Discovery GUI This tool is used to know how many controllers are in network. It automatically detects controller from the network and allows you to connect with the particular controller. This tool helps you to select a particular controller and allows software to communicate with that controller. Configurations >> HID Vertex Tool Box >> Discovery GUI
Select your Controller
It displays the accompanied image;
- It lists the number of controllers connected in network.
- It displays the type of controller (here E400, it's MAC Address, Host Name. Internal ID).
- To
select your controller and to check which is the controller in the list
is the same connected by you, click on button Blink ON, along with the
controller.
- Check the LED of the controller if it started
blinking from yellow to green. In this discovery tool also, the
indicator keeps blinking from green to yellow and so on. If it happens
simultaneously at both the places, it is considered as the same
controller is connected to the network.
- Click on the link Configure Unit along with the blinking controller.
- To
avoid the misuse of the application, authentication is required. From
the security point of view, it asks for user name and password. Enter
here the user name and password. It opens the VertX Basic Setup page from web browser.
Controller Basic Setup - Keep default setting for Connection Selection - Network.
- In Basic Network Setup, for VertX Addressing click on Static.
- Enter the Static IP address for selected controller.
- Enter Subnet Mask Address. This is used to determine whether the controller connected is in local network.
- If
Subnet mask address is 255.255.255.255, it can connect to a single
controller of the network and if it i kept as 255.255.255.0, then it
can be connected to multiple controllers of the network. Enter here 0
as a fourth string.
- Bsic CentralStation/Host Communications Setup:
- Enter the IP Address of Host computer, the machine from which you want to run the application. (Refer following diagram)
- Click on the link Change Login Password, if you want to change the existing pasword.
- Click on submit button.
Save Basic Setup- Submitting
information of basic etup displays the follwing window, showing the
list of configuration you have done. Here you can write down the IP
address and MAC Address of the controller for further use.
- Click on Save button to save configuration.
- It shows the system status as connected.
- Close the window.
After
completing the procedure carefully, the controllers are now connected
to your system and ready to communication with Snehapadma
CentralStation™ Configurator and Snehapadma CentralStation™ Server. Go to Quick Configuration / Detail Configuration to proceed further.
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