Extron electronic MC104 manual

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    © 2006 Extron Electronics. All rights reserved. Extron Electronics, USA 1230 South Lewis Street Anaheim, CA 92805 USA 714.491.1500 Fax 714.491.1517 Extron Electronics, E urope Beeldschermweg 6C 3821 AH Amersfoort The Netherlands +31.33.453.4040 Fax +31.33.453.4050 Extron Electronics, Asia 135 Joo Seng R oad, #04-01 PM Industrial Building Singapore[...]

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    Pr ecautions This symbol is intended to alert the user of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature provided with the equipment. This symbol is intended to alert the user of the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product’ s enclosure that may present a risk of electric shock. Caution Read Ins[...]

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    安全须知 • 中文 这个符号提示用户该设备用户手册中 有重要的操作和维护说明。 这个符号警告用户该设备机壳内有暴 露的危险电压,有触电危险。 注意 阅读说明书 • 用户使用该设备前必须阅读并理 解所有安全和使用说明。 保存说明书 • 用户应保存安全说明[...]

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    i MLC 104 Series MediaLink • T able of Contents T able of Contents Chapter One • Introduction ................................................... 1-1 About this Manual .................................................................... 1-2 About the MLC 104 Medialink Controllers ........................ 1-2 About Global Configurator .........[...]

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    ii MLC 104 Series MediaLink • T able of Contents T able of Contents, cont’d MLC 104 MediaLink Contr ollers 1 Chapter One Intr oduction About this Manual About the MLC 104 MediaLink Controllers About Global Configurator System Requirements Installing the Software Updating Firmware Step 9 : Create a Display Disconnection E-mail (IP model only) .[...]

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    MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Intr oduction Intr oduction MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Intr oduction 1-2 1-3 R D I R E C T 1 0 0 - 2 4 0 V 1 . 0 A M A X . 5 0 - 6 0 H z A U D I O I N P U T S L I N E L E V E L M O N O A U D I O A U D I O A U X / M I X A D J U S T - 4 2 d B T O + 2 4 d B L R L R 1 2 I N P U T S O U T P U T S V [...]

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    MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Intr oduction Introduction, cont’d 1-4 MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Intr oduction 1-5 Global Configurator provides the following featur es for the MLC 104 series: Offline configuration — Using Global Configurator , you can configure your MLC 104 Medialink contr oller without having the a[...]

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    MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Intr oduction Introduction, cont’d 1-6 MLC 104 MediaLink Contr ollers 2 Chapter T wo MLC 104 Series Har dware Setup Right Side Panel Features and Connections Left Side T op Panel Features and Connections Front Panel Features and Basic Operation[...]

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    MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Har dware Setup Har dware Setup MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Har dware Setup 2-3 2-2 This chapter describes right, left, and front panel featur es, basic front panel operation, and how to connect cables to the MLC 104 series controller . Right Side Panel Features and Connections + V G SCP +12V OU[...]

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    MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Har dware Setup Hardwar e Setup, cont’d 2-4 MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Har dware Setup 2-5 d MLS RS-232 port — This port can control an optional Extr on switcher or other RS-232 controllable device. If you connect an optional switcher (such as an Extron MLS Series switcher) to the MLC, you [...]

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    MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Har dware Setup Hardwar e Setup, cont’d 2-6 MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Har dware Setup 2-7 Left Side Panel Features and Connections R MLC 104 Series Left Side Panel Left Side 1 a Reset button and LED — Pressing this r ecessed button causes various IP functions and Ethernet connection settin[...]

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    MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Har dware Setup Hardwar e Setup, cont’d 2-8 MLC 104 MediaLink Contr ollers V olume control c V olume knob and LEDs — Rotate this knob to adjust the audio volume. Global Configurator lets you select whether this knob will control the pr ojector ’s audio levels or the optional MediaLink switcher ’s au[...]

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    MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Softwar e Setup Softwar e Setup MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Softwar e Setup 3-2 3-3 This chapter provides the steps for setting up your MLC 104 series controller using the Global Configurator (GC) software. By means of example, you will learn how to • Add drivers that allow control of A/V dev[...]

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    MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Softwar e Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-4 MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Softwar e Setup 3-5 Step 2 : Create a New Pr oject 1. If the GC 2 Start Options dialog is displayed, select the "Create a New Pr oject" option and click the O K button. The Project Settings dialog box appears, as [...]

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    MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Softwar e Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-6 MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Softwar e Setup 3-7 Add Device dialog box (Advanced) (for IP version only) 5. Select the Auto Configure IP Address check box. The MAC Address text box becomes active and the first three octets of the MAC address appear . 6[...]

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    MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Softwar e Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-8 MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Softwar e Setup 3-9 Defining e-mail server settings Before you set up e-mail notifications, ensur e that your e-mail server , subnet mask and gateway settings are set. If not, use the Change Device Setting feature to set [...]

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    MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Softwar e Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-10 MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Softwar e Setup 3-11 Adding e-mail contacts T o add e-mail contacts, do the following: 1 . From the Edit menu, choose Contact Manager . A dialog box appears. 2 . Fill in the name, e-mail address, and the company ar eas of [...]

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    MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Softwar e Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-12 MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Softwar e Setup 3-13 3. Click the Add Driver button. The Epson projector appears within the Selected Driver field. Notice that this action also populates the Driver Command and State Configuration field with predefined[...]

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    MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Softwar e Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-14 MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Softwar e Setup 3-15 4 . Under the Button Operations field, select the Driver tab and expand the tree under the Epson PowerLite 7700p projector icon. A list of possible projector operations appear . 5. Expand the Input Co[...]

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    MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Softwar e Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-16 MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Softwar e Setup 3-17 Step 7 : Create a Display Shutdown Schedule Global Configurator ’s (GC) scheduling feature enables you to schedule actions and events for a selected device. Scheduling is often useful for setting a [...]

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    MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Softwar e Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-18 MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Softwar e Setup 3-19 Step 8 : Create a Display Lamp Hour W ar ning E-mail (IP model only) Global Configurator ’s monitoring feature enables you to configure a MLC 104 IP controller to monitor many parameters of the con[...]

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    MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Softwar e Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-20 MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Softwar e Setup 3-21 Display lamp hour e-mail notification 9 . Click Done . The dialog box closes. Step 9 : Create a Display Disconnection E-mail (IP model only) T o set a display disconnected e-mail alert, do the followi[...]

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    MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Softwar e Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-22 MLC 104 Series MediaLink Controllers • Softwar e Setup 3-23 Uploading a configuration The process of uploading your pr oject is essential to successfully configuring the MLC 104 and creating a GlobalV iewer W eb page for the MLC 104 IP . Y ou can upload the p[...]