Manual

Table of Contents, cont’d
MPX Plus 866 A Media Presentation Matrix Switcher • Table of Contents
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PRELIMINARY
Emulate mode vs. Live mode ..............................................................................................5-23
Synchronizing: pull vs. push .............................................................................................. 5-23
Selecting Live
mode and pulling data ........................................................................5-23
DSP Configurator Windows menus ...................................................................................... 5-26
DSP Configurator File menu
.............................................................................................5-26
DSP Configurator Edit menu.............................................................................................5-27
DSP Configurator View menu
...........................................................................................5-27
DSP Configurator Tools menu ...........................................................................................5-28
DSP Configurator Window menu
.....................................................................................5-29
DSP Configurator Help selection ...................................................................................... 5-29
DSP Configurator Presets dropbox ...................................................................................5-29
DSP Configurator Mode buttons ......................................................................................5-29
DSP capacity and design rule verification ...........................................................................5-30
DSP capacity ....................................................................................................................... 5-30
Design rule verification ..................................................................................................... 5-31
Keyboard navigation ..............................................................................................................5-32
Standard Windows navigation ......................................................................................... 5-33
DSP Configurator-unique navigation ............................................................................... 5-34
Making ties
...................................................................................................................5-34
Highlighting and marking items, cutting or copying, saving a preset .....................5-34
Setting group master soft limits .................................................................................5-36
Optimizing the Audio ............................................................................................................ 5-36
Input clipping and clipping meters ......................................................................................5-36
Setting the input and output gain structure ......................................................................5-37
Adjusting the pre-matrix ..................................................................................................... 5-37
Finalizing the output gain structure .................................................................................... 5-38
Setting the mic input and mic mix-point levels ..................................................................5-38
Adjusting the post-matrix trim ............................................................................................. 5-39
Setting the volume control for the amplifier stage ...........................................................5-39
Calibrating loudness ............................................................................................................... 5-39
Setting loudness using a meter ........................................................................................5-39
Setting loudness “by ear” ................................................................................................. 5-40
Matrix Switchers Control Program ...............................................................................5-41
Starting the program..............................................................................................................5-41
IP Settings/Options window ..................................................................................................5-44
Address and Name fields...................................................................................................5-44
Hardware Address field.....................................................................................................5-45
Use DHCP checkbox ........................................................................................................... 5-45
Date, Time (local), and GMT (offset) fields ......................................................................5-45
Sync Time to PC button .....................................................................................................5-45
Use Daylight Savings checkbox ......................................................................................... 5-46
Administrator Password and User Password fields..........................................................5-46
Update firmware .....................................................................................................................5-46
Ethernet-connected firmware upload..............................................................................5-49
Serial-port-connected firmware upload...........................................................................5-50
Upload HTML files ...................................................................................................................5-52
WCP Windows buttons, drop boxes, and trash ..................................................................5-53