Extron Electronics IPL 250 Reference Manual - Manual (Page 93)

A-7 IPL 250 • Reference Material
URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is the address (such as www.extron.com) that lets a
resource on the internet be identified, located, and accessed.
Verbose refers to a wordy way of speaking. For the IPL 250 and other IP-
enabled products, verbose mode is a communication mode in which the
device responds with more information than it usually would—more
than the device, itself, needs to send. Verbose mode is usually enabled for
troubleshooting and disabled for daily use. Verbose mode creates more
network traffic than usual and can slow down performance.
File Types: a Key to Extron-specific File Names
You must have a basic understanding of the types of files used by the IPL 250
controller in order to decide what (if anything) to do with them.
___.cdc — These are compressed device configuration files created and used by
Global Configurator.
C ___.cdc files should NOT be deleted.
___.eir — These are IR driver files containing infrared commands. There is
a separate ___.eir file for each device the IPL 250 controls via infrared
communication. This is the type of file created during IR learning. Via
Global Configurator, these files can be imported and associated with one of
the controller’s IR ports.
___.eml — E-mail template files have the .eml extension. These files are used to
generate e-mail messages such as those regarding projector disconnection
and excessive projector lamp hours. The first line of the file is the subject.
The rest of the file contains the body of the e-mail. For the MLC 104 IP Plus,
these files are numerically named (1 through 64). For example, 1.eml, 2.eml,
3.eml ,... 64.eml.
___.evt — These are event files, the most important files for the functioning of the
IPL 250. Almost everything the IPL 250 does is coordinated by the scripts
in the main event file, 0.evt. The other event files perform device driver
functions.
C Event files should NOT be deleted. They are necessary for the IPL’s
operation. Never delete the main event file ( 0.evt).
________.gc2 or ________.gcz — These are configuration files that are used by
Global Configurator only, not by the IPL 250. They contain configuration
settings that must be processed by Global Configurator to create device
configuration and event files for the IPL 250. Global Configurator 3 is capable
of loading all GC2 project files from GC version 2.0.3.3 and up. GCZ files can
be opened by clicking File > Open, by clicking the toolbar icon, or by double-
clicking on the GCZ file. GC2 and GCC files must be imported, however.
________.s19 — This is an Extron-supplied firmware update file. This file is not
displayed on the File Manager page. See appendix B for details on firmware
updates. Firmware can’t be updated by loading an ___.s19 file through the
file manager.