Things To Do After Installing Gc And Before Starting A Project; Using Gc: Helpful Tips - Extron electronics IPCP Pro 250 User Manual

Things to Do After Installing GC and Before Starting a Project

• Read the Global Configurator Help file for details and step-by-step procedures on
how to start a GC Professional or GC Plus project and perform basic setup tasks for a
control processor.
• Obtain network addresses and related information from your network administrator.
• Set up the IP address for the control processor. See
on page 9 for an overview of how to set up the network properties of the unit. For
details, see the GC help file or Toolbelt help file, which contains instructions on how to
set the IP address, gateway IP address, subnet mask, mail server IP address, domain
name, Web port, SMTP username, and SMTP password so that the IPCP is able to
communicate with the network.

Using GC: Helpful Tips

Resources and Notes
• The IPCP Pro Series Setup Guide is shipped with the unit, and it lists available
resources (software, drivers, instructions). It includes a quick reference to the front and
rear panel features, and covers basic hardware installation.
• The Global Configurator Help file provides a wealth of information on settings and
how to use the software, itself. The help file, included with the software, covers basic
setup steps and includes examples of how to use the features of GC and step by step
instructions for typical configuration tasks.
• See Front Panel Features
Connections
guide for features and settings for the ports you are configuring.
• If you will configure the IPCP at the installation site, Extron recommends downloading
drivers for all the devices in the installation before you go out into the field.
• The Global Configurator project file (*.gcpro or *.gcplus) contains configuration
settings and it can be saved to a directory or folder for backup or for installation on
another IPCP Pro control processor. Saving a configuration is recommended before you
perform a firmware upgrade.
• The IPCP can be set up to allow configuration access only to administrators to prevent
other users from making changes to settings, events, and controls.
• IP address, subnet mask, and gateway address are required during network setup of
the control processor.
• The unit name is any name (for example, Room730-IPCPPro550 or ConfRmSystem)
that you want to use to label a specific IPCP unit. The default is a combination of the
product name and part of the hardware (MAC) address. This can be changed to your
choice of alphanumeric characters and hyphens (-). The following rules apply:
Spaces are not permitted within the name of a unit.
•
Underscores ( _ ) are not permitted.
•
on page 10 and
on page 12 in the "Hardware Features and Installation" section of this
IPCP Pro Series • Software-based Configuration and Control
Network Communication Setup
Rear Panel Features and
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