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Installation from the web site, Installation from the web site – Extron Electronics ISM 824 User Manual

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ISM 824 Integration Scaling Multiswitcher • ISM 824 Multiswitcher Software

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Follow the on-screen instructions. By default, the Windows installation of the

Matrix Switchers Control Program creates a C:\Program Files\Extron\

ISM 824, and it places three icons into a group folder named “Extron

Electronics\Matrix Switchers.” The three installed icons are:

ISM 824 Control Pgm

Uninstall ISM 824

ISM 824 Help

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The ISM 824 can support remote control via the front panel Configuration

port, the rear panel RS-232/RS-422 port, and/or the LAN port. For serial port
control, the program can operate at 9600, 19200, 38400, and 115200 baud rates.
See

chapter 3, “Operation and Setup”, “Editing the communications settings”

section, to configure the rear panel RS-232/RS-422 port from the front panel.

Installation from the Web site

To install the control program from the web site, do the following:

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Go to the Extron web site (

www.extron.com

), and click on the Download tab

(the right-most tab on the home page). This will open the “Download Center”

web page (see figure 5-3).

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On the Downloads Center page, click “Software” in the left-most column

(see figure 5-3). This opens the Control software list for Extron products.

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Figure 5-3 — Download Center Web page

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Either scroll down to the ISM 824 Windows Control program, or click on the

letter “I” in the list at the top of the page to take you to the software selection

list for Extron products beginning with an “I”. Then scroll to the ISM 824

Windows Control program.

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Click Download (on the far right) for the ISM 824 software. Follow the

instructions on the screen to begin the download. When prompted, click Run

or Save as desired.

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Clicking Run causes the program to automatically run and installs the file to the

default folder (C:\Program Files\Extron\ISM 824)

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Clicking Save, allows you to choose where to save the .exe file. Record where
this is, as you will need to activate it (by double clicking on the .exe file) to fully
install the program at a later time.