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Requests from non-selected receivers will be rejected by the transmitter. This feature is referred to
as explicit bindings.
Explicit bindings offer the following benefits:
• Loss of connection with dynamically bound receivers is not treated as an error condition
by the transmitter. Explicitly bound receivers, however, will be flagged as non-responsive
should they drop connection with the transmitter.
• Explicit bindings allow for the selection of a Primary Receiver.
NOTE: It is necessary to establish a primary receiver to establish bi-directional serial and IR communications.
Further, the Primary Receiver may be used to establish a particular display device as the source for EDID
information. Without a primary receiver, EDID information will be accepted from the first receiver that connects to
a transmitter, which may result in seemingly random behavior if the various display devices offer different EDID
information.
• Multi-transmitter configurations require explicit pairings of receivers to transmitters.
The transmitter's Bindings page contains separate tables for detected receivers and configured
receivers. In addition, there is a global setting that enables automatic binding of detected receivers.
The Detected Receivers table contains an entry for each receiver that has discovered the transmitter
and requested binding. Each entry provides the MAC address and bind status of the receiver. A
check box is provided for you to add detected receivers to the Configured Receivers table. The
Configured Receivers table provides explicit controls for receiver binding. A bound receiver
participates in media sessions with the transmitter. Explicitly unbound receivers may be bound by a
different transmitter.
The global option, labeled Automatically Bind Detected Receivers, is used to indicate whether or
not receiver bind requests are automatically granted.
NOTE: Automatic binding results in a dynamic extension network in which receivers bind and unbind as they are
turned on and off. Although simple to establish, dynamic extension networks lack a primary receiver, which
prevents the transmission of bi-directional serial and IR data.
To establish explicit receiver bindings:
1. Within the Detected Receivers table, select the Add to Configured Receivers checkbox next to
each detected receiver. Figure 3.4 on page 32 illustrates the Detected Receivers table.
2. Optional: You may manually enter a receiver's MAC address. MAC address labels are affixed
to the bottom of an MPX receiver.
3. Optional: Configure the Automatically Bind Detected Receivers setting using drop-down list.
If enabled, the transmitter will automatically bind all detected receivers detected that are not
explicitly disabled for binding in the Configured Receivers table.
4. Apply the changes.
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