{"id":22799,"date":"2021-11-05T11:27:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T15:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/?p=22799"},"modified":"2025-05-16T16:40:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T20:40:54","slug":"how-to-discover-devices-with-room-alert-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/22799\/how-to-discover-devices-with-room-alert-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Discover Devices With Room Alert Discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-3\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Room Alert Discovery utility is a simple tool that you may use to discover your Room Alert Monitors and perform firmware updates on them*. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p>Room Alert Discovery can discover these types of devices: Room Alert MAX, 32S, 12S, 3S, 32E\/W, 12E, 4E, 3E and 3 Wi-Fi. (Room Alert Discovery cannot perform firmware updates on Room Alert MAX at this time.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike Room Alert Manager, the discovery utility only scans for devices when initiated by a user. Once prompted, Room Alert Discovery scans your network in the following ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Broadcast on UDP Port 30718<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Targeted scan on UDP port 30719<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, please see our FAQ, <a href=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/14315\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">List Of Ports Required By Room Alert Products<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"su-column su-column-size-2-3\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/RAD_DevicesList.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/RAD_DevicesList-1024x703.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/RAD_DevicesList-1024x703.png 1024w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/RAD_DevicesList-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/RAD_DevicesList-768x527.png 768w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/RAD_DevicesList.png 1468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Follow these instructions to discover devices in the Room Alert Discovery utility:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>First open the Room Alert Discovery utility by navigating to <strong>Start\u2192 AVTECH Room Alert Discovery<\/strong> in Windows.\n<ul>\n<li>Alternatively, you may navigate to Room Alert Discovery\u2019s Installation Directory (C:\\Program Files\\AVTECH Room Alert Discovery by default) and double-click <em>avtech-room-alert-discovery.exe<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Room Alert Discovery does not scan for devices until you tell it to. To initiate a device scan, first select the <strong>Find Devices<\/strong> button.<br><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1467\" height=\"1007\" class=\"wp-image-27590\" style=\"width: 600px;\" src=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAD_FindDevices.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAD_FindDevices.png 1467w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAD_FindDevices-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAD_FindDevices-1024x703.png 1024w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAD_FindDevices-768x527.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1467px) 100vw, 1467px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This will open the <em>Find Room Alert Monitors <\/em>window, as shown below.<br><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"751\" height=\"670\" class=\"wp-image-27592\" style=\"width: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAD_FindMonitorsModal.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAD_FindMonitorsModal.png 751w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAD_FindMonitorsModal-300x268.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the <em>Automatically By Network Interface<\/em> section of the window, your computer&#8217;s NICs are listed.<br><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"544\" height=\"151\" class=\"wp-image-27593\" style=\"width: 275px;\" src=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAD_AutomaticallyByNetworkInterface.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAD_AutomaticallyByNetworkInterface.png 544w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAD_AutomaticallyByNetworkInterface-300x83.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Scanning each NIC is enabled by default. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You may disable a NIC if you don&#8217;t want the utility to scan it for devices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the <em>Manually By IP Address<\/em> section of the window, you can specify single IP addresses or ranges of IP addresses to scan for devices.<br><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"617\" height=\"148\" class=\"wp-image-27594\" style=\"width: 300px;\" src=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAD_ManuallyByIP.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAD_ManuallyByIP.png 617w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAD_ManuallyByIP-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/>\n<ul>\n<li>To do so, first choose either <strong>Single <\/strong>or <strong>Range <\/strong>from the drop-down menu.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next enter the IP address or range that you wish to scan.<br><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"744\" height=\"221\" class=\"wp-image-27595\" style=\"width: 350px;\" src=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAD_AddRange.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAD_AddRange.png 744w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAD_AddRange-300x89.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then select <strong>Add to Scan<\/strong>.<br><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"94\" height=\"31\" class=\"wp-image-22808\" style=\"width: 90px;\" src=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAD_FindRAMonitors_AddToScan.png\" alt=\"\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You may add as many IP addresses or ranges to this list as you&#8217;d like.<br><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"744\" height=\"305\" class=\"wp-image-27596\" style=\"width: 350px;\" src=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAD_ManualDiscoveryList.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAD_ManualDiscoveryList.png 744w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAD_ManualDiscoveryList-300x123.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In <em>Scan Timeout<\/em>, leave the default value, 30, or enter another timeout value.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When you&#8217;re ready to begin scanning for devices, select <strong>Start Scan<\/strong>.<br><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"102\" height=\"44\" class=\"wp-image-22811\" style=\"width: 95px;\" src=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAD_FindRAMonitors_StartScan.png\" alt=\"\"><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Room Alert Discovery will begin scanning for devices.<br><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"595\" height=\"369\" class=\"wp-image-22814\" style=\"width: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAD_FindRAMonitors_Scanning.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAD_FindRAMonitors_Scanning.png 595w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/RAD_FindRAMonitors_Scanning-300x186.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once the scan is complete, the <em>Find Room Alert Monitors <\/em>window will close and you&#8217;ll see a list of all discovered devices.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow these instructions to discover devices in the Room Alert Discovery utility:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[298],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.4 - 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