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Using emulation mode – Extron Electronics HDXP Plus Series User Guide User Manual

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HDXP Plus Series Switchers • Matrix Software

89

Frequency-read

options

— Provides a submenu that allows you to set the input

signal detection (DSVP) feature to do one of the following:

Automatically refresh the display (set this option to

Automatically

every

10

seconds

).

Sample the sync and update the display whenever you make a configuration
change (set this option to

On

Demand

or

by

Refresh

).

Never sample and display the sync or no sync status (set this option to

None

).

Limit

ties

to

same

group

— Allows you to create ties only between inputs and

outputs that are in the same group (similar to front panel operation).

Icons

in

I/O

boxes

— Displays icons that you place in the I/O boxes in

the Matrix window (see

figure 86

on the previous page).

Numbers

in

I/O

boxes

— Displays the input and output numbers in the I/O

boxes in the Matrix window (see the

figure 87

on the previous page). You

are not able to place icons in the boxes when this option is selected.

Catch

FPC/other’s

Changes

— When checked, sets the switcher to report all

configuration and setting changes to the Remote RS-232/RS-422 or Ethernet
connection that enabled this selection. These reports allow the Matrix Switcher
Control Program to track the changes that occur in the switcher configuration and
settings, whether commanded via the front panel, the RS232/RS422 port, or the
Ethernet port.

Master-Reset selection

Master-Reset

clears all ties and presets, all output mutes, and all I/O grouping.

NOTE:

Master-Reset

does not reset the Internet protocol (IP) settings.

Using Emulation Mode

Emulation mode allows you to set up the software without attaching the switcher to the
computer. In emulation mode, you can emulate any matrix switcher that is supported by
the Matrix Switcher Control Program; you are not limited to the HDXP.
To use emulation mode, do the following:

1.

Double-click the

MATRIX

Switchers

+

Control

Program

icon in the Extron

Electronics group or folder.

2.

On the Comm Port Selection window, select

Emulate

, and click

OK

.