Extron Electronics MLC 104 Plus Series - Manual (Page 163)

A-11 MLC 104 Plus Series • Reference Material
PRELIMINAR
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Switcher slaving is an old term sometimes used to indicate that a device such as
the MLC or a main switcher unit is being used to control one or more A/V
switchers.
Switching rotation is a term for the set of buttons that are controlled by the
firmware. This is a mutually exclusive set of buttons controlled by firmware
(not scripts) that causes an input switching SIS command (1!, 2!, 3!, and
so forth) to be sent via the MLS port when each button is pressed. In
Global Configurator, setting a button for input button mode is the same as
designating that button as part of the switching rotation.
TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) is a connection-oriented protocol defined at
the Transport layer of the OSI reference model. It provides reliable delivery
of data.
TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) is the communication
protocol of the Internet. Computers and devices with direct access to the
Internet are provided with a copy of the TCP/IP program to allow them to
send and receive information in an understandable form.
Telnet is a standard terminal emulation utility/protocol that allows a computer
to communicate with a remote user/client. A user who wishes to access a
remote system initiates a Telnet session using the address of the remote client.
The user may be prompted to provide a user name and password if the client
is set up to require them. Telnet enables users to log in on remote networks
and use those resources as if they were locally connected.
Tool tip is text that appears when the mouse pointer hovers over a button or other
item on screen.
UDP (User Datagram Protocol) is an Internet protocol for sending short packets of
information quickly between networked devices. It is faster than TCP and
is often used for broadcast and multicast communication, but it does not
include data verification to ensure that all packets arrived at their destination.
URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is the address (such as www.extron.com) that lets a
resource on the internet be identified, located, and accessed.
Verbose refers to a wordy way of speaking. For the MLC and other IP-enabled
products, verbose mode is a communication mode in which the device
responds with more information than it usually would—more than
the device, itself, needs to send. Verbose mode is usually enabled for