Accessing the html pages, Remote control, cont’d – Extron Electronics MPX Plus 866 A Rev. A User Manual
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Refer also to the MPX Plus 866 A User’s Manual at www.extron.com.
Refer also to the MPX Plus 866 A User’s Manual at www.extron.com.
Accessing the HTML Pages
Yet another way to operate the switcher's basic (non-DSP)
functions is via its factory-installed HTML pages, which are
always available and cannot be erased or overwritten. The
switcher’s HTML pages are accessible through its LAN port,
connected via a LAN or WAN, using a web browser such as
Microsoft Internet Explorer. See
information.
Loading the start-up page
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If your Ethernet connection to the matrix switcher is
unstable, try turning off the proxy server in your Web
browser. In Microsoft Internet Explorer, click Tools >
Internet Options
> Connections > LAN Settings,
uncheck the Use a proxy server... box, and then click OK.
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For details on operating the switcher via HTML pages,
refer to the
MPX Plus 866 A User's Manual, chapter 6,
“HTML Operation”
.
1
.
Start the Web browser program.
2
.
Click in the browser’s Address field.
3
.
Enter the Matrix IP address in the browser’s Address field.
N
192.168.254.254 is the factory-specified default value for
this field.
4
.
Press the keyboard Enter key. The switcher checks to see if
it is password protected.
If the switcher is not password protected
, it checks and
downloads the HTML start-up page. The switcher is ready
for operation via HTML remote control.
If the switcher is password protected
, it downloads the
Enter Network Password page.
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A User name entry is not required.
5
.
Enter the appropriate administrator or user password in
the Password field and click OK.
6
.
The switcher downloads the HTML start-up page. The
switcher is ready for operation via HTML remote control.
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