Extron Electronics MLC 104 Plus Series - Manual (Page 161)

A-9 MLC 104 Plus Series • Reference Material
PRELIMINAR
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Glossary
10/100Base-T is Ethernet which uses unshielded twisted pair (UTP - CAT 5, etc.)
cable, where the amount of data transmitted between two points in a given
amount of time is equal to either 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps.
ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) is a protocol which assigns an IP address to a
device based on the device’s MAC or physical machine address.
Custom Web page is any file that can be loaded into an MLC 104 IP Plus and served
by the MLC’s internal Web server. The MLC 104 IP Plus functions like a little
computer with a Web server—you can use it for various Web-based tasks. The
Web page provides a way to control the MLC and other devices attached to
it without use of the software. This is true with or without an accompanying
event script. Any number and size of graphics can be used. If they are too
large to fit in the MLC 104 IP Plus’ nonvolatile memory, you can create Web
pages so that they can be served from another Web server. If you install
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) on your desktop, you can serve
any page on its hard disk.
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a standardized communications
protocol that enables network administrators to locally and automatically
manage the assignment of IP addresses in an organization’s network.
Driver is a software package that controls the interface between the controller and
peripheral devices.
Ethernet is a network protocol that uses MAC addresses instead of IP addresses
to exchange data between computers. Using ARP (see above) with TCP/IP
support, Ethernet devices can be connected to the Internet. An Ethernet
LAN typically uses unshielded twisted pair (UTP) wires. Ethernet systems
currently provide transmission speeds of 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps.
Event script is a program that controls an MLC 104 IP Plus. Event scripts are
written in the “Extron C” language (.sc), and compiled into a machine-
readable event script file (.evt). The Global Configurator program
performs this compilation and uploads the compiled event file onto the
MLC 104 IP Plus. The Extron C language is similar to ANSI C, with some
differences. As long as event scripts are turned on, they run continuously on
the unit.
HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) is a Web protocol based on TCP/IP that is
used to fetch HyperText objects from remote Web pages.
IP (Internet Protocol) is the protocol or standard used to send information from one
computer to another on the Internet.
Switchers Part number
MLS 100 Series switcher
(MLS 100 A, MLS 102 VGA, MLS 103 SV, MLS 103 V)
60-497-01, -04, -03, -02
MLS 304MA, MLS 304SA switcher 60-550-01, -02
MLS 406, MLC 406MA, MLS 406SA switcher 60-560-01, -02, -03
MLS 506, MLS 506 MA 70 V, MLS 506 MA 100 V,
MLS 506SA switcher
60-386-02, -03, -13, -04