Balluff MATRIX VISION mvBlueGEMINI - Notes on Network Connections; Background Information

mvBlueGEMINI Technical Manual (EN) v2.6
APPENDIX 27
Error
Cause
Action
Not every
inspection result
is transferred to
the FTP server.
Connection to the FTP
server is too slow.
Possible approaches:
1. Export only reports without images.
2. A faster connection to the FTP Server.
3. Cycle reduction.
4. Reduce the number of monitored images.
Accessing the
shared folders is
not possible.
Your Windows 10
installation does not
allow a guest access to
the shared folders
(mvIMPACT-CS
releases <= 2.3.0 and
>= 2.2.2); sometimes
also with error code
0x80070035
Update mvIMPACT-CS to a version > 2.3.0, which
allows accessing the shared folders with following
credentials:
• Login: expert
• Password: expert
If Windows does not prompt for the login and
password please use this command in a terminal
window, replacing the host name with the correct
value for your camera:
cmdkey.exe /add:gemini-000110
/U:expert /P:expert
11.2 Notes on network connections
11.2.1 Background information
The user would like to connect to the smart camera with their client via web browser. For this to
work,
1. the smart camera's IP address or host name must be known or found, and
2. a data packet route to this IP address or host name must exist.
Point 2 is relatively simple, as only a single route has to exist between the client and the server.
Routers (and routing tables) as well as port forwarding are available for this purpose. However, for
point 1, conveniently locating the smart camera, the mDNS broadcasts must be available, which is
normally suppressed by routers. The server essentially publishes its settings via Avahi and mDNS.
The client can initially use the host name printed on the smart camera.
Different problems need to be overcome with different solutions depending on the network
topology. These are discussed below.