Hardware Features And Installation; Setup Checklist; Get Ready - Extron electronics IPL EXP Series User Manual

Hardware Features and
Installation
This section covers the following material:
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Setup Checklist

• Network Communication Setup
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Features — Locations and some descriptions of items on the front panel
• Mounting — Guidelines for mounting
•
Cabling, Addressing, Features, and Connections
panel features and corresponding front panel indications
•
Resetting the Unit
Pay careful attention to the order and types of setup tasks. Follow the setup checklist in this guide or in the setup
guide and keep it with you for reference throughout the installation and configuration process.
Setup Checklist

Get Ready

• Familiarize yourself with the features of the IPL EXP (see
Addressing, Features, and Connections
Virtual Control Processors, TouchLink Pro touchpanels, or button panels that will be part of the system.
• Download and install the latest version of the following:
• Toolbelt software — for discovering the control processor, IPL EXP, and other control products on the
network, for managing core settings, and for upgrading firmware when needed.
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Global Configurator (GC) software — for configuring the control system.
• ControlScript Pro xi programming tools — for programming the control processor and expansion
interfaces (as an alternative to GC)
• GUI Designer software — for designing layouts for Extron TouchLink Pro touchpanels and third-party
touch interfaces
All are avail able from
page 45).
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Obtain network information for the unit from the network administrator. You also need the following details for
each Extron Pro series Ethernet-enabled device:
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DHCP setting (on or off)
• Device (IPL EXP, TLP Pro, IPCP Pro xi, NBP) LAN
IP address
• AV LAN IP address (if using IPCP Pro Q xi models)
NOTE: If DHCP is on, you do not need the IP addresses and subnet mask.
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Write down the MAC address of each network interface on each IP Link Pro xi device to be used.
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Obtain model names and setup information for devices the system will control.
— A checklist of tasks to guide you through installation
— A flowchart guide to network settings configuration
— Information about the available reset modes and how to reset the IPL EXP
www.extron.com
(see
— Locations, descriptions, and cabling notes for rear
Front Panel Features
on page 15) and of any IPCP Pro xi Series control processors,
Locating Software and Firmware on the Extron Website
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Subnet mask
• Gateway IP address
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Username
• Passwords
IPL EXP Power Series • Hardware Features and Installation
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