Article #: KA-03656
Published: Jan/29/2024
Last reviewed: Nov/22/2024

Smartzone - Rack U Numbering in reverse order
 

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Purpose
3. Requirements
4. Procedure

 

Introduction

You may find that Smartzone does not have a rack or cabinet that matches your requirements of U numbering from bottom to top, but you have found a similar rack or cabinet with the number in the opposite direction you would like to alter.

Purpose

This procedure will show you how to produce a currently available rack or cabinet in Smartzone with the U numbering in reverse order. This process uses a third-party free tool called Gimp. We do not promote or recommend this tool so please use this at your discretion or choose another tool that can manipulate a .svg file format.

 

Requirements

Administrative access to the Smartzone server.
A tool such as Gimp to manipulate “svg” type graphic files.
 

Procedure

 

Find the cabinet to reverse the numbers.

1. Open the Smartzone catalog and find the cabinet you wish to reverse.

 

2. From the central image you can see the .png file name at the bottom of the rack image.

 

3. Open a remote desktop session to the Smartzone application server and navigate to the Smartzone directory “<Drive>\Program Files\Panduit SZ\tomcat\webapps\ROOT\images\racks\”.

 

4. Find the .svg file name of the same as the rack you wish to number and take a copy and save it on the computer with the image editing software you are using such as Gimp.

 
 

Editing the image.

1. On the computer you are using the image editing software open the application and then open the .svg file in the application and accept the Render Scalable Vector Graphics settings.

 

2. Choose the text tool.

 

3. Select the area you want the numbers to be added, which is this case is the gray section either side of the cabinet.

 

4. Alter the Text setting as highlighted below.

 

5. In the Gimp Text Editor box enter the number in order you want to see in the cabinet.

 

6. Repeat the text box selection area and text for the other side of the cabinet.

 

7. Choose the menu File>Save As option.

 

8. In the Save Image box expand the Select File Type and choose PNG Image and save to where you would like the image.

 
 

9. Accept the Merge Visible Layers option and click Export button and then save accepting the compression level of 9.

 

10. Quit without saving the .svg file.

 

Add new image to Smartzone

 

1. In Smartzone right click on the cabinet you chose to alter and right click on it in the left-hand menu and select clone.

2. This might take a little while to copy so be patient.

 

3. On the Bottom of the rack image choose file and select the image you have created.

 

4. On the bottom of the screen Browse to the image you have created and save.

 

5. Save your selection.

 

6. Rename the Enclosure Name to something appropriate on the right-hand side menu and save and change the Rack Order to Bottom to top.

 

7. You should now see Rack available for selection.

 

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