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4 . Commissio n i ng
4−8
F es t o P .B E−S BO −M−EN e n 0511 N H
4.3 Setting the network with the Compact Vision System
Y o u ca n und e rt a k e th e se tt i ng s f o r th e IP− a dr essi ng o f y o ur
Com p ac t Visio n Sy s t em w i th th e F C T (d e v ice ma n a g e r o f th e
P l ugIn S BO.. −M n e tw o rk") . Pr ocee d as f ollo w s :
1. C r ea t e a co nn ec t io n t o th e d e v ice w i th th e D e v ice
M a n a g e r .
2. S e t th e n e tw o rk p a r ame t e r s o f y o ur Com p ac t Visio n Sy s
t em w i th th e D e v ice M a n a g e r (IP a ddr ess , n e tw o rk mas k
a nd i f a pp lica b le th e IP a ddr ess o f th e g a t e w a y) .
C r ea t e co nn ec t io n t o th e d e v ice
S ea r c h fun c t io n
f o r d e v ices
Th e D e v ice M a n a g e r o ff e r s a sea r c h fun c t io n . Th is sea r c h
fun c t io n e n a b les a co nn ec t io n t o b e c r ea t e d t o d e v ices o f
wh ic h th e n e tw o rk a ddr ess is n o t kn o wn . Th e sea r c h fun c
t io n u ses a s p ecial Eth e rn e t pr oce dur e (Mu l t icas t) . W i th th is
pr oce dur e , messa g es ca n b e tr a n smi tt e d sim u l t a n eo u sl y t o
se v e r al s t a t io n s o r t o a close d gr o up o f s t a t io n s. Th e Mu l t i
cas t a ddr ess 239.255.2.3. is u se d f o r th is pr oce dur e.
If th e sea r c h t a k es p lace w i th i n a n e tw o rk n o d e , n o s p ecial
co nf i gur a t io n o f th e n e tw o rk n o d e (r o ut e r, se rv e r e t c. ) is
n ecessa ry . Ho w e v e r, i f d e v ices wh ic h lie b e h i nd furth e r n e t
w o rk n o d es a r e t o b e f o und, th e n e tw o rk n o d es m u s t b e e n
a b le d f o r m u l t icas t . Y o u m u s t also a d a pt th e pr o p e rt ies o f th e
d e v ice sea r c h ( sea r c h r a ng e a nd sea r c h dur a t io n) acco rd i ng l y .
If y o u h a v e a ny pr o b lems , p lease co n s u l t y o ur s y s t em a d mi n
is tr a t o r .