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    © 2007 Extron Electronics. All rights reserved. Extron Electronics, USA 1230 South Lewis Street Anaheim, CA 92805 800.633.9876 714.491.1500 FAX 714.491.1517 Extron Electronics, Europe Beeldschermweg 6C 3821 AH Amersfoort, The Netherlands +800.3987.6673 +31.33.453.4040 FAX +31.33.453.4050 Extron Electronics, Asia 135 Joo Seng Rd. #04-01 PM Industri[...]

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    Pr ecautions This symbol is intended to alert the user of important opera ting and ma intenanc e (servici ng) instr uctions in the literature provided with the equipment. This symbol is intended to alert the user of the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product’s enclosure that may present a risk of electric shock. Caution Read[...]

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    安全须知 • 中文 这个符号提示用户该设备用户手册中 有重要的操作和维护说明。 这个符号警告用户该设备机壳内有暴 露的危险电压，有触电危险。 注意 阅读说明书 • 用户使用该设备前必须阅读并理 解所有安全和使用说明。 保存说明书 • 用户应保存安全说明[...]

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    i IPL T PC1 • T able of Contents T able of Contents Chapter One • Introduction ................................................... 1-1 About this Manual .................................................................... 1-2 About the IPL T PC1 .................................................................. 1-2 About Global Configurator ..[...]

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    ii IPL T PC1 • T able of Contents T able of Contents, cont’d IPL T PC1 1 Chapter One Intr oduction About this Manual About the IPL T PC1 About Global Configurator Building and Uploading a GC File ...................................... 3-23 Step T welve: Build the Global Configurator file. ............... 3-23 Step Thirteen: Upload the Global[...]

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    IPL T PC1 • Introduction Intr oduction IPL T PC1 • Introduction 1-3 1-2 About this Manual This setup guide describes the following: The IPL T PC1/PC1i products The Global Configurator application The IPL T PC1 hardware installation The IPL T PC1 software configuration About the IPL T PC1 The Extron IPL T PC1 and IPL T PC1i ar e Extron IP Link[...]

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    IPL T PC1 • Introduction Introduction, cont’d 1-4 IPL T PC1 • Introduction 1-5 Using GC2.3, you can configure a single r oom controller or create a web-based r emote monitoring system for hundreds of A/V devices in multiple locations. Y ou may configur e an IPL T PC1 interface using GC2.3 without having the device physically connected to th[...]

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    IPL T PC1 • Introduction Introduction, cont’d 1-6 IPL T PC1 2 Chapter T wo Har dware Setup Front Panel Rear Panel Connecting the Hardware This page was intentionally left blank.[...]

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    IPL T PC1 Interface • Hardwar e Setup Har dware Setup IPL T PC1 Interface • Hardwar e Setup 2-2 2-3 Front Panel The front panel has a r ecessed Reset button, a Power button (for the output receptacle), and the LED indicators described below: IPL T PC1 R 100 TX RX INPUT IR LINK ACT POWER 1 3 4 8 6 5 7 2 IPL T PC1 and IPL T PC1i front panel a Pow[...]

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    IPL T PC1 Interface • Hardwar e Setup Hardwar e Setup, cont’d 2-4 IPL T PC1 Interface • Hardwar e Setup 2-5 d LAN connector and LEDs — An Ethernet connection can be used on an ongoing basis to monitor and control the PC1 (and the output device connected to it). RJ-45 port — Plug a patch cable into this RJ-45 female socket, and connect the[...]

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    IPL T PC1 Interface • Hardwar e Setup Hardwar e Setup, cont’d 2-6 IPL T PC1 Interface • Hardwar e Setup 2-7 RS-232 port cabling T o connect an output device, such as a plasma display or projector , to the PC1's RS-232 connector , see the Extron IP Link Device Interface Communication Sheet for your display device. This sheet contains info[...]

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    IPL T PC1 Interface • Hardwar e Setup Hardwar e Setup, cont’d 2-8 IPL T PC1 3 Chapter Thr ee Softwar e Setup Creating a Global Configurator Project File Building and Uploading a GC File Launching the GlobalViewer Interface Wiring for IR control If you intend to control the display device via infrar ed (IR) commands from the PC1, you can connec[...]

