摘要:
A communication system including a plurality of terminals; and a switchboard connected to the terminals, includes a means for causing each of the terminals to register an identifier and an address of the terminal itself in the switchboard; a means for, when one of the terminals transmits a request of transmitting a list of the terminals connected to the switchboard, causing the switchboard to transmit the list of the terminals to the terminal that transmits the request; a means for, when the terminal that transmits the request selects one of the terminals from the list and transmits the identifier of the selected terminal to the switchboard, causing the switchboard to transmit the address of the selected terminal to the terminal that transmits the request; and a means for causing the terminal that transmits the request to establish a communication with the selected terminal using the received address and a default port number.
摘要:
A communication system includes a switch device communicatively connected to terminal devices and a computer device. The computer device is configured to initiate a connection to the switch device and, after establishment of the communication connection, initiate a bulk start-up of device monitoring for devices to which the switch device is connected. In some embodiments, the bulk start-up of monitoring can be initiated by obtaining an identification of all relevant devices in a reply to a single request sent by the computer device to the switch device. In some embodiments, the computer device can also be configured to send a monitor stop request to the switch device to stop the monitoring of devices.