ADDERLink INFINITY Manager Manual

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Receivers > Add Receiver Group or Configure Group
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. 
Login Required
• No: When selected, anyone can use a receiver terminal and connect to a channel. The 
channels/permissions...

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THE TRANSMITTERS TAB
The Transmitters tab shows a paginated table of all transmitter devices within the A.I.M. 
network.   
Click the TRANSMITTERS tab to view the transmitters page.
Transmitters  > View Transmitters
The table shows the following information for each receiver:
• Name  • Online status
• IP address  • Firmware revision of transmitter
•  Channels (attributed to each transmitter)  •  Description & Location
•  Manage (admin...

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Transmitters > Configure Transmitter
When you click  for a particular transmitter, this page lists information about the unit 
and allows numerous settings to be configured.
IP Address
Allows you to alter the IP address of the transmitter unit. Any change in address will be 
enacted when you click the “Save” button at the foot of the page. Any IP connections 
currently made to the transmitter will be ended.
Device Name, Description and...

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Transmitters > Configure New Transmitter
This page is displayed whenever a new transmitter is added to the network. 
The IP Address 1 field, showing 0.0.0.0, is for an unconfigured device on its zero config 
address. Before A.I.M. can add the device into its database, a new IP address must be 
added to IP Address 1. This is the system IP address and applies equally for ALIF (1000 
series) and ALIF dual (2000 series). 
ALIF dual units have a...

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THE SERVERS TAB
The Servers tab shows a table of all servers within the A.I.M. network. 
Click the SERVERS tab to view the page.  
For installations that require greater redundancy, it is possible to have two A.I.M. servers 
running on the same subnet. If the primary server fails then a secondary server with the 
same database can take over until the primary unit recovers.
Each server entry will have one of four possible states within the...

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THE USERS TAB
The Users tab shows a paginated table of all users within the A.I.M. network. Within the 
list, the admin user is always present and cannot be deleted - in order to avoid being 
locked out of the A.I.M. system. The username and name details of the admin account, 
however, can be edited as required.  
Click the USERS tab to view the initial View Users page.  
The other user pages (e.g. Add User, View User Groups, etc.) are...

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Users > Add User or Configure User page
From the View Users page, you can add a new user or configure an existing user:
• To add a user: Click the “Add User” option.
• To configure an existing user: Click  for a user.
The Add and Configure pages are similar in content.
Username
The username is mandatory and must be unique within the A.I.M. installation.
Note: If a user is synced with Active Directory, it is not possible to change the...

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Users > Add User Group or Configure Group page
From the View User Groups page, you can create a new group or configure an existing 
group: 
• To create a new group: Click the “Add User Group” option.
• To configure an existing group: Click  for a group.
The Add and Configure pages are similar in content. 
User Group Name
The User Group name must be unique within the A.I.M. installation.
Allow Exclusive Mode?
Defines whether the users within...

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Users > Active Directory
To simplify integration alongside existing systems within organisations, A.I.M. can be 
synchronized with an LDAP/Active Directory server. This allows a list of users (and user 
groups), together with usernames and group memberships to be quickly imported and 
kept up to date.
Initial configuration
The basic Active Directory (AD) server details are defined in the Dashboard > Settings 
page. Once configured, the...

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THE PRESETS TAB
Presets enable multiple actions to be pre-defined so that they can be initiated with a 
single action. This feature is particularly useful when switching multiple AdderLink Infinity 
units, such as in the example below where multiple video heads need to be switched in 
unison between different server systems.
According to how a preset is configured, it is possible to have one or more receivers 
connected to separate channels...