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125 125  Crestron's Device Discovery Tool is used to "discover" any Crestron devices which are connected to your laptop. The most useful feature of the Device Discovery Tool is the ability to export all discovered devices to either a "Device Summary" text file or an Address Book. Discovered devices are listed in a scrollable list on the left side of the menu, and double clicking a discovered device will bring up additional configuration options on the right side. Below is an overview of the Device Discovery Tool UI:
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130 130  1. Device Model - gives the specific model of the device type
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153 153  1. Click the Write Device Summary button and save the Device Summary to your computer
154 154  1*. Though saved as a text file, the Device Summary is actually a table of comma separated values
155 155  1*. Renaming DeviceSummary.txt to DeviceSummary.csv will allow it to be opened and manipulated in common spreadsheet software such as Microsoft Excel or LibreOffice Calc
155 +1**. Note that this .csv will have whitespace, so it may be beneficial to "clean" it using Excel's "=TRIM()" function
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157 157  Below is an example of a Device Summary for a fully-configured Zūm Wired job:
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171 171  Address Books are useful ways of managing multiple jobs that each have many devices.
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173 -Note that when exporting devices to the Address Book, it is possible to add devices by either
173 +Note that when exporting devices to the Address Book, it is possible to add devices by either Hostname or by IP Address. On systems with a DHCP server, it is recommended to add devices by Hostname, but only after the final hostnames have been set for all devices.
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175 175  == Troubleshooting a Failed Connection ==
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195 195  == File Manager ==
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197 +== Script Manager ==
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197 197  == Network Device Tree View ==
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199 199  = Miscellaneous =