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Epson MediaLink Controller MLC 104 IP Plus manual

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    © 2006 Extron Electronics. All rights reserved. Extron Electronics, USA 1230 South Lewis Street Anaheim, CA 92805 USA 714.491.1500 Fax 714.491.1517 Extron Electronics, Eur ope Beeldschermweg 6C 3821 AH Amersfoort The Netherlands +31.33.453.4040 Fax +31.33.453.4050 Extron Electronics, Asia 135 Joo Seng Road, #04-01 PM Industrial Building Singapore [...]

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    Precautions This symbol is intended to alert the user of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature provided with the equipment. This symbol is intended to alert the user of the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product’s enclosure that may present a risk of electric shock. Caution Read Instr[...]

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    安全须知 • 中文 这个符号提示用户该设备用户手册中 有重要的操作和维护说明。 这个符号警告用户该设备机壳内有暴 露的危险电压，有触电危险。 注意 阅读说明书 • 用户使用该设备前必须阅读并理 解所有安全和使用说明。 保存说明书 • 用户应保存安全说明[...]

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    i MLC 104 IP Plus • T able of Contents T able of Contents Chapter One • Introduction ................................................... 1-1 About this Manual .................................................................... 1-2 About the MLC 104 IP Plus Medialink ™ Controllers ........ 1-2 About Global Configurator ......................[...]

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    ii MLC 104 IP Plus • T able of Contents T able of Contents, cont’d MLC 104 IP Plus 1 Chapter One Intr oduction About this Manual About the MLC 104 IP Plus MediaLink Controllers About Global Configurator System Requirements Installing the Software Updating Firmware Step 11 : Build and Upload a Configuration .................. 3-22 Building a c[...]

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    MLC 104 IP Plus • Introduction Introduction MLC 104 IP Plus • Introduction 1-2 1-3 A typical application for an MLC 104 IP Plus Medialink Controller About Global Configurator The Extron Global Configurator (GC) softwar e is an application that allows non-programmers to configur e a wide range of Extron IP Link ® -enabled products, and creat[...]

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    MLC 104 IP Plus • Introduction Introduction, cont’d 1-4 MLC 104 IP Plus • Introduction 1-5 Global Configurator provides the following featur es for the MLC 104 IP Plus: Offline configuration — Using Global Configurator , you can configure your MLC 104 IP Plus Medialink controller without having the device on hand, eliminating the need [...]

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    MLC 104 IP Plus • Introduction Introduction, cont’d 1-6 MLC 104 IP Plus 2 Chapter T wo MLC 104 IP Plus Har dware Setup Right Side Panel Features and Connections Left Side/T op Panel Features and Connections Front Panel Features and Basic Operation[...]

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    MLC 104 IP Plus • Hardwar e Setup Hardwar e Setup MLC 104 IP Plus • Hardwar e Setup 2-3 2-2 This chapter describes right, left, and front panel featur es; basic front panel operation; and how to connect cables to the MLC 104 IP Plus contr oller . Right Side Panel Features and Connections 2 3 G RO U N D 1 IR IN G RO U N D IR OUT C M S CP GROUND [...]

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    MLC 104 IP Plus • Hardwar e Setup Hardwar e Setup, cont’d 2-4 MLC 104 IP Plus • Hardwar e Setup 2-5 MLC 104 IP Plus Right Side Panel COMM LINK A B C D E +V OUT GROUND CM IR IN SCP E C B A SCP communication (IR) Ground ( ) IRCM, ACM, RCM, CM +12 VDC C B A Maximum = 2 SCPs P er System Maximum = 4 Control Modules (4 module addresses) Ground ( ) [...]

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    MLC 104 IP Plus • Hardwar e Setup Hardwar e Setup, cont’d 2-6 MLC 104 IP Plus • Hardwar e Setup 2-7 Both digital input and output modes of the digital I/O ports have the ability to turn on an internal pull-up resistor to + 5 VDC (equivalent to SW2 on the previous illustration). N Refer to the MLC 104 IP Plus User's Manual for further det[...]

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    MLC 104 IP Plus • Hardwar e Setup Hardwar e Setup, cont’d 2-8 MLC 104 IP Plus • Hardwar e Setup 2-9 Left Side/T op Panel Features and Connections RESET MLC 104 IP Plus Left Side 1 a Reset button and LED — Pressing this r ecessed button causes various IP functions and Ethernet connection settings to be r eset to their factory defaults. For r[...]

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    MLC 104 IP Plus • Hardwar e Setup Hardwar e Setup, cont’d 2-10 MLC 104 IP Plus • Hardwar e Setup 2-11 Front Panel Featur es and Basic Operation There ar e several features that must be set up prior to using the MLC. Refer to chapter 4 in the MLC 104 IP Plus User's Manual for details. CONFIG DISPLA Y VOLUME MLC 104 IP PLUS ON VCR DVD PC O[...]

