HTML Configuration
and Control
The SMX can be configured and controlled through its Ethernet port, connected through
a LAN or WAN and accessed with a web browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer. The
browser displays the factory-installed web pages, which provide an alternative means of
viewing and controlling the SMX. This section includes:
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TIPS:
Accessing the Web Pages
Access the HTML pages as follows:
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Accessing the Web Pages
System Status Pages
Configuration Pages
File Management Page
Control Pages
If your Ethernet connection to the SMX is unstable, try turning off the proxy
server in your Web browser. To do this in Microsoft Internet Explorer, click
> Internet Options > Connections > LAN Settings
a proxy server...
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The HTML language reserves certain characters for specific functions. The SMX
does not accept these characters as part of preset names, the switcher name,
passwords, or locally created file names.
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Unless otherwise specified, the following characters are not recommended or
invalid for SMX inputs:
Start the web browser program.
Click in the browser
Address
If the local system administrators have not changed the value, the factory-
specified default, 192.168.254.254, is the correct value for this field.
Internet Explorer Address Field
To view a non-default page instead (such as an uploaded custom page), enter a slash (/)
and the name of the file to open.
NOTES:
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The browser
Address
format:
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/optional_file_name.html
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The following characters are invalid or not recommended in the file
names:
~ @ = ' [ ] { } < > " ; : | \ ?
SMX System MultiMatrix Switcher • HTML Configuration and Control
check box. Click
OK.
+ ~ , @ = ' [ ] { } < > " ; : | \ ?
field and enter your SMX IP address (see
field should display the address in the following
Tools
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