Extron Electronics MTPX Plus Series Manual

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MTPX Plus Twisted Pair Matrix Switchers • Programmer’s Guide

Default IP addresses

To access the MTPX Plus switcher via the LAN port, you need the unit’s IP address,

and may need the subnet mask and the gateway address. If the IP address has been

changed to an address comprised of words and characters, you can determine the

actual numeric IP address using the ping (ICMP) utility (see appendix A, “Ethernet

Connection”, for more details). If the addresses have not been changed, the factory-

speciﬁed defaults are:

• IPaddress 192.168.254.254 • Subnetmask 255.255.0.0

• Gatewayaddress 0.0.0.0

Establishing a connection

Establish a network connection to an MTPX Plus switcher as follows:

1. Open a TCP socket to port 23 using the switcher’s IP address.

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 Ifthelocalsystemadministratorshavenotchangedthevalue,thefactory-

specieddefault,192.168.254.254,isthecorrectvalueforthiseld.

The switcher responds with a copyright message including the date, the name

of the product, ﬁrmware version, part number, and the current date/time.

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 Iftheswitcherisnotpassword-protected,thedeviceisreadytoacceptSIS

commands immediately after it sends the copyright message.

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 Iftheswitcherispassword-protected,apassword prompt appears below the

copyright message.

2. If the switcher is password protected, enter the appropriate administrator or

user password.

If the password is accepted, the switcher responds with Login User or

Login Administrator.

If the password is not accepted, the Password prompt reappears.

Connection timeouts

The Ethernet link times out after a designated period of time of no communications.

By default, this timeout value is set to ﬁve minutes but the value can be changed.

See the Configure port timeoutSIScommandsonpage4-26.

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Extron recommends leaving the default timeout at 5 minutes and periodically

issuingtheQuery(Q)commandtokeeptheconnectionactive.Iftherearelong

idle periods, Extron recommends disconnecting the socket and reopening the

connection when another command must be sent.

Number of connections

An MTPX Plus switcher can have up to 200 simultaneous TCP connections,

including all http sockets and telnet connections. When the connection limit is

reached, the switcher accepts no new connections until some have been closed. No

error message or indication is given that the connection limit has been reached. To

maximize performance of an IP Link device, the number of connections should stay

low and unnecessary open sockets should be closed.