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Huddle Hub One / Huddle Hub One+ Configuration Guide

- L -

LAN access to session participants only     23
Language     16
Location     17
Login     12
Logout     12

- M -

Main Area     12
Manuals     3
Microphone     19
Mode     19
Multicam     19
Multicam feed    

maximum number of devices     6, 9

Multi-camera     6
Multi-presentation     9

- N -

Netmask     22
Network connection    

embedded AP     7
LAN     7
mixed     7

Network Security Guide     3

- P -

Participant     5
Participants    

maximum number     5, 9

Passcode     5, 21
Password     23, 26
Performances     9
Presentation    

multiple presenters     9

Presentation quality     21
Presenter     5
Primary hub     20

IP address     20

- Q -

Quick Start Guide     3

- R -

Reboot     12
Regions     29
Reset to default configuration     29
Restore to factory firmware version     29
Role    

active speaker     5
host     5
participant     5
presenter     5
viewer     5

Room    

connect to     7
hub     5, 6
searching by IP     7
searching by name     7
virtual     5, 6

Room name     21
Rooms     5

hub room     21
maximum number     9
name     21
passcode     21
virtual rooms     21

- S -

Secondary channel     23
Selected URL     17
Session     5
Share all rooms to secondary hubs     20
Share mode     23
Sidebar     12
Slideshow timing     17
Slideshow type     17
Speaker     19
Specification, Safety and Conformity     3
SSID     23, 26
SSID broadcasting     23
Static mode     22

Summary of Contents for Huddle Hub One

Page 1: ...Huddle Hub One Huddle Hub One Product version 2 3 Manual version 2 Configuration Guide ...

Page 2: ...T OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE FURNISHED FOR INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY HRT HRT ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR N THIS MANUAL INCLUDING THE PRODUCT AND THE SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT Spe...

Page 3: ... 2 5 Performances 9 Connecting to the Web Console 10 3 3 1 Connect via Ethernet Interface 10 3 2 Connect via Wireless Interface HHO only 10 Using the Web Console 12 4 Configuring Huddle Hub One 16 5 5 1 Status section 16 5 2 Huddle Hub section 16 5 2 1 General 16 5 2 2 Welcome Screen 17 5 2 3 TV 19 5 2 4 Webcam 19 5 2 5 Discovery 20 5 3 Rooms section 21 5 4 Network section 22 5 4 1 Wired connectio...

Page 4: ...Page 2 Huddle Hub One Huddle Hub One Configuration Guide 7 1 Wi Fi Regions Channels and Frequencies HHO only 29 7 2 Restore and Reset procedures 29 7 3 Default values 30 Index 33 ...

Page 5: ... iOS and Android devices Though HHApp is the best way to unleash all the power of the Huddle Hub solution presentations can also be received on any web browser without the need of installing any app The two models HHO and HHO are identical except for network connectivity both models allow wired connection but Huddle Hub One also embeds a wireless network adapter for Wi Fi connectivity thus support...

Page 6: ...ection of HRT website www hrt website FAQ the support section of HRT website www hrt website contains also a dynamically updated knowledge base with the answer to the Frequently Asked Questions Before consulting our documentation please check that the product version printed on the cover page of your manual matches your HHO and HHApp versions and that the manual version is the latest one Manual nu...

Page 7: ... of users it s reserved for e g Marketing dept IT Demo etc or any other criteria that meets your needs A session starts when the first participant connects to a room and ends when the last participant closes his connection The following example portraits the situation of a company that has two HHO units each one with four enabled rooms HHO Ground Floor o Lobby o Huddle room 1 o Huddle room 2 o Adm...

Page 8: ...erence based on the Multicam Feed and with Multicam layout set to Active speaker the participants whose camera stream is in the main frame of the layout 2 2 TV Wireless Webcam and Multicam TV Sets and Projectors In a typical scenario your HHO unit will be installed in a meeting room huddle room or another shared space and will be connected to a large TV set with an HDMI cable We ve defined this ro...

Page 9: ...onference system Multicam is available only in the hub room and is alternative to Wireless Webcam 2 3 Reaching a Room Whether you want to present your screen to the other participants or to receive their presentation on your device you have to connect to a room To achieve this you have to 1 Connect your device to the same network HHO is connected to 2 Select the room you want to use for your prese...

Page 10: ...able rooms This list is prepared and presented to you through a network discovery service When the service is enabled and allowed by local network configurations HHApp can automatically search for HHO rooms on the network Manual Search In some network configurations the automatic discovery service may not be able to reach all the HHO units and show all their available rooms For these cases HHApp o...

