Scan Window Profile

Control the day and time active discovery is performed by a collector using a Scan Window Profile. A Scan Window Profile does not have to be created, but if no scan window for a collector is selected scanning will follow your rescan interval as per Add & Manage Collectors.

Create a Scan Window Profile Configuration File

  1. Go to Settings > Scan Window Profiles, and click Add.

  2. Click Download Sample.You can use this to help build the profile.

  3. Edit the scan window information in a text editor such as Notepad.

    1. Provide a name inside the double quotation marks; "name": "Your Scan Window Name",

    2. Syntax for days of the week are Monday (m), Tuesday (t), Wednesday (w), Thursday (r), Friday (f), Saturday (s), Sunday (u)

    3. Time will be of the time zone associated with the Collector’s Scout using a 24-hour clock.

    4. An example of scanning Tuesday from midnight to 8 AM then from 8 PM to midnight would be: "t": [["00:00", "08:00"],["20:00","23:59"]],

    5. Save as an .XML file type.

Upload Your Scan Window Configuration File

  1. Go to Settings > Scan Windows Profiles.

  2. Click Choose File.

  3. Select the .XML file that you saved, and click Upload.

  4. Click Save Profile.

  5. The new profile has been successfully added.

Assign Profile to a Collector

  1. Go to Settings > Zones.

  2. Select the collector you want to assign a profile to.

  3. Select the profile from the drop-down menu.

  4. Verify that the collector is enabled.

  5. Click Edit.

  6. The profile has been successfully added to the collector.

Deleting and Editing Scan Window Profiles

To Edit a Scan Window Profile

  1. Go to Settings > Scan Window Profile.

  2. Select the profile you want to edit and click Edit

  3. The configuration file will be available to edit on the right-hand pane.

  4. Make your change to the profile.

  5. Click Save Profile when complete.

To Delete a Scan Window Profile

  1. Go to Settings > Scan Window Profile.

  2. Select the profile you want to remove and click Delete.

Deleting a profile removes it from the Collector, which will then resume scanning according to the scan interval configured in Zones > Collectors.

Scan Window Configuration Examples

Time{

"name": "Mon - Fri 8PM to 8AM",

"m": [["00:00", "08:00"],["20:00","23:59"]],

"t": [["00:00", "08:00"],["20:00","23:59"]],

"w": [["00:00", "08:00"],["20:00","23:59"]],

"r": [["00:00", "08:00"],["20:00","23:59"]],

"f": [["00:00", "08:00"],["20:00","23:59"]]

}

Time{

"name": "Weekends 1 AM to 11 PM",

"s": ["01:00", "23:00"],

"u": ["01:00", "23:00"]

}