User guide
Table Of Contents
- AMWorks®
- Table of Contents
- Product Overview
- Installation
- Basic Operations
- Resource Switching Router
- Adding a Switching Router
- Deleting a Switching Router
- Configuring a Switching Router
- Naming Router Levels and Ports
- Defining TRGs
- Defining CRGs
- Defining DRGs
- Defining TRGs - Multiple Routers, Levels, I/O
- Defining CRGs - Multiple Routers, Levels, I/O
- Defining DRGs - Multiple Routers, Levels, I/O
- Viewing Switching Router Information
- Managing Multimedia
- Managing Users and User Groups
- Managing Servers and Server Groups
- Managing AMX Switching System Devices
- Connection Control
- Managing Event Logs
- System Administration Tools
- Adding AMX Switching System Devices
- Changing the Session Time-out Value
- Configuring Network Settings
- Changing the Administrator’s Password
- Setting Blank Passwords
- Enabling Auto Login
- Discovering Devices
- Displaying Connection Comparisons
- Find
- Pinging Devices
- Removing Offline Devices
- Removing Offline Servers
- Removing Offline Switches
- Synchronizing the System Database
- Updating Firmware
- Forcing a User Login
- Viewing Offline Devices
- Database Maintenance
- Controlling Multiple AMX Switching Systems from the AMWorks Software
- Working Offline
- Configuring LDAP
- Appendices
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System Administration Tools
Use the AMWorks software system administration commands to perform the following operations:
• Add a device (see Adding AMX Switching System Devices on page 65)
• Change the session time-out value (see Changing the Session Time-out Value on page 66)
• Configure network settings (see Configuring Network Settings on page 67)
• Change your password (see Changing the Administrator’s Password on page 67 or Setting
Blank Passwords on page 68)
• Set AMWorks software to automatically log in the administrator (see Enabling Auto Login on
page 68)
• Discover a device (see Discovering Devices on page 69)
• Display any differences between original and current AMX switch connections
(see Displaying Connection Comparisons on page 70)
• Find an entity (see Find on page 71)
• Ping an AMX switch (see Pinging Devices on page 71)
• Remove an offline device, server or switch (see Removing Offline Devices on page 72,
Removing Offline Servers on page 72 and Removing Offline Switches on page 72)
• Synchronize the system database (see Synchronizing the System Database on page 73)
• Update AMX switch firmware (see Updating Firmware on page 74)
• Force a user login (see Forcing a User Login on page 74)
• View an offline device (see Viewing Offline Devices on page 75)
• Backup and restore the user database (see Database Maintenance on page 75)
• Control multiple AMX switching systems (see Controlling Multiple AMX Switching Systems
from the AMWorks Software on page 76
• Work offline (see Working Offline on page 77)
Adding AMX Switching System Devices
The AMWorks software enables you to manually add an AMX switching system device, including
switches, user stations and AMIQ/AMIQDM modules, by providing the IP address of the device. If