Connect To Another Drive

Click on in the bottom left corner of WorkBench to bring up the following window:

This window allows you to change the drive that you are using.

Button or Dialog Box

Description

Name

Displays the drive name. By default the name is "No_Name". You can change the name by connecting to the drive and navigating to the top item in the navigation tree.

Status

Only one user at a time can connect to a drive. If someone else is connected to the drive, it is Busy. If Free is displayed, then you can connect.

Blink

Clicking Blink forces the display on the selected drive to alternate between the whole display being on and the whole display being off for 20 seconds.

MAC Address

Displays the MAC address of the drive. The MAC addressA Media Access Control address (MAC address) is a quasi-unique identifier assigned to most network adapters or network interface cards (NICs) by the manufacturer for identification. If assigned by the manufacturer, a MAC address usually encodes the manufacturer's registered identification number is unique and is also printed on the label on the side of the drive.

IP Address

Displays the IP address of the drive. You can enter a raw IP address (1.2.3.4) or a DNS name. You can also specify a port number different from the default (port 23) by appending the IP address (for example, 1.2.3.4:1000).

Specify Address

If your drive does not appear in the list, you can enter its IP address (for example, 1.2.3.4) or a DNS name. You can also specify a port number different from the default (port 23) by appending the IP address (for example, 1.2.3.4:1000).

Configure Discovery Protocol

After selecting a discovery protocol from the list below, you can configure the discovery mode using the following four options:

1. Ping

2. Broadcast

3. Broadcast and Ping

4. No Discovery

 


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