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Using the Matrix Switcher Help File
For information about program features, you can access the Matrix Switcher Control
Program help file by any of the following methods:
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&ROMTHE%XTRON%LECTRONICSPROGRAMFOLDEROR
Start
menu group, select
the
MATRIX Switcher
+
Help
icon (shown at right).
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7ITHINTHE-ATRIX3WITCHER#ONTROL0ROGRAMSELECT
Contents
from the
Help
menu on the matrix window.
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From within the Matrix Switcher Control Program, press the <F1> key.
Using the Button Label Generator
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TRANSLUCENTCOVERSOFTHEINPUTANDOUTPUTPUSHBUTTONS9OUCANCREATELABELSWITH
names, alphanumeric characters, icons, and even colored bitmaps for easy and intuitive
input and output selection (see “
Replacing Button Labels
” on page 124 for blank labels
and procedures for removing and replacing the translucent button covers).
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ANDISINSTALLEDAUTOMATICALLYWHENYOUINSTALLTHECONTROLSOFTWARE"YDEFAULTTHE
software installation creates a directory for the program at
C:\Program Files\Extron\
ButtonLabelGenerator
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1.
To run the label creation program, double-click on the
Button
Label
Generator
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4HE"UTTON,ABEL'ENERATORWINDOWOPENS
Figure 101.
Button Label Generator Window
2.
From the
Systems
pull-down menu, select
DXP
44/88
for the layout that most
resembles all DXP switchers (although you can select any option from this menu).
9OUCANALSOSELECT
Customize
Button
Layouts
from the
Tools
menu to open the
Customize button layout window, on which you can create your own layout.
3.
Click on the button representation that you want to edit. A red box surrounds the
selected button.
