
the network.
During the initialization of the software, a splash-screen is shown and the network is scanned for HD2s
connected to it. If only one HD2 is found, it's IP address is shown in the IP edit element labelled
IP
Address
.A connection can now be established by clicking the
Connect
button.
If several HD2 devices are connected to the network at the same time, the one used in the last session
is entered into the IP Address field. To change this, the user has to select the HD2 to connect to. Click
on the
Scan Network for HD2s
button. After a short time the following dialog will appear
At this time, the network has already been scanned and the found devices are listed in the drop-down
list. The entries consist of the serial number of the HD2 followed by its IP address in the network. In
case, the desired device has not been found, you can retrigger a network scan by clicking
Network
scan
.
Now select the desired device to connect to and click
Select HD2
. The dialog will close, the selected IP
address will be transferred in the IP edit field in the main window and a connection will be established.
If the connection is successful, the
Connect
button changes its label to
Disconnect
and its colour to
green. The configuration of the HD2 is synchronized with the temporary files on disk and appropriate
tabs are added for operating the HD2.
You'll notice messages appearing in the
System Information
window.
After this procedure has finished, you'll e.g. see the following main window
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Fig. 4: Network Scan Dialog