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    MLC 104 IP Plus • Hardwar e Setup Hardwar e Setup MLC 104 IP Plus 2-12 3 Chapter Thr ee MLC 104 IP Plus Softwar e Setup Step 1: Download Device Drivers Step 2: Create a New Project Step 3: Add an MLC 104 IP Plus Controller and Define its Location Step 4: Define E-mail Settings Step 5: Add a Serial and an IR Device Step 6: Configure the Front P[...]

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    MLC 104 IP Plus • Software Setup Software Setup MLC 104 IP Plus • Software Setup 3-2 3-3 This chapter provides the steps for setting up your MLC 104 IP Plus contr oller using the Global Configurator (GC) software. By means of example, you will learn how to • Add drivers that allow control of A/V devices. • Configure the controller's [...]

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    MLC 104 IP Plus • Software Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-4 MLC 104 IP Plus • Software Setup 3-5 Step 2 : Create a New Pr oject 1. If the GC 2 Start Options dialog is displayed, select the "Create a New Pr oject" option and click the O K button. The Project Settings dialog box appears, as shown below . N Y ou can also access the Pro[...]

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    MLC 104 IP Plus • Software Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-6 MLC 104 IP Plus • Software Setup 3-7 Add Device dialog box (Advanced) 5. Select the Auto Configure IP Address check box. The MAC Address text box becomes active and the first three octets of the MAC address appear . 6. Locate the MAC address on the r ear of the Extron IP product or [...]

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    MLC 104 IP Plus • Software Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-8 MLC 104 IP Plus • Software Setup 3-9 4. Complete each of the fields with your mail server IP address , mail server domain , and, if necessary , your user name and password . 5. Click the OK button. 6. Go back to the Settings menu to complete the entries for your subnet mask and gate[...]

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    MLC 104 IP Plus • Software Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-10 MLC 104 IP Plus • Software Setup 3-11 Step 5 : Add a Serial and an IR Device Adding an A/V device (projector displays, VCRs, DVDs, etc.) for an MLC to control r equires that you first add the device’s driver to the GC configuration. Downloading additional drivers If you successf[...]

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    MLC 104 IP Plus • Software Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-12 MLC 104 IP Plus • Software Setup 3-13 Adding an IR driver T o add an IR driver to a port: 1. From the IP Link tab (left pane), select the IR port labeled Port A beneath the MLC 104 IP Plus tr ee. Add IR driver window 2 . Use the drop-down menus under IR Driver Selection to select th[...]

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    MLC 104 IP Plus • Software Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-14 MLC 104 IP Plus • Software Setup 3-15 4. Drag the On icon to the right-side window field labeled Release . This sets the command to activate on the release of the button. N Failure to configur e the On or Off buttons on Release may cause problems with the PIN Mode featur e. Refer [...]

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    MLC 104 IP Plus • Software Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-16 MLC 104 IP Plus • Software Setup 3-17 Control module main window 4 . Select the Address #1 tab. The Address 1 IRCM-DV+ [DVD] window appears. 5. In the upper left corner drop-down menu (under DVD & VCR Control ), select Input 2 , as illustrated below . This assigns the input butt[...]

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    MLC 104 IP Plus • Software Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-18 MLC 104 IP Plus • Software Setup 3-19 Step 8 : Create a Display Shutdown Schedule Global Configurator ’s (GC) scheduling feature enables you to schedule actions and events for a selected device. Scheduling is often useful for setting a projector or other device to shut down or tu[...]

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    MLC 104 IP Plus • Software Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-20 MLC 104 IP Plus • Software Setup 3-21 Step 9 : Create a Display Lamp Hour W ar ning E-mail Global Configurator ’s monitoring feature enables you to configure an MLC 104 IP Plus controller to monitor many parameters of the connected display devices. For example, a monitor alert c[...]

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    MLC 104 IP Plus • Software Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-22 MLC 104 IP Plus • Software Setup 3-23 Step 10 : Create a Display Disconnection E-mail T o set a display disconnected e-mail alert, do the following: 1 . Click the Monitor tab in the Global Configurator window . 2 . Click the Add Monitor button below the Monitored Conditions window [...]

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    MLC 104 IP Plus • Software Setup Softwar e Setup, cont’d 3-24 T o begin the upload, do the following: 1 . Click Begin . The Upload Manager monitors the progr ess of the upload. 2 . When the upload is finished, click Close . The configuration should now be successfully uploaded to the appropriate pr oduct(s). Accessing GlobalV iewer ® After u[...]