Brand:

• BSS

Models:

• AVX Manager

Overview:

This article will give a quick overview of the AVX Manager software.  AVX Manager is used to view devices connected to your network, change network settings on those devices, manage firmware, and more.  

To see a video of this article, click HERE.

Instructions: 

AVX Manager can be launched from AVX Architect.

It can also be launched directly by searching for it in your applications.

Once open, a table is displayed containing all the devices that are discovered in the current subnet of your computer.

Here a 256p processor and a Dynamic Keypad are discovered.  Each item in the list will display its manufacturer, family, model, location which is a user defined field, device serial number and the current firmware version.

The devices current IP address is displayed and can be copied to the windows clipboard.

The IP address can be edited by clicking the gear icon.

Clicking the download arrow will show all the firmware versions available on the cloud server.

This is a status showing if the device is running or not.

This menu button, will give options to locate, reboot, or factory reset the device.

The devices in this list can be sorted using these drop down selections in the top-right of the table, and can be sorted by Status, location, or class.  The column headings can also be right-clicked to access addition sorting options.

Selecting a device from the list will enable additional options in the bottom right of the window.

Launch Webpages will launch any embedded webpages that might exist for the device.

Transfer Files will open a webpage for transferring media to the device.

This button is another option for updating the firmware.

A Configure button which will open a new window allowing deeper configuration of the device's network settings, including options for the HControl ports and the Dante ports on the device.

In the upper left corner is the hamburger menu, which contains the help documentation, End user license agreements, and credits.  The current version of AVX manager is also displayed at the bottom.

“Manage Subnet Devices", will allow you to add and discover devices on an additional subnet.  

Simply add the ip address of the HControl device in the other subnet here.

All the HControl devices in that subnet will be displayed in AVX Manager.

Device Events Log will show the events logged for all the devices listed in the Device Discovery pane.  

The logs can also be sorted using the options in the top right, exported using the export button, and refreshed using the refresh button.

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