Extron Electronics MTPX Plus Series User Guide User Manual

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Hardware Address field

The hardware address is hardcoded in the MTPX Plus switcher and cannot be changed.

Use DHCP check box

The Use DHCP check box directs the MTPX Plus switcher to ignore any entered IP addresses
and to obtain its IP address from a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server (if
the network is DHCP capable). Contact the local system administrator.

Date, Time (local), and GMT (offset) fields

The

Date

field displays the current date in the Greenwich Mean Time zone.

The

Time (local)

field displays the current time in the local time zone.

The

GMT

field displays the amount of time, in hours and minutes, that the local time varies

from the GMT international time reference.

NOTE: Rather than the following procedure, your can click the

Sync Time to PC

button to set the switcher to the internal time of your computer.

If desired, adjust any of these values as follows:

Click in the desired field. The field changes to an editable field appropriate to the value
being change and the graphic cursor becomes a text cursor.

•

The

Date

field becomes a set date field, with the date in

the format (M)M/(D)D/YYYY. Leading zeroes are not shown.

•

The

Time (local)

field becomes a set time field, with

the time in the format HH:MM:SS (00:00:00 to 23:59:59).

•

The GMT field becomes a set offset field, with the offset in the

format ±HH:MM (–12:00 to +14:00).

Edit the field as desired to set the proper proper value. For time, remember to use
24-hour time. Leading zeroes are optional.

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

Click the

Take

button to make the date change take affect.

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.

Use Daylight Savings check box

Click in the

Use Daylight Savings

check box. When Daylight Saving Time is turned on,

the switcher automatically updates its internal clock between Standard Time and Daylight
Saving Time in the spring and fall on the date that the time change occurs in the country
or region selected. When Daylight Saving Time is turned off, the switcher does not adjust its
time reference.

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