Overview ......................... 3 Supported operating systems ........................3 Supported Maevex hardware ........................3 Obtaining the Matrox Maevex Series firmware updater package ............4 Updating your Matrox Maevex Series firmware ............ 5 Before you update your firmware ......................5 Updating your Matrox Maevex Series firmware ..................7 Using your device(s) on an 802.1X network (Maevex 6100 Series and 7100 Series only) ....
Overview The Matrox Maevex Series Firmware Updater enables you to update the firmware of your Matrox Maevex 7100, 6100, and 5100 Series products, and to use a custom splash screen when required. Note: Your Matrox Maevex Series product may ship with an older firmware version. Before using your Maevex Series product, you must update the firmware version installed on your devices to use the version of your deployed release.
Obtaining the Matrox Maevex Series firmware updater package Matrox makes the latest firmware and updater package for your Maevex Series products available on the Matrox web site (video.matrox.com/maevexsw). Download the latest firmware package and extract the files to a local folder on your ...
*. (*Depending on your version and configuration of Windows, this part of the step may not be necessary.) Double-click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Select Use the following DNS server addresses Next to Preferred DNS server , enter 127.0.0.1 Matrox Maevex Series – Firmware Updater...
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Match software and firmware versions Make sure you’re running the latest version of the Matrox Maevex Series Firmware Updater to update all of your Maevex devices to the latest version of the Maevex firmware from the same firmware package. All Maevex devices must use the same version of the firmware package.
Updating your Matrox Maevex Series firmware Run the Maevex Firmware Updater Browse to the folder containing the extracted files, then run the FirmwareUpdater.exe file. This opens the Maevex Firmware Updater. Search for available Maevex Series devices Automatic detection – To search for the...
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Maevex 5100 Series – If you’re prompted, enter the Environment password for the Maevex devices found. Set up your credentials: Use these credentials If you’re updating multiple Maevex Series devices, enable the for all remaining Maevex Series devices check box. Matrox Maevex Series – Firmware Updater...
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When you’re done adding Maevex Series devices to the list of devices you want to update, click Update Updating devices may take up to 20 minutes. For more information on the process of a firmware update, click Show log ) at the bottom of the program window. Matrox Maevex Series – Firmware Updater...
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By default, Maevex 7100 Series devices contain a self-signed SSL/TLS certificate that is issued by Matrox. To replace that certificate with your own trusted certificate, create and add to your Firmware Package folder a 7627_cert.zip file containing the following files: localhost.key containing your private key...
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By default, Maevex 6100 Series units contain a self-signed SSL/TLS certificate that is issued by Matrox. To replace that certificate with your own trusted certificate, create and add to your Package folder a cert.zip file containing the following two files: server.key containing your private key...
Using the firmware updater, store the certificate file on the device (needs to be done by the administrator). For more information, see “Store a certificate file on the device for IEEE 802.1X EAP-TLS”, page 12 Matrox Maevex Series – Firmware Updater...
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Select PEM file field and selecting the certificate file from the selection screen. For more information, refer to IEEE 802.1X EAP-TLS section in the Matrox PowerStream Plus User Guide document. Note: Enable EAP-TLS option will not be available if the necessary certificates are not stored on the device.
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For example, maevex*.matrox.com. Note: You can get all the details that are required to be contained in the certificate file from your IT department. 14 Matrox Maevex Series – Firmware Updater...
The image must use a resolution of 1280 x 720, 24 bpp. Run the FirmwareUpdater.exe file. Update the firmware of your devices (see “Updating your Matrox Maevex Series firmware”). Matrox Maevex Series – Firmware Updater 15...
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