Remote Control, cont’d
Windows-Based Control Program
The Universal Switcher Control Program, part
•Input selection (including audio breakaway for models with video and audio)
•Audio gain and attenuation adjustments (audio models)
Updates to this program can be downloaded from the Extron Web site (http://www.extron.com).
Installing the software
The program is contained on a single 3.5” diskette and can be run from the floppy drive, or it can be installed and run from the hard drive.
To install the software on the hard drive, run setup.exe from the floppy disk and follow the screen instructions.
By default, the Windows installation creates a C:\UNIVSW folder and places two icons (Universal Switcher Control Program and Universal Switcher Help) into a group named “Extron Electronics”.
Using the software
1. | Connect a serial cable between a PC and the switcher’s remote port. The |
| cable’s pin assignments are shown in figure |
| and the switcher. |
2. | To run the software, click on Start>Programs>Extron Electronics>Universal |
| Switcher Control Pgm. |
3. | Click on the COM port that is connected to the switcher’s |
4. | The Extron Universal Switcher Control Program window (Figure |
| the input signal status for each input (signal present or not present), the |
| selected input, and the audio gain for the selected input. |
Figure 4-2 — Universal Switcher program window
indicates that the input signal is present and is selected.
indicates that the input signal is present but not selected.
indicates that the input signal is not present.
Click the button to refresh the input signal status information.