User Guide User Manual

Windows Buttons, Drop Boxes, and Trash Can
The buttons, drop boxes, and trash can on the right side of the Matrix Switchers Control
Program window perform the following functions:
Power — Unavailable for CrossPoint and MAV matrix switchers.
Executive Mode — Allows you to lock out front panel operations, except for
the view-only mode functions. Click the button to cycle between Lock
mode 0 (the indicator is white), Lock mode 1 (the indicator displays red),
and Lock mode 2 (orange).
NOTE: See Setting the Front Panel Locks (Executive Modes) on
page 75 for more information on the Lock modes.
Rooms menu — Displays a list of up to 10 rooms. You can select a room from
the list to display it in the window.
NOTE: A Room is a subset of outputs that are logically related to each
other, as determined by the operator. The matrix switcher supports up to 10
rooms, each of which can consist of from 1 to 16 outputs.
Presets menu — Displays a list of up to 32 global presets and up to
100 room presets (10 rooms x 10 presets per room). You can select a
preset from the list to display it in the window and either activate it (Go) or
delete it (Delete).
Go — Activates the selected preset as the current configuration.
Save as ... — Allows the current set of ties to be saved as a preset. Enter the
preset number when prompted to do so.
Delete — Allows the current preset to be deleted.
Changes – Take — Allows you to execute any potential changes made to the displayed
configuration.
Changes – Cancel — Returns to the previous screen, undoing any changes you have
made.
Trash can — Drag and drop from an input or output button to the trash can to erase all ties
associated with that input or output.
Windows Menus
File menu
Save Matrix settings as ... — Saves a complete set of up to
64 presets, rooms, room presets, and preset names plus the
last active setting (preset 0), to a file. Saved settings include
assigned icons and icon captions.
Restore Matrix settings from ... — Loads and activates a
previously saved setting file.
Save This-Session’s settings — Saves the current assigned
icons and icon captions.
Restore Last-Session’s settings — Loads the icons and icon captions that were
saved during the last session. If you saved changes from the previous session to disk,
the last time you exited the program, the ties from that session are also loaded.
Select printer ... — Selects the target printer.
Print tie map — Prints the tie set that is displayed on the screen.
Exit — Closes the Matrix Switchers Control Program.
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