Network Service Discovery Configuration

Zero configuration networking enables users with no networking experience to connect directly to the receiver without manually configuring network settings or entering an IP address.

This feature enables a computer on the same subnet as the receiver to discover the IP address of the receiver and then discover what services and ports the receiver has enabled. The computer client can then access data files, configure the receiver, connect to NMEA/CMR streams, send CMR streams to the receiver, and so on.

Use Bonjour or uPnP (universal plug and play) on your local computer.

Select Network Configuration / Zeroconf/UPnP.

 

Enable Zeroconf service discovery (mDNS/DNS-SD) – Select this check box to enable computers on the subnet using Bonjour to discover this receiver.

The local name string applied to the receiver is the following:

Product Name, Serial Number: System Name

Where:

Product Name is the name of the product.

Serial Number is the Trimble 10-character serial number.

System Name - Entered using either the WinFlash utility or the web interface.

For these browsers and operating systems:

  • For Linux, install avahi and do "avahi-browse -a".

    NOTE – Avahi-browse is not available on CentOS 8. For Fedora, install avahi-tools and nss-mdns. The FTP service can then be used in File Manager in Other Locations.

  • In Mac OSX, Bonjour is installed by default.

Bonjour also enables the receiver to advertise other services it has today. Trimble advertises HTTP and FTP, if the services are enabled.

Enable UPnP service discovery – Select this check box to enable computers on the subnet using Universal Plug and Play to discover this receiver.

A similar technology to Bonjour is UPnP, however it does not provide as much functionality as Bonjour (you cannot advertise FTP, NTP, and so forth, but you can advertise that the receiver is a web server).

To connect to the receiver, without knowing the IP address, using this technology under Windows 10 open Explorer and select Network. If you have UPnP discovery enabled, you see a list of receivers. If you do not see the list, and you know there are receivers with this functionality enabled on your subnet, make sure that you have selected the Show UPnP option.

Enable NETBIOS Name service –

Scan for UPnP-enabled router and: Use these options if you place a receiver behind your router/firewall at a site office and you need to access the receiver from another location (anywhere besides the site office).

  • Forward HTTP – The Forward options relate to UPnP and routers/firewalls. If you select this check box, the receiver performs a UPnP search for a router and automatically tries to forward the HTTP port externally. If it succeeds, you should be able to point your web browser to the IP address listed next to the "Internet Gateway Device IP".

    NOTE – You must have UPnP enabled on your site office firewall/router. By default, some routers are UPnP enabled. However, some require you to enable it using the router web interface.

  • Forward FTP – Is the same as the Forward HTTP check box except for your FTP port.

  • Forward IO – Select one of the following options:

    • None – Do not forward any I/O ports through the local firewall/router.

    • Output-only – Forward all server I/O ports marked "Output only/Allow multiple connections" and NTRIP caster ports.

    • All – Forward all server I/O ports and NTRIP caster ports.