Polycom Decking CCUG-0100-01 User's Manual
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1. Suppression None I Normal Heavy Yikes NC Enable NC Level ies Figure 9 Vortex MIC LINE INPUTS tab showing Mic Line Input 1 Line Input A and the Signal Generator The MIC LINE INPUTS page contains all the controls required to configure the 12 inputs 8 mic line inputs and the 4 line level inputs Figure 9 shows a Mic Line Input channel a Line Input channel and the Signal Generator note that you can enable disable an input from view with the numbered buttons on the top of the page Once Input 1 is configured the user may copy those settings to the other mics by clicking the COPY SETTINGS 1 8 button The same capability exists to copy the settings from Input A to the remaining line level inputs The fields for Inputs 1 8 are as follows TEXT BOX This stores up to 16 character for the input label GATE LED This LED is active if the LEVELS button is enabled and the particular input gates on METER PER INPUT This shows the signal level if it is between 20dBu and 20dBu GAIN SLIDER AND TEXT BOX These allow the user to set the input gain in dB on the channel The value adds gain in the analog domain using digitally controlled trimpots For Inputs 1 8 the gain slider can provide up to 30dB of gain For Inputs A D the gain slider can provide up to 20dB of gain MIC LINE SWITCH This applies mic or line level gain to the Input In Mic mode Polycom Inc 11 Conference Comp2. USER MODE User mode selects between BASIC and ADVANCED Basic mode limits user options that can be adjusted Advanced mode allows con trol of all parameters available on Conference Composer HELP The Help menu contains the ABOUT option that shows the version number of the software Conference Composer User Guide 4 Technical Support 800 932 2774 OPERATING CONFERENCE COM PO SER OPERATING CONFERENCE COMPOSER ONLINE CONNECTED TO AN GF DEVICE Conference Composer may either be operated online or off line not connected to a Vortex or EF device depending on how you would like to use it If you work off line it is easy to save the settings to a file share the files with others and then upload the settings into an EF device when you go online The online or off line operation of Conference Composer is the same although if you are operating off line you will need to add devices to the project before you can start working with the devices Conference Composer organizes your projects into a hierarchy of PROJECT DEVICE CHAIN and DEVICE Starting from the bottom of the list a DEVICE is simply that some piece of equipment that will be used in the installation A DEVICE CHAIN is a collection of devices that are linked together through the ASPI Bus or EF Bus that s where the name device chain comes from Typically these represent all the devices that are tied to a particular serial port on your computer controller The PROJECT
3. user can select a Gain 0dB is the default and enable disable Mute The SIGNAL GENERATOR input allows the user to create a noise source either pink or white noise for use with noise masking applications or calibration of the Vortex INPUT FILTERS Each of the inputs can have up to 5 filters of equalization These filters include Para metric Low Pass High Pass Low Shelf and High Shelf To use the filters select the type of filter and adjust the controls for the filter You can adjust the controls in a variety of ways by typing in values in the text boxes using the cursor up down using Page Up Page Down or by clicking and holding the knob and moving the mouse up to increase the value or down to decrease the value The frequency response of the plots may be viewed by clicking on the GRAPH button The ENABLE button per filter enables disables that particular filter on the Input The ENABLE FILTERS button enables disables all filters on the particular Input Channel This button toggles with the Filter Bypass buttons per Input All filters for a particu lar input can be bypassed by clicking on the BYPASS button for that channel Once the settings are configured for Input Channel 1 the user may copy those settings to all other channels using the COPY CHANNEL 1 FILTERS TO ALL CHANNELS button Conference Composer User Guide 12 Technical Support 800 932 2774 DEVICE PARAM ETERS AUTOMIXER View Inputs Global Parameters
