Device Panel
At start time, dynamic and static IP devices are automatically detected and displayed in panel Devices. KCenter can detect two types of devices:
Dynamic Devices. They are devices located on your local network. They can be reached directly without using a gateway. These devices are automatically detected by PRIMA Center without needing to specify them.
Static Devices. They are remote devices that cannot be accessed directly but only through a gateway. You must specify their Internet location in order for them to be detected by KCenter.
Note: To detect dynamic devices, KCenter sends a broadcast message on the local network so that all present IP devices can answer to this request. To make the detection working, you must make sure that your local network allows IP message broadcasting using UDP protocol on port 80. Check also that the computer firewall allows this port for the Java(TM) Platform.
Each row of the device list consists of the following information:
Product | Device product type |
Location | IP address that must be used to access the device |
Name | Device Host Name |
Ethernet |
Ethernet interface status. E: The interface is Enabled |
Mac Address | MAC address of the device Ethernet interface |
Eth. IP Address | IP address of the device Ethernet interface |
WiFi | WiFi interface status E: The interface is Enabled |
WiFi Mac Address | MAC address of the device WiFi interface |
WiFi IP Address | IP address of the device WiFi interface |
Gateway | Device default gateway |
Port | Base of the range of TCP/IP ports used by device |
FW Built on | Date and time of firmware build. |
Buttons Detect and Static Devices are always enabled because they apply to all devices. The other ones default to grey and are only enabled if they are supported by at least one device that is selected in the list.
Menu
In the Main menu, click Devices. Except Set Video Compression, all elements of the Devices sub menu have a corresponding button. Refer to the corresponding button in below section Buttons for a description of the feature.
Set Video Compression
By default, KCenter runs the viewers with fast access options across 10/100 Mbps local area network. However, in the case of static devices located far away on the Internet, the default connection settings may not be appropriate. You can change the settings to access a specific device by first selecting the device in the list, and then selecting Devices -> Set Video Compression in the main menu. The configuration box opens. Select the compression type and the color depth. These settings are saved and will automatically be applied to the device. They prevail over the settings saved in the viewer.
Buttons
Detect
This button launches the device detection process. By this action, KCenter will attempt to discover devices that are located in the local network, and devices that were explicitly specified in the static device list. The device list is updated with freshly detected devices.
Note: You can detect devices:
Manually by clicking on the Detect button or on Detect item of Devices menu
Manually by double clicking on a device item of the device list
Static Devices
This button opens the Static Devices Management box.
Information
This button opens a status box providing device more detailed information.
Ethernet IP
This button can be used to temporarily modify the device Ethernet interface IP settings. This is only possible if the device is a dynamic device located on your LAN. This action is very useful when the device has been freshly installed on your network, and has not been configured yet. When clicking this button the following dialog box opens:
The current configured IP address is displayed. You can modify it, together with the IP mask and the default gateway. These three settings are mandatory to allow full device access.
Note: The settings modified by KCenter are only valid until the device reboot. To permanently modify these settings you must run the device management. For more information, please refer to the device user manual.
Wifi IP
Similarly to button Ethernet IP, this button can be used to temporarily modify the device WiFi interface IP settings. This is only possible if the device is a dynamic device located on your LAN. When clicking this button the following dialog box opens:
The current configured IP address is displayed. You can modify it, together with the IP mask and the default gateway. These three settings are mandatory to allow full device access.
Note: The settings modified by KCenter are only valid until the device reboot. To permanently modify these settings you must run the device management. For more information, please refer to the device user manual.
Manage
This buttons launches your current browser so that it automatically tries to access the HTTPS management server of the selected device. Note that this is only possible if the device is running an HTTP server.
View Selected
This button launches the viewer currently installed. This viewer may be a Windows application if KCenter is running on a Windows OS or a Java(TM) application if PRIMA Center is installed on Windows, Linux or MAC OS. To select the Viewer application, go to the Device tab in the Settings panel.
View All
This button launches the Multiviewer for all detected devices. Refer to the section Multiviewer Action of the Multiviewer help page.
Reboot
This will reboot the selected device.
Note: You can configure a password to set this action in the security tab of the Settings panel.
Note: You can reboot more than one or all the detected devices in the Group Actions panel.
Upgrade
Click this button to upgrade the firmware of the selected device. A dialog box opens, asking you the path of the firmware file.
Note: You can configure a password to set this action in the security tab of the Settings panel.
Note: You can upgrade more than one or all the detected devices of the same type in the Group Actions panel.
Backup Config
Click this button to save the configuration of the selected device. A file containing the device configuration is built by PRIMA Center and saved in the folder of your choice. You will be able to restore the saved configuration by clicking the Restore Config button.
Note: You can configure a password to set this action in the security tab of the Settings panel.
Note: You can save more than one or all the detected device configurations in the Group Actions panel.
Restore Config
This button allows you to restore a device configuration previously backed up.
Note: You can configure a password to set this action in the security tab of the Settings panel.
Note: You can restore more than one or all the detected device configurations in the Group Actions panel.