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The following items / aspects must be in place to allow the Energy Manager to function correctly:
The Energy Manager Mini and the Zone Controllers plug into your internal network (Intranet). This is the prime method of communication and must be present.
The Energy Manager Mini and the Zone Controller both use DHCP to acquire IP addresses and as such must be available.
The Screensavers communicate with the Energy Manager by IP address or DNS name. The Energy Manager should be allocated a fixed IP address to enable this.
The Screensavers and the Zone Controllers both use TCP/IP port 80 to communicate with the Energy Manager. This should be allowed in your firewall configuration.
The Energy Manager communicates with the screensavers to detect whether or not they are idle. A screensaver must be installed on all clients. If your group policies or network configuration prevent this then we will need to work together on a workaround for the problem.
The Energy Manager needs a mains feed as does every Zone Controller. Some customers have successfully used POE injector / connectors to power the Zone Controllers (not supplied).
The following, whilst not essential are recommended:
The Energy Manager should be mapped to EnergyManager.yourdomain,com. This allows for simpler configuration of the screensavers and allows the Energy Manager to be moved at a later stage.
The debug information from the screensavers and the zone controllers are sent by broadcast over these ports. If you want to view the debug information, you will need to not block these ports in your firewall.
Some clients prefer to site the Energy Manager Mini in their data centre to ensure stable operation