Page 11: ...ed on Up to 4 rooms per unit this feature is always available Up to 150 participants per room totaling 600 participants per unit the actual maximum number of participants depends on Huddle Hub room configuration and on the available bandwidth of your network in particular on those of the involved access points type available channels and frequencies Up to 6 concurrent presentations on the same TV ...

Page 12: ...3 HHO ships with Ethernet interface and DHCP enabled so the unit will receive an IP address The IP address of HHO depends on your company LAN address family e g 192 168 1 x on your DHCP server and in general on your network configuration 4 Get the IP address of the HHO unit either attaching an HDMI display to its port the IP address appears in the welcome screen or using a network tool to discover...

Page 13: ...sing a network tool to discover which IP address it s been assigned The default IP address of HHO on its own wireless network is 10 3 2 1 but it may have been changed by a previous configuration see also Finding the IP address of a HHO unit 4 Type the IP address in a web browser and access the Web Console of your HHO unit Both HTTP and HTTPS connections are available for security reasons HTTPS is ...

Page 14: ... Web Console When you know the IP address of the HHO unit you want to configure you have to type it in the address bar of your browser and press Enter To enter the Web Console click the gear icon at the top You need to type the administration password in the login dialog ...

Page 15: ... Configuration Guide The factory default password is admin Tip for security reasons changing the administration password should be your very first configuration task The Web Console has four areas Hub selection bar Sidebar Top bar and Body ...

Page 16: ...rt page which opens in a new tab of your browser Sidebar Located next to the Hub selection bar it allows navigation through the various configuration sections Status is a read only page that recaps all the parameters Huddle Hub Rooms and Network take you to the pages where you can change the corresponding group of parameters At the bottom of the Sidebar you find three controls Stop sessions This i...

Page 17: ... It contains the parameters to examine or configure In the pages that allow changing the values you find three buttons at the bottom Apply It saves the changes Some modifications affect the possibility to access the Web Console for example if the connection is through the Wi Fi network and you disable the Wi Fi interface of HHO For this reason when you apply the changes with the Apply button the s...

Page 18: ...cters long numbers uppercase and lowercase letters underscore and dash can be used special characters and spaces are not admitted When starting if a HHO unit finds another unit with the same name in the network it will add a post fix number to its name to make it unique Admin password The password field contains the keyword to access the Web Console It can be from 5 to 48 characters long numbers u...

Page 19: ...to the unit when no session is in progress Background This group of parameters is about the image to show in the main area of the Welcome Screen Select if you want a static Image a Slideshow or an image taken from an URL White overlay color Some text will be shown on top of your background image This text is by default black Tick this checkbox if you want to render it white Text shadow Tick this c...

Page 20: ...deshow in the first radio button of the Background tab It s about configuring the information area that appears on the left of the welcome screen Transparent band Tick this checkbox to make the band slightly transparent Hide HRT logo Tick this checkbox to remove the HRT logo from the band Weather widget Tick this checkbox to include weather situation and forecasts in the band Location Enter the lo...

Page 21: ...ctually works If it does you can safely click Apply to confirm the changes you made 5 2 4 Webcam Mode Webcam select this mode if a webcam is plugged in to your HHO unit It will be made available to the HHApp clients connected to the hub room through a virtual camera driver with no need of any cable Multicam when a room webcam is not available or when you decide not to use it you can enable the fea...

Page 22: ... network This may be a desired configuration with sub nets totally separated In the case you want to make the HHApp clients able to reach HHO units on other networks you can designate one hub as Primary and make the other hubs reach it thus sharing their rooms list and the corresponding IP addresses In this way the clients will see the list of all the rooms whose hosting hubs are connected to the ...

Page 23: ...igits number automatically generated by the system when session starts Every new participant must type in the passcode to join the session Force passcode request to the first participant This flag is available only in the hub room If checked even the first participant is required to enter the passcode when starting a session which is visible on the welcome screen Do not activate this option if the...

Page 24: ...ected company LAN DNS from DHCP If this checkbox is active the DNS Domain Name System address is assigned by the DHCP server otherwise a DNS field must be filled with the DNS server address Static mode When in Static mode the static IP address and the network parameters of the wired interface must be set IP This is the static IP address of HHO on the wired network It s important to use private add...

Page 25: ...page Password The password field contains the keyword for the wireless connection to HHO The admitted password follows the industry standard 8 to 63 characters specification The default value is huddlehub Show password Tick this checkbox to make your password visible Hide SSID password in status Tick this checkbox to hide your password from status page of HHO Hide SSID password in TV welcome scree...

