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SDC 8000 SYS

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Page 1: ...Software SDC 8000 SYS Software Manual...

Page 2: ...er half a century of accumulated expertise in the design and manufacture of high quality electro acoustic equipment have made Sennheiser a world leading company in this field Please take a few moments...

Page 3: ...use 14 Connecting the PC to the central unit 14 Installing the software 14 Removing the software 15 Starting the program for the first time 16 Connecting the dongle 16 Setting the correct starting opt...

Page 4: ...delegate data 41 Deleting data from the delegate database 42 Searching for data in the delegate database 42 Moving data within the delegate database 42 Importing delegate data 43 Printing a delegate...

Page 5: ...of all inserted chip cards 60 Testing the loudspeakers of the conference consoles 61 Creating a text message 62 Triggering acoustic signals 62 Voting 63 Loading the agenda file 63 Selecting the votin...

Page 6: ...Initializing the interpreter consoles 83 Changing the options later on 86 Displaying the serial numbers of all connected interpreter consoles 86 Intervening in the interpretation system 87 Sending tex...

Page 7: ...nscreened loudspeakers Persons not trained in handling computers can change make unuseable or delete computer files by mistake Restrict access to your SDC 8000 computers to absolutely trustworthy pers...

Page 8: ...ivate or deactivate the microphones by a mouse click y makes it especially easy to take votes and display the results for example using a projector or a large screen y improves voting security You can...

Page 9: ...connection active microphone y configure all parameters of the conference system The S DM Delegate Management software module The S DM software module allows you to manage the delegate data and displa...

Page 10: ...ditional software modules see Upgrading the software license on page 91 Note If you license additional software modules the corresponding menus and buttons appear automatically Please note that the me...

Page 11: ...Password 2 is required for configuring critical software and hardware parameters It must be entered whenever an especially important parameter is to be changed Password 1 On delivery of the software p...

Page 12: ...ot interpreter consoles you have not licensed the S IM software module y you use two different PCs to control the conference and interpretation system each PC has an RS 232 interface of its own y you...

Page 13: ...ed as the master see Configuring the PC in a network on page 35 The master PC gives you access to all functions of the conference and interpretation system The dongle must be inserted into a free USB...

Page 14: ...PC has a free RS 232 interface To connect PCs to the central unit Make sure that the required serial interfaces are available and free The required interfaces must appear in the Windows Device Manage...

Page 15: ...atically For this however it is vital that no dongle is connected to the PC Note During the installation of the dongle driver you can select either Complete all components including the help file or C...

Page 16: ...e the PC as a video PC or slave PC see Setting the correct starting options on page 16 To do so you have to enter the TCP IP address of the master PC You then have to restart the program The program s...

Page 17: ...og box appears when the program is started for the second time or later this means that no connection can be established with the master PC because y the master PC is not turned on or y the Confsys pr...

Page 18: ...You can open interpretation configurations with more than two interpreter booths and more than one interpreter console per booth but only the first two booths with their respective first interpreter c...

Page 19: ...asswords on page 11 and press the ENTER key The New Password box appears In the New Password box enter the new password eight characters max and press the ENTER key The Confirm Password box appears In...

Page 20: ...rophone Management software module which is started as follows Click and select and one after the other Then click The SDC 8000 window opens The SDC 8000 window consists of y the menu bar If you have...

Page 21: ...window consists of y the menu bar y the Config and Init tabs on the right hand side of the window y the mains window for displaying and editing the synoptic view y the display of the current mouse po...

Page 22: ...cally assigned a provisional microphone number which is displayed both on the icon and in the No Micro field The icon with the provisional microphone number 1 is configured as the chairman unit You ca...

Page 23: ...can y move them to a new location y enlarge reduce their size y change the spacing between them or y mirror them To simultaneously edit all conference console icons Click the empty square button at th...

Page 24: ...changed To exit the dialog box without editing the conference console icons Click Cancel The dialog box closes Hiding console icons If a certain conference console is not being used during a conferenc...

Page 25: ...hairman unit You can configure as many chairman units as you want The console icon with the corresponding number turns pink When you start the conference this conference console is configured as the c...

