Using MAX to Detect Remote Systems

Expand Remote Systems in the Measurement & Automation (MAX) configuration tree. Previously detected remote systems appear immediately beneath Remote Systems in the configuration tree. MAX continues to search for newly attached remote systems on the local subnet. Detected systems will be added to the list after a short delay. All detected systems appear beneath Remote Systems in the configuration tree. MAX searches for new remote systems every time you launch MAX and expand Remote Systems. You can also detect newly connected remote systems by selecting View»Refresh (F5) to scan for local and remote devices.

Note  The IP address of your remote system appears as the default remote system name in the configuration tree. If more than one system appears in Remote Systems, select the IP address of the system you want to configure. Use the Network Settings tab of the configuration view to assign a host name, if available, to your remote system. MAX then uses the name to identify the device in the configuration tree. (This host name is not necessarily a DNS host name. For more information about host names, refer to Configuring Network Settings.) The system state may be Unconfigured if your target does not support automatic IP assignment and if you have not set the IP address for the target. For more information about setting an IP address, refer to IP Settings Information.