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15-601011 Issue 29r (Friday, November 02, 2012)B5800 Branch Gateway

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2.12.6 Known System Discovery

The Select B5800 menu normally displays systems discovered by Branch Gateway Manager using either UDP broadcast

and or TCP requests (see Setting the Discovery Addresses ). Branch Gateway Manager can be configured to also

record details of discovered units and then display a list of those previously discovered ('known') systems.

Configuring Branch Gateway Manager for Known System Discovery

Use of known systems discovery is not enabled by default. The Branch Gateway Manager must be configured for the

feature with a file location to which it can store and retrieve known system details.

1.Select File | Change Working Directory.

2.In the Known Units File field, enter the directory path and file name for a CSV file into which Branch Gateway

Manager can write details of the systems it discovers. If the file specified does not exist it will be created by

Branch Gateway Manager.

3.Click OK.

Using Known System Discovery

1.When the Select B5800 screen is displayed click on Known Units.

2.The screen displays the list of systems previously discovered and stored in the CSV file.

· To select an control unit, highlight the row containing unit data and click OK. The selected unit will appear in

the Select B5800 window.

· To filter displayed units, type the first few characters of the unit name in the Filter field. Any unit whose

name does not match the filter will be temporarily hidden.

· Each discovery appends data to the known unit list. It is possible that details of some records in the list may

be out of date. Right clicking on the leftmost (grey) column of any row will bring up a floating menu offering

the options of Refresh and Delete.

· A new record may be manually added without having to access the system first through normal discovery.

Enter the IP address of the new system in the IP Address column of the blank row shown with a * and select

Refresh from the floating menu. This will update the Known Units file with data relating to the unit with the

specified address.

· Select Cancel to return to the Select B5800 menu.

Note:

· The key used by the Known Systems CSV file is the IP address. The file cannot contain records for separate systems

that use the same IP address for access.

· The file can be made read only. In that case any attempts using Branch Gateway Manager to update the file will be

ignored.