PRELIMINARY

HTML Operation, cont’d

Creating or deleting a tie

Make or break a tie as follows:

1.

Click the Video Only, Audio Only, or Video & Audio button to select video,

 

audio, or both for switching (audio breakaway or audio follow). Each mouse

 

click on a button toggles the other two buttons off.

2.

Move the mouse over the matrix of input and output selection buttons. Click

 

a button to

• Create a pending tie (if a tie does not exist) of the input and output associated with that button

• Create pending untie (if a tie exists) of the input and output associated with that button

A “P” (for pending) appears in the button.

NIf you lose track of the input and output associated with a specific button, let the mouse rest over one of the tie buttons for a moment. A field pops up (as shown on figure 6-12) that identifies the input and output for that button.

NTo tie an input to all outputs, click that input’s input number.

3. Click the Take button to make the configuration changes or the Cancel button to abandon the configuration changes.

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MPX Plus 866 A specifications

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