Use DHCP check box

The Use DHCP check box directs the MTPX Plus switcher to ignore any entered IP addresses and to obtain its IP address from a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server (if the network is DHCP capable). Contact the local system administrator.

Date, Time (local), and GMT (offset) fields

The Date field displays the current date in the Greenwich Mean Time zone. The Time (local) field displays the current time in the local time zone.

The GMT field displays the amount of time, in hours and minutes, that the local time varies from the GMT international time reference.

NRather than the following procedure, your can click the Sync Time to PC button to set the switcher to your computer’s internal time.

If desired, adjust any of these values as follows:

1.

Click in the desired field. The field changes to an editable field appropriate to

 

the value being change and the graphic cursor becomes a text cursor.

 

• The Date field becomes a set date field, with the

 

date in the format (M)M/(D)D/YYYY. Leading

 

zeroes are not shown.

 

• The Time (local) field becomes a set time field,

 

with the time in the format HH:MM:SS (00:00:00

 

to 23:59:59).

 

• The GMT field becomes a set offset field, with the offset in the

 

format ±HH:MM (–12:00 to +14:00).

2.

Edit the field as desired to set the proper proper value. For time, remember to

 

use 24-hour time. Leading zeroes are optional.

3.

Press the Tab key on the keyboard or click in another field to exit the set date

 

field.

4.

Click the Take button to make the date change take affect.

Sync Time to PC button

Clicking the Sync Time to PC button causes the computer you are operating to send its internal time to the switcher in a set time command.

Use Daylight Savings check box

Click in the Use Daylight Savings check box. When Daylight Saving Time is turned on, the switcher automatically updates its internal clock between Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time in the spring and fall on the date that the time change occurs in the country or region selected. When Daylight Saving Time is turned off, the switcher does not adjust its time reference.

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Extron electronic MTPX Plus Series Use Dhcp check box, Date, Time local, and GMT offset fields, Sync Time to PC button