Name:	Medialon Network Utilities
Version:	6.7.2
Available for:	Manager V7 and Manager V6 (Lite & Pro), Showmaster (Mini, ST, Pro, LE, XS & iPro)
Limitation In:	Showmaster: commands marked with * are not available
Device Brand:	Medialon
Positrack Compatible:	No
Resources type:	TCP/IP Network

Overview

Medialon Network Utilities MXM provides different commands for network management and system informations retrieving.

MxM Installation

No specific installation.

Device Setup

No creation window.

Device Commands

The commands marked with * are not available in Showmaster.

Wake On Lan

To switch on a computer by the LAN.

• Mac Address: [String] Mac address of the computer to switch on.
• Net Address: [String] Broadcast address of the network adapter used.

Ping

To send a ping request to a computer.

• Address: [String] Address of the computer to ping.

Get IP address

To retrieve the IP address of a computer.

• Host name: [String] Name of the computer.
• Return address: [String] Variable that will contain the name in return.

Get IP port number

To retrieve the port number assigned to a service ( for example, the port number for the FTP service is generally 21).

• Service name: [String] Name of the service.
• Return port: [Integer] Variable that will contain the port value in return.

Reset remote serial port*

To close a serial port on the network previously opened by another computer.

• Manufacturer: [Enum] Type of serial port.
  • “Moxa”: The remote serial port is a NPort Server Moxa series.
  • “Comtrol”: The remote serial port is a DeviceMaster Comtrol series.
• Port number: [Integer] Number of the port to close.
• Password: [String] Password for the query (used for Moxa, not used for Comtrol).

Get System Info*

Returns system informations.

• Info Type: [Enum] Type of system information.
  • “User Name”: retrieves the current logged user name.
  • “Computer Name”: retrieves the name of the computer.
  • “Domain Name”: retrieves the domain name on which is the computer.
  • “OS Name”: retrieves the OS name.
• Return Info: [String] Variable that will contain the information in return.

Note: Retreiving some system informations can failed depending on the rights of the current logged user (Error Acces Denied).

Get MAC Address

Returns the MAC address corresponding to the given IP Address.

• IP Address: [String] IP Address of the target machine. If this parameter is empty the address of the local machine is used.
• Return MAC Address: [String] Variable that will contain the MAC Address in return.

Note: If the command fails, the Return MAC Address variable is set to ‘000000000000’.

Device Variables

CommandStatus

[Enum] Reflects the status of the current command.

• “Success”: No command pending, the last command was succesful
• “Pending”: A command is in progress
• “Error”: a command error occured
• “Timeout”: a timeout command error occured.

Usage: This variable can be read for checking if the current command has been completed.

LastCommandResult

[String] Contains a litteral description of the result of the last command sent.

Revisions

V 1.0.1

• Added: Support for Showmaster.

V 1.0.2

• Bug Fixed: “Ping”, “Wake On Line” and “Reset Remote Serial Port” commands are blocking under Showmaster Editor running in offline mode.

V 1.0.3

• Bug Fixed: “Reset Remote Serial Port” command is available under Showmaster.
• Bug Fixed: “Get System Info” command is available under Showmaster.
• Bug Fixed: When a host name is entered instead of an IP address, “Get MAC Address” command always returns the local MAC address.

V 1.0.4

• Added: Support for Showmaster Pro.

V 1.0.5

• Fixed: Ping command doesn’t return the correct error when the host cannot be reached.

V 1.0.6

• Fixed: Get System Info (OSName) doesn’t work with system greater than Windows XP.

V 6.0.0

• Modified: Support of Manager V6/Showmaster V2.

V 6.0.1

• Fixed: Device variables are not reset after a project load (Requires Manager 6.0.3+).

V 6.0.2

• Fixed: “Reset Remote Serial Port” command is available in Showmaster although not usable.

V 6.0.3

• Fixed: unused module for Showmaster was installed within the firmware.

V 6.1.0

• Added: Support for Showmaster LE & Showmaster XS platforms.

V 6.1.1

• Internal Changes.

V 6.1.2

• Internal Changes.

V 6.1.3

• Internal Changes.

V 6.1.4

• Fixed: Ping command may stop working and eventually cause Manager or Showmaster to crash.

V 6.1.5

• Improved: The MAC address format for the ‘Wake On Lan’ command is now more flexible, format such as ‘XXXXXXXXXXXX’ or ‘XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX’ are accepted.
• Fixed: Loopback network broadcast address is no more listed in the ‘Net Address’ list provided by the ‘Wake On Lan’ wizard.

V 6.2.0

• Added: Compatibility for Overture CS.

V 6.7.0

• Improved: Support for High DPI displays (require Manager 6.7.0+ or Showmaster Editor 2.7.0+)
• Changed: Compatibility for Manager 6.7.0 and Showmaster Editor 2.7.0