User Manual

DW Spectrum 3.0
Rev. 072017 Page | 13
DW Spectrum provides a powerful mechanism that can auto-discover Servers in local network. The easiest way to is to
use one of the auto-discovered Servers.
To use predefined connections, click on the drop-down list. By default ,*Last Used Connection* is recommended:
Note: the computer Server is installed on may have several network interfaces. In this case, a random one is
displayed on the Auto-Discovered Servers list.
Note that Servers with different versions are discovered automatically as well. However, they will be displayed in red.
It is possible to connect to them in a compatibility mode (see "Launching DW Spectrum in Compatibility Mode").
System name is displayed in before the Server's IP address. In case of multi-server environment several servers with
the same System Name can be discovered. In this case it is possible to connect to any Server. See "Understanding
Multi-Server Architecture and Basics" for details.
Connection details can also be entered manually. The following values are required:
 Host – IP Address or name of the computer Server is installed on (localhost or 127.0.0.1 for All-in-One
installation).
 Port – IP Port for access to Server (7001 by default).