Crestron electronic MC2E Crestron MC2E 2-Series Professional Media Controller, Uploading Touchpanel Projects via the MC2E

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system is accessed by a Web browser. Click Open, and then OK to begin the

transfer.

If any files in the VT Pro-e project change, the changed files can be transferred to the

MC2E without resending the entire project by choosing the “Only Transfer Files that

have Changed” option. Here again, browse to the .web project folder and select the

default page. Click Open, and then OK to transfer the changed files.

Finally, selecting “Transfer Single File” can send a single HTML file. Browse to the

file and click Open. Then specify the file’s relative path (from the root directory)

and click OK.

For each IP ID in the VT Pro-e browser project, there must be one corresponding e-

Control PC Interface symbol defined in the SIMPL Windows program. The PC

Interface symbol is one of the Ethernet Modules that can be dropped into the

C2ENET-1 card slot.

As with all Ethernet devices, the PC Interface must receive an entry in the IP Table

of the MC2E. Here the IP ID must match the IP ID that was assigned in VT Pro-e,

while the IP address must be set to a loopback: 127.0.0.1, when hosting to the

internal memory of the MC2E.

Uploading Touchpanel Projects via the MC2E

You can use the network connection to the MC2E to upload VisionTools Pro-e

projects to any Cresnet touchpanel. Compiled projects for TPS panels are contained

in VTZ files; projects for all other touchpanels are contained in HEX files.

Before uploading, open Viewport and click Diagnostics | Report Network Devices

to verify that the touchpanel is being detected by the control system. (As with any

network device, touchpanels must be identified by unique hexadecimal network IDs.

These IDs are set in the SIMPL Windows program.)

To upload a project:

1. From VT Pro-e: Click the Project | Upload button on the toolbar, or

click File | Upload Project.

From Viewport: Click File Transfer | Send Touchpanel or press Alt+T.

2. Select the network ID of the touchpanel, as set in SIMPL Windows, from

the drop-down list.

3. Browse to the HEX or VTZ file to be uploaded. If the file is a HEX file,

click Open to begin the transfer.

If the file is a VTZ file, choose the pages to send to the TPS panel. The

choices are as follows:

- All Files in Project: sends the entire project.

- Only Changed Files: sends only the files that are different

from those that are currently stored in the panel.

NOTE: Panels that are not present in the uploaded project are deleted.

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