Extron electronic GSS 100 user manual Html Control and IPL File Manager, Configuring the Hardware

HTML Control and IPL File Manager

The GSS can be configured through its Ethernet port, connected via a LAN or WAN and using a web browser such as Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. The browser’s display of the GSS’s configuration has the appearance of web pages. This chapter describes the factory-installed HTML pages, which are always available and cannot be erased or overwritten.

NIf your Ethernet connection to the GSS is unstable, try turning off the proxy server in your Web browser. In Microsoft’s Internet Explore, click

Tools > Internet Options > Connections > LAN Settings, uncheck the “Use a proxy server...” box, and then click the Ok button.

Configuring the Hardware

To function properly, the controlling PC and the GSS must be configured correctly: the PC must be network capable, with the proper protocols installed, and the hardware configured correctly. The GSS must also be set to recognize and accept commands.

PC configuration

This manual assumes that you have a Windows PC equipped with an operating network adapter. To allow your PC to work with Extron’s Ethernet-controlled products, the TCP/IP protocol must be installed and properly configured.

For use on an existing Ethernet LAN intranet, your network administrator can provide you wih a unique IP address or confirm whether you need to set up the GSS for Dynamic Host Configuration protocol (DHCP) to have an address assigned automatically when you sign on.

Initial startup

When you power on the GSS for the first time, there are two ways to set up the IP address:

•Use the ARP command method.

•Use the direct PC method.

The default Web pages that are pre-loaded in the GSS provide a way to reconfigure the GSS once it has an active network connection with IP access. These Web pages are compatible with Netscape Navigator (version 6.0 or higher) or Internet Explorer (version 5.5 or higher).

Once the GSS has been configured, an Ethernet (intranet or Internet) connection can subsequently be used to contact or control it.

GSS configuration

Configuring the GSS using the ARP command

You can use the Address Resolution Protocol (“ARP”) command to set up an IP address for your GSS. The ARP command associates the GSS’s MAC address with the assigned IP address in your computer. You must then use the “ping” command to access the GSS, at which point the device server’s IP address is reconfigured.

NTo use this setup method, either your PC and the GSS must be connected to the same LAN or you may use a crossover Ethernet cable to connect the two devices. See Cabling and RJ-45 connector wiring in chapter 2, Installation.

Use the ARP command to configure the IP address as follows:

1.	Obtain a valid IP address for the GSS from your network
	administrator.
2.	Obtain the GSS’s MAC address (UID #) from the label on
	the GSS’s rear panel.
3.	If the GSS has never been configured, and is still set to its
	factory defaults, procede to step 4.

If the GSS has previously been configured, perform an IP settings (mode 4) reset. See Reset button, in chapter 2, Installation.

CYour GSS must be configured with the default IP address (192.168.254.254) before executing the ARP command.

4.	Click Start > Run... to activate the Run window. Type Cmd
	in the Run window and click OK to access the MS-DOS
	command prompt.
5.	Enter the ARP -s command with the desired new IP
	address (obtained from the system administrator) and
	the GSS’s MAC address (from the label on the GSS’s rear
	panel), as follows:
		C:\> arp -s 10.13.170.15 00-05-A6-00-0A-90 {Enter}
			Command	Desired	MAC address	Enter
	Prompt			IP address		key

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