Extron Electronics MLC 52 Series User Guide - Manual (Page 10)

Device Drivers
In order for the MLC 52 to control a switcher, projector, or other display device via IR or
RS-232 communication, it must have drivers loaded for the devices it will control. Drivers
can be obtained in the following ways:
• IR or an RS-232 driver files can be installed from a disc, downloaded at
www.extron.com , or downloaded from Extron via the driver subscription feature
within the MLC 52 configuration program.
The drivers are saved on your computer in a folder located at
C:\Program Files or
Program Files (x86)\Extron\Driver2 . You can then upload the desired drivers to
the MLC via the MLC 52 configuration software.
• IR commands can be captured from the IR remote control of a device through
IR Learning or IR data transfer to create a driver. When a driver is created, it can be
added to the configuration program so that the commands can be used to configure
the MLC to control the device (see
Configuring the MLC 52 Using IR on page 15).
System Requirements
The minimum PC system requirements for installing the configuration software are:
• Intel ® Pentium ® III 750 MHz processor
• Microsoft ® Windows ® XP or higher
• Microsoft.NET Framework 2.0 or higher
• 128 MB of RAM
• 50 MB of available hard disk space
Application Diagrams
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MLC 52 RS
Basic MediaLink
Controller with IR
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control
Figure 1. Application Diagram for an MLC 52 RS
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