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5. ad a ti Le ta 20 Project Files and Creating Reports oooooconoccnnoccnocaconnnonnnonnnconnccono conc conncconncnnos 21 File Savin Seme A A aa daa 21 FUE RESTOS col ie eenean aS anea a raedaio O E henen eiei 21 CHAIN GE Reports oirnn ii tit E E ES 21 Th Console WII Wi da a ia A aaa 22 Console Tab ai nt e Lo atl la et EE 22 Properties TAD neta dai AI ainda Aaa bid 23 Modem Use with the VOX ecicionoscisi rin satoadi iii iad dazcdbacncntesessces 25 Troubleshooting the Vortex Modem Connection ccccccccccsesseeseeseeseeeseeseeeseestenseens 27 Polycom Inc Copyright 2001 Technical Support 800 932 2774 CONFERENCE COMPOSERTM SOFTWARE CONFERENCE COMPOSERM SOFTWARE INTRODUCTION INSTALLATION USING CONFERENCE COMPOSER WITH A VORTEX AND EF200 PHONE ADD Conference Composer is the design and configuration software that is supplied with the Vortex Its purpose is to make it easy and intuitive to configure Polycom s Vor tex products share configuration files create presets macros and logic assignments Conference Composer operates under Windows 98 ME NT and 2000 Insert the Conference Composer disk into your CD ROM drive and run the Setup program If you have a previously installed version of Conference Composer on your computer it is highly recommended that you uninstall that version use Add Remove Program from the CONTROL PANEL window before installing the latest version After running the Setup prog
6. Logic pins also have an LED associated with them to indicate the status of the contact closure A logic pin can have one of the following states unassigned assigned to a particular function macro or preset or assigned to one of four groups To assign a function to a pin single click and hold on the pin of the connector and select a colored assignment of the pin from the colored boxes that appear Figure 15 shows the selection process match the colors with the legend to create an assignment entry for either the single pin or the logic group System Options Mic Line Inputs Input Filters AutoMixer EF Bus Matrix Mixer Output Filters Outputs Logic Input Li Unassigned Group 0 _ Group 2 Pin Assigned Group 1 __ Group 3 X Polarity Reversed right click a pin to reverse polarity Pin Assignments Pin Label Activated Comman 1 _ Deactivated Command Held Command 1 Logic Input 1 2 fLogicImpu2 ________ 3 Jtogielmpr3 _______ ________ 4 logiempes 5 fLogicmpurs O 6 Jtogieimprs fT T O Te ers Cid SSCS Ps floscimas i CS 10 LogicImpuero Group Assignments Show Actual Ci Group Label Pins Used PinPattem Activated Command Figure 15 Selecting a type of assignment for a logic pin Once a pin has been assigned there are three states associated with the pin activated deactivated and held To assign a function to one of these three states righ
7. acron mof faa each each AGC ech e ee ach each o aE ea ea aj SG Hina Generator __ Figure 1 Feauters of Conference Composer window 1 EXPLORER MENU The Explorer type menu structure allows you to easily navi gate and browse through your device list Clicking on an item in the tree will dis play the parameter page to the right of the explorer menu 2 STATUS METER This meter and status light shows the communication status between your PC and a Vortex or EF device EF200 or EF1210 The WAITING light turns yellow when it is communicating via RS 232 with a Vortex or EF device and the meter indicates how full the command buffer is with commands being sent to the device 3 DSPLOAD Indicates the current percentage of used available variable DSP resources 4 MENUS FILE The File menu allows you to create a new Project Device Chain or Device manages file functions of a Project such as Opening Saving or Closing and handles printing and Preferences e PROJECT The Project menu contains 3 options AUTOSCAN SAMPLE or ONLINE AUTOSCAN finds all Vortex or EF devices connected to the PC and scans in their settings SAMPLE loads a sample project into Conference Composer ONLINE allows you to either download settings from a Vortex or EF device or upload settings to a Vortex or EF device O Polycom Inc Conference Composer User Guide CONFERENCE COMPOSERTM SOFTWARE
