Wavelink’s AutoDiscovery feature uses Discovery Tokens to minimize mobile device configuration.
See Configuring Port Monitors for more information on assigning Discovery Tokens to Port Monitors.
With traditional wireless networks, you must assign each mobile device a network address and a TCP/IP port that belongs to a specific computer on your network.
Wavelink’s AutoDiscovery technology eliminates the need for this time-consuming configuration by allowing you to assign each Port Monitor a Discovery Token name, instead of a network address and a TCP/IP port. Then, you assign each mobile device a Discovery Token mask.
A Discovery Token can be any alphanumeric combination, up to 18 characters in length.
When a network user starts a mobile device, that mobile device broadcasts its Discovery Token mask to the wireless network. Any Port Monitor whose Discovery Token name matches that mobile device’s Discovery Token mask will respond and become available to the mobile device.
In addition to assigning specific Discovery Token names to Port Monitors, you can also assign Port Monitors the wildcard character, the asterisk (*). Instead of just connecting to a specific Port Monitor, mobile devices will display a list of Port Monitors that contain the wildcard character in their Discovery Token name. mobile devices users can then select the Port Monitor of their choice.
By default, each Studio Client is initially configured with a wildcard Discovery Token mask.
In addition to assigning Port Monitors a Discovery Token name, you can also assign Port Monitors a priority level. There are two levels of priority available: primary and secondary.
A primary Port Monitor automatically connects with a mobile device with the correct Discovery Token mask.
If more than one primary Port Monitors have the correct Discovery Token mask and attempt to connect to a mobile device, that mobile device will connect to the first Port Monitor that attempts to connect.
If you assigned a Port Monitor a secondary status, any mobile device that connects to that Port Monitor will wait 10 seconds to see if a primary Port Monitor is available. If a primary Port Monitor is not available, the mobile device will connect with the secondary Port Monitor.
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