AMX NI-3101-SIG manual Manage Other Devices, Feature Description Dynamic Device Discovery links

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Manage Other Devices Page

Feature	Description
Dynamic Device Discovery links:	These links direct the user to additional Dynamic Device
	Discovery (DDD) configuration pages which include:
	• Manage Device Bindings page is used for configuring
	application-defined Duet virtual devices by using discovered
	physical devices.
	- If your current NetLinx program (running on the target Master)
	has been written, and you have notified the Master of a set of
	Dynamic Devices on your system, you will then want to start
	by managing those devices through this page.
	• Create User Defined Device page provides a Web interface
	used in creating and managing the values necessary to add a
	dynamic physical device to the system. The devices added on
	this page do not support the DDD beaconing technology.
	- If after confirming the presence of your programmed Dynamic
	Devices (provided to the Master via the NetLinx code), and
	have allowed the Master to confirm the presence of any other
	Dynamic Devices, manually enter those remaining devices on
	the system via the UserDefined Device page.
	Note: IR-controlled devices (such as a VCR or Receiver)
	must always be User-Defined devices.
	• View Discovered Devices page displays a listing of all the
	dynamic devices that have been discovered within the system.
	- After confirming the presence of those previously coded
	Dynamic Devices within the Manage Device Bindings page,
	navigate to the View Discovered Devices page to continue the
	process of detecting Dynamic Devices which have been
	detected by the system, and then assign Module/drivers to
	those devices via the View Discovered Devices page.
Configure Binding Options:	This section contains configuration settings regarding the DDD
	process.
Enable Auto Bind
	• This selection allows an end-user to toggle the state of the
	automatic binding for DDD (On/Off).
	• When auto-binding is enabled, the Master automatically
	attempts to connect any newly discovered device with an
	associated application device (defined in the running NetLinx
	application).
	• Auto-binding can only be accomplished if the Master's firmware
	determines a one-to-one correlation between the newly
	discovered device and a single entry within the list of defined
	application devices (accessed by pressing the Manage Device
	Bindings button at the top of the page).
	• For example, if the application only has one VCR defined and a
	VCR is detected in the system, auto-binding can then be
	accomplished.
	- If there were two VCRs defined within the application,
	auto-binding could not be completed due to the lack of
	a clearly defined one-to-one correspondence.
	• When the Enable Auto Bind option is not selected, no
	auto-binding activity takes place and all binding of the newly
	discovered devices must be accomplished manually via the
	Web control interfaceManage Other Devices - Manage Device
	Bindings section on page 102.

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