User Manual

A NetBotz 500 or 550 host can share pods with RackBotz and WallBotz 320, 350, 420, 450,
500, and 550 NetBotz Appliances, as well as with legacy NetBotz devices that run BotzWare
1.x (including RackBotz and WallBotz 300, 303, 310, 400, and 410 devices). Once a
NetBotz 500 is configured to access these legacy models they are treated exactly like other
shared pods or devices, providing alert and sensor data exactly as if they were directly
connected to the NetBotz 500.
It is important to note the following concerning pod sharing.
• The Pod Sharing task can be run only on one device at a time.
• A NetBotz 500 v2.6 or later, or a NetBotz 550, can host remote pods without using the
optional Premium Software Module that must be used with earlier NetBotz 500
versions for pod sharing.
• Pods that are not physically connected to a device do not count against the total
number of USB-connected devices allowed for the NetBotz Appliance model.
• A NetBotz 420 supports an additional camera pod and up to four additional non-
camera pods.
• A NetBotz 500 or 550 supports up to four camera pods and up to 17 non-camera
pods.
• Frame rate from remotely hosted camera pods is limited to 10 frames per second.
• The camera image resolution available from a hosted camera pod is determined by
the maximum resolution available to the device to which the pod is physically
connected. For example, for a Camera Pod 120 connected to a NetBotz 500, the
maximum resolution is 1280x1024. However, if the Camera Pod 120 is connected to
a NetBotz 420, the maximum is 640x480.
"Update Remote Device" display
Use this display to configure the settings used for HTTP or HTTPS communication between
the pod-sharing host and the remote devices.
Element Description
Host/IP Address
Identify the hostname or IP address of the remote
device that has pods you want it to share with the
host NetBotz Appliance.
Port
Identify the port used for the communication:
default is 80 for HTTP, and 443 for HTTPS.
SSL Options
Select how the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
protocol will be used for the communication with
the remote device: None, Require SSL - No
verification, Require SSL - Verify certificate,
or Require SSL - Verify certificate and
hostname.
User ID
Type in the User ID to be used to access the
remote device.
Note: Some remote pod functionality may be
unavailable if the user ID is for a user account
that does not have Administrator privileges.
Password
Type in the password to be used with the User ID
to access the remote device.
Confirm Password
Retype the password.
Timeout (seconds)
Define how long, in seconds, the host NetBotz
Appliance will wait for a response before it
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