4.4 Connection Dialog Box

Use the connection dialog box to search for display units on the network you can use with Camera-Viewer EX. Select the unit and then establish the connection.

[New GP connection]

New GP connection

Select this option when a previous settings file does not exist.

GP IP Address

Type the IP address of the display unit to connect, and optionally the domain name.

For example, aaa.bbb.com

You can set up using the following methods.

(GP Search)

Click to search for display units on the network. After the search is complete, a list of the available display units are listed. Select a display unit from the list and its associated IP address gets populated in the [GP IP Address] field.

GP Name [Model]

When you select a display unit from a GP search, it populates this field with the node name and model.

The GP name is displayed in the following format.

"node_name [model]"

Connection

Connects to the display unit defined in the [GP IP Address] field.

When the [GP IP Address] is not defined, on clicking [CONNECT] an error message displays and a connection is not established.

[Existing GP connection]

Existing GP connection

Select when using a previous display unit connection.

Recently viewed GPs

Lists up to the previous 50 saved Camera-Viewer EX files with the newest at the top. You can select any of the files from the list.

The following information is displayed for each connection.

Camera-Viewer EX file

When you select a Camera-Viewer EX file from the [Recently viewed GPs] list, the location of the selected file is displayed in this field.

GP IP Address

Displays the IP address of the display unit specified by the file defined in the [Camera-Viewer EX file] field.

GP Name [Model]

Displays the GP name and model.

The GP name is displayed in the following format.

"node_name [model]"

Connection

Connects to the display unit defined in the [GP IP Address] field.

When the [GP IP Address] is not defined, on clicking [CONNECT] an error message displays and a connection is not established.