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3. Configure the intercoms and set up the intercom list for each console PC. Each console
could be set up to monitor a different group of intercoms, but most likely the lists will overlap.
In the example shown in
figure 7 , on the previous page, an installation in one building of a
college campus, each room (classroom, lab, or office) contains an intercom.
Configure one button on each intercom to contact the computer help desk. For IPI 104 or
IPI 204 models, configure a second button on each intercom to contact the campus security
department. However, only the intercoms located in physical sciences classrooms and
laboratories have a third button configured to contact the PC console in the lab stockroom.
Only the intercoms installed in offices have a button configured to call the registration
department console.
4. Once the system is configured, each intercom user presses and holds a button to initiate talk
mode. The button glows bright amber, and the
MONITOR
LED lights.
5.
The user speaks into the intercom. Audio plays through the speakers or headset at the
console the pressed button was configured to call.
6. The intercom user releases the button after speaking.
7.
The console operator clicks the
Talk
button (in the software) or presses the space bar on
the PC keyboard to reply.
Panel-to-Panel Mode
You do not need to include a console PC as a permanent part of an IP Intercom System. In this
example, panels are configured to communicate directly with each other. The software does not
need to be running during intercom system operation.
NOTE:
Panel to panel mode works only when both panels are in the same network subnet.
TCP/IP
Network
Configuration Console PC
IP 10.XX.XX.01
Classroom
IP 10.XX.XX.02
MLC 226 IP AAP IPI 101 AAP
PROJECTOR
1 2 3
4 5 6
VOLUME
CONFIG IR
ON OFF AUTO
IMAGE
MUTE
LAPTOP
VCR DVD
AUX
VIDEO
PC
MLC 226 IP
INTERCOM MIC ON
IPI 101
PUSH
TO
CALL
HELP
DESK
Lab
IP 10.XX.XX.03
Straight-through
Network Cable
MLC 226 IP AAP IPI 101 AAP
PROJECTOR
1 2 3
4 5 6
VOLUME
CONFIG IR
ON OFF AUTO
IMAGE
MUTE
LAPTOP
VCR DVD
AUX
VIDEO
PC
MLC 226 IP
INTERCOM MIC ON
IPI 101
PUSH
TO
CALL
HELP
DESK
Connect for configuration.
This connection is not
needed for later operation.
Figure 8. Panel to Panel Mode
1.
Connect two IPI 101 AAPs and their MLC 226 IPs to a network using straight-through cable.
2. Using a PC connected to the same network (see figure 8), configure the two IPI systems.
See
Help Desk Software , starting on page 21, for instructions on how to use the
HelpDesk software for configuration.
3.
Close the configuration program. The PC can be disconnected from the network or used for
other functions.
4. Push the button on one IPI to contact the other IPI. On the calling IPI, the microphone is
enabled, the
MIC ON
LED lights, and the button light changes from low amber to bright
amber. On the IPI being called, the button light changes from low amber to bright amber.
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