One of the most recent updates for MXNet added a feature that allows you to customize the On-Screen Display (OSD) coming from an MXNet decoder in a variety of different ways, such as changing the information shown, the color, as well as the font size. This article will describe to you how to customize the OSD to your liking!

Note: This is currently achieved through MXNet’s API, it is not yet implemented on the MENTOR web GUI.

 

Things you’ll need:

AC-MXNET-CBOX Firmware version V1.99 or above.

A tool used to telnet to the Control Box to send a command, such as PuTTY. Download link here: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html

 

What you can do:

1. Change the information being shown on the OSD
   
1. There are three modes:
   
1. Mode One (default) shows:
   
1. The decoder’s custom name
   
2. The Decoder’s MAC address
   
3. The Decoder’s IP address
   
4. The custom name of the Encoder routed to said decoder
   
   
2. Mode Two shows:
   
1. The custom name of the decoder
   
2. The custom name of the encoder routed to said decoder
   
   
3. Mode Three shows:
   
1. The custom name of the encoder routed to said decoder
   
2. Note: The encoder’s custom name will appear at the top-center of the display, instead of the usual bottom-left.
   
2. Change the font size of the OSD
   
   
3. Change the color of the OSD
   

Adjusting the OSD 

The first thing you’ll need to do is get connected to the Control Box in order to send the necessary commands. For this guide, we will be using PuTTY. Open up PuTTY and enter in the following information:

Connection Type: telnet

Host Name (or IP address): The IP address of your Control Box

Port: 24

 

Once the information is entered, click “Open” at the bottom to start a communication session with your Control Box. This will let you send the necessary commands to customize the OSD.

PuTTY example screenshot:

Now that you have opened a PuTTY session with the control box, you can send the following commands: Note: No brackets or parenthesis is used in the commands.

Note: May need to disable and re-enable the OSD for settings to take effect.

 

To change the OSD Mode:

config set device osdmode [1,2,3] [Decoder’s Custom Name or Decoder’s Mac Address] (Multiple Decoders can be written into the command)

                The OSD modes available and what they do are described above.

                Example: config set device osdmode 3 TCL

                                   config set device osdmode 2 TCL:SAMSUNG:LGTV

                                   config set device osdmode 1 ALLRX (this command applies it to ALL of your decoders)

 

 

 

To change the OSD font size:

config set device osdfontsize [Font Size] [Decoder Custom Name or Decoder MAC address]

                Default font size is 30.

                NOTE: Adjusting the font-size too large may cause the OSD to remove visible text.

                Can be sent to multiple, or all, decoders, following the same example described in the above command.

 

Command example: config set device fontsize 25 TCL

 

To change the OSD text’s color:

config set device osdcolor [Color Hex Code] [Decoder Custom Name or Decoder MAC address]

Color code is a 6 character HEX value (values can be found online).

Default is FF0000 (red)

 

Command example (Change the OSD from red to AVPro Green): config set device osdcolor 8DC63F TCL

 

And that’s all there is to it! When you change the configuration of the OSD, the settings will save until they are adjusted again, or until the Control Box is factory reset.