Requirements
Ovation Premium license is required.
Watchout requires at least 2 computers; 1 Production computer (Control) and 1 Display (Player).
Each Watchout computer requires a license.
Watchout Production can be hosted on the same computer as Ovation.For ease of use, please download the Watchout and Ovation demo project.
The RAVENNA Network cannot be used to link Watchout and Ovation computers, you have to use a separate network.
1.Configuring Windows network
Ensure that firewalls are turned off completely on both computers
To communicate the commands between the 2 Ovation computers, some settings have to be applied on Windows network.
You may need Administrator rights to modify those settings.
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Check that Windows Network Discovery is activated.
Go in Windows Control Panel> Network and Sharing Center > Change advanced sharing settings.
Make sure that Network Discovery is active. File and Printer sharing is optional.
This setting can be defined for each Network type, Home/ Work, Public or Domain, so please set accordingly to your Network type.
The Network type can be identified in the main Network and Sharing Center window.
Go Windows Control Panel > Network Connections > Select your Windows Network LAN card > Properties
Client for Microsoft Networks, File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks, and Internet Protocol Version 6/ Version 4 must be active. Configure the IP addresses
When you have several networks connected to your computer, the operating system uses the IP addresses to sort the network datas and send it to the correct network.
If two (or more) networks are connected to one computer, the root of the IP addresses have to be different, otherwise the computer will not be able to determine where to send the network datas.
Each computer must have a unique IP address per network.
Examples with a RAVENNA network:
Ovation commands network IP is 192.168.0.10 and RAVENNA is 169.254.25.20 OK
Ovation commands network IP is 10.0.25.20 and RAVENNA is 169.254.25.20 OK
Ovation commands network IP is 169.254.15.10 and RAVENNA is 169.254.25.20 NOT OK
Ovation commands network IP is 192.168.0.10 and RAVENNA is 192.168.10.20 NOT OK
The computers IP addresses can be verified Windows Control Panel > Network Connections > Select the required LAN card > Status > Details.
Depending on your network configuration, the computers will receive their IP addresses automatically (DHCP), or you will have to set it manually (direct connection / non DHCP).
To manually set an IP address, Go Windows Control Panel > Network Connections > Select the required LAN card > Properties.
Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) (or Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) depending on your network) and click on Properties button.
Set it to "Use the following IP address" and enter the IP address.
Once you have entered your IP address, click in the Subnet Mask field. Windows will automatically set the correct Subnet Mask.
Default gateway and DNS server can be left blank.
Click on OK and Close to validate those settings.
Now you need to restart the computer for changes to apply.
Note :The IP address 127.0.0.0 should NEVER be used.
Those settings have to be checked on both computers.
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Computers on a domain
Computers connected under the same domain can directly jump to section 3, as the security access is managed by your domain server.
Please see with your IT Manager for further details.
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Computers in a WorkGroup
Make sure both computers are in the same workgroup.
Go in Windows Control Panel > System, the required information is in the Computer name, domain and workgroup settings section.
If you need to change the workgroup, click on Change Settings in the Computer name, domain and workgroup settings section and enter your changes.
You must restart the computer for changes to take effect !
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Checking access through Windows
On the Ovation Master, make sure in Windows explorer that you can access the remote Ovation:
Open Windows explorer and access the remote computer, using the “Network” part in the left pane, or by typing the computer name in the address bar;
for example \\OvationB, if the remote Ovation is a on a computer called OvationB.
If that does not work, it will not be possible to remote control the second Ovation.
Tip : adding a password on both computer may help if you can't get access.
Please consult Windows documentation about Workgroups for further details.
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A note on credentials (password)
Remember that you have to enter a user name and its password for a user account on the machine that you want to have access to.
Windows login issue: if you did rename your user account, Windows will not be able to log from another computer, it only works locally.
You will continuously get wrong user name and password error.
In that case, create new user accounts, and log remotely with those new credentials.