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Chapter 11: System Administration Tools 69
automatically during these instances, you may enable the auto login feature. Enabling auto login
provides unrestricted access to the AMWorks software and is typically only used when the
AMWorks software server is in a secure location.
To enable auto login in AMWorks software:
1. After logging in to AMWorks software, click Admin Tools - Password from the menu bar.
2. Select Enable auto login .
3. Click OK .
Discovering Devices
The AMWorks software enables the “discovery” of AMX switching system devices, including
switches, user stations and AMIQ/AMIQDM modules. The Discover Devices command detects
devices present on different subnets by the use of a directed UDP (User Datagram Protocol)
broadcast. During this phase of discovery, only devices with the same configuration ID will
respond to these UDP broadcasts. After compiling a list of the devices that have responded, the
AMWorks software gathers information about the system topology. The AMWorks software also
contacts online devices to ensure that they still exist and also attempts to re-establish contact with
offline devices.
The AMWorks software enables you to automatically discover AMX switches that are:
• Located on the same physical network and have the same subnet and configuration ID settings
as the AMWorks software.
• Located on a different network and subnet, provided that any intervening network routers
allow directed broadcast. The configuration ID setting on the AMWorks software must be the
same setting on all of the AMX switches.
NOTE: If you cannot discover a device automatically, (for instance, if a network router will not forward a directed
broadcast) see Adding AMX Switching System Devices on page 65 to add a device manually.
To discover devices:
1. Select Admin Tools - Discover Device s from the menu bar.
NOTE: When first displayed, the fields on the Discover Devices dialog box display the local network’s
default settings.
2. Type a name in the Name field for the new subnet. Once the subnet is discovered by, this name
will be used by the AMWorks software to identify the subnet and associated devices.
3. Type the subnet address of the subnet to be discovered. If you do not know the subnet address,
enter the IP address of a matrix switch on that subnet. The subnet address will be calculated
automatically before the discovery begins. This subnet address will be stored for the history,
not the individual IP address.
4. Type the subnet mask for the subnet to be discovered in the Subnet Mask field.