Extron electronic MLC 52 manual Adding a driver, Add Driver window, Serial driver overwrite prompt

Serial Communication, cont’d

Adding a driver

To add a serial (RS-232) or IR driver to the MLC,

1. Load the serial and/or IR driver package(s) on your computer hard drive, if you have not already done so.

2. Click Add Driver, in the lower-left corner of the MLC 52 main screen.

3. On the Add Driver window, click Serial or IR for the type of driver to be added.

Add Driver window

A configuration can contain only one serial driver at a time, although multiple IR drivers are allowed.

If you select Serial for a configuration that already has a serial driver, the following message appears:

Serial driver overwrite prompt

a. Click Yes if you want to continue adding a serial driver, overwriting the existing one. If you want to stop the process, click No.

b. If you click Yes, another prompt appears, asking if you want to save the current configuration. Click Yes if you want to save it; No, to continue without saving it; or Cancel, to stop loading the driver.

4. Select the desired driver from the window that opens.

•If you select Serial, the following window opens, displaying the contents of the “drivers” folder, located at c: \Program Files\Extron\ MediaLink.

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