Device Explorer

The Device Explorer is actually a standalone program. It can be found in the TIDE installation folder and launched independently. It is also accessible from within TIDE as a dialog
(Debug > Select/Manage Target, or click the Target button).

The Device Explorer shows all Tibbo devices found on the local network segment. These may include serial-over-IP devices and programmable devices running TiOS. Some discovered devices may have two entries -- this happens when you have a TiOS device running serial-over-IP Tibbo BASIC application.

Icon: The icon to the left of the MAC address shows the status of the device. It can be any of the following:

	Serial-over-IP device, valid IP address.
	Serial-over-IP device, invalid (unreachable) IP address.
	<%TIOS% device, no Tibbo BASIC application in its memory.
	<%TIOS% device, Tibbo BASIC application is loaded and running (executing).
	<%TIOS% device, Tibbo BASIC application is loaded and stopped.
	<%TIOS% device, Tibbo BASIC application is loaded and paused (for debugging).

MAC: This is the current MAC address of the device. It can be changed for TiOS devices.

IP: The current IP address of the device. It can be changed for serial-over-IP devices. On <%TIOS% devices the IP can only be changed via Tibbo BASIC code.

Comment: Additional information. For serial-over-IP devices, this is the owner anme and device name. For <%TIOS% devices, this is the name of the Tibbo BASIC project currently loaded in memory.

Can't see your device in the list? It may not be connected to the same LAN segment (there is a router between your PC and the device), or your Windows firewall may be interfering. Also, make sure the correct network interface is selected -- click on the Device Explorer button (top left window corner) and select Advance Settings.

Button functions apply to the device currently selected (highlighted) in the device list. You can select several devices at once -- Buzz, Upload, and Reboot can be applied to multiple devices simultaneously!

Buzz: Make the selected device identify itself by "playing" a pattern on its status LEDs. This is useful for finding out which physical device corresponds to the selected entry in the list. Serial-over-IP devices identify themselves by quickly flickering their red and green LEDs several times. <%TIOS% devices respond by turning their LEDs off for two seconds, but this only happens when Tibbo BASIC application is not executing. <%TIOS% devices that are running an application will not respond to buzz at all.

Set Password: you can protect the firmware and compiled Tibbo BASIC application loaded into your device by setting an access password (strongly recommended). This password will then be required for MAC address changing, as well as firmware and/or application uploading.

Change MAC: Change the MAC address of the device. Note that you have to reboot the device for the change to become effective.

Change IP: Change the IP address of the device. This function is only available for serial-over-IP devices.

Abort: Aborts the current operation. Device Explorer operations never time out -- you must abort them manually.

Select: This button is only shown when accessing the Device Explorer from within TIDE. Selecting the device means that TIDE will use the device as its debug target for the currently opened project. You can achieve the same by double-clicking on the device in the list.