Detected and Others
Two tables with opposite roles: Detected is the scan's work queue and it empties; Others is the permanent inventory of devices that are not airMAX radios but that you want in sight.
Detected: the scan queue
Everything a scan finds that has no identity yet lands here, with its IP, MAC and manufacturer. The Suggestion column hints at what each device looks like:
| Suggestion | What it means |
|---|---|
| Ubiquiti radio (blue) | An airMAX candidate — the session button is the way. |
| MikroTik / TP-Link device · not airMAX | Known manufacturer, not manageable by the app. |
| Not airMAX | Unknown manufacturer. |
| MAC unreachable | It sits behind a router; signing in identifies it fully. |
Each device leaves the queue in one of two ways:
- Signing in — the radio declares its mode and moves on its own to Stations or Access points.
- "Not a radio" — it goes down to the Others inventory. The decision is stored: a later scan will not ask you again.
The suggestion helps but the decision is yours: the discard button is highlighted when the manufacturer already says it is not airMAX, and stays discreet on a Ubiquiti radio, where discarding would almost always be a mistake.
Clear list empties the queue without deciding anything — whatever was left unresolved reappears on the next scan. When the queue reaches zero, the table disappears from view: its job is done.
Others: the third-party inventory
A node's MikroTik, an ONU, a switch: not airMAX radios, but part of your network and worth keeping on record. Others is always visible, even when empty, with its own search box.
| Column | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Action | The Remove chip — deliberately first, away from the end of the row, so you never remove from the wrong row. |
| State | The device watch, off by default. See below. |
| Name | Editable: these devices report nothing, so either you name them or the row stays a bare IP. |
| IP · MAC · Manufacturer | Device identity. |
The watch: "is it still alive?"
Turning Watch on for a row pings it periodically from your PC. It says exactly that — whether it answers from here — and does not measure link quality:
- Answers · N ms — it is online (and the app verified that whoever answers is that device, not another one that inherited its IP).
- No answer — it does not respond.
- Another device (amber) — that IP is now held by a different device: you lost track of yours. A scan finds it again at its new address.
With the watch on, the service sentinel alerts you when the device stops answering — meant for a node's router, whose outage explains that of every radio hanging off it. Like any alert, it can also reach you as a Windows notification or on your phone.
Remove means it
Remove erases that device's whole record, including the decision to discard it. If a later scan finds it again, it returns to Detected as if new — which is also the way to recover a radio discarded by mistake.