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Operation Manual
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NetSetter
Introduction
The HiQnet NetSetter is a software tool which enables you to discover HiQnet devices and reconfigure network settings in real-time for each device. Its function is
to configure a system of devices to interoperate correctly on the same network and resolve conflicts quickly and easily.
NetSetter Window
The top of the NetSetter page list overall operational functions that are available. They are as follows:
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PC Adapter
– A drop list menu that selects the Network Interface Card (NIC)’s adapter that NetSetter will use to attempt to discover HiQnet devices. All
available NIC’s are listed by IP Address. Selecting a new NIC will force a rescan of the network to which the new NIC is connected.
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Display
– This menu filters the device in the grid view by:
-All Devices – Default setting. All discovered devices are displayed
-HiQnet ID conflicts - Only discovered devices with HiQnet address conflicts are displayed.
- IP address conflicts - Only discovered devices with IP address conflicts are displayed
- All conflicts - Only discovered devices with either HiQnet address conflicts or IP address conflicts are displayed
- Locked - Only devices in a Locked configuration.
- Discovering-Only devices in the process of being discovered.
- Discovered - Discovered devices with no conflicts.
- DHCP / Auto IP - All devices which have been discovered with DHCP / Auto-IP enabled and those which have been set to use DHCP / Auto-IP
on applying the edits
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Rescan Network
– Clicking this button re-scans the network to which the currently selected NIC is connected.
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Export
– The export button brings up a “Save As” window allowing you to save the HiQnet Addresses and IP Configurations of all devices on the
network to a .CSV (Comma Separated Values) format. This allows you to archive the information and open it in a spreadsheet program such as
Microsoft Excel.
Figure 7