Option A continued - License the Master Server
To use your Vision
2
system you must first license your master server using the
AMX License Manager. The AMX License Manager is used to install and
manage software licenses for Vision
2
(as well as other AMX software
applications. The local License Manager application communicates with a
license server which can be based on the local machine or elsewhere on your
network. Click the AMX License Manager shortcut on the master server
desktop, once the License Manager launches you are shown the welcome
page which lists the AMX Software you have installed. Select Vision
2
and click
Next
to proceed to the Select License Server dialog where you can either
specify an AMX license server on your network if you have one already or use
the local license server
Select A License Server
Select a license server for your machine, typically you will use the license
server already installed on your server. You can only have one instance of
Vision
2
per AMX license server otherwise you risk problems with license
contention
Choose one of the Select License Server options:
•
Use the local license server installed and running on this machine - This
is the default option.
•
Search the network for available license servers - Use this option if the
AMX License Server application is already installed on your network, for
example if you have other AMX products.
•
Manually enter the license server hostname or IP address - Use this
option if AMX License Server is on the network and you know the host-
name or IP address or are having problems using the previous option.
Search the Network for License Servers
If you decided 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
. 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 you want to license, in this case Vision
2
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 to proceed to the Licensing Options Menu. Select
Register License By Entitlement ID
This option requires that you have a valid Vision
2
Entitlement ID, effectively a
License key, (obtained from AMX). Once you have this ID proceed as follows:
1.
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.
2.
Click
Next
to proceed to the Customer Information window. Select your
industry sector from the drop down menu.
3.
Click
Next
to proceed to the Install New AMX Product License window
4.
Enter your Entitlement ID in the text box provided. Entitlement IDs begin
with the prefix "ENT-"
5.
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 success-
fully activated. Your Master Server is now licensed
Login to the Vision
2
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 Vision
2
Operation/Reference guide for more
information
Option B - Adding the Server to an existing V2 v8.2 System
Perform these steps to add this server to an existing Vision
2
System as a Slave server:
1.
Power on the server, it may take a few minutes to boot.
2.
Test that you can access the server via the LAN. You can run this test by
accessing a Command Prompt using the Ping command. For example:
ping v2AMX-xxxxxxxx
where
v2AMX-xxxxxxxx
is the server name that you found when con-
figuring the server network settings. If the server responds, continue to
step 3
3.
Using Internet Explorer 9 32bit with network access to this serve navigate
to
http://
v2AMX-xxxxxxxx
/v2.aspx
. The Vision
2
login page appears.
Alternatively you can click the v2 Manager UI shortcut on the server desk-
top. Note when you first run IE on the server, select Use Recommended
settings and allow VLC add-on
4.
Once you login, enter the administrator username and password. The
default values are administrator and Vision2
5.
Go to
Manage System > Manage Servers
6.
Enter the name of your 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 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
Vision
2
Operation/Reference guide for more information
