Extron electronic MPX 866 A manual Firmware Upgrade Page, Management Page”

NOTE: An administrator password must be created before a user password can be created.

To clear an existing password so that no password is required, enter a single space character in the Password and Re-enter Password fields, and click the Submit button.

Firmware Upgrade Page

The Firmware Upgrade page provides a way to replace the firmware that is coded on the control board of the switcher without taking the switcher out of service. Access the Firmware Upgrade page (see figure 60) by clicking the Firmware Upgrade link on the System Settings page.

System Settings

Video Input Settings

Select Passwords

Figure 60. Firmware Upgrade Page

Update the switcher firmware as follows:

NOTE: The Firmware Upgrade page is only for replacing the firmware that controls

all switcher operation. To insert your own custom HTML pages, see “File

Management Page”.

1.Visit the Extron website, www.extron.com, select the MPX 866 A matrix switcher product category, select the latest firmware installation package (*.exe file) for the switcher, and download the file. Note the folder to which you save the firmware file.

2.Run the executable (*.exe) file to decompress the firmware file.

3.Connect the PC to the MPX 866 A matrix switcher via the LAN port of the switcher.

4.Access the MPX 866 A matrix switcher using HTML pages.

5.Click the Configuration tab.

6.Click the Firmware Upgrade link (figure 61).

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