8. of the outputs can have up to 5 filters of equalization These filters include Parametric Low Pass High Pass Low Shelf and High Shelf To use the filters select the type of filter and adjust the controls for the filter You can adjust the con trols in a variety of ways by typing in values in the text boxes using the cursor up down using Page Up Page Down or by clicking and holding the knob and moving the mouse up to increase the value or down to decrease the value The frequency response of the plots may be viewed by clicking on the GRAPH button The ENABLE button per filter enables disables that particular filter on the Output The ENABLE FILTERS button enables disables all filters on the particular Output Channel This button toggles with the Filter Bypass buttons per Output All filters for a partic ular output can be bypassed by clicking the BYPASS button Once the settings are configured for Output Channel 1 the user may copy those set tings to all other channels using the COPY CHANNEL 1 FILTERS TO ALL CHANNELS button System Options Mic Line Inputs Input Filters AutoMixer EF Bus Matrix Mixer Output Filters Outputs Logic Input Logic Output Presets Macros Diagnostics aldo el Malal 22 E E D a 1 D a i 20 0 E Ml 20 0 Eo A oE E R Z o E o m o E o E 0 5 a N a E eae L z Li Li E i z i 5 it F i i E i E i 20 6 2 8 E 20 m jo e Mute M
9. rep resents a collection of DEVICE CHAINS You can think of the PROJECTS as directories the DEVICE CHAINS as files and the DEVICES as items in the files There are many different buttons and knobs that allow the user to change settings on the device Conference Composer s convention is that a feature associated with a but ton is enabled when the button s LED is lit To use a knob click on the knob and while holding down the mouse button raise or lower the cursor to increase or decrease the knob value Me Figure 2 To increase the level click on the knob and move the cursor UP To decrease the level click on the knob and move the cursor DOWN To operate online the EF Device should be connected to an RS 232 port of your host computer The first step is to have Conference Composer scan your EF Device this ensures the settings you see on the PC screen are exactly the settings in the device To do this select the AUTOSCAN option from the PROJECT menu as shown in Figure 3 This ensures the settings you see on the PC screen are exactly the settings in the device Conference Composer File Edit Project UserMode Help Sample Synchronize Polycom Inc 5 Conference Composer User Guide OPERATING CONFERENCE COM PO SER NOTE E Projectl E E Comm 1 ES EF2280 00 Sy System EJ Options vy Mic Line Inputs Input Filters 44 AutoMixer sue EF Bus Em Matrix Mixer Dutput Filters Outputs e Logic Input L
10. sure the box beside it is checked Click on the corresponding SETTINGS button In the dialog box that comes up go to the MODEM tab see Figure 21 below R5232 Preferences M AT F1 EO QO V0 amp K3 amp D0 7 9 4048923200 EN Figure 21 Modem tab If the modems hang up before you connect increase the TIMEOUT time Choose the default string in the INITIALIZATION STRING pull down menu It should be the following string AT F1 EO Q0 VO amp K3 amp DO Click on the box beside USE MODEM to enable it Then enter in the phone number Conference Composer User Guide 26 Technical Support 800 932 2774 MODEM USE WITH THE VORTEX After both sides are setup you should be able to AUTOSCAN from the remote end Autoscanning will have your modem dial the remote site and connect to the remote modem which is connected to the Vortex You can then control the Vortex just like you were connected to it locally TROUBLESHOOTING THE VORTEX MODEM CONNECTION VERIFY THAT THE VORTEX IS SENDING THE CORRECT INIT STRING MAKE SURE THE INITIALIZATION STRING tS SENT TO THE MODEM DOUBLE CHECK THE CABLE BETWEEN THE MODEM AND THE VORTEX On the Vortex side connect the Vortex RS 232 port to the PC you may need to remove the null modem adapter Next open the CONSOLE window in Conference Composer right click on the COMM port in the Explorer menu and choose CONSOLE from the pull down menu or some other terminal program Now send