Page 26: ...rces LAN access to session participants only In the sharing modes Routing NAT and Routing when this option is active only the participants of HHO work session can access the company LAN resources Other users wirelessly connected to HHO but not in a session cannot access the company LAN Client isolation option should be checked to protect connected clients from being accessed by other connected cli...

Page 27: ...mation please see Wi Fi Considerations Channel width Channel width should be chosen considering the compatibility with the connected devices Not every device will work at higher values especially for the 2 4GHz band A good rule of thumb is to use 20MHz for the 2 4GHz band and 40MHz for the 5GHz band Use higher values whenever your devices support them and lower ones for compatibility with older de...

Page 28: ...t recommended Client isolation Tick this checkbox to prevent devices wirelessly connected to HHO from reaching each other Station mode When configured in Station mode HHO connects to the company Wi Fi network WPA2 PSK exactly as any other Wi Fi client device Station mode is useful to connect an HHO unit to the company LAN when no cable is available or in a dual network configuration to connect it ...

Page 29: ...dapter connected to a guest LAN to make the password visible in the welcome screen as a courtesy to the guests Country Every HHO unit is configured at factory level for a specific Wi Fi region because of the different laws that regulate the radio emission in every country Every Wi Fi region has a list of admitted countries and the country where HHO is used must be selected from this list The Wi Fi...

Page 30: ...ess point mode parameters Frequency Channels HHO supports auto selection of the best performing channel by selecting Auto Network Access point mode parameters Channel the system will choose the best option at the moment of the configuration and every time system gets switched on or rebooted To get the most from this feature we suggest you reboot the system periodically or at least when changes in ...

Page 31: ...reason only channels 1 6 11 are typically used in the US to avoid interference In the rest of the world the four channels 1 5 9 13 are typically recommended The 2 4GHz frequency band is usually heavily crowded because most devices operate on that band The 5GHz band channels have 20MHz bandwidth available Unlike the 2 4GHz band the channels are non overlapping therefore all channels have the potent...

Page 32: ... connected to the internet How to restore 1 make sure Huddle Hub is off 2 locate the Restore button on the back of the unit 3 switch on Huddle Hub by plugging the power cable or pressing the Power button without pressing Restore 4 now press the Restore button and keep pressed for 5 seconds 5 the unit will now reboot and reinstall the system please allow a few minutes for this operation 7 3 Default...

Page 33: ...D huddlehub Password huddlehub Hide SSID password in status Yes Hide SSID password in TV welcome screen Yes Share mode None IP 10 3 2 1 Country label EU IT label NA US label JP JP label CN CN label IN IN label AE AE Frequency 5GHz IEEE 802 11ac Yes Channel Auto Channel width Auto DHCP server Yes DHCP range start 2 DHCP range end 254 Authentication WPA2 SSID broadcasting Yes Client isolation Yes ...

Page 34: ...Page 32 Huddle Hub One Huddle Hub One Configuration Guide ...

Page 35: ...3 Countries 29 Country 23 26 D Defaultvalues 30 DHCP mode 22 DHCP range 23 DHCP server 23 Discovery service 8 20 automatic 7 manual search 7 DNS 22 DNS fromDHCP 22 Documentation 3 Dual network 3 E Ethernetnetwork adapter 3 F FAQ 3 Force passcode requesttothe firstparticipant 21 Forecastdays 17 Frequencies 29 Frequency 23 G Gateway 22 H HDMI cable 6 HHApp 3 HHO 3 HHO 3 Hidden network 26 Hide HRT lo...

Page 36: ...ion multiple presenters 9 Presentation quality 21 Presenter 5 Primary hub 20 IP address 20 Q Quick StartGuide 3 R Reboot 12 Regions 29 Resettodefaultconfiguration 29 Restore tofactory firmware version 29 Role active speaker 5 host 5 participant 5 presenter 5 viewer 5 Room connect to 7 hub 5 6 searching by IP 7 searching by name 7 virtual 5 6 Roomname 21 Rooms 5 hub room 21 maximum number 9 name 21...

Page 37: ...7 UserGuide 3 V Video conference 6 Viewer 5 Virtual room 5 6 maximum number 5 W Weatherwidget 17 Webconsole 10 connecting via Ethernet interface 10 connecting via wireless interface 10 login 12 logout 12 Webviewer 21 Webcam 6 9 19 virtual driver 6 wireless connection 6 Welcome screen 6 17 White overlay color 17 Wi Fi 23 29 Wiredconnection 22 Wireless configuration access point mode 23 station mode...

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