User Guide Owner's manual

IPCP 505 • Software-based Configuration and Control 18

Software-based

Configuration and

Control

This section of the guide is divided into the following topics:

• Configuration and Control: an Overview

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

• Communicating with the IPCP

• Configuring the IPCP for Network Communication

• Global Configurator Software for Windows

• Advanced Configuration

• Controlling an IPCP505

• Controlling the IPCP505 with a Touchpanel

• Customizing the IPCP Control Web Pages

• Troubleshooting

Configuration and Control: an Overview

An IPCP505 must be configured before use in order to recognize and accept

commands and pass them on to the controlled devices. It can be conﬁgured and controlled

via a host computer attached to the LAN (local area network) port. See the Hardware

Features and Installation section beginning on page 7 for details about the port and

cabling.

• The primary means for configuring the controller is by using the Extron Global

Configurator (GC) software. This method requires a properly configured PC with

WindowsXP or a higher version of Windows installed. Global Configurator generates

GlobalViewer web pages that are uploaded to the IPCP and can be used to control the unit

and make adjustments to its settings.

NOTE: Microsoft Internet Explorer is currently the only web browser that fully

supports GlobalViewer pages.

• Alternatively the default web pages embedded within the IPCP505 provide a means

to perform some setup, adjustment, and control via a web browser (Internet Explorer

version 5.5+, or Mozilla

Firefox

version 1.0+) from any type of network-enabled

computer.

• The third way to control and configure the controller is by using Simple Instruction Set

(SIS) commands via Telnet (or a similar program), a web browser, or RS-232. SIS

commands are discussed in detail in the SIS Programming and Control section

starting on page 50.