Contemporary Research
2 Display Express System Manual
Table of Contents
Display Express Software Installation .................................................................................................... 4
What’s new in version 5.8.0/5.8.1 ................................................................................................................... 4
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 4
Display Express Service .................................................................................................................................. 4
Internet Information Services ......................................................................................................................... 4
Web Access to Display Express ....................................................................................................................... 4
Windows Firewall Exceptions for Display Express ............................................................................................. 5
Setup Tips for all Display Express Applications ...................................................................................... 6
Controller Installation ..................................................................................................................................... 6
PC Setup ....................................................................................................................................................... 6
Software Updates .......................................................................................................................................... 6
Display Express PC Setup ............................................................................................................................... 6
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 .......................................................................................................................... 6
Gateway Address: 000.000.000.000 ................................................................................................................ 6
Telnet TCP Port:
2728 Telnet Access ............................................................................................................ 6
Head End Installation ............................................................................................................................. 7
RS-232 Control .............................................................................................................................................. 7
Ethernet Control ............................................................................................................................................ 8
Reset IP Address ........................................................................................................................................... 8
RF Setup ....................................................................................................................................................... 8
Display Zones .......................................................................................................................................... 9
DX Find .................................................................................................................................................. 10
Display Express ..................................................................................................................................... 11
Versions ...................................................................................................................................................... 11
Local Access (Within LAN) ............................................................................................................................ 12
Login .......................................................................................................................................................... 12
Setup – Options ........................................................................................................................................... 13
Head End Communication ......................................................................................................................... 13
Tuning System ......................................................................................................................................... 13
Logging ................................................................................................................................................... 13
Description ............................................................................................................................................... 13
System Information .................................................................................................................................. 13
Panel Page Header ................................................................................................................................... 14
Setup - Users ............................................................................................................................................... 15
Setup – Name Displays and Zones ............................................................................................................... 16
Changing Zone Names .............................................................................................................................. 16
Display Names ......................................................................................................................................... 16
Setup – Groups ............................................................................................................................................ 17
Setup – Name Channels ............................................................................................................................... 18
Web Panels - Control, List, and TV Control Panels .......................................................................................... 19
Control Panels – Control Panel Editing ........................................................................................................... 20
Control Panels - TV Panel Editing .................................................................................................................. 21
Control Panels – Assigning Users to Panels .................................................................................................... 22
Presets – Macros.......................................................................................................................................... 23
Presets– Edit ............................................................................................................................................... 24
Editing Modes .......................................................................................................................................... 24
Macros or Commands ............................................................................................................................... 25
Presets – Advanced Presets ......................................................................................................................... 27
Creating a “Matrix” Preset ......................................................................................................................... 27
Presets – System ......................................................................................................................................... 29
External Presets ........................................................................................................................................... 30
