Specifications

Crestron e-Control
®
Software
Contents
CRESTRON E-CONTROL
®
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INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................1
ETHERNET NETWORKING .....................................................................................2
Network Cards.................................................................................................3
Cables, Hubs, and Switches.............................................................................3
Internet Routers...............................................................................................6
Crestron NAT...................................................................................................6
IP COMMUNICATION ............................................................................................7
IP Addressing ..................................................................................................7
Network Classes ..........................................................................................8
IP Subnet Masking.......................................................................................8
Private Subnets ............................................................................................8
Default Gateway..........................................................................................9
Static and Dynamic IP Addressing..............................................................9
Obtaining IP Information...........................................................................10
Port Numbers.................................................................................................10
Port Mapping.................................................................................................11
Secure Sockets Layer.....................................................................................12
E-CONTROL HARDWARE CONFIGURATION .........................................................15
Windows DHCP/DNS Server Configuration .................................................15
Control Systems.............................................................................................16
X-Series Control Systems..........................................................................16
2-Series Control Systems...........................................................................17
2-Series SSL Configuration.......................................................................20
Ethernet Touchpanels....................................................................................24
IP Table Setup ...............................................................................................26
Using the PING Utility to Test an Internet Connection.................................30
AUTONEGOT Command ..............................................................................31
INTERFACES TO E-CONTROL...............................................................................31
Third-Party Interfaces and the Crestron Gateway ........................................32
e-Control Web Pages and e-Control 2 ..........................................................32
Java-Based Browser Projects.....................................................................33
XPANEL Projects (e-Control 2)................................................................33
IP Settings (Java and XPANEL)................................................................34
SIMPL Windows Programming (Java and XPANEL) ..............................35
Uploading HTML Pages to a Web Server .................................................36
Standalone Executables .............................................................................37
Gateway Configurations ............................................................................38
ActiveCNX .....................................................................................................41
Intersystem Communication ..........................................................................45
Intersystem Communication ..........................................................................45
APPENDIX A: GLOSSARY....................................................................................46
APPENDIX B: THE OSI REFERENCE MODEL.......................................................55
APPENDIX C: CONTROL SYSTEM TIMING DATA .................................................57
APPENDIX D: WEB SERVER CONSOLE COMMANDS............................................60
SSL Console Commands...........................................................................61
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