ACCESS THE ADMIN AREA
Many functions are not visible to the user during normal operation, to access these advanced options click on the
‘Cloud Connection’ link on the left hand nav, then click on the ‘[Admin]’ link at the foot of the page.The default
password in ‘admin’.
RENAMING AN INPUT/SOURCE DEVICE
Click on the properties
icon, enter a new name and click on Save Changes. Names must be 13 characters or less
and cannot be blank, start with or end with a space, certain special characters are also not allowed.
Custom names are displayed in the source menu in a CEC enabled TV*, updates should be reflected immediately
but you may need to restart your TV to get some updates.
*where supported.
RENAMING AN OUTPUT/SINK DEVICE
Click on the display
icon, enter a new name and click on Save Changes. This name is purely cosmetic and only
used within the web interface. The length restriction of 13 characters still applies.
CONFIGURING NETWORK SETTINGS
By default the matrix is set to retrieve an IP address via
DHCP, you must connect the system to a router or server
that has DHCP enabled. Once initially configured
you can modify this setting and switch to a static
IP address.
You must ensure that the new settings are correct
before saving them as you will no longer be able
to access the matrix if they are incorrect. In order
for the internet based functions to operate such
as the cloud based monitoring and gotomymatrix.
com facility you must provide at least one valid DNS
address. We recommend using the Google Public
DNS address 8.8.8.8 for Primary DNS and 8.8.4.4 for
Secondary DNS
SETTING UP CEC
Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) is a built in technology within HDMI, widely supported in modern TVs, AVRs, Blu-
Ray players and Media Centres.
INTRODUCTION
The Z44 has built in support for all CEC implementations from different vendors, where possible we have included
additional vendor specific support to maximise compatibility. That said implementation varies between different
brands and continues to improve, certain features described in this manual may not be available on all makes and
models in your setup. If we can detect that a feature is not supported, this incompatibility will be displayed in the
web interface.
DIFFERENT BRANDS
Common brand names for CEC are, (Samsung), BraviaLink or BraviaSync (Sony), EasyLink (Philips), SimpLink
(LG), VieraLink (Panasonic) Kuro Link (Pioneer) CE-Link and Regza Link (Toshiba), RIHD (Onkyo)
More and more devices are using the common name “HDMI-CEC”, often it is disabled by default, and you may need
to enable it in the settings menu before continuing. (Consult the manual for your source or sink device on how to do
this)
HOW IT WORKS AND SWITCHING SOURCES
Depending on the TV you are using will depend on exactly which button you press, for example, on a Sony TV you
press the “Sync Menu” button, this brings up a menu, from here select HDMI Device selection and your source
devices are listed, if you have customised their names, these names will be listed.
The order in which they are displayed may change from time to time, there is no ability to specify the sort order of
devices in these lists. In other brands, simply pressing the “Source” button will list all of the devices alongside other
inputs (such as Network or USB media)
THIRD PARTY CONTROL DRIVERS
You can control the Z44 via IR, Serial or our recommended method, TCP/IP. We supply drivers for common control
systems, including Crestron, Control 4, Elan, RTI and URC. We are constantly improving our native integration with
other platforms, more information and driver downloads are available at http://monitoring.pulse-eight.com/
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