Page 26: ...omatically All conference console which are not added to an audio group with a number higher than 01 are automatically added to the standard audio group 01 To define a voting group Press the Ctrl key...

Page 27: ...described under Defining groups on page 25 To remove a conference console from an audio group choose the number 01 from the Audio Group drop down list to remove a conference console from a voting grou...

Page 28: ...box on the Vip tab shows a tick On the Vip tab click one of the rows in the table of VIP units The button for opening the drop down list appears Click the drop down list and select the provisional mic...

Page 29: ...nference consoles On the Init tab click the Automatic Init button In the Start Initialisation dialog box that opens click Yes All conference consoles are initialized automatically The icons of correct...

Page 30: ...ialisation dialog box that opens click Yes In the Delete Reserve box click the Delete option button Click the 0000 field and enter the four digit microphone number you want to delete Click the Delete...

Page 31: ...CRO key Click the End Init button The new microphone number of the conference console is saved Checking an initialization On the Init tab click the Get Init Info The status of each conference console...

Page 32: ...ference e g the conference mode the speaker limit or the max speaking time are configured in the Options menu To get into the Options menu Close the Room window by clicking End on the menu bar From th...

Page 33: ...1 tab click the desired option button y If you click the 3 option button voting automatically starts in the mode 1 of 3 y If you click the 5 option button voting automatically starts in the mode 1 of...

Page 34: ...ly changing configuration and changing delegates y If you click the ON option button the synoptic view of the conference room preset under Room file and the delegate data selected under Delegate file...

Page 35: ...s of the PCs in the network y Master Control of the conference system and or control of the interpretation system access control dongle y Slave Control of the conference system and or control of the i...

Page 36: ...o PC in the Video box of the TCP IP address box This PC is now configured as a video PC To prevent the video PC at which no one is working because it is used for display purposes only from starting th...

Page 37: ...f you click the Off option button the activation of the consoles is not protocolled In the Badge Logging box on the 2 tab click the desired option button y If you click the On option button a chip car...

Page 38: ...no consoles are connected the Off option allows you to avoid the constant display of the No communication dialog box Configuring the COM port To configure the COM port of the PC for communication with...

Page 39: ...options Click the Save and Exit button The Options window closes and all selected options become active when the program is restarted To reject the selected options and keep the previous options Clic...

Page 40: ...list on the left hand side of the Delegates window If you use chip cards the microphone numbers are not fixedly assigned to the delegate names In this case you do not have to enter any delegate data...

Page 41: ...data to the database To add new data to the delegate database In the Delegates window click the Add button The insertion point appears in the Micro field Enter the data into the different fields one...

Page 42: ...are displayed in the input mask To scroll through the delegate database In the Delegates window click one of the arrow buttons The previous or the next entry of the corresponding box is displayed in...

Page 43: ...e 40 y First name First name 20 y Street Street 30 y ZIP code ZIP code 4 y City City 20 y Organization Party 15 y District District 30 Example Delegates txt 0001 Luthi Maria R mistr 10 8092 Z rich CH...

Page 44: ...tton The fields are cleared and additional delegate data can be imported Printing a delegate database You can print lists containing the microphone number last name first name and organization of each...

Page 45: ...ndow contains the input mask the lower part displays the agenda and the buttons on the right hand side of the window are for editing the agenda To create an agenda file From the File menu choose New T...

Page 46: ...ing voting items in the agenda file To change a voting item in the agenda file In the agenda of the Agenda Items window click the voting item you want to change The data are displayed in the input mas...

Page 47: ...item you want to move The data are displayed in the input mask Click the Move button A green field appears next to the Item box Enter the desired item number which must not yet be assigned into the gr...

Page 48: ...K button The path and the file name are displayed in the field below Destination file name Click the Start import button The voting items are displayed in the lower part of the window An agenda file c...

Page 49: ...consoles must be initialized see Initializing the conference consoles on page 29 From the Start menu choose Synoptic or click the Start button The file selection box opens First select the tec file co...

Page 50: ...palette When a delegate makes a request to speak or a request to speak is granted the name of the delegate is displayed in the corresponding boxes of the control palette provided you have licensed th...

