Datamax-O'Neil Netcenter User Manual - Manual (Page 13)

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4. Operation
4.5 Options
NetCenter options can only be accessed through the program menu
and will open a small dialog window as shown in figure 3.
Figure 3. Options dialog
There are two available options; network adapter and broadcast
interval time.
4.5.1 Network Adapter
If a computer is equipped with more than one network adapter this
option makes it possible to select the preferred one from a list of
available adapters. The adapters are found automatically and
displayed in the list along with its IP address to make it easier to know
what adapter to choose. Note that a restart of NetCenter is required if
the network adapter is changed.
4.5.2 Broadcast Interval Time
The broadcast interval time decides how often a broadcast is made
from the NetCenter PC to the LAN to check for Datamax-O’Neil
printers. If many printers are connected to the same LAN a low value
might create unnecessary network traffic. As a hint to determine a
good value it can be mentioned that both the broadcast and response
packets fit inside a single Ethernet frame, so the traffic load generated
is actually quite small and increases linearly with the number of
printers on the LAN. The default interval time is two seconds.
Note : The list of printers can always be updated
manually by pressing the Refresh button located on the
toolbar. This is especially useful when a high interval
value is used.