Adding a Remote Administration Station

Using Self-Generated Screen Certificates

Adding a remote administration station involves the following basic steps:

On the Administration station:

1. Generating a certificate.

On the Screen:

2. Generating a certificate and creating a certificate object. You can generate a certificate and create the screen's certificate object during installation.
3. Adding a Screen certificate to the Screen object.
4. Creating a remote certificate object using the Associate MKID dialog.
5. Creating a remote administration access rule using the Administrative Access tab.
6. Activating the Screen.

Note: A Screen can use only one certificate for remote administration. Multiple Administration Stations can manage a Screen, but each Administration Station must use the same Screen certificate. So if you use multiple Administration Stations, set the encryption level of all certificates used for remote administration equal to that of the certificate with the lowest encryption level (for example, 512 bit).

Using Issued Certificates

On the Administration Station

1. Installing the issued key and certificate on the Administration Station using the diskette.

On the Screen

2. Adding the Screen's certificate using the Load Issued Key Certificate dialog.
1. Type a name for the Certificate in Name.
2. Load the certificate.
3. Choose OK.
3. Adding Public certificate of Administration Station on the Screen using the Load Issued Public Certificate dialog.
4. Creating a certificate group that includes this certificate if a group does not already exist.
5. Creating a remote administration access rule for the Administration Station using the Administrative Access tab.

Notes:
• In the Address Object field, you can enter "*" or choose a specific address object that represents the address of this Aministration Station.
• In the Certificate Group field, select the certificate group that you added in step 3.
6. Activating the Screen