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Using the internal web pages
7.10.4. Auto
Discovery
On the Auto Discovery tab you can enable UPnP (Universal Plug and Play). If enabled, UPnP
will allow the C-54 E to advertise its presence and services to control points on the network.
A control point can be a network device with embedded UPnP, a VMS application or a spy
software tool (e.g. Intel Device Spy tool).
Note on UPnP:
The goal of Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) - a set of computer network protocols - is to
enable peer-to-peer simple and robust connectivity among stand-alone devices and PCs from different
vendors. UPnP networking involves (some or all of) the following steps.
Step 1
: Discovery. Devices advertise their presence and services to a control point on the network.
Control points can search for devices on the network. A discovery message is exchanged, containing a
few essential specifics about the devices, e.g. its type, identifier and a pointer to more detailed
information.
Step 2
: Description. The control point can request the device’s description from the URL provided in the
discovery message. The device description is expressed in XML and includes vendor-specific information,
such as the model name, serial number, manufacturer name, URLs to vendor-specific websites.
Step 3
: Control. The control point can send actions to a device’s service.
Step 4
: Event. The control point listens to state changes in the devices.
Step 5
: Presentation. If a device has a URL for presentation, the control point can display a page in a
web browser, and – if the page offers these capabilities - allow the user to control the device and/or
view the device status.
The C-54 E supports the following Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) functionality:
Discovery
,
Description
(partly supported), and
Presentation
.
Figure 7.66 shows the Intel Device Spy tool. When the tool is started, it will scan the
network and display a list of detected UPnP devices.
To view the device description of your C-54 E in Intel Device Spy
•
Select the C-54 E in the left-hand panel
The device description displays in the right-hand panel.
Figure 7.65 Device Management, Auto Discovery
