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Installation and Operation Guide
TesiraFORTÉ
AC Power Inlet
IEC connector which will accept AC mains voltage of 100-240VAC @50/60Hz.
Control Ethernet Port
Gigabit port used to configure the TesiraFORTÉ unit with Tesira and Biamp
Canvas™ software. The port can also be used to attach additional GPIO, receive
third-party commands over IP as well as provide physical control interfaces to
a system.
AVB Port (AVB models only) -or- Dante Port (Dante models only)
AVB-enabled devices can send and receive up to 128x128 audio channels to
other AVB Tesira or 3rd party AVB audio devices. Dante devices can send and
receive up to 32x32 audio channels to other Dante Tesira or 3rd party Dante
audio devices. It is not possible to order a device with both AVB and Dante
functionality. If the device does not feature either of these ports it is a standalone
model and does not support the use of a digital audio transport protocol. It is not
possible to add, convert, or retrofit hardware to make a TesiraFORTÉ a different
model or variant.
Telephony Ports
All variants of TesiraFORTÉ VT and TesiraFORTÉ VT4 feature a Voice over IP
(VoIP) telephony port and a POTS analog telephony port. Biamp recommends
VoIP communication through a local (on-premise) certified SIP server only.
Supported SIP servers are listed at
https://support.biamp.com/VoIP
.
RS-232 port
Can be used to receive third party controls or output command strings.
USB Type-B port
Can be used to connect to a PC or a computer that is USB Audio Class 1
compliant. Two connection methods are supported:
1. Connection to a software-based codec. It is possible to use either the
codec’s AEC, or Tesira’s AEC functions.
2. Line In/Out mode – where the channels of Line In and Line Out are
installed in Microsoft Windows® but do not show up by default.
Getting started
1. Install Tesira software on a Windows PC.
• The software must be Tesira version 3.2 or later.
• The most up-to-date version can be downloaded from the Biamp
website:
https://support.biamp.com/Tesira/Software-Firmware.
2. Minimum PC requirements:
• Windows® 7 Professional SP1 32-bit or 64-bit, Windows 10
Professional 32-bit or 64-bit
• 1280 x 1024 screen resolution (recommended)
• 1 GB RAM
• Intel® Pentium 4 Processor 2.4 GHz or faster
3. Cables required:
• Connection to the device should be made using either a direct
connection or connection via an Ethernet switch.
• Direct Connection - 1x Cat 5e cable to connect from the PC to the
TesiraFORTÉ Control Port
• Via a Switch - 2x Cat 5e cables and 1 Ethernet switch
