Patton electronic 6300 Stopping/Restarting a Discovery Process, Stop Discovery in progress

FS6300 NMS User Manual 2 • Discovering Your Network

Stopping/Restarting a Discovery Process

You may want to stop a discovery cycle that is already in process to add or modify a network or set of devices.

Note You cannot use the stop/restart discovery feature if the discovery pro- cess has already completed. This feature is only for discovery cycles that are in progress.

To stop/restart a discovery in progress:

1.Click on Tools > Discovery Administration at the top of the screen. Then, click on Discover Patton Devices in the menu tree of the Discovery window.

2.Click on the Start/Stop Discovery tab. Select the network that you want to edit from the drop-down menu. If the network is able to be paused in the discovery process, the Start Discovery and Stop Discovery buttons will be lit.

Figure 21. Stop Discovery in progress

3.A message will display in the Discovery Status area that discovery is currently disabled for the network.

4.Make the desired changes in the Network Discovery and/or Protocol tabs and click Apply.

5.Return to the Start/Stop Discovery tab. Select the network from the drop-down mneu and click Start Discovery. The discovery process will continue.

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