RC-E User Manual
Management Client (RC-E Manager)
Microphones do not require separate licenses; you can use as many microphones as required on your system.
You can use microphones completely independently of cameras.
Who is able to listen to audio recorded by microphones?
Users of the Ocularis Client can—provided microphones
are available, and the users have the rights to use them—listen to audio from microphones.
Roles
(see "
About Roles
"
on page 145) determine users' right to listen to microphones. You cannot listen to microphones from the Management
Client.
Tip:
RC-E comes with a default
rule
(see "
Manage Rules
" on page 133) which ensures that audio feeds from all
connected microphones and speakers are automatically fed to the RC-E system. Like other rules, the default rule can
be deactivated and/or modified as required.
You have two entry points for managing microphones:
In the Management Client's Site Navigation pane (see "Panes Overview" on page 36), expand
Devices
, select
Microphones
, expand the required device group, and select the required microphone. If no device groups are
available, you must first group your microphones: See Using Device Groups (see "About Device Groups" on page
95) for information about creating groups as well as adding microphones to your groups.
In the Management Client's Site Navigation pane, expand
Servers
and select
Recording Servers
, then in the
overview pane (see "Panes Overview" on page 36) expand the required recording server, expand the required
device and select the required microphone.
Check the RC-E release notes to verify that microphones are supported for the devices and firmware used.
Enabling Microphones
When microphones are detected with the wizard
Add Hardware
(see "
Add Hardware (Cameras, etc.)
" on page 49)
they are by default disabled. You can enable microphones when needed. If a device has several microphones you
can enable one, some, or all of them as required.
1. In the Site Navigation pane (see "Panes Overview" on page 36), expand
Servers
and select
Recording
Servers
.
2. In the Overview pane (see "Panes Overview" on page 36), expand the relevant recording server, and find the
device on which the microphone is placed.
3. Right-click
the
required
microphone, and select
Enabled
.
On some devices, a microphone can also be enabled/disabled on the device itself, typically through the device's own
configuration web page. If a microphone does not work after enabling it in the Management Client, you should thus
verify whether the problem may be due to the microphone being disabled on the device itself.
Configuring Individual Microphones
You configure individual microphones by selecting the required microphone in the list, then specifying the
microphone's required settings on the tabs in the Properties pane (see "Panes Overview" on page 36):
The
Info
tab (see "Info Tab Overview" on page 101) for managing the selected microphone's name, etc.
The
Settings
tab (see "Settings Tab Overview" on page 106) for managing the selected microphone's general
settings.
The
Record
tab (see "Record Tab Overview" on page 103) for managing the selected microphone's recording,
database and archiving storage settings.
The
Events
tab (see "Events Tab Overview" on page 99) for managing hardware configurable events.
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