Things To Do After Installing Gc And Before Starting A Project; Using Gc: Helpful Tips - Extron electronics IP Link Pro NBP 50 User Manual

Things to Do After Installing GC and Before Starting a Project

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Using GC: Helpful Tips

Resources and Notes
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Read the Global Configurator Help File, included with the software, 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 or collaboration system receiver. The help file
provides a wealth of information on settings and how to use the software. It includes
examples of how to use the features of GC and step by step instructions for typical
configuration tasks.
Obtain network addresses and related information from your network administrator.
Set up the IP addresses for the NBP units and for the control processor or collaboration
Step 5: Set up the NBP for Network Communication
system receiver (see
page 18 and Step 10: Set up the NBP 1200C for Network Communication
page 35 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 each device is able to
communicate with the network.
A setup guide (either the Network Button Panel — Decorator-Style Series Setup Guide,
Network Button Panel — US Gang Series Setup Guide or the NBP 1200C Cable Cubby
Enclosure with Network Button Panel Setup Guide) ships with each NBP unit. The setup
guides include a quick reference to the front, rear, and bottom panel features and cover
basic hardware installation.
See Front Panel Features (All Models) and NBP 1200C Bottom Panel Features
on page 36, Rear and Side Panel Features and Cabling (Decorator-style
and US Gang Models) on page 16, and
(NBP 1200C) on page 33 for features and for settings for configuring the LAN port.
If you plan to configure the system at the installation site, Extron recommends
downloading drivers for all the devices in the installation before you go out to the site.
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 control processor or collaboration system receiver. Saving a configuration is
recommended before you perform a firmware upgrade.
IP addresses, subnet masks, and gateway address are required during network setup
of the system.
The unit name is any name (for example, Room730-NBP100 or ConfRmSystemNBP)
that you want to use to label a specific device. 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 or at the start or the end of a
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name.
Underscores ( _ ) are not permitted.
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Valid characters are A-Z, a-z, 0-9, and - (hyphen).
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The unit does not distinguish between upper and lower case letters.
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The name cannot start with a number or a hyphen, and it cannot end with a
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hyphen.
Maximum name length is 63 characters.
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