diff --git a/Equipment/prologix_discovery.m b/Equipment/prologix_discovery.m
index 33458d1..4502e3b 100644
--- a/Equipment/prologix_discovery.m
+++ b/Equipment/prologix_discovery.m
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ remote_port = 3040;
 
 %% setup dsp to send and recieve udp packets.
     udpconnection = udp('255.255.255.255',3040);
+    udpconnection.LocalHost = '130.89.143.33';
     %hudpr = dsp.UDPReceiver('LocalIPPort',local_port);
     % hudps = dsp.UDPSender('RemoteIPAddress','255.255.255.255','RemoteIPPort',remote_port,'LocalIPPortSource','Property','LocalIPPort',local_port);
     % start recieving udp packets
diff --git a/OOequipment/debug/discovery.m b/OOequipment/debug/discovery.m
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fba8b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OOequipment/debug/discovery.m
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+
+ipPrefix='10.0.0';
+ipPrefixRegex = '10\.0\.0';
+if ispc()
+    system(['for /L %a in (1,1,254) do @start /b ping ' ipPrefix '.%a -w 100 -n 2 >nul']);
+    [~,arptable] = system('arp -a');
+    ipaddresses = regexp(arptable,[ipPrefixRegex '\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9]?[0-9])(?=[-a-f0-9\s]*dynamic)'],'match');
+elseif isunix()
+    [~,ipaddresses] = system(['echo $(seq 254) | xargs -P255 -I% -d" " ping -W 1 -c 1 ' ipPrefix '.% | grep -P -o "[0-1].*?(?=:)"']);
+elseif ismac()
+    
+else
+    
+end
+
+
+%% find prologix
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diff --git a/OOequipment/subfiles/EquipmentClass.m b/OOequipment/subfiles/EquipmentClass.m
index add3c09..ed2d506 100644
--- a/OOequipment/subfiles/EquipmentClass.m
+++ b/OOequipment/subfiles/EquipmentClass.m
@@ -368,9 +368,42 @@ classdef EquipmentClass < handle
             structname = matlab.lang.makeValidName(['ip',cleanip,'_',num2str(port)]);
         end
         
-        function equipmentstruct = discover()
-            
-            
+        function ipaddress = getInterfaceIP()
+            if ispc
+                % Code to run on Windows plaform
+                [status,result]=system('ipconfig');
+                if ~(status == 0)
+                    error('Failed to find local IP address');
+                end
+                ipaddress = regexp(result,'(?<=\n   IPv4 Address[ \.]*: )([0-9]{1,3}\.?){4}','match');
+            elseif ismac
+                % Code to run on Mac platform
+                [status,result]=system('ifconfig');
+                if ~(status == 0)
+                    error('Failed to find local IP address');
+                end
+                ipaddress = regexp(result,'(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9]?[0-9])\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9]?[0-9])\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9]?[0-9])\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9]?[0-9])(?=\/)','match');
+            elseif isunix
+                % Code to run on Unix platform
+                [status,result]=system('ip addr show');
+                if ~(status == 0)
+                    error('Failed to find local IP address');
+                end
+                ipaddress = regexp(result,'(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9]?[0-9])\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9]?[0-9])\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9]?[0-9])\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9]?[0-9])(?=\/)','match');
+            else
+                error('Platform not supported');
+            end
+        end
+        
+        function prologixIP = discoverPrologix()
+            persistent stored_ipaddress;
+            if ~isempty(stored_ipaddress)
+                prologixIP = stored_ipaddress;
+                return
+            end
+            ipaddress = getInterfaceIP()
+            udpconnection = udp('255.255.255.255',3040);
+            udpconnection.LocalHost = localhost;
         end
     end
 end
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