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Uploading html, Files – Extron Electronics SMX System User Guide User Manual

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Uploading HTML files

You can create customized HTML pages for the SMX to display. The HTML Files List
window (see figure 43) provides a way to view the contents of the SMX file system and to
upload custom HTML pages to the SMX.

Figure 43.

HTML Files List Window

Upload HTML pages as follows:

NOTES:

The files listed in the figure 43 are shown for example only and may not be present
on your switcher.

The HTML Files List window is for inserting your own HTML pages. This is not the
window to replace the firmware that controls all switcher operation. To replace the
firmware (see

Update firmware

on page 83).

The following characters are invalid or not recommended in file names:

+ ~ , A = ‘ [ ] { } < > ` “ “ ; : | \ ?

and

space

1.

Connect the PC to the SMX via the switcher RS232/RS422 port or Ethernet port.

2.

Start the

SMX Control Program and connect to the SMX (see

Using the Program

on

page 62 for the procedure).

3.

From the

Tools

menu, select

HTML File Manager

. The HTML Files List window

opens.

4.

Click the

Pick File(s) to Load to Server

button. The Select files window opens.

5.

Navigate to the folder where you saved the HTML files. Select the files.

NOTES:

To select multiple files, hold the

Ctrl

key while clicking the desired files.

If you want one of the HTML files that you created to be the default
start-up page, name the file “index.html.” The SMX automatically looks for that
file name when first connecting to it using an Internet browser.

6.

Click the

Open

button. The file uploading process may take a few minutes.

7.

Click the

Update

button to confirm the upload.

8.

Click the

Close

button to exit the HTML Files List window.