
AMX AV/IT Administrators Guide
Rev. 1.0 (7/29/2014) www.amx.com Page 5
More information on binding requirements and impact is available in the Central Controller to Device
connections section of this document.
Security
Ports and Services
The AMX Central Controller features a number of standard services which are on by default. These
services can be individually disabled. The port assignments can be changed for all these services except
FTP. Assigning security profiles will disable some services. A complete list of Ports and Protocols used
across AMX Ethernet enabled products is in Appendix A.
Common Ports and Protocols Used (See Appendix A):
Firewalls
AMX control systems are not required to have internet access to function. There are advanced
applications which may require internet access. For example;
RMS Enterprise Hosted Cloud Service which will require a HTTP access to the hosted service
Individual applications on products such as digital signage which require access to external
content sources such as XML or RSS feeds.
TPControl app for mobile devices
RMS Enterprise Hosted Cloud Service and applications which require external content will always initiate
a data exchange from inside the firewall. External control such as the TPControl app requires an
externally routable IP address on the Central Controller on port 1319. Ports and protocols for all
standard data communications on AMX products are found in Appendix A.
Access Control
AMX Central Controllers allow for multiple user accounts. These accounts should be set up using the
least privilege strategy. This means that privileges are not granted unless necessary and not used unless
intended. The requirement to use role based access control helps to reduce the complexity and
potential errors associated with privileged account maintenance. Accounts may be created individually
on each Central Controller or centrally in an LDAP Server. For more information on access control see
http://www.amx.com/assets/manuals/NetLinxControllers.WebConsole-ProgrammingGuide.FMv4.pdf .
AMX Central Controller security allows the Administrator to define access rights for users or groups. A
user represents a single potential client of the system while a group represents a logical collection of
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