Add the office computers

What you need

• A workspace whose store is a Shared folder, with the host running.
• Office computers on the same local network as the host, all able to open that shared folder.

When the store is a Shared folder, the host has already turned on Local discovery, so office computers can find it without entering an address. In a workspace whose store is This device, other computers can join but can't submit or render. Move the store to a shared folder first (Choosing a store).

Join from a colleague's computer

1. Download danio, open it and click Join a workspace.
2. Under Local network, wait a few seconds until your workspace appears in the list, then click it.
3. Click Ask to join. The screen says Waiting for an admin of SIK Office to approve.

If the host has a Join password, enter it here to join right away without waiting for approval.

Approve on the host

A card appears at the top of the host's Devices page saying " asks to join", with that computer's operating system and IP. Once you know which computer it is:

1. Choose its access. For an artist's computer, choose Workstation, which can submit and manage its own tasks (Access).
2. If it should render too, turn on Render.
3. Click Approve.

A request expires if nobody handles it within 10 minutes. The other computer can simply ask again.

What success looks like: the colleague's computer says Joined SIK Office, and a new device shows up on the host's Devices page as Online.

Let it render

Computers that join over the local network don't render by default. To make one render, turn it on in either place:

• On that computer, turn on Render on the right of the window's top bar.
• On the host, open that device in Devices and turn on Render in its details. This takes effect the next time it connects to the host.

An artist can turn it off while using the computer during the day and turn it on before going home, and it becomes a render machine that works at night (Accepting renders).

Change the join defaults (optional)

To give every joining computer a set access level and have it render right away, without choosing each time you approve, open Workspace details → Connection on the host:

• Join password: once set, computers that know the password join directly without approval. At least 3 characters.
• Access after joining, Render after joining: the access a computer gets when it joins over the local network, and whether it renders after joining.

You can have as many office computers as you like, but on the free edition only 3 render at the same time. The rest wait for a seat (Render seats).

Render machines in the server room

For render machines that nobody sits at, install with the command from Devices → Add device, as in the Quick start. That way a machine renders as soon as it is installed, with None access, so it can't see projects or tasks.

Can't find the workspace

If the list says No workspaces open to join, go through the FAQ. The quickest fix is to enter the host's address under Find by address on the same page, such as http://192.168.1.20:7420.