11. the other devices If more complicated mixing from other devices is required any of the matrix rows can have arbitrary cross points gains You can set which echo canceller reference is assigned as the Bus Reference to be used by all other linked Vortexes in the EXPORTED SIGNALS section on the page The Conference Composer User Guide 14 Technical Support 800 932 2774 DEVICE PARAM ETERS choices are REFERENCE 1 REFERENCE 2 or NONE Only one Vortex can put an AEC Reference onto the Bus The other Vortexes can use this reference FROM EF BUS Safety Mute EFBus EFBus EFBus EFBus EFBus EFBus EFBus EFBus WBO wB1 WB2 WB3 WwB4 WBS WBE WB WBO WB1 WB2 WB3 WB4 WB5 WBE WB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 EFBus EFBus EFBus EFBus EFBus EFBus EFBus EFBus BO xB1 xB2 XB3 xB4 xB5 BE xB XBD xB1 XB2 XB3 XB4 XB5 BB XB7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 YBO YB1 YrB2 YB3 YB4 BS BE YB YBO YB1 YB2 YB3 YB4 YB5 YB6 YB 0 0 0 0 X DArs 04 EFBus EFBus EFBus EFBus EFBus IZB4 285 286 ZB ZB3 ZB4 ZB5 ZB6 ZB 0 0 0 0 0 ZB0 ZB1 ZB2 Not Muted vues ee Exported Signals AEC Reference Reference 2 Reference 1 None Figure 11 The EF BUs sub matrix In this example WBO is grayed out because we are working with Device 0 Any of the cross points can have arbitrary gains MATRIX MIXER The Matrix Mixer in Figure 12 allows the user to map any input to any output with an arbitrary ga
12. they can t be overwritten by the user and 32 user presets These presets store all information about the settings for the device input gains matrix crosspoints automixer settings etc Everything Changes to the device s settings are not automatically saved in the preset you must save your changes to the preset by clicking on the SAVE button Each preset can have a 16 character label The user can SAVE the current settings as a preset at any time or RESTORE a different preset at any time Restoring a preset will send all the status messages to the RS 232 interface so an attached control panel will remain synchro nized with the device The user may also configure which preset is used when the device powers up using the POWER ON PRESET parameter at the top right of the page The DELETE button can be used to erase a preset MACROS You can create up to 256 macros Each macro can have up to 256 single commands that are executed sequentially when the macro is executed The user selects a macro to create and then sequentially puts the commands into the macro New commands may be inserted into the macro after the existing command by right clicking on an existing command and selecting either a command off the list or the INSERT COMMAND option which will let you type a command in directly You can also add new commands to the macro by typing the RS 232 command strings directly into the text box To change the order of the command in the macro cho
13. 0 0 0 0 0 1 RI Mic 2 2 10 0 0 0 0 1 RM Mic 3 3 10 0 0 0 0 1 RI Mic 4 4 10 0 0 0 0 1 RI l Mic 5 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 RI N Mic 6 6 10 0 0 0 0 1 RI Mic 7 z 10 0 0 0 0 1 RI E Wireless Mic 8 0 MOMO 1 RI U LetPiogam a o 0 313 0 3 T Right Program B 0 0 3 3 0 3 S Line Phone c 0 0 0 0 0 Line Video DH ojojoj o 0 WMO wM1 wM2 MO XM1 XM2 YMO YM1 YM2 ZM0 ZM1 ZM2 SG Fixed Not Muted AutomixerT Automirer2 Figure 12 The full cross point matrix for a system using a phone add a codec and stereo program audio Only the bold crosspoints are unmuted To Outputs 1 2 E Figure 13 Cross point slider view of how Input A is used in all the output chan nels The outputs R1 and R2 correspond to the echo canceller references REF 1 and REF 2 While these outputs are not physical outputs on the product they allow you to build the echo canceller reference without using physical outputs from the device In the example in Figure 12 we used stereo program audio and consequently had a local left output Output C and a local right output Output D in the room The echo canceller reference R1 included both the codec audio Input A the phone add audio Input B Conference Composer User Guide 16 Technical Support 800 932 2774 DEVICE PARAM ETERS OUTPUT FILTERS OUTPUTS and a mono mix of the left and right program audio The program audio is attenuated by 3 dB before adding it into the R1 output Each
