This article will emphasis 2 tips for configuration of SMB protocol when deploying Connect Electronics Panasonic NPM driver
As part of the communication with Panasonic machine it is required to configure path to shared folder where the driver access in order to obtain the machine program, which is done with SMB protocol.
as part of the deployment, It is required to configure the SMB version that the driver should use. since SMB version 1 is old and considered un-secure, it is recommended to configure the driver to use SMB 2 protocol. if SMB 1 is used, it is required to make sure that this version is enabled on "Windows Features" (see image below)
It is also important that when configuring the shared folder, to make sure that the machine's subfolder name is also added to the shared folder path.