Specifications

NetLinx Security within the Web Server
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NetLinx Security - Web Server
Manage Other Devices Menu - Viewing Discovered Devices
This page (FIG. 83) provides a listing with all of the dynamic devices that have been discovered in
the system.
Mousing-over a listed entry presents a popup which displays all of the properties associated with
the physical device. If the physical device is bound to an application device, the associated
application device's “friendly name” will be displayed in the Binding column. The Module
Available column indicates if a Duet module is currently available on the system for the target
physical device (the results are: yes, no, or unknown).
For each physical device, a Search button is provided which initiates a search for compatible
modules.
 If the Module Search via the Internet option has been previously enabled (via the
corresponding button within the Configure Binding Options section of the Manage Other
Devices page), the search includes a query of the AMX online database for a compatible
module based on the device's properties.
 If the device specified a URL in its DDD beacon, the file is retrieved from the URL either
over the Internet or from the physical device itself, provided the device has an inboard
HTTP or FTP server.
 If Module Search via Internet is NOT enabled, the search does NOT query the AMX
online database nor will it pull any manufacturer specified URLs that do not match the IP
Address of the physical device itself.
Modules that are retrieved from either the Internet or from the manufacturer's device are then
placed into the /unbound directory and automatically overwrite any existing module of the same
name.
Once a list of all compatible modules is compiled, the Select Device Module page (FIG. 84) is then
displayed with a listing of each module along with its calculated “match” value. The greater the
“match” value, the better the match between the Duet Module's properties and the physical device's
properties.
FIG. 83 View Discovered Devices page
Properties of the
discovered physical
device
(displayed via a
mouse-over
popup dialog)
Listing of the discovered
Dynamic Devices