User Guide Manual
SMX System MultiMatrix Switcher • HTML Configuration and Control 87
HTML Configuration 
and Control
The SMX can be configured and controlled through its Ethernet port, connected through a 
LAN or WAN and accessed with a Web browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer. The 
browser displays the factory-installed Web pages, which provide an alternative means of 
viewing and controlling the SMX. This section includes:
• Accessing the Web Pages
• System Status Pages
• Configuration Pages
• File Management Page
• Control Pages
NOTE:  If your Ethernet connection to the SMX is unstable, try turning off the proxy 
server in your Web browser. To do this in Microsoft Internet Explorer, click Tools > 
Internet Options > Connections > LAN Settings
, and clear the Use a proxy 
server...
 check box. Click OK.
TIPS: 
•  The HTML language reserves certain characters for specific functions. The SMX 
does not accept these characters as part of preset names, the switcher name, 
passwords, or locally created file names.
•  Unless otherwise specified, the following characters are not recommended or invalid 
for SMX inputs: + ~ , @ = ‘ [ ] { } < > “ ; : | \ ? and space
Accessing the Web Pages
Access the HTML pages as follows:
1.  Start the Web browser program.
2.  Click in the browser Address field and enter your SMX IP address (see figure 44).
NOTE:  If the local system administrators have not changed the value, the 
factory-specified default, 192.168.254.254, is the correct value for this field.
Figure 44.  Internet Explorer Address Field
3.  To view a non-default page instead (such as an uploaded custom page), enter a slash (/) 
and the name of the file to open.
NOTES: 
•  The browser Address field should display the address in the following format: 
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/optional_le_name.html.
•  The following characters are invalid or not recommended in the file names: ~ @ 
= ‘ [ ] { } < > “ ; : | \ ? 
and space










