Expanding your DW Spectrum System.
A DW Spectrum System is made up of one or more computers running the DW Spectrum Media Server Application.
In order to be considered a single System the following criteria must be met:
- The System Name and System Password must be the same on all installed Media Servers.
- The Servers must be able to see each other - either on a LAN or WAN.
To Expand a System by Merging an Existing Server or System:
Merging a system is useful in situations where one or more DW Spectrum Systems are running on a single network and/or where Servers were installed with mismatched System Names or passwords.
- Select the Main Menu button and choose Merge Systems.
- Enter the Server address (IP Address or host URL) and Password for the existing System you wish to merge.
- Press the Check button to confirm connectivity to the System you are attempting to merge/merge with.
- Choose which System name and Password should remain once the merge is complete.
Press ok. - That's all, folks. Once the System is successfully merged you will see all merged Systems/Devices now available in the Resource Panel.
More information on Expanding your DW Spectrum System
A huge advantage of merging DW Spectrum servers is that it will grant you to create a FAILOVER SYSTEM. This is critical for locations to have no faults or loss of data. When a server is offline, Failover will automatically add the device from the offline server to the other merged servers.
Here is an article to set up a FAILOVER SYSTEM.
