The Status Bar, along the bottom of the main screen, provides real time system information. The left side of the Status Bar (shown above) indicates network Online/Offline status and if Online will show if the system has is Checking System Security, Unsecured or Secured (see System Password).
Following this the current communication method being used by the software is shown. In the example above, IP is shown, meaning that there is an MS-1 in the system and the software is communicating with it using IP. The MS-1 in this state is acting as an IP to CobraNet bridge between the Vocia CobraNet devices.
If no MS-1 is present in the system this indicator will display CobraNet as the current communication method.
If a configuration is open the File name is displayed
The right hand side of the lower Status bar contains three indicators, Alarm Status, Duplicate Devices and Discovered Devices. The Duplicate and Discovered Devices status indicators can be clicked to enter dialog windows for additional information as well as issue resolution.
The Alarm Status indicator is used to identify when any new alarm has been triggered from any configured Vocia Device. The default text indication is “No New Alarms Detected”. Once an alarm has been detected by the Vocia software the text will change to “Active Alarms Present”. The Vocia software will need to be Online with the network for this functionality to be active. To reset this indicator select the Acknowledge Alarms icon found on the Network Toolbar or in the Network Menu. After a reset, the text in the Alarm Status window will change from “Active Alarms Present” to “No New Alarms Detected”.
If the user attempts to place two devices of the same type in a World with the same Device ID, a Duplicate Devices conflict will occur. This window can be accessed in the bottom right hand corner of the Vocia software. The software will use the MAC address in each device to identify them. When duplicate devices are identified, one of the devices must have power removed and then the ID will need to be changed. Once this is done then the device can be plugged back into the system and programmed.
This item is found in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. If the software is not Online or if no Vocia devices are connected the text will show “No Discovered Devices”. Selecting the Online function will cause the software to send a device discovery packet which will be received by any Vocia Devices on the same network subnet. Replying Devices will be shown as Discovered Devices in the text field.
Click on the Discovered Devices text field and a popup window will appear with the following functions available; Deselect All, Select All, Select Configured Devices, Rediscover Devices and Include In Project.