Planning Your Output Layout; Mura Mpx Series; Setting Your Card Order; Setting The Order Of Your Output Connectors - Matrox MURA-IPX-O4DF User Manual

Planning your output layout

This section describes the steps to consider if you're setting up a Mura-based display wall for the first
time. We recommend you review these steps before setting up your display wall.

Mura MPX Series

Setting your card order

Mura MPX-4/4, MPX-4/2, MPX-4/0,
MPX-SDI only – The DIP switches on your
Mura MPX Series output cards are used to
control the order in which the GPUs of
your cards are used. Setting the DIP
switches is useful if you're setting up a large
display wall layout that uses multiple cards,
because it enables PowerDesk software to
properly lay out the outputs of your display
wall and avoids you having to manually set
up your multi-display layout.
For example, setting the first card to
means that card will be the first one used,
and the first GPU of that card will be
identified by PowerDesk as
To set the DIP switches on your cards, use
the tip of a pen or pencil to flip the switch
on or off. We recommend setting your card
order as follows, starting with card

Setting the order of your output connectors

Monitors are numbered consecutively based on which
connector each is attached to. For example, on an Mura
MPX Series output card using a quad-monitor cable, the
monitor attached to the connector labeled
identified as , the monitor attached to the connector
1
labeled on the cable is identified as
2
* The DIP switches use binary counting to set the card order.
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