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Reference Information
This section of the guide includes the following reference items:
• Network Requirements
• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificates
To read product specifications, visit the MLCPlus84 product pages at www.extron.com.
Network Port Requirements
Network administrators may find it useful to know which ports, protocols, and services
are used by the button panels, control processors, collaboration receivers, touchpanels,
Global Configurator Plus and Professional software, Toolbelt, and Extron Control software. A
list of protocols used for inbound and outbound communication for each type of device or
software is available in the Pro Series Control Product Network Ports and Licenses Guide,
part 68-2961-01, available at www.extron.com.
The controllers use various licensed third-party software packages during operation. To
view details about third-party packages and associated licensing, click the License
Information button in the internal web pages of the control processor or receiver. A
License Information window opens. To view a copy of a listed package license, in
the License Information window, click the link in the License column for the relevant
package. This opens a copy of the package license in a separate window. A list of licenses
is also available in the Pro Series Control Product Network Ports and Licenses Guide at
www.extron.com.
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificates
Extron NBP button panels, IPLinkPro controllers, and collaboration system receivers ship
with factory-installed SSL certificates created by Extron. If you want or are required to use
a different SSL certificate at your installation site, then you can use system utilities in the
Toolbelt software to change the SSL certificate at any time. The Toolbelt Help File provides
instructions on how to apply an SSL certificate to a controller.
NOTES:
• You must run Toolbelt as an administrator.
• Some certificates require a passphrase that is created when the certificate is
created. If a passphrase is required, you must enter that passphrase before
uploading and applying the certificate.
These devices support standard OpenSSL certificate encodings such as .pem (Privacy-
enhanced Electronic Mail) and .der (Distinguished Encoding Rules) file types. PEM file types
are ASCII encoded and are the required format for uploading to the Extron control product.
DER file types are binary encoded and can typically have several file extension variations,
such as .crt and .cer. There are many standard tools that can convert from DER to PEM file
encodings if needed.
NOTE: A DER format file must be converted to PEM encoding before uploading it to the
button panel, control processor, or collaboration receiver.
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