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CrossPoint / MAV Matrix Switchers • HTML Operation
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HTML Operation
The switcher can be controlled and operated through its LAN port, connected
viaaLANorWAN,usingawebbrowsersuchasMicrosoft
®
InternetExplorer
®
.
The browser’s display of the switcher’s status or operation has the appearance of
webpages.Thischapterdescribesthefactory-installedHTMLpages,whichare
always available and cannot be erased or overwritten.
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If your Ethernet connection to the matrix switcher is unstable, try turning off
the proxy server in your Web browser. In Microsoft Internet Explorer, click
Tools > Internet Options > Connections > LAN Settings, uncheck the Use
a proxy server... box, and then click OK.
Download the Startup Page
AccesstheswitcherusingHTMLpagesasfollows:
1. StarttheWebbrowserprogram.
2. Click in the browser’s Address field.
3. EntertheMatrixIPaddressinthebrowser’sAddresseld.
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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.
4. Ifyouwantthebrowsertodisplayapageotherthanthedefaultpage(suchas
a custom page that you have uploaded), enter a slash (/) and the file name to
open.
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The browser’s Address field should display the address in the following format:
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/{optional_file_name.html}
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The following characters are invalid in file names:
{space} + ~ , @ = ‘ [ ] { } < > ’ “ ; : | \ and ?.
5. PressthekeyboardEnterkey.Theswitchercheckstoseeifitispassword
protected.
Iftheswitcherisnotpasswordprotected,itchecksanddownloadstheHTML
pages (proceed to step 7).
Iftheswitcherispasswordprotected,theswitcherdownloadstheEnter
ConnectTopage(gure6-1).
Figure 6-1 — Connect To page
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A User name entry is not required.
6. Click in the Password field and type in the appropriate administrator or user
password. Click the OK button.
7. The switcher checks several possibilities, in the following order, and then
responds accordingly: