Extron electronic 6400s Windows buttons, drop boxes, and trash can, Windows menus, File menu

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Windows buttons, drop boxes, and trash can

The buttons, drop boxes, and trash can on the right side of the Matrix Switchers

Control Program window perform the following functions:

Power — Unavailable for Fiber Matrix switchers, because the switcher power cannot be controlled via software.

Executive Mode — Allows you to lock out front panel operations, except for the View-onlymode functions. Click the button to cycle Lock mode on (the indicator displays orange) and off.

NSee “Locking out the front panel (Executive mode)” in chapter 3, “Operation” for more information on the Lock mode.

Rooms menu — Displays a list of up to 10 rooms. You can select a room from the list to display it in the window.

NA Room is a subset of outputs that are logically related to each other, as determined by the operator. The Fiber Matrix switcher supports up to 10 rooms, each of which can consist of from 1 to 16 outputs.

Presets menu — Displays a list of up to 64 global presets and up to 100 room presets (10 rooms x 10 presets per room). You can select a preset from the list to display it in the window and either activate it (Go) or delete it (Delete).

Go — Activates the selected preset as the current configuration.

Save as ... — Allows the current set of ties to be saved as a preset. Enter the preset number when prompted to do so.

Delete — Allows the current preset to be deleted.

Changes – Take — Allows you to save to file any changes made to the displayed configuration.

Changes – Cancel — Returns to the previous screen, undoing any changes you have made.

Trash can — Drag and drop from an input or output button to the trash can to erase all ties associated with that input or output.

Windows menus

File menu

Save Matrix settings as ... — Saves a complete set of up to 64 presets, plus the last active setting (preset #0), to a file. Saved settings include assigned icons and icon captions.

Restore Matrix settings from ... — Loads and activates a previously saved setting file.

Save This-Session’s settings — Saves the current assigned icons and icon captions.

Restore Last-Session’s settings — Loads the icons and icon captions that were saved during the last session. If you saved the previous session’s changes to disk the last time you exited the program, the ties from that session are also loaded.

Select printer — Selects the target printer.

Print tie map — Prints the tie set that is displayed on the screen. Exit — Closes the Matrix Switchers Control Program.

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