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Uploading HTML files

You can create customized HTML pages for the switcher to display. The HTML Files List window (figure 5-15), accessible via the Tools menu, provides a way to view the contents of the switcher’s file system and upload custom HTML pages to the switcher.

Figure 5-15 HTML Files List windowUpload HTML pages as follows:

NThe files listed in figure 5-15 are shown for example only and may not be present on your switcher.

NThe HTML Files List window is for inserting your own HTML pages. This is not the window to replace the firmware that controls all switcher operation. See “Updating firmware”, earlier in this chapter, to replace the firmware.

NThe following characters are invalid in file names: {space} + ~ , @ = ‘ [ ] { } < > ’ “ ; : \ and ?.

1.Connect the PC to the matrix switcher via the switcher’s RS-232/RS-422 port or Ethernet port.

2.Start the Matrix Switchers Control Program and connect to the matrix switcher. See “Using the Matrix Switcher Control software” in this chapter, steps 1 through 4, starting on page 5-4.

3.Click on Tools > HTML File Manager. The HTML Files List window appears.4.Click the Pick File(s) to Load to Server button. An open file window appears.5.Navigate to the folder where you saved the HTML file(s). Select the file(s).

N To select multiple files, hold the Ctrl key while you select the desired files.

NIf you want one of the HTML files that you created to be the default start-up page, name the file “index.html”. The matrix switcher looks for that file name when you first connect to it using an Internet browser.

6.Click the Open button. The file(s) upload to the matrix switcher may take a few minutes.

7.Click the Update button to confirm the upload.8.Click the Close button to exit the HTML Files List window.
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