Page 51: ...n page 53 y The operating states of the interpreter booths are displayed in the Booths box even if you do not have a license for the S IM software module or it is currently not in operation y Each int...

Page 52: ...n the Max speaking time list box in the lower part of the control palette You can set max speaking times of between 1 and 100 minutes To start the countdown y Click the START SPEECHTIME button The cou...

Page 53: ...ly inactive Monitoring conference operation via the name list To work with the name list Click the Nominative tab or press the key combination Alt N The name list is displayed Monitoring the name boxe...

Page 54: ...click the name of the delegate whose console you want to activate To activate a console on the control palette In the All delegates box click the name of the delegate whose console you want to activa...

Page 55: ...d console moves to the Floor box To grant a request to speak on the control palette In the Requests box click the name of the delegate shown in green The name of the delegate at the activated console...

Page 56: ...r for the chairman to benefit from all possibilities offered by his status his console must have the PRIOR key For this reason please make sure that only conference consoles which feature a PRIOR key...

Page 57: ...configure the same settings as in the AUX In Out menu of the central unit see Configuring the audio inputs and outputs on page 94 of the SDC 8000 system manual y Use the volume sliders to set the vol...

Page 58: ...its are marked with a blue square in the upper left corner of the conference console icon To hide the blue squares Move the mouse pointer to the left hand margin of the screen The tool palette opens I...

Page 59: ...isplayed in their original color instead of the group color Changing the audio settings during a conference To change the audio settings during a conference Move the mouse pointer to the left hand mar...

Page 60: ...s built in loudspeakers Note If you change the audio settings via the central unit s operating menu this is automatically detected by the software and immediately displayed in the Audio Settings dialo...

Page 61: ...s reproduced by all operational conference consoles To end the loudspeaker test From the Test menu choose Testgenerator OFF or click the Test Generator ON button The Test Generator ON button disappear...

Page 62: ...on and enter the microphone number in the field on the right of the option button or select the name of the delegate from the drop down list box Click the Send message button The message is sent to th...

Page 63: ...x opens Select an agenda file and confirm your selection by clicking the OK button The voting window opens The left hand side of the window shows y the current time and the status of the current votin...

Page 64: ...click the Without Badge option button The delegates can cast their vote without a chip card To take votes without chip cards In the Badge box click the With Badge option button The delegates can only...

Page 65: ...ts on page 65 the selected voting option YES ABS NO or 1 2 3 4 5 appears next to the name of the delegate on the printout y The voting protocol files which are automatically saved in the folder C Prog...

Page 66: ...time You can specify a fixed voting time If delegates do not vote during this time their votes become invalid To specify a fixed voting time In the Vote with Timer box click the ON option button The M...

Page 67: ...ring voting if the ON option button in the Real Time Voting box is selected After the vote is completed click the desired option button in the Display box y If you select synoptique detail the synopti...

Page 68: ...summary area turns green If a video PC is connected the signal light turns green here too as a signal to the delegates that they are now expected to vote see Configuring the display of the voting res...

Page 69: ...ed see Automatically printing the voting results on page 65 y the safety folder see Configuring the protocol on page 37 saves two protocol files which contain all voting details including the voting r...

Page 70: ...ve completed a vote from the agenda you can automatically proceed to the next voting item on the agenda using the Next Item button Click the Next Item button The subject and details of the voting item...

Page 71: ...ontain data from the delegate database if available as well as the votes cast A vote cast by a participant here column F is represented by a number between 1 and 6 The meanings of the numbers The last...

Page 72: ...cards To write personal data of the delegates to chip cards Open the synoptic view Insert a chip card into the slot of each of the consoles The chip must point downwards and to the left The green LED...

Page 73: ...of the console whose inserted chip card you want to read Click the Read button The data on the chip card are read and displayed in the input mask Changing chip card data Read the chip card as describ...

Page 74: ...oftware module which is started as follows Click and select and one after the other The click The Interpreter Management window opens The Interpreter Management window consists of y the menu bar y the...

