Extron Electronics Matrix 12800 Series User Guide - Manual (Page 52)

3-19 Matrix 12800 Switchers • Virtualization/Control Software
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5 . If you have not virtualized the system represented by your startup file, the
Virtual Configuration screen appears (figure 3-5). This screen shows how the
software has mapped the physical system into a virtual system. There are
several variables that you can change on this screen that affect the number
of virtual planes and inputs and outputs that are available and how they are
presented. See step 5 in “ Creating a virtual I/O switching system (map) ”.
When you are satisfied with the virtual map, click the Take button to make
any changes take affect, exit the Virtual Configuration screen, and display the
main screen (figure 3-2).
After you have selected the Emulate mode and taken the virtual map, the software
displays all of the current settings, such as the ties, presets, icons, and the virtual
map in the program window (figure 3-2).
Once you have started the Virtualization/Control program in emulation mode, the
software operates exactly as if the PC is connected to a Matrix 12800 system, except
that any changes that you make are saved to the destination file rather than issued
to the switcher.
A typical emulation operation might consist of multiple editing sessions:
• Session A, connected to a Matrix 12800 system — Use this session to create a
virtual map of the system (rather than creating a virtual map in emulation mode
in step 5, above).
• Session B, in emulation mode — If you virtualized the system in session A,
above, open Mtrx6400.ini as the source file in step 2, above, to edit the
configuration of the switcher established in session A.
— OR —
If you created an emulated virtual map in step 5, above, open the destination file
from step 3 of that emulation session as the source file in step 2, above.
Specify a job-specific destination file in step 3.
• Session C (and subsequent sessions), in emulation mode — Open the job-
specific destination file you specified in session B, above, as the source file in
step 2, above, for each subsequent emulation mode editing session.
Specify the same job-specific file as destination file in step 3, above, as the one
you opened as the source file.
• Session D, connected to a Matrix 12800 system — Restore the configuration
from the destination file that you specified in Session C to program the
Matrix 12800 system from the emulation.
If you have edited any of the configurations or assigned icons or names, when you
exit the program, the program prompts you to save the changes. These changes, if
saved, are written to the file Mtrx12800.ini for use in your next editing session. The
information in the file also allows you to fully restore a Matrix 12800 system to all
of the settings from the current session.