5-9CrossPoint 300 Matrix Switchers • Matrix Software
Tools menu
Assign device icons — Displays the complete set of input and
output device icons. You can drag any of these icons to
the input and output boxes.
Edit device palette — Allows you to add your own device icon
graphics.
Audio-Input gain settings — Displays the audio gain level
setting for a single input or for all inputs and allows you
to change it. The level is expressed as the magnitude
(number of decibels) and polarity (positive, gain or
negative, attenuation) of the audio adjustment.
Mute-Outputs settings — Displays the Mute Adjust screen, from which you can
mute video and/or audio for each output.
Update firmware — Allows you to replace the firmware that is coded on the
switcher’s control board without taking the switcher out of service, opening
the switcher enclosure, and replacing the firmware chip set. See “Updating
the firmware” on page 5-5.
Hardware status — Provides an overall view of the status of the matrix switcher,
including the power supply status and the individual voltages, the
temperature status, the Remote RS-232/RS-422 port configuration, and the
installed and updated firmware status (figure 5-9).
Figure 5-9 — Status window
Name presets — Allows you to assign a name to each of the 16 memory presets.
Preset names are limited to 12 upper- and lower-case alphanumeric characters
and the {space} + _ and / characters.
The following characters are invalid in preset names: ~ @ = ‘ [ ] { } < > ’
“ ; : | \ and ?.
Show RS-232 strings — Displays the ASCII commands that are used by the current
configuration. You can refer to these for RS-232/RS-422 programming.
Initialize — Initializes and clears any or all of the following: ties, presets, audio
configuration, preset titles, I/O names, and I/O icons.