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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.
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. 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 ?.
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. 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.
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. The switcher checks several possibilities, in the following order, and then
responds accordingly: