Extron electronics NBP 100 - Things to Do after Installing GC and before Starting a Project; Using GC: Helpful Tips

Network Button Panels • Software-Based Configuration and Control 31
Things to Do After Installing GC and Before Starting a Project
• Read the Global Configurator Help File, included with the software, for details and step-
by-step procedures on how to start a GCProfessional or GCPlus project and perform
basic setup tasks for a control processor or collaboration system receiver. The help file
provides a wealth of information on settings and how to use the software. It includes
examples of how to use the features of GC and step by step instructions for typical
configuration tasks.
• Obtain network addresses and related information from your network administrator.
• Set up the IP addresses for the NBP units and for the control processor or
collaboration system receiver (see Installation Step 5: Set up the NBP for Network
Communication on page17 for an overview of how to set up the network
properties of the unit). For details, see the GC help file or Toolbelt help file, which
contains instructions on how to set the IP address, gateway IP address, subnet mask,
mail server IP address, domain name, web port, SMTP username, and SMTP password
so that each device is able to communicate with the network.
Using GC: Helpful Tips
Resources and Notes
• The Network Button Panel — Decorator-Style Series Setup Guide and Network Button
Panel — US Gang Series Setup Guide ship with the NBP units. The setup guides
include a quick reference to the front and rear panel features and cover basic hardware
installation.
• See Front Panel Features on page21 and Rear and Side Panel Features and
Cabling on page15 in the “Hardware Features and Installation” section of this guide
for features and for settings for configuring the LAN port.
• If you plan to configure the system at the installation site, Extron recommends
downloading drivers for all the devices in the installation before you go out to the site.
• 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 control processor or collaboration system receiver. Saving a configuration is
recommended before you perform a firmware upgrade.
• IP addresses, subnet masks, and gateway address are required during network setup
of the system.
• The unit name is any name (for example, Room730-NBP100 or ConfRmSystemNBP)
that you want to use to label a specific device. 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 (-). The following rules apply:
• Spaces are not permitted within the name of a unit or at the start or the end of a
name.
• Underscores ( _ ) are not permitted.
• Valid characters are A-Z, a-z, 0-9, and - (hyphen).
• The unit does not distinguish between upper and lower case letters.
• The name cannot start with a number or a hyphen, and it cannot end with a
hyphen.
• Maximum name length is 63 characters.