RC-E User Manual
Management Client (RC-E Manager)
Viewing Current State of a Microphone
When you have selected a microphone in the Management Client, information about the current status of the selected
microphone is presented in the preview pane (see "Panes Overview" on page 36).
Manage Speakers
On many devices you are able to attach external loudspeakers; some devices even have built-in speakers.
Devices' speakers are automatically detected when you add the devices to your RC-E system through the
Management Client's
Add Hardware
(see "
Add Hardware (Cameras, etc.)
" on page 49) wizard, regardless of which of
the wizard's detection options you use. Speakers do not require separate licenses; you can use as many speakers as
required on your system.
You can use speakers completely independently of cameras.
Who is able to talk through speakers?
Users of the Ocularis Client can—provided speakers are available, and the
users have the rights to use them—click a button to talk through speakers.
Roles
(see "
Manage Roles
" on page 147)
determine users' right to talk through speakers. You cannot talk through speakers from the Management Client.
What happens if two users want to speak at the same time?
Roles determine users' right to talk through speakers.
As part of the roles definition, you are able to specify a speaker priority from very high to very low. If two users want to
speak at the same time, the user whose role has the highest priority will win the ability to speak. If two users with the
same role want to speak at the same time, the first-come first-served principle applies.
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 speakers:
In the Management Client's Site Navigation pane (see "Panes Overview" on page 36), expand
Devices
, select
Speakers
, expand the required device group, and select the required speaker. If no device groups are available,
you must first group your speakers: See About Device Groups (on page 95) for information about creating groups
as well as adding speakers to your groups.
In the Management Client's Site Navigation pane, expand
Servers
and select
Recording Servers.
In the overview
pane (see "Panes Overview" on page 36), expand the required recording server and select the required speaker.
Check the RC-E release notes to verify that speakers are supported for the devices and firmware used.
Enabling Speakers
When speakers are detected with the wizard
Add Hardware
, they are by default disabled. You can enable speakers
when needed. If a device has several speakers 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 speaker is placed.
3. Right-click the required speaker, and select
Enabled
.
On some devices, a speaker can also be enabled/disabled on the device itself, typically through the device's own
configuration web page. If a speaker does not work after enabling it in the Management Client, you should thus verify
whether the problem may be due to the speaker being disabled on the device itself.
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