Uploading Files; Adding A Directory; Other File Management Activities - Extron electronics SMX Series User Manual

Uploading files

Files to be uploaded to the SMX must contain only valid alphanumeric characters
and underscores.
N The following characters are invalid in file names:
+ ~ , @ = ' [ ] { } < > ' " ; : | \ and space.
To upload files from the server, follow these steps:
1. Click the Browse button to the right of the file name field.
2. Browse to locate the file that you want to upload, and open it. The file's
name and directory path are displayed in the file name field on the File
Management screen.
3. Click the Upload File button. The selected file name appears in the Files
column on the File Management screen. (Files are listed separately under
headings of their extensions.)
N If you want one of the pages that you create and upload to be the default startup
page, name that file "index.html."

Adding a directory

To add a directory or folder to the SMX's file system, follow these steps:
1. Enter the directory name in the Dir: field, following the slash (/).
2. Click the Add Dir button.
3. With the directory name displayed, perform the Uploading files procedure
described in the previous section to add a file to the directory. The directory
name appears at the top of the Files column, preceded by a slash.
To add more files to the directory, click the directory name to open it, then use the
Uploading files procedure. To exit the directory, click (root) or (back).

Other file management activities

You can also perform the following tasks on the File Management screen:
Open a file — Click on the name of the file in the Files column.
Delete a file — Click the Delete button at the right end of the line that contains the
file you want to remove.
Delete all files — Click the Delete All button.
Display files by file extension — The Filter by File Extension menu lists the
extensions of the files that have been uploaded to the SMX. This menu lets you
choose to display only files with the extension you select. Select All to display all
uploaded files.
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