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    IPL T PC1 Interface • Software Setup Softwar e Setup IPL T PC1 Interface • Software Setup 3-2 3-3 Creating a Global Configurator Pr oject File After you have installed the Global Configurator (GC) application on your PC, follow the steps in this chapter to download device drivers, create a GC pr oject file, configure your IPL T PC1 devices,[...]

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    IPL T PC1 Interface • Software Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-4 IPL T PC1 Interface • Software Setup 3-5 Step T wo: Create a new pr oject. T o cr eate a new Global Configurator project file, 1 . From the File menu, select New . The Start Options dialog box opens. S elect Create a New Project . C lick OK . The Project Settings dialog box ope[...]

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    IPL T PC1 Interface • Software Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-6 IPL T PC1 Interface • Software Setup 3-7 Step Three: Add a device. There ar e four ways to launch the Add Device dialog box: • Press Ctrl+A on the computer keyboard. • Select Add Device... fr om the Edit menu. • Click the Add Device icon (shown at right). • Select the Cre[...]

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    IPL T PC1 Interface • Software Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-8 IPL T PC1 Interface • Software Setup 3-9 Step Four: Define the location of the new device. Global Configurator allows you to keep track of the devices on your audio/video network by creating a custom tr ee of folders in which you can place and organize your audio/video devices.[...]

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    IPL T PC1 Interface • Software Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-10 IPL T PC1 Interface • Software Setup 3-11 Step Six: Enter contacts. The Contact Manager dialog box is used to enter the name, e-mail address, and company name of the network’s contacts. T o enter contact information, 1 . From the Edit menu, select Contact Manager... . 2 . On t[...]

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    IPL T PC1 Interface • Software Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-12 IPL T PC1 Interface • Software Setup 3-13 4 . Repeat steps 2 and 3 to create additional e-mail messages as needed. 5 . When finished adding e-mail messages, click Done . Step Eight: Enter output receptacle and contact input port labels. If you want to change the labels that wil[...]

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    IPL T PC1 Interface • Software Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-14 IPL T PC1 Interface • Software Setup 3-15 5 . Create a gr oup folder for your output device functions: a . Click the Add folder icon ( ) above the GlobalV iewer ® W eb Group(s) section. A folder icon with the name Group Folder appears in the tr ee window . b . Give this folder [...]

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    IPL T PC1 Interface • Software Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-16 IPL T PC1 Interface • Software Setup 3-17 Step T en: Set scheduled actions and e-mail deliveries. The Schedule tab is used to set scheduled actions and to create and schedule delivery of e-mail messages. A single schedule can include both actions and e-mail. Selecting an action [...]

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    IPL T PC1 Interface • Software Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-18 IPL T PC1 Interface • Software Setup 3-19 Scheduling e-mail delivery T o schedule an e-mail message delivery , 1 . Select the Schedule tab. 2 . Click the Add Schedule button. The Scheduled Actions W izard dialog box opens. 3 . Enter a unique Sc h e du l ed Ac t i on Na m e (such[...]

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    IPL T PC1 Interface • Software Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-20 IPL T PC1 Interface • Software Setup 3-21 Step Eleven: Set monitored conditions. The Mo n i to r tab is used to set up a response (action and/or e-mail) to a specified condition or event. Actions vary by selected device and include options such as Enable/Disable PINs, Lockout F[...]

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    IPL T PC1 Interface • Software Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-22 IPL T PC1 Interface • Software Setup 3-23 1 1. If desired, follow steps 5 through 10 to add mor e conditions. Y ou can select either a port name or the device name and IP addr ess in the Subject Port field. In the example below , a "day of the month" condition has bee[...]

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    IPL T PC1 Interface • Software Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-24 IPL T PC1 Interface • Software Setup 3-25 Step Thirteen: Upload the Global Configurator file. When the build process completes, the Upload dialog box opens. 1 . Click the Begin button. When the upload process completes, the Pro g res s and St a t us fields are updated to indi[...]

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    IPL T PC1 Interface • Software Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-26 IPL T PC1 Interface • Software Setup 3-27 Launching the GlobalViewer Interface GlobalV iewer is a graphical user interface that is generated by Global Configurator (GC). When a GC file is built and uploaded to a GlobalV iewer host device, you can launch the GlobalV iewer inter[...]

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    IPL T PC1 Interface • Software Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-28 IPL T PC1 Interface • Software Setup 3-29 This page was intentionally left blank. This page was intentionally left blank.[...]

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    IPL T PC1 Interface • Software Setup Software Setup, cont’d 3-30 This page was intentionally left blank.[...]