AMX511x, AMX512x User Stations
Version 4.3.0.3
Release Notes
June 28, 2006
This document outlines:
1. AMX511x (AMX5110/AMX5111) and AMX512x (AMX5120/AMX5121) User Station Firmware Version
and Compatibility
2. Important Installation Notes
3. How to upgrade the AMX511x and AMX512x user stations
4. Enhancements
5. Fixes
6. Known Issues
7. Notes
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AMX511x and AMX512x User Station Firmware Version Information and Compatibility
Version 4.3.0.3
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Version 4.3.0.3 of AMX511x and AMX512x user station firmware is intended to be used with the following
AMX® firmware/software revisions:
- AMWorks® software
- AMX50x0 switch
- AMIQ-SRL module
- AMIQ (all other types) module
revision 6.2.0.5
revision 3.5.1.3
revision 1.0.1.4
revision 4.2.0.7
Version 4.3.0.3 of AMX511x and AMX512x user station firmware is compatible with the following:
-AMWorks® software
-AMX5000 switch
-AMX5010 switch
-AMX5020 switch
-AMX5030 switch
-AMIQ-PS2 module
-AMIQ-VSN module
-AMIQ-WSN module
-AMIQ-USB module
-AMIQDM-PS2 module
-AMIQDM-VSN module
-AMIQDM-USB module
-AMIQ-SRL module
From revision 4.0.0.0
From revision 2.2.0.35
From revision 2.2.0.35
From revision 3.3.0.17
From revision 3.5.0.10
From revision 2.0.0.2
From revision 3.0.0.1
From revision 3.0.0.1
From revision 3.0.0.1
From revision 4.2.0.1
From revision 4.2.0.1
From revision 4.2.0.1
From revision 1.0.0.0
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Important Installation Notes
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Revisions of AMWorks software before 5.2.0.4 will not operate correctly with this device.
We recommend that you first update AMWorks software to revision 6.2.0.5 first. We also recommend that you
update the AMX50xx matrix switches to 3.5.1.3 before updating user stations.
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How to upgrade the AMX511x and AMX512x user stations
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1. From your AMWorks software, Select 'Admin Tools - Firmware Update' from the menu.
2. Select all of the AMX511x/AMX512x user stations of the same type in your configuration.
3. From the "Firmware Update" dialog, select the update file for the device type.
This update file will be "amx51p2.avt" for the AMX5110 and AMX5120 user stations and will be
“amx51p3.avt” for the AMX5111 and AMX5121 user stations.
Ensure you select the file that contains revision 4.3.0.3
4. Select "Begin Update", and all firmware updates will complete. You may update user stations of the same
type in parallel for fastest results.
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Enhancements
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This release of firmware contains the following enhancements since 4.2.0.0:
1. Support for scroll wheel on additional types of USB mouse. (AMX5111 user station and AMX5121 user
station only).
2. Admin can now configure normal users to have no (blank) passwords.
3. Pod Switch Mode feature.
4. Auto User Login feature. (AMX5111 user station and AMX5121 user station only).
5. Serial Force Mode feature (AMX5111 user station and AMX5121 user station only).
6. Equalization Tuning feature (AMX5111 user station and AMX5121 user station only).
7. De Skew Tuning feature (AMX5121 user station only).
8. Support for name change propagation when the name of an AMIQDM module is changed and the
AMIQDM module is connected to two separate AMX switch systems.
9. Local Switch Hotkey feature.
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Fixes
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The firmware in this release contains the following fixes:
1. The keyboard layout combo box is now disabled on the login screen if console lockdown is enabled.
2. Intermittent problem with some AMX5110/AMX5120 user stations where after power up the user may see
the message “Searching for matrix or target” on the user station OSD for approximately two minutes. This
problem is now fixed.
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Known Issues
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This release of firmware contains the following known issues:
1. If the upgrade/downgrade of an AMX5111/AMX5121 user station using AMWorks software fails, the
AMX5111/AMX5121 user station could be left in bootloader (running boot code). If an
AMX5111/AMX5121 user station is left in bootloader it will display a message asking for the update to be
performed again. To update an AMX5111/AMX5121 user station that is in bootloader, in AMWorks
software perform a "device discovery” and check that the AMX5111/AMX5121 user station was
discovered. If the AMX5111/AMX5121 user station was discovered it will have the device name
“InBootLoader.” Now you can perform the update/downgrade again on this AMX5111/AMX5121 user
station. Once the update has completed, check that the AMX5111/AMX5121 user station now has the
correct Application Version by clicking on that user station in the AMWorks software device tree.
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Notes
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1. If there are more than 128 users present on the AMX switch system, the admin user will not be able to
administrate all users from the user station OSD. In this case, you will be required to administrate additional
users from AMWorks software.
2. If non-keyboard/mouse USB peripheral devices are connected in to the AMX5111/AMX5121 user station,
they will be ignored by the AMX5111/AMX5121 user station. However, they will take up a USB address
and so they may interfere with the correct operation of the USB keyboard and mouse peripherals. Simply
remove all USB devices, then reconnect the USB keyboard and mouse devices, in order for correct USB
keyboard and mouse operation to be resumed.
Examples of non-supported non-keyboard/mouse USB devices are:
A. USB microphone
B. USB thumb (memory) drive
C. USB speakers.
3. There is full support for a maximum of 3 USB devices on the AMX5111/AMX5121 user station. If you
have a keyboard with an integrated hub, and the mouse connecting through the hub on the keyboard, then
that combination together will represent the maximum of 3 devices (i.e. 1=integrated hub; 2=keyboard
3=mouse).