MVP lets you search a network for printers and print servers. You can schedule and configure discoveries to suit your needs. Once devices are discovered, their locations are stored on the MarkVision Server and they populate the All Devices folder.
To discover devices, use the Device Discovery Profiles task or the Add Devices task from the All Tasks list, or use Quick Find from the MarkVision Professional Home screen. Discovery profiles define the range of devices that you want to discover, and the configuration of the discovery operation. You can create multiple device profiles, for different sets of devices. Each profile can be saved and reused for future discoveries.
From the MarkVision Professional Home screen, select Device Discovery Profiles from the All Tasks list.
Click New, and then type a name for the profile.
Click Add to add devices to the Include list.
Select the type of address, and then enter the range from which the devices will be included. Specify one or more of the following:
TCP/IP address, subnet, or hostname | Type the IP addresses in the dot notation form of x.x.x.x (for example, 192.168.12.34). |
TCP/IP address range | Type the TCP/IP address range, beginning with the From box and ending with the To box. |
IPX | Type the eight-digit hexadecimal network number on which the print server resides (for example, 000C2194). If the print server resides on the same network as the MarkVision Server, type (zeros) for the network number. Note: If you do not know the network number of your print server, you can find it on the print server setup page, under the NetWare settings. |
Click OK to return the Device Discovery Profiles screen.
The address or address range is now listed under the Include tab.
Click Apply.
From the MarkVision Professional Home screen, select Device Discovery Profiles from the All Tasks list.
Select a profile from the Device Discovery Profiles dialog.
Click Start.
MVP communicates with the devices included in the selected profile.
Notes:
When creating a discovery profile, you can include or exclude devices in a device range.
From the MarkVision Professional Home screen, select Device Discovery Profiles from the All Tasks list.
Select a discovery profile from the list.
Select the Include or Exclude tab.
Click Add or Load.
Type the address or address range in the text box, and then click OK.
Click Apply, and then click Close.
From the MarkVision Professional Home screen, select Device Discovery Profiles from the All Tasks list.
Select a discovery profile from the list.
Select the Include or Exclude tab.
Do one of the following:
To save existing device ranges, click Save. Browse to the desired location, and then click Save.
to load an existing .List file containing device ranges, click Load. Browse to find the file, and then click Open.
| Note: Include and exclude lists are ASCII, space-delimited text files whose entries must use the following format: protocol address read-community-name write-community-name (For example: ). |
If loading an include or exclude list, click Start to begin discovery on those devices.
From the MarkVision Professional Home screen, select Device Discovery Profiles from the All Tasks list.
Click the Advanced tab from the Device Discovery Profiles main window to configure advanced device discovery features. The following are features that may be customized for an advanced device discovery profile:
Click Close.
From the MarkVision Professional Home screen, select Device Discovery Profiles.
Click Import.
Browse to the discovery profile .xml file.
Click Import.
Select the new profile from the list, and then click Start to discover devices using the profile.
| Note: Click Stop to terminate the discovery operation at any point during discovery. |
Click Close.
Users may export discovery profiles on the MarkVision Server to XML files. These XML files may be imported to the same MVP server or other MVP servers.
From the MarkVision Professional Home screen, select Device Discovery Profiles.
Click Export.
Type a name for the discovery profile .xml file, and browse to a location to save it.
Click Export.
Click Close.
Schedule device discoveries on a regular basis to ensure that the MVP devices list is always current. If the device discoveries are network-intensive, schedule device discovery for times when network traffic is minimal.
| Note: A device discovery profile must be defined before a task can be scheduled for a profile. |
From the MarkVision Professional Home screen, select Scheduling from the All Tasks list.
Click Add to launch the Add Schedule Wizard.
Select Device Discovery: Add Devices.
Type a description of the event in the text box, and then click Next.
Choose a start date and time from the Start time area.
Select a frequency from the “Repeat this event area,” and then click Next.
Select a discovery profile, and then click Finish.
The task appears in the All Scheduled Events box.
If a custom name is not defined, MVP will name devices according to the first attribute listed under the Device Naming Rules tab from the Administrative Settings task of the All Tasks list.
To customize a device name:
From the MarkVision Professional Home screen, select Names of Devices from the All Tasks list.
Select the device.
Type a custom name.
Click Apply.
To discover individual or small groups of devices without creating a profile, use the Add Devices task.
Select Add Devices from the All Tasks menu.
Select device(s) from the list of devices on the dialog, or click Add to enter a new device address, and then click OK.
Select the Advanced tab to reset additional discovery settings.
| Note: You can save any new groups of devices that you establish with the Add Devices task as a new discovery profile by clicking Save as Profile. |
Click Start to begin the discovery.
| Note: You can also select the Exclude tab to select devices from an existing profile that you do not want to include in the discovery. |
Click Stop to terminate the current discovery operation.
After you have performed a device discovery, you can view the discovery results.
From the MarkVision Professional Home screen, select Device Discovery Results.
The discovery results contain a series of log entries detailing the discovery.
To export the results, click Export.
Browse to the location that you want to save the results, and then click Save.
To disassociate devices with a network, remove them from the server's list of managed devices. You may change any associated discovery profiles to ensure the devices are not discovered the next time the profile executes. There are multiple methods for removing devices from the server:
Select the Remove Selected Devices from the server icon.
Execute the Delete key shortcut to remove selected device(s).
Use the Remove Devices (Advanced) task to remove all devices or devices associated with a particular discovery profile.
To remove devices using the Remove Devices (Advanced) task:
From the MarkVision Professional Home screen, select the Remove Devices (Advanced) task from the All Tasks list.
Specify whether to remove all devices or devices associated with a discovery profile.
To remove devices associated with a discovery profile, select the profile from the drop-down list.
Click Remove to remove all specified devices from the MarkVision Server.