High End Systems AXON - Manual (Page 185)

CHAPTER 15
Content Management Application (CMA)
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Launching the CMA on Axon
Axon media servers can launch the CMA locally. When you start Axon, the local monitor will
display a desktop that gives you access to the CMA.
NOTE: An active display device must be attached to both DVI ports before
booting up the system. When only one port is connected, it defaults to
display the graphics engine output and will not display the CMA screen.
Press the Launch CMA button on the local desktop. The application auto-
matically finds and identifies the Local Drives including any connected
USB drives, the CD/DVD drive as well as other Axon, DL.3 and DL.2 media
servers connected to the same Ethernet network.
NOTE: The Axon server supports an onboard DVD drive you can use
for copying content into an Axon Server as well as burning
User content onto DVD/CD.
Auto Discovery
When a DL.3, DL.2 fixture or Axon media server is connected to an
ethernet network, it sends out “Discovery” messages. These messages
are received by other media servers on the link as well as the CMA
software. The messages contain information that allows the media servers to communicate with
each other, and the CMA to communicate with all the units on the network. The CMA window will