Installing The Omicron Device Browser; Finding Omicron Devices In The Device Browser Manually (Omfind) - Omicron Lab OTMC 100 User Manual

OTMC 100 Series User Manual
9.1

Installing the OMICRON Device Browser

The OMICRON Device Browser and its installation program Setup Wizard are included on the
CD ROM accompanying the OTMC 100. Proceed as follows to install the OMICRON Device Browser:
1. Exit all other major programs running on your computer.
2. Insert the CD ROM into your computer's CD ROM drive and click Install Device Browser on the
start page. Should the start page not be displayed automatically a few seconds after the CD has
been inserted into the CD ROM drive, change to the Windows Explorer and double-click
autorun.exe on the CD ROM.
3. Follow the instructions displayed on the screen to install the software.
Note regarding firewall requirements: The OMFind service sends and receives network
packets on UDP port 4987 and 4988. The OMICRON Device Browser installer will configure
the Windows firewall appropriately during installation on supported systems. If you have a
separate "personal" firewall enabled, ensure that UDP ports 4987 and 4988 are open for the
OMFind service.
9.2 Finding OMICRON Devices in the Device Browser Manually
(OMFind)
Normally the Device Browser automatically finds the OMICRON devices connected to the network. If
not, it is also possible to manually search the network for available OMICRON devices.
Proceed as follows:
1. Right-click the OMICRON Devices desktop icon.
2. On the context menu, select OMFind and then click Find Devices.
3. This will start the Device Discovery tool. This tool is intended to diagnose network/firewall problems
when the Device Browser lists no or not all expected test sets.
4. Click the Start Discovery button to manually search for OMICRON devices connected to the
network. Once the search is finished, the Discovered devices section lists network parameters of
all found OMICRON devices.
Some of the available firewall/tunneling products are capable of stopping even the Start
Discovery feature of the Device Discovery tool. So you will not find any OMICRON devices
on the network this way. In this case, the network parameters list stays empty once a search
is finished. If you experience such a behavior, this may indicate a firewall/tunneling software
blocking the network communication.
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