Installing and starting the control program, Installing the program, Installing and starting the control program – Extron Electronics MTPX Plus Series Setup Guide User Manual
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Refer also to the
MTPX Plus User’
s Manual
at
www
.extron.com
.
Refer also to the
MTPX Plus User’
s Manual
at
www
.extron.com
.
Command
ASCII command
(host to switcher)
Response
(switcher to host)
Additional description
IP setup
Set IP address
EX2^
CI
}
Ipi
X2^]
Read IP address
E
CI
}
X2^]
Set subnet mask
EX2^
CS
}
Ips
X2^]
Read subnet mask
E
CS
}
X2^]
Set gateway IP address
EX2^
CG
}
Ipg
X2^]
Read gateway IP address
E
CG
}
X2^]
Set DHCP on or off
EX2&
DH
}
Idh
X2&]
Read DHCP on/off status
E
DH
}
X2&]
Set verbose mode
EX2*
CV
}
Vrb
X2*]
Read verbose mode
E
CV
}
X2*]
Configure current port timeout
E
0*
X2(
TC
}
Pti0*
X2(]
Read current port timeout
E
0TC
}
X2(]
Configure global IP port timeout
E
1*
X2(
TC
}
Pti1*
X2(]
Read global IP port timeout
E
1TC
}
X2(]
N
X2^
= IP address
nnn
.nnn.nnn.nnn
X2&
= DHCP
0 =1 off, 1 = on
X2*
= Verbose mode
0 = clear/none (default for Telnet connection)
1 = verbose mode (default for RS-232/RS-422 connection)
2 = tagged responses for queries
3 = verbose mode and tagged for queries
X2(
= Port timeout interval
1 (= 10 seconds) - 65000 (default is 30 = 300 seconds = 5 minutes)
Installing and Starting the Contr
ol Pr
ogram
Another way to operate the switcher
, to set the skew
adjustments, the level and peaking, and the output pr
e-peaking
(see "Optimizing the video", beginning on page 4-18), is via
the W
indows
®
-based Matrix Switchers Contr
ol Pr
ogram.
This pr
ogram is contained on the Extr
on Softwar
e Pr
oducts
DVD (included with the switcher). Run this pr
ogram on a
PC connected to a serial port (
i
,
j
, and
m
on pages 2-5 and
2-6), Ethernet port (
k
), or USB port (
n
) on the switcher
. The
pr
ogram must be installed on a W
indows-based computer and
cannot be r
un fr
om the DVD.
N
For
details
on
operating
the
pr
ogram,
refer
to
the
MTPX Plus User's Manual
, chapter
5,
“Matrix
Softwar
e”
.
Installing the pr
ogram
N
To
run
this
pr
ogram
while
your
computer
is
connected
to
an
MTPX
Plus
128
Configuration
(USB)
port,
use
version
7.7
or
newer
of
the
Matrix
Switchers
Contr
ol
Pr
ogram.
1.
Insert the DVD into the drive. The Extr
on softwar
e DVD
window should appear automatically
.
N
If
the
window
does
not
self-open,
run
Launch.exe
fr
om
the
DVD.
The Extr
on softwar
e DVD window appears.
2.
Click the
S
of
tw
ar
e tab.
3.
Scr
oll to the Matrix Switchers pr
ogram and click
In
st
al
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lus Series • Remote Contr
o
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ideo
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Contr
ol
and
Optimizing
the
V
ideo,
cont’d
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lus Series • Remote Contr
o
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ideo
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