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150 150  = Basic Tool Usage =
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152 +Crestron Toolbox has many tools that are essential for starting up or troubleshooting any ShowRunnerCLC™ installation. The tools covered here are the most commonly used,
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152 152  == Device Discovery Tool ==
153 153  
154 154  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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178 178  1*. If some devices are missing and you are not filtering the results, then there may be an issue with your DHCP server settings or the network wiring
179 179  1. Click the "Export..." button below the list of discovered devices
180 180  1*. If this button says "Address Book", then Toolbox needs to be updated
181 -1*. Ensure that you are not filtering out any devices or that you have only filtered out the devices you want to be filtered ou
183 +1*. Ensure that you are not filtering out any devices or that you have only filtered out the devices you want to be filtered out
182 182  1. Select how you would like devices to be saved:
183 183  1*. Hostname
184 -1*. IP Address(((
186 +1*. IP Address
185 185  [[image:export.png]]
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188 -Click the "New Address Book" button to create a new Address Book with these device
188 +1. Click the "New Address Book" button to create a new Address Book with these device
189 +1*. If you want to add newly discovered devices to your current Address Book, click the "Current Address Book" button. Devices with the same name and connection method will be overwritten, while devices with new names will be added
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191 +Once a new Address Book has been created, it must be manually selected and made the current Address Book before the new devices will appear in the connection dropdown menu
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193 +1. Open any tool and click the Address Book Menu button on the lower left, or open the Address Book dialog directly from the Tools > Manage Address Book...
194 +1. The currently selected address book is displayed in the "Current Address Book" field, and recently opened Address Books are available in the dropdown menu
195 +1. To open an Address Book that has never been open or has not recently been opened, click "Open / New..." and locate the Address Book
196 +1*. By default, newly created Address Books are saved to your "Documents\Crestron\Toolbox\AddressBook\" folder
197 +1. Click the "Open" button to make the selected Address Book active
198 +1. If desired, the "Name" or "Address" column headers can be clicked to change the order devices are displayed in the dropdown menu
199 +1*. The up and down arrows at the bottom of the menu can be used to manually re-order devices
200 +1. Connection settings for individual entries in the Address Book can be modified by selecting them and then editing their attributes in the menu on the left, including:
201 +1*. Connection type (TCP, USB, etc.) and method (SSH, SSL/TLS, etc.)
202 +1*. Connection port
203 +1*. Credentials
204 +1. Right-click on an entry to rename or delete it, or select the entry and use the buttons at the bottom of the menu
205 +1. Click "OK" without selecting a device from the list to close the Address Book dialog without connecting to a device, or select a device from the list and click "OK" to connect immediately
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195 -To edit a previously created Address Book:
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199 199  === Export to Device Summary ===
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201 201  The Device Summary is an important documentation tool provided by Crestron. It is a .txt file containing a comma-separated-values of all networked devices, and is useful to capture which devices are online, what their current IP and hostname settings are, what version of firmware they are on, and their MAC address and serial number.