Extron electronics IPCP Pro 250 - Basic Setup Steps: a Guide to this Section and Other Resources

IPCP Pro Series • Software-based Configuration and Control 26
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 Setup Checklist: How to Proceed With Installation starting on
page7. The overall process for setting up a control processor is as follows:
Configure the IP settings of
the control processor and the
TouchLink Pro touchpanels.
See “Network
Communication
Setup” in this
guide.
Create GUI layouts for the
touchpanels or other interfaces:
1. Start GUI Designer.
2. Create GUI layout designs for each
TouchLink Pro or third party
touchpanel (with a TouchLink
Interface), or for a computer or
mobile device (with LinkLicense).
3. Save and build the GUI layout le.
Create monitors, schedules,
macros, and local variables.
Congure ports on the
control processor.
Add touchpanels or other interfaces (if
used), import GUI layouts, congure
the touchpanels or interfaces.
Test the system, make adjustments,
nalize conguration.
Save the project.
Build and upload the conguration to
the control processor.
Will
TouchLink Pro or
third party touchpanels or
other user interfaces
be used?
No Yes
Create a new GC Professional or GC Plus project
and add the control processor to it.
Within Global Configurator
(GC Professional or
GC Plus mode):
Figure 18. Overall Configuration Steps
“Network
Communication
Setup”