The Network default configuration can be established on Tools Menu -> General Options on the Network tab.
¶ Discovery at the Start of ThinMan Services
These options define how devices are browsed (discovered) in the network and how their status is refreshed.
The "Startup Discovery Action" option tells ThinMan what to do on startup or restart of ThinMan Services (see How to Stop and Start ThinMan Services). Possible values are:
- "None": no operations are performed at the ThinMan Services startup;
- "Refresh Devices Status": the tree of devices will be entirely refreshed (see Network Browsing and Device Refreshing);
- "Browse the Network": all the network will be browsed (see Network Browsing and Device Refreshing).
¶ Automatic Device Assigment to a Group
The "Automatic Device Assign Mode" allows to define the automatic assignation of a device to a Group. The assignation is executed when a device starts and notify itself to a ThinMan Server. The device is assigned to the Group associated to the Subnet the device belongs to through the device IP Address. If the Subnet of the device is not associated to a Group the device is placed into to root of the "Devices" tree. You can select the modality between:
- "ALWAYS": the automatic assignation is always active; every time a device notify to ThinMan it is assigned to the Group associated to the Subnet;
- "FIRST TIME": the device is assigned to the Group associate to the Subnet only the first time that the device send the notification to ThinMan; once the device is assigned to a Group can be moved away only by manual operation;
- "NO": the automatic assignation is disabled, all the device are assigned to the root of the "Devices" tree.
Default Value
When you install ThinMan for the first time this modality is set to "ALWAYS"; if you upgrade a ThinMan Server with associated Subnet the value for this option is set to "FIRST TIME".
Manual Reorganization
You can manually reorganize all the devices in the Device tree by right clicking on it and selecting "Reorganize" menu. This will assign the devices to the Groups using the Subnet association.
¶ WOL Relay
The Wake-On-LAN Relay is available in the Feature Pack Network+.
When enabling this function, ThinMan will search for other powered-on devices and try to use them as a repeater for the WOL broadcast packet, in order to maximize the probability to power-on the devices in the subnets. If ThinMan finds other powered-on devices then it asks them to launch the WOL packet in the network trunk/subnet. In order to have some devices always powered on, you can flag them as "Always Power ON" devices; see Contextual Menu - Special Functions for more information on the "Always Power On" command (ThinOX, only some firmware version available).
¶ Remote Assistance
By selecting the "Enable Color depth choice", everytime the remote assistance is used on a device, it will be asked the mode on which you want to launch it. See image below.
