Extron Electronics MLC 104 Plus Series Setup Guide - Manual (Page 10)

MLC 104 Plus Series • Introduction
Introduction, cont’d
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About Global Configurator
Global Configurator (GC) is a software application that gives
users the ability to create a single configuration file of all of the
controlled devices on their audio/video (A/V) network.
There are two types of devices in an A/V system:
Controllers -
Control devices that have serial, relay, I/O, and
infrared (IR) ports for A/V device connectivity; and, for
MLC 104 IP Plus models, an IP Link enabled Ethernet port for
network connectivity.
Controlled devices - Audio/video products, such as video
projectors, displays, VCRs, DVD players, document cameras,
projector screens, room lighting systems: all of the equipment
that is used to generate an audio/video presentation.
Once a “global” configuration file is built, GC then generates a
graphical user interface called GlobalViewer ® that allows users
to monitor and control all of the A/V devices contained within
the GC configuration file.
When the configuration file is created, one or more of the
IP Link-enabled controllers on the network can be designated as
a GlobalViewer host device. The completed configuration file is
uploaded to the host device(s). The GlobalViewer interface can
then be launched by opening an Internet browser on a local PC and
entering the host device’s IP address in the browser address field.
N Both MLC 104 Plus and MLC 104 IP Plus models can be
configured with Global Configurator, but only IP models
can act as a GlobalViewer host on a network or send e-mail
notifications.
Global Configurator application screen