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Extron Electronics HDXP Plus Series User Guide User Manual

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HDXP Plus Series Switchers • Matrix Software

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Setting the date

The

Date

field displays the current date in the Greenwich Mean Time zone. If necessary,

adjust the date as follows:

1.

Click in the

Date

field. A date editing field appears, displaying

the date in the format (

M

)

M

/(

D

)

D

/

YYYY

, as shown at right. Leading

zeros are not used. The graphic cursor becomes a text cursor
in the date editing field.

2.

Edit the field as desired to set the proper date. Leading zeros are optional.

3.

Press the key on the keyboard or click in another field to exit the set date field.

4.

Click the

Take

button to make the date change take effect.

Setting the local time

The

Time

(local)

field displays the current time in the local time zone. If necessary, click

the

Sync

Time

to

PC

button to set the switcher to the internal time of your computer, or

adjust the time manually as follows:

1.

Click in the

Time

(local)

field. A time editing field

appears with the date in the format

HH:MM:SS

(

00:00:00

to

23:59:59

), as shown at right. The graphic

cursor becomes a text cursor in the time editing field.

2.

Edit the field as desired to set the proper time. Remember to use 24-hour time.
Leading zeros are optional.

3.

Press the key or click in another field to exit the

Time

(local)

field.

4.

Click the

Take

button to make the time change take effect.

Sync Time to PC button

Clicking the

Sync

Time

to

PC

button causes the computer you are operating to send its

internal time to the switcher in a set time command.

Setting the offset from GMT

The GMT field displays the amount of time, in hours and minutes, that the local time varies
from the GMT international time reference. If necessary, adjust the offset as follows:

1.

Click in the

GMT

field. An offset editing field appears with the offset in the

format ±

HH

:

MM

(

–12:00

to

+14:00

), as shown at right. The graphic cursor

becomes a text cursor in the set offset field.

2.

Edit the field as desired to set the proper offset. Leading zeros are optional. Some
time zones are on the half-hour (30 minutes).

3.

Press the key or click in another field to exit the

GMT

field.

4.

Click the

Take

button to make the offset change take effect.

Enabling daylight savings time

When daylight savings time is enabled, the switcher updates its internal clock between
daylight savings time and standard time in the spring and fall on the date that the time
change occurs in your location. When daylight savings time is turned off, the switcher
does not adjust its time reference.
Select the

Use

Daylight

Savings

check box to enable daylight savings time.