System Settings Page - AMX NXD-1700VG Instruction Manual

NOTE: If the Security button setting is changed in any way, even if it is toggled back to its original setting, the password is
automatically reset to the default for the chosen setting. You MUST use the new default of 1988 (Standard Security) or Amx1234!
(Secure or DoD) to re-enter the Protected Settings page.
If accessing the touch panel via telnet, both the default user name AND the default password will be changed if the Security button
setting has been changed. The defaults are:
username: amx
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password: Amx1234!
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The correct case must be followed with the username: "AMX" or "Amx" will not work.
For more information on configuring AMX devices for a secure environment, please refer to the guide Security Prof iles: Conf iguring
AMX Devices For Installation Into a Secure Environment, available at www.amx.com.

System Settings Page

The System Settings page (FIG. 117) sets the Secondary DNS Address information with its corresponding IP communication
parameters, NetLinx Master communication settings, and reads the device number assigned to the Modero panel.
System Settings page showing default values (reads and assigns values to the panel and Master)
FIG. 117
The elements of the System Settings page are described in the table below:
System Settings Page Elements
Back:
Connection Status icon:
IP Settings:
DHCP/Static
IP Address
Subnet Mask
Gateway
Host Name
Primary DNS
Secondary DNS
Domain
Ethernet Mode
MAC Address
Modero VG Series Touch Panels - Instruction Manual
Saves the changes and returns you to the previously active touch panel page.
This visual display of the connection status allows the user to have a current visual update of the panel's
connection status regardless of what page is currently active.
• A Lock only appears on the icon if the panel has established a connection with a currently secured
target Master (requiring a username and password).
Sets the IP communication values for the panel and contains:
Sets the panel to either DHCP or Static communication modes.
• DHCP (Dynamic Host Conf iguration Protocol) assigns IP Addresses from client stations logging onto a
TCP/IP network via a DHCP server.
• Static IP is a permanent IP Address that is assigned to a node in a TCP/IP network.
Sets the secondary IP Address assigned to the panel.
Sets a subnetwork address to the panel.
• Subnetwork mask is the technique used by the IP protocol to filter messages into a particular network
segment (Subnet).
Sets a gateway value to the panel.
• Gateway is a computer that either performs protocol conversion between different types of networks/
applications or acts as a go-between two or more networks that use the same protocols.
Sets the host name of the panel.
Sets the address of the primary DNS server used for host name lookups.
• DNS (Domain Name System) is software that lets users locate computers on a local network or the
Internet (TCP/IP network) by host and domain. The DNS server maintains a database of host names
for its' domain and their corresponding IP Addresses.
Sets a secondary DNS value to the panel.
Sets the unique name on the Internet to the panel for DNS look-up.
• The panel belongs to the DNS domain.
Sets the speed of the Ethernet connection to the panel.
• Choices are: Auto, 10 Half Duplex, 10 Full Duplex, 100 Half Duplex, or 100 Full Duplex.
Displays a read-only field that is factory set by AMX for the built-in Ethernet interface.
Firmware Pages and Descriptions
IP Settings section
Master Connection section
(NetLinx Master properties)
Master Connection features are not
saved until the panel is rebooted
Red fields are user-editable
Blue fields cycle through choices
Grey fields are read-only
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