Avocent AV Works - Manual (Page 18)

Chapter 3: Basic Operations 13
Appliance/ AVWorks Quick Setup Checklist
The following list is an overview of the steps you will follow to set up and configure
your AutoView system. Each of these steps is explained in detail in separate topics
throughout this and the AutoView 1000R/2000R Installer/ User Guide.
To set up the AutoView 1000R/2000R: (See the AutoView 1000R/2000R
Installer/ User Guide)
1. Adjust mouse acceleration on each server to Slow or None.
2. Install the AutoView 1000R/2000R hardware, connect the AVRIQ adaptors
and connect the keyboard, monitor and mouse to the analog port.
3. Connect a terminal to the confi guration (serial or 101 notation) port on the back
panel of the AutoView and set up network confi guration (set network speed and
address type). The IP address can be set from AVWorks.
4. Using the local analog workstation, input all server names via the On-
Screen Confi guration and Activity Reporting interface ( OSCAR).
To set up AVWorks: (See this installer/user guide)
1. Install AVWorks on each AVWorks client.
2. From one AVWorks client, launch AVWorks.
3. Click the New Appliance task button to add the new switch to the AVWorks
database. The New Appliance Wizard appears. If you confi gured the IP
address as described above, select Yes, the product already has an IP
address, otherwise select No, the product does not have an IP address.
AVWorks will fi nd the appliance and all AVRIQ adaptors attached to it.
These names will display in the AVWorks Explorer.
4. Set properties and group servers as desired into locations, sites or folders
through the AVWorks Explorer.
5. Create user accounts through the AMP.
6. Once one AVWorks client is set up, select File - Database - Save to save a
copy of the database with all the settings.
7. From the second AVWorks client , click File - Database - Load and browse
to fi nd the fi le you have saved. Select the fi le and click Load.
8. If the local analog workstation (via OSCAR) adds, deletes or renames any
AVRIQ adaptors after you have loaded this fi le, you can resynchronize
your local database with OSCAR by clicking the Manage Appliance task
button and clicking the Resync button under Settings - Devices.
9. To access a server attached to your AutoView 1000R/2000R, select the
desired server in the AVWorks Explorer and click the Connect Video task
button to launch a server session in the Video Session Viewer.
10. Adjust the resolution (select View - Auto Scale) and quality (select Tools -
Automatic Video Adjust) of the server video in the Video Session Viewer.