User Guide Owner's manual

Device Drivers

In order for the MLC 52 to control a switcher, projector, or other display device via IR or

RS-232 communication, it must have drivers loaded for the devices it will control. Drivers

can be obtained in the following ways:

• IR or an RS-232 driver files can be installed from a disc, downloaded at

www.extron.com, or downloaded from Extron via the driver subscription feature

within the MLC 52 configuration program.

The drivers are saved on your computer in a folder located at C:\Program Files or

Program Files (x86)\Extron\Driver2. You can then upload the desired drivers to

the MLC via the MLC 52 configuration software.

• IR commands can be captured from the IR remote control of a device through

IR Learning or IR data transfer to create a driver. When a driver is created, it can be

added to the configuration program so that the commands can be used to configure

the MLC to control the device (see Configuring the MLC 52 Using IR on page 15).

System Requirements

The minimum PC system requirements for installing the configuration software are:

• Intel

Pentium

III 750 MHz processor

• Microsoft

Windows

XP or higher

• Microsoft.NET Framework 2.0 or higher

• 128 MB of RAM

• 50 MB of available hard disk space

Application Diagrams

M L C 5 2

D I S P L AY

OFF

VIDEO

VOL

DVD

Projector with

Internal Speakers

RS-232 Control

VGA

Stereo Audio

Video

Stereo Audio

Extron

MLC 52 RS

Basic MediaLink

Controller with IR

and RS-232 display

control

Figure 1. Application Diagram for an MLC 52 RS

MLC 52 MediaLink Controllers • Introduction 4