Basic Setup Steps: A Guide To This Section And Other Resources; Communicating With The Ipcp; Configuring The Ipcp For Network Communication - Extron electronics IPCP 505 User Manual

Basic Setup Steps: a Guide to this Section and Other Resources

NOTE: Setup/configuration may be performed away from the job site.
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Communicating with the IPCP

To communicate with the IPCP 505, you must power on the IPCP and the PC you will use
to configure it, and connect the two devices for IP (network) communication.
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Configuring the IPCP for Network Communication

Both the PC and the IPCP 505 must be configured with the correct protocols and IP
addresses and connected to the same subnetwork.
When you power on the IPCP for the first time, you have a choice of several ways to set up
the IP address:
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If you use a web browser or Telnet the first time you connect a PC to an IPCP via IP, you may
need to temporarily change the IP settings of the PC in order to communicate with
the controller (see
page 25). Then you must change the default IP address, subnet mask, and [optional]
administrator name and password of the controller in order to use the IPCP on a network.
After setting up the IPCP 505 for network use, you can reset the PC to its original network
configuration.
Configure the IPCP for network communication (see
Network Communication
Download or install Global Configurator and other Extron software (IR Learner,
Firmware Loader, GUI Configurator, DataViewer) and device drivers (see the IPCP 505
Setup Guide and the Extron website for instructions).
NOTE: The setup guide is shipped with the unit and is available at www.extron.com.
The setup guide and help files outline most of the common tasks required for setup.
Create a Global Configurator project and configure basic settings and
functions (see the Global Configurator Help file for step-by-step procedures).
Configure additional or advanced functions, if desired (see the Global Configurator
Help File for step-by-step instructions). For information on IR learning, see the
IR Learner Help File.
NOTE: If Extron TouchLink TLP touchpanels will be part of the system, you
also need to use GUI Configurator to design and set up the interface for the
touchpanels, preferably before completing the IPCP configuration.
Save and upload the configuration to the IPCP.
Control the IPCP and devices connected to it by using the IPCP embedded web
pages, its GlobalViewer (GV) web pages, or a fully configured TLP touchpanel (see
Controlling an IPCP 505
Power: see page 8 for power input
Communication: connect
IPCP for Network Communication," below, to set the unit up to talk with the PC.
Use the ARP (address resolution protocol) command.
Use the Global Configurator software.
Use a web browser.
Use SIS commands via Telnet or a similar utility.
Setting up the PC for IP Communication With an IPCP 505
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the IPCP to a network (see page 14). See "Configuring the
IPCP 505 • Software-based Configuration and Control
Configuring the IPCP for
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