AMX MAX-CSD 10 MAX-CSEWeb Interface, Security Terms, Default Security Configuration, Overview

MAX-CSE Web Interface

MAX-CSE Web Interface

Overview

The MAX-CSE and the MAX-CSD10 incorporate built-in security verification capabilities. By using a secured HTTP access, both devices provide users with a convenient browser-based method for securing each MAX unit, and a means of configuring the parameters of the outgoing A/V stream.

The browser-based User Interface (UI), used to set up the MAX unit’s configuration parameters, also enables an authorized user to configure either their own Username/Password, or utilize the factory default login profile. This layer of security uses an on-screen HTTP Login dialog which requires a user to provide a correct Username/Password before gaining access to the MAX unit’s UI pages.

Although initially, the factory default login profile must be used to gain access to the UI pages, a custom profile can later be created via the on-screen User page (see the User Page section on page 37).

Security Terms

The following table lists some commonly used Security terms:

Security Terms

User	A user is a single potential client of the MAX unit or NetLinx Master.
Administrator	An administrator has privileges to modify existing access rights and unit
	parameters. For the purposes of the MAX units, both the Administrator and
	User have the same level of rights once they gain access to the UI pages.
Username	A username is a valid character string (4 - 27 alpha-numeric characters) used
	to both define a valid user and establish a Login profile. This string is case
	sensitive and each username must be unique.
Password	A password is a valid character string (4 - 27 alpha-numeric characters) used
	to supplement the username in defining a valid Login profile. This string is also
	case sensitive.
Access Rights	Every MAX unit has an associated security profile which is necessary to grant
	a user sufficient access privileges to the browser-based UI pages and therein,
	the ability to delete or modify a particular parameter.

Characters such as # (pound) & (ampersand) and ’ " (single and double quotes) are invalid and should not be used in usernames or passwords.

Default Security Configuration

The Username/Password fields have been pre-populated with Admin/1988 as the factory default security login entries.

MAX units are shipped in a secured configuration which requires the user to enter a username and password into the on-screen security dialog before gaining access to the UI pages. This information can later be changed.

If attempting to access the UI, the users are prompted to log into the MAX unit via the on-screen Enter Network Password security dialog (FIG. 12). After the user’s information and rights are confirmed, the login process is completed and the user is then granted access to the UI pages.

MAX-CSE/MAX-CSD10 Operation/Reference Guide 19