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Search the Network for License Servers

When deciding to search the network for license servers, proceed as follows:
1.

Select the search for license servers option and click 

Next

 to proceed to the Select 

License Server dialog. This dialog provides a listing of all AMX License Servers 

detected on the LAN.

2.

Select the desired 

AMX License Server

 and click 

Next

 to proceed to the 

Select

Licensing Option 

dialog.

3.

If your server does not appear in the list, click 

Refresh

4.

If after refreshing the server list, you still do not see your server, click on the link

My License server was not listed

let me specify the license server path”

 and

enter the hostname or IP address of the license server manually.

An error message will be displayed if the entitlement has already been registered to

another system or if the entitlement ID is invalid. Please contact AMX Technical support

if you encounter any difficulties obtaining your product license.

Licensing Option Dialog

Proceed as follows:
1.

Select the product to license, in this case 

Vision2

, and click 

Next

 to open the 

Licensing Status window. This page show what licenses, if any, you have installed 

for the selected product and details the number of users permitted in the Qnty 

(Quantity) column and the License Version and Status.

2.

Click here to continue and proceed to the Licensing Options Menu. Select

Register License By Entitlement ID

.

This option requires that you have a valid Vision2 Entitlement ID, effectively a 

License key, (obtained from AMX). Once you have this ID proceed as follows:

3.

Enter your contact information. Note If you already have an amx.com account,

click on Lookup Account to provide your credentials (email address and

password) to automatically populate the contact information for this license

based on your existing AMX account information.

4.

Click 

Next

 to proceed to the Customer Information window. Select your industry

sector from the drop down menu.

5.

Click 

Next

 to proceed to the 

Install New AMX Product License

 window.

6.

Enter your 

Entitlement ID

 in the text box provided. Entitlement IDs begin with the

prefix "ENT-".

7.

Click 

Next

 to prompt the License Manager to contact the AMX Licensing Server

and activate the license associated with the provided Entitlement ID. The License

Activated window indicates that the license was successfully activated. Your

Master Server is now licensed.

8.

Login to the Vision2 user interface and go to 

Manage System > Manage

Licensing

. You are now ready to allocate services to your server. Refer to the

Licensing section of the Vision2 Instruction Manual for more information.

Option B - Adding the Server to an existing V2 v8.2 System

After the steps in "

Configure Network Settings for your Vision2 Server

section  on

page 1

" have been performed, perform these steps to add this server to an existing

Vision2 System as a Slave server:
1.

Power on the server, it may take a few minutes to boot.

2.

Test that the server can be accessed via the LAN. This test may be run by

accessing a 

Command Prompt

 using the 

Ping

 command. For example:

     ping v2AMX-xxxxxxxx

where v2AMX-xxxxxxxx is the server name of the Vision2 Master Server. If the 

server responds, continue to step 3.

3.

Using Internet Explorer 9 32bit with network access to the Vision2 Master Server,

navigate to:

     http://v2AMX-xxxxxxxx /v2.aspx

where v2AMX-xxxxxxxx is the server name of the Vision2 Master Server. The 

Vision2 login page appears.

Note: 

When first running IE on the server, select Use Recommended settings and 

allow VLC add-on.

4.

To log in, enter the administrator 

username

 and 

password

. The default values are:

• Username  -  administrator
• Password  -  Vision2

5.

Go to 

Manage System > Manage Servers

.

6.

Enter the name of the 

slave

 server 

v2AMX-xxxxxxxx 

in the name box.

7.

Select 

Slave

 from the 

Type

 drop down menu.

8.

Click 

Add

. The server is now added to your system.

9.

Reboot the 

slave

 server.

You are now ready to allocate services to your server. Go to go to 

Manage System >

Manage Licensing 

and refer to the 

Licensing

 section of the Vision2 Instruction Manual

for more information.

Related Software and Additional Documentation (at www.amx.com)

• For additional information on Vision2, refer to the Vision2 V8.2 Instruction 

Manual.

• For details on how to use the Vision2 version 8.2 control API, refer to the Vision2 

API Reference Guide.

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