Page 75: ...The Desks drop down list box opens From each Desks drop down list box select the number of interpreter consoles installed in the corresponding booth Configure the following options according to your...

Page 76: ...nguages to the interpreter booths on page 77 Deleting an interpretation configuration To delete an existing interpretation configuration From the Configuration menu choose Delete The Delete Configurat...

Page 77: ...uage table The language table contains the languages and their assigned abbreviations After initialization the abbreviations are displayed on the displays of the interpreter consoles You can edit the...

Page 78: ...elected booth The selected main target language is displayed in the Language field and in the Language column of the booth table The channel number and the abbreviation for the language are displayed...

Page 79: ...interpreter consoles you want to assign a specific language for the B channel The interpreter console boxes of the interpreter consoles installed in this booth are displayed In the desired interprete...

Page 80: ...eter can only select this language for the B channel To remove languages from the B channel list In the B channel list click the languages you want to remove one after the other or click one of the bu...

Page 81: ...f the selected interpreter console The language is displayed in the box above the list box and is assigned to the B channel of the selected interpreter console To prevent that the interpreter selects...

Page 82: ...f the PC connected to the central unit From the COM drop down list box in the Serial Communications Port box select the COM port of the PC connected to the COM 3 interface of the central unit Configur...

Page 83: ...iguration menu choose Lock Application The password dialog box opens Enter the password and click the OK button The Interpreter Management software is locked To unlock the Interpreter Management softw...

Page 84: ...s the modes between or within booths or the options have been changed y the number of booths has not been changed y the number of consoles per booth has not been changed The following operating steps...

Page 85: ...signal light ring of the corresponding interpreter console goes off After you have pressed the MICRO key on all interpreter consoles click the Stop Init button in the palette In the palette click the...

Page 86: ...button The Configuration Options window opens Change the options and click the OK button The Desk Language Assignment window opens Displaying the serial numbers of all connected interpreter consoles T...

Page 87: ...king the arrow of drop down list box In the Send to box click the Booth drop down list box and select the number of the booth to which you want to send the message In the Send to box click the Desk dr...

Page 88: ...ssage list Click the line you want to edit The text is displayed in the box above the list Edit the text Click the Add button The edited line is added to the message list To delete a line from the mes...

Page 89: ...uage y in the Autofloor column whether the Auto floor function is enabled y in the Mix column whether the Mixed mode is active y in the Quality column the quality of the interpretation is displayed if...

Page 90: ...onsole boxes in which Desk is displayed in blue represent consoles which are initialized correctly interpreter console boxes in which Desk is displayed in gray represent consoles which are not initial...

Page 91: ...icon Send this code by email or by fax to your Sennheiser distributor Within five days you will receive the new license in the form of a license code Enter this license code in the box above the Upda...

Page 92: ...Synoptic view file tec Delegate database del Agenda dia lnd Text file with delegate database can be imported txt Text file with voting items can be imported txt Voting results year_month_day No_descri...

Page 93: ...guring the PC in a network on page 35 and Configuring the COM port on page 38 Some consoles do not work Check if there are entries in the Errors box of the control palette or if consoles are displayed...

Page 94: ...Accessories 94...

Page 95: ...onfiguring before the start of the conference 34 Conference modet changing during a conference 60 Confsys 8 15 starting 20 Console icon label adding 24 aligning 24 deleting 25 moving 24 Control palett...

Page 96: ...t 30 Options Confsys 32 automatically saving data 37 Autosave 33 COM port 38 Logo 34 Max Micro ON 34 menu language 35 Mode 34 Presences 33 protocol 37 saving options 39 Speechtime 33 Vote Mode 33 Vote...

Page 97: ...g a vote 69 repeating a vote 70 starting a vote 68 taking a vote 63 Voting items importing 47 moving 47 Voting settings 64 1 of 3 65 1 of 5 65 automatically printing 65 Badge 64 chip cards 64 Printer...

Page 98: ...Sennheiser electronic GmbH Co KG 30900 Wedemark Germany Phone 49 5130 600 0 Fax 49 5130 600 300 www sennheiser com Printed in Germany Publ 11 04 90000 A01...

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