Basic Setup Steps: A Guide To This Section And Other Resources - Extron electronics IPL EXP I/O Series User Manual

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

NOTE: GC projects can be created offline and uploaded to the hardware at a later date.
Follow the steps in
using GC is as follows:
Within Global Configurator
(GC Professional or
GC Plus mode):
Figure 16. Overall Configuration Steps
Setup Checklist starting on page 6. The overall process for setting up a control processor
Configure the IP settings
of the control processor,
expansion interface,
NBP network button panels, and
TouchLink Pro touchpanels.
If desired or required, use
Toolbelt or other software to con gure
security settings for 802.1X, SSL.
Upload security certi cates, private keys.
Create a new GC Professional or GC Plus project
and add the control processor to it.
a GUI layout
No
required?
Con gure ports on the
control processor.
Create monitors, schedules, timers,
macros, and local variables.
Add IPL EXP expansion interfaces, touchpanels, other
interfaces, or button panels (if used) to the project.
Import GUI layouts and con gure the
touchpanels or other interfaces.
Save the project.
Build and upload the con guration to
the control processor.
Test the system, make adjustments,
nalize con guration.
Communication Setup Communication Setup
Is
Yes
Use GUI Designer to create
and save GUI layout designs
as needed.
Or...
Download existing
GUI layouts from identical
touchpanels.
IPL EXP I/O Series • Software-based Configuration and Control
See Network Network
on page 9.
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