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Windows buttons, drop boxes, and trashcan

The buttons, drop boxes, and trash can on the right side of the program window perform the following functions:

Power — Unavailable for MTPX Plus Twisted Pair switchers, because the switcher power cannot be controlled via software.

Executive Mode — Allows you to lock out front panel operations, except for the view-only mode functions. Click the button to cycle between Lock mode 0 (the indicator is white), Lock mode 1 (the indicator displays red), and Lock mode 2 (orange).

NSee “Setting the front panel locks (Executive modes)” in chapter 3, “Operation” for more information on the Lock modes.

Room 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 MTPX Plus 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 32 global presets and up to 100 room presets. 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 — Saves any changes made to the displayed configuration. Changes – Cancel — Abandons any changes made to the displayed configuration.

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

Windows menus

File menu

Save matrix settings as ... — Saves a complete set of up to 32 global and 100 room presets, plus the last active setting (preset #0), to a file. Saved settings include audio gain and volume settings, MTPX configuration and picture settings, 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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