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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Product Overview.......................................................................................... 1
Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 1
Features and benefits......................................................................................................................... 1
Safety precautions.............................................................................................................................. 2
Chapter 2: Installation and Setup ................................................................................... 5
Installation Overview......................................................................................................................... 5
Rack mounting the HMX Manager appliance ............................................................................ 5
Installing the HMX Manager appliance ..................................................................................... 5
Configuring Network Settings............................................................................................................ 6
Launching the HMX Manager Appliance Web Interface .................................................................. 7
The HMX Manager Explorer window ........................................................................................ 7
Chapter 3: Managing Units............................................................................................ 11
Accessing the HMX Manager Appliance Web Interface.................................................................. 11
Using the Units Tab in the Explorer Window.................................................................................. 11
The Units All Window ...................................................................................................................... 11
Adding units via the Add Unit Wizard ..................................................................................... 13
Adding units from a range of IP addresses .............................................................................. 14
Adding units on an IP subnet.................................................................................................... 14
Deleting units............................................................................................................................ 15
The Unit Overview Window ............................................................................................................. 15
Changing unit properties.......................................................................................................... 16
Configuring network settings for a transmitter or user station................................................ 16
Authentication server settings................................................................................................... 17
Enabling Auto Login Mode for a user station .......................................................................... 17
Viewing version information .................................................................................................... 17
Rebooting a unit........................................................................................................................ 18
Setting the Operating Mode for a user station ......................................................................... 18
Managing firmware upgrades .................................................................................................. 18
Viewing/changing target computer overview information ....................................................... 19
Managing user access to target computers .............................................................................. 19