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Black Box ACR1000A-CTL Receivers Add Receiver Group or Configure Group, Receivers Update Firmware

Models: ACR1000A-CTL ServSwitch iPATH

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Chapter 4: Configuration

4.6.4 Receivers > Add Receiver Group or Configure Group Page

From the View Receiver Groups page, you can create a new group or configure an existing group:

•To create a new group: Click the “Add Receiver Group” option.

•To configure an existing group: Click for a group.

The Add and Configure pages are similar in content.

4.6.4.1 Login Required

•No: When selected, anyone can use a receiver terminal and connect to a channel. The channels/permissions displayed to this anonymous user are those that are set for the “anonymous user” defined within the Dashboard > Settings page.

•Inherit from global setting: When selected, the requirement for user login will be determined by the “Login Required” setting within the Dashboard > Settings page.

•Yes: When selected, a user will need to login with the username and password defined in the “Users” section. They will only be allowed to login if they have been granted permission to access devices in the receiver group.

4.6.4.2 Group Membership

This section allows you to easily include or exclude individual receivers for this group. All relevant group permissions will be applied to all receivers that are included within the group. Receivers that are not currently included in this group within the left list and those receivers that are included within the right list.

To add a receiver to this group: Highlight one or more (use the CTRL key if selecting more than one) receiver names in the left list and then click to add the name(s) to the right list.

To add all receivers to the group: Click to move all receiver names from the left to the right list.

To remove a receiver from the group: Highlight one or more (use the CTRL key if selecting more than one) receiver names in the right list and then click to move the name(s) back to the left list.

To remove all receivers from the group: Click to move all receiver names from the right to the left list.

4.6.4.3 Permissions

This is hidden by default because all users have access to all receivers. You can deny access to the receiver group, however, be aware that users who are included within user groups may have been given access to the receiver group via their user groups.

4.6.5 Receivers > Update Firmware

Click this option to go straight to the Dashboard > Updates page. See Dashboard > Updates page for more details.

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ACR1000A-CTL, ServSwitch iPATH specifications

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