Try the MMX-8X8AUD in your browser: what the demo shows

The MMX-8X8AUD product page has a Demo button, next to Buy Direct. It opens a simulated MMX-8X8AUD in your browser: the same matrix page and remotes that RelayAV, KanexPro's control app, shows for a real one. There is nothing to install and no sign-in. Nothing you do there reaches a real matrix, and Reset puts it back to the start.

Applies to: MMX-8X8AUD · Open the demo

What does the demo matrix look like?

The demo is set up as a conference floor. Its inputs have names like Lectern PC, Laptop (table), Video call, Document camera and Signage, and its outputs are screens like Boardroom left and right, Training room, Huddle room and Lobby. Every name can be changed with the pencil beside it, as on a real system.

How do I route a source to a screen?

In the Lines view, inputs sit on the left and outputs on the right, with a line for each route. Drag an input onto an output to show it on that screen, or onto the Outputs heading to show it on every screen at once. Tap an input to see every screen it is on. The Tiles view shows the same routes as cards.

What is signal management?

A green dot on an input means that source has a picture; a green dot on an output means a screen is connected. With With a picture on, which it is by default, the list shows only the sources that have one, so nobody routes a blank input to a screen. All inputs shows the rest.

Can I control the sources and screens?

Yes. Each input has a remote button that opens that source's remote: menus, playback and power for a cable box or streaming player, over HDMI CEC. Each output has its own remote for its screen, and an On / Off button.

What do presets do?

A preset stores every route at once. The demo's presets are Meeting, Presentation, Video call, Training and Signage. Tap one to bring that whole setup back. The one you recalled stays lit, shows changed if you move a route afterwards, and Save writes your changes back into it.

How does the sound work on the real matrix?

Each of the eight HDMI outputs has two audio outs that carry the sound of whatever that screen is showing: an L/R 3.5mm jack (PCM 2.0) and a coaxial out (LPCM 2.0, Dolby Digital/Plus or DTS 5.1). With ARC turned on for an output, its coax carries the TV's return audio. The matrix has no volume of its own: set the level on the amplifier, powered speakers or soundbar, or step a screen's own volume over CEC. In a closed rack, the included IR receiver cable on IR EXT lets the remote still reach it.

Can I ask questions about the matrix?

Yes. Amy, the built-in Product Expert, answers questions about this matrix: its wiring, its audio outputs, cable reach and how it fits a venue or meeting space. If you ask her to change something, she offers a Do it button, and nothing changes until you press it.

How close is the demo to the real matrix?

The controls come from the same command set RelayAV uses to run a real MMX-8X8AUD, so routing, presets and the remotes work the way they do on the box. The pictures and the connected devices are simulated. Installer settings such as EDID and network setup are left out of the demo; on a real matrix they are set once, on its own setup page.

What does a real MMX-8X8AUD need for RelayAV?

Nothing extra: the MMX-8X8AUD runs RelayAV on the box itself, so the RelayAV app reaches it over the network.

How do I tell KanexPro what I think?

Use the Feedback button at the top of the demo. It goes straight to the KanexPro team, and you can leave an email address or phone number if you would like a reply.