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into Preferences and selecting 'Network' and making sure that the Available IP addresses window has an IP address for every
Merlin in use with your system. If all is ok you can proceed by clicking on the Discover Devices button; ‐
Assuming everything is OK with your network connection you will see the following window; ‐
The meter bar will gradually move across until it is completely green, and all devices have been found. This may take a few
seconds on bigger systems with large arrays of many cabinets.
There are a couple of other windows that may appear at this stage, as well as discovering all devices on the network and
identifying their type and IP address, Vu‐Net also checks their Firmware to ensure it matches the latest version stored in its
internal Firmware database. If it detects an older Firmware version, you will see the following window; ‐
For more detail on Firmware updates please see the full Vu‐Net User guide.
Finally, it is possible you may see this window; ‐
This would indicate a problem down‐stream of the U‐Hub; are the cabinets powered? Are all the network connections made? Is
a U‐Hub (or Merlin) set to Static IP instead of Dynamic? Can you see two green U‐Net LEDs on all devices including the U‐Hub? If
everything is ok, try power cycling the U‐Hub and run Device Discovery again.
Note: It is not essential to have the complete system wired before you run Device Discovery; for example, you may wish to check
each array individually as they are rigged so they can be flown out which is perfectly acceptable. Every subsequent press of
Device Discovery will find any new elements that have been introduced to the network ignoring those already discovered.
Once Device Discovery has completed its scan you will see the following window; ‐
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