ViconNet Nucleus Installation and Configuration Guide
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Step 3: Configuring a Site to Connect to Nucleus
Follow the procedure below to connect a site to the Nucleus.
1. Go to the site you want to setup and follow steps 1 through 3 in
Step 1:
Setting the Site’s IP Address
.
2. In
the
Nucleus Settings
area, deselect the
This Site is the Master Nucleus
checkbox.
3. In
the
Nucleus Settings
area, select the
Nucleus IP
radio button and enter
the IP address.
4. Click
. The application will reboot and the Nucleus name will appear
in the top-left corner of the application, for example,
Nucleus: Workstation-
1
.
5. Repeat this procedure for each site in the network.
Step 4: Connecting the Master Nucleus to the Backup Nucleus -
optional
Follow the procedure below to setup a backup Nucleus and connect the
backup Nucleus to the master Nucleus.
1. Go to the site that you setup as the Nucleus in Step 1. In the
Nucleus
Settings
area, select the
Backup Nucleus IP
radio button and enter the IP
address of the backup Nucleus. By default,
0.0.0.0
is displayed as the
backup Nucleus IP.
2. Click
. The application will reboot.
3. Repeat step 1. The name of the backup Nucleus should be grayed out so
that you cannot change it.
Note
If the Nucleus goes down, any device that uses that master Nucleus will
automatically shift to local operation mode. This means that it will use the
latest Nucleus configuration from before losing the Nucleus and will keep
operating without a Nucleus.
