Extron Electronics IPL Pro Series User Guide PRELIMINARY - Manual (Page 28)

IPL Pro Series • Software-based Configuration and Control 22
Using GC Professional and GC Plus: Helpful Tips
Resources and Notes
• The IPL 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 on page 9 and Rear Panel Features and
Connections on page 11 in the “Hardware Features and Installation” section of this
guide for features and settings for the ports you will configure.
• If you will configure the IPL 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 IPL Pro control processor. Saving a configuration is recommended before you
perform a firmware upgrade.
• The IPL 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, Room680-IPLProS6, ConfRmSystem) that
you want to use to label a specific IPL 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 (-).
• Spaces are not permitted within the name of a unit.
• Underscores (_) are not permitted.
• Valid characters are A-Z, a-z, 0-9, and - (hyphen).
• The name cannot start with a number or a hyphen, and it cannot end with a
hyphen.
• Maximum name length is 24 characters.
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