Step 6: configure the front panel buttons, Configuring an input button, Configuring an input button -15 – Extron Electronics System 5 IP Series Setup Guide User Manual

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Click the Add Driver button. The Hitachi DVD/VCR

appears within the Selected Driver(s) field.

Notice that this action also populates the IR Driver

Function(s)

field with predefined functions.

To view these IR driver functions as buttons on your

GlobalViewer Web page, do the following:
4.

Under the IR Port A Group field, click the Add Group

button to add a folder (i.e., group) to the GlobalViewer

Web Group(s)

field.

5.

Rename the folder according to the function of the device

and/or any name that allows you to easily recognize the

device. In this case, use the name "DVD_VCR".

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Under the IR Driver Function(s) field, select the desired

functions (e.g., Power or Menu).

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Use the small green arrows between the two fields to

populate the DVD_VCR folder with the functions you

require. You can also drag and drop them into the folder.

Notice that the Port A IR icon is renamed to match the

name of the added device.

Step 6: Configure the Front Panel Buttons

Once the device drivers are added, you can configure the

System 5 IP's front panel buttons. For this exercise, you will

configure Input and On/Off buttons. Additionally, you can

modify a button caption, add a tool tip, set repeat rates, and

select button modes.

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You can customize any front panel button (DVD, VCR,

On/Off, etc.) on a System 5 IP, but most are shipped with

the most common operations labeled for you.

Front Panel window with configured buttons

Configurng an nput button

Input buttons on the System 5 IP include the following, grouped

together on the System 5 front panel: PC, Doc Cam, VCR, DVD,

and Laptop.

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The steps in the following example require using a serial

port driver.

To configure the DVD button to switch to a DVD player when

pressed, do the following:
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Select the Front Panel tab.

2

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Choose the green DVD input button.

3.

Notice that the default in Line 1 (a caption field) reads

DVD

. You can change this to a different name, if desired,

and set the tool tip, repeat rate, and button mode, if

applicable.

4

.

In the Button Operations area, select the Driver tab

and expand the tree under the Epson PowerLite 7700p

projector

icon. A list of possible projector operations

appears.

5.

Expand the Input Control folder to view the input control

options.

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