made. Tap 'Join Anyway'.

The name of the printer's network 'TSP100III-xxxxxx' will appear with a tick beside it (xxxxxx being the last six digits of the printer's Mac address).

Open a browser on the iPad you are connecting the printer to and type in the address entry field 169.254.1.1 (fixed IP address of the Ad-Hoc mode)

This will open the 'TSP100III Network Utility'. You should see a screen like that below.

 

 

From the menu on the left side of the screen tap on 'Log in'.

 

Log in with the default username 'root' and the password 'public'. A popup may appear to prompt you to change the password. Tap OK to change it or Cancel to leave it as it is. Now click on 'WLAN Settings' from the menu on the left panel of the screen.

 

Enter the name of your office LAN network (SSID) and the security key (Password) as shown here and then tap on the 'Submit' button.

The 'Save' button in the left margin will flash red.

 Now tap the flashing red 'Save' button on the left side.

 

Proceed with tapping the 'Execute' button as shown above to reboot your printer.

The printer will restart and self print its settings with a new IP Address at the bottom of the self-print.

Your printer is now connected to your network and it now remains for you to reconnect your iPad to your network in the iPad Wi-Fi settings. Tap on the name of your network and enter the password to reconnect.

Configuring your printer on IndicaOnline POS

1) Log in to Indica POS and access the Menu, then click Settings:

 

 2) Go to Hardware Settings & Click Receipt Printers:

*Note: Your Star TSP100 IIIW Printer will be listed as default. 

3) Click the receipt printer listed and select Test Printer. A test receipt will print as the confirmation of connection.

Troubleshooting

If your Star TSP100 III Printer is experiencing connectivity issues, please reset your router and proceed to the hard reset steps listed below. Once the following steps are complete, you will need to reestablish connection using the activation steps above.

1. Turn your printer off.
2. Open the paper hatch.
3. With the paper hatch open, hold down the feed button and power on the printer.
4. After powering on the printer, keep your finger on the Feed button until the Ready and Error lights start to blink blue and red.
5. Release your finger from the Feed button and close the paper hatch. The Ready light should be blue.
6. Turn off the printer. When you power it back on, the printer will be set to DHCP.

*If you would like to check, hold the Feed button down while powering on the printer. When the Ready light starts to flash, let go of the Feed button.