Installation User guide

Software-based Conﬁ guration and Control, cont’d

MLC 226 IP Series • Software-based Conﬁ guration and Control

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PRELIMINARY

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The GlobalViewer tree area at the left of the screen shows a list of IP Link-based

devices within the network that have GlobalViewer Web pages

installed.

• The larger Info window on the right side of the screen displays basic information

about the MLC 226 IP, its IP settings, ﬁ rmware version, attached devices,

display/projector (or other device) connection status, display power status, and

elapsed projector lamp hours.

• Projector or display power connection status is indicated by one of two icons:

connected (

) or disconnected ( ). This status reﬂ ects information the

MLC 226 IP obtains by power polling the display.

• The Power Status column indicates whether the projector/display is on, off,

warming up, cooling down, or unavailable (either because the projector is

disconnected or because it does not support power polling).

Customizing the MLC’s Control Web Pages

Extron offers Web page templates that can be customized using standard HTML

editing tools to provide a different interface to the customer while still using

GlobalViewer functions. An experienced Web developer can add images, modify

text, and change background colors to create a look and feel that reﬂ ects your brand

or your user’s speciﬁ c requirements. For example, a university with dozens of

devices and rooms to control may wish to create customized Web pages with the

university’s school colors and logo. End users can control the system using these

customized pages instead of the standard GV pages.

Alternatively, Extron can create a customized graphical user interface (GUI) for you

to upload to each MLC in the system. End users can view the Web pages of this

customized GUI while administrators and installers still have access to the factory-

set Web pages and the standard GV Web pages in addition to the customized ones.

For a small, one-time fee, Extron will turn the following items into ﬁ les ready to

upload to the MLCs:

• your Global Viewer project ﬁ le containing system conﬁ guration details

• your choice of available color schemes

• your choice of labels for panel buttons

• a company or institution logo

These customized Web pages, whether created by Extron or modiﬁ ed by an outside

HTML developer from Extron-supplied templates, can also include button sets for

any control modules (IRCMs, ACMs, RCMs, CMs, etc.) used in the system.

Visit the Extron Web site (http://www.extron.com/product/archive.asp?id=customguifp)

or contact an Extron customer support representative for more information on this

service and on available template options.