14. A Figure 17 Console Tab WATCHNG COMMANDS SENDING COMMANDS The larger window in the Console Tab displays communications between your PC and the EF Device Strings that are shown in blue text indicate a string sent by the PC Strings shown in red text are acknowledgements sent by the EF Device This tool is a good way to monitor communication between control systems and the EF Devices The small rectangular box at the bottom of the Tab is for typing in commands to send to the EF Device Conference Composer User Guide 22 Technical Support 800 932 2774 THE CONSOLE WINDOW PROPERTIES TAB Comm 1 Local This dialog facilitates interaction with the low level communications port Select the Console tab to view the send and receive data or select the properties tab to change settings Console F m Elow Control Apply None CORTS Attached Device ASPI Device Found I ID fo Device Type EF 2280 Update Microcode Settings Figure 18 Properties Tab in the Console Window The Properties Tab provides the capability to change flow control and also update the firmware of your EF Device The capability to update firmware is included in Conference Composer version 1 62 and higher Check our website at www aspi com for the latest versions of the soft ware and information on our products UPDATING FIRMWARE The latest EchoFree firmware versions are listed be
15. NE POLYCOM Conference Composer User Guide Copyright O 2001 Polycom Inc All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Because of technical progress specifications are subject to change without notice The Polycom logo and Vortex are registered trademarks of Polycom Inc Polycom Inc Installed Voice Business Group 1720 Peachtree Street NW Suite 220 Atlanta GA 30309 2439 Phone 800 932 2774 404 892 3200 Fax 404 892 2512 www aspi com Technical Support 800 932 2774 vortex polycom com CCUG 0100 01 CONFERENCE COMPOSER M UsER GUIDE Conference ComposerTM Software ccccccccccssecsseceseceeecesseceeceeeeenseeesaeenes 2 ANT Bi ci Mes heeded eis Pal cad daha A Wed aabeh RR danii 2 Tnst llatiot A A ch T ct ao ta ese Pg Sed Bat at ME 2 Features of the Conference Composer Window 1 c ccccceccecseetsesseteeneteteettenstestens 3 Operating Conference Composer si sccsascscsactss cin inn tes 5 Device Paraimetet seis nna E E E R E E E TS 8 NS A E E E E E E T OPONSE A e E E a E E R EES ES 9 Mic Lin Inputs oseanen aa 11 Tiput Filters a ie ak e soe Vb Ad Id 12 Automix er A a di ata da de a Ai Toda 13 EE BUS estaa da ed dotado dcir etnia ias sica aeaa NST 14 MITIMIN Ti a di 15 Output Filters A A ieie 17 QUEUES A A Ass aes 17 Logie Input tinas laneros darias a 18 ogie Qutp t A A A A ed 19 Presea lo donen a cias lote dando dais clio asas 20 MATOS E a edb cased hd AI 20 DION MES
16. R look like Figure 4 the red X s indicate that you are offline and you are ready to pro ceed to the next section a Projecti E Bi Comm 1 bo EF2280 00 SF System E Options vf Mic Line Inputs Input Filters 84 AutoMixer sie EF Bus 0 Matrix Mixer Output Filters Y Outputs e Logic Input L Logic Output ES Presets Macros ES Diagnostics Figure 5 Operating Conference Com poser Offline O Polycom Inc 7 Conference Composer User Guide DEVICE PARAM ETERS DEVICE PARAMETERS Each device in Conference Composer is represented by a list of sub entries for that device For the Vortex those fields are SYSTEM MIC LINE INPUTS etc as shown in Figure 4 By clicking on the Device EF2280 00 in Figure 4 you bring up the Sys TEM page as shown in Figure 6 Notice that each SYSTEM page has tabs correspond ing to the list of sub entries in Figure 4 Clicking on either a tab or the field name will bring you to a page with specific controls for that set of functions SYSTEM System Options Mic Line Inputs Input Fiters AutoMixer EF Bus Matrix Mixer Output Fiters Outputs Logic Input Logic Output Presets Macros Diagnostics INPUTS OUTPUTS 2 ES O ie 55 0 20 Jan DA 1 m2qvic2 ean m3 Mic3 Gain A D IN ms eo E a mey ojoh nm Gen NaN en y mu ne O IO mo E fx 0 Mi fato
17. a F PING command and make sure the Vortex responds with a PONG This verifies the cable connection between the PC and the Vortex Now cycle the power on the Vortex while leaving the terminal window open When the Vortex reboots you should see it send the modem initialization string to the terminal window If you are using the default modem init string you should see ATEOF1 amp B1S0 2 echoed in the terminal window If you don t see the string you will need to double check that the string is set cor rectly and that it is enabled If you are sure that the correct modem init string is being sent out when the Vortex reboots then connect the RS 232 cable between the Vortex and the modem you may need to add a null modem adapter Make sure the modem is powered on then cycle the power to the Vortex This ensures that the Vortex sends the init string to the modem Depending on your serial cable and your modem you may or may not need a null modem adapter The Vortex RS 232 port is configured as a DCE Most modems are also configured as a DCE so you will most likely need a null modem The serial ports of most PCs are configured as DTE which means you don t need a null modem to communicate between the Vortex and a PC Polycom Inc 27 Conference Composer User Guide
18. al Manual I Manual Adaptive Thrhld Adaptive Thrhld Adaptive Thrhld Adaptive Thrhld Adaptive Thrhid Adaptive Thrhid Adaptive Thrhld Adaptive Thrhlc gt Ml co gt co gt o gt Ges o gt De Bes o Manual Thrhid Manual Thrhld Manual Thrhid Manual Thrhld Manual Thrhid Manual Thrhld Manual Thrhid Manual Thrhld o FAO Eo EA FAO Eo Eo Eo ES Gate Priority Gate Priority Gate Priority Gate Priority Gate Priority Gate Priority Gate Priority Gate Priority Ef E E O A SEESI Figure 10 Automixer controls on the Automixer Page Each Vortex has two automixers that can be controlled Automixer and Automixer 2 The controls for the two automixers are shown in Figure 10 For most applica tions the user will choose a single automixer However if the Vortex is split to oper ate in two independent rooms the second automixer should be used The HOLD TIME DECAY TIME and CAMERA THRESHOLD TIME is specified globally for each of the automixers The CAMERA THRESHOLD TIME is the amount of time a microphone must be gated on before a Camera Gating Indicator is sent to a control system possibly for camera positioning Please note that the automixers do not sum the gated inputs together the summing is performed in the matrix the automixer makes gating and level decisions and sends that information to the matrix The LOCAL MAX NOM can be set to limit the maximum number of open micro phones that can be open at a given time o
19. ault initialization string from the INITIAL IZATION STRING pull down menu Ifa default is not listed enter the following string ATEOF1 amp B1S0 2 Enable the initialization string by clicking on the ENABLE button Disconnect the RS 232 cable from the Vortex and connect it to your modem You may need to use a null modem for your modem Connect your modem to the Vortex Cycle power on the Vortex As it powers up it will send the initialization string to the modem Make sure the modem is On before cycling power on the Vortex If you don t have Conference Composer on site 1 Using a terminal program send the following strings to the Vortex F MINISTRATFIEO amp B1S0 2 F MINI1 This will enter the initialization string and enable it Discomnect the RS 232 cable from the Vortex and connect it to your modem You may need to use a null modem for your modem Connect your modem to the Vortex Cycle power on the Vortex As it powers up it will send the initialization string to the modem Make sure the modem is On before cycling power O Polycom Inc 25 Conference Composer User Guide MODEM USE WITH THE VORTEX FROM THE REMOTE SITE At the remote site open Conference Composer and from the FILE menu choose PREF ERENCES The dialog box that comes up should look similar to the one below in Fig ure 20 Preferences Figure 20 FILE gt PREFERENCES Find the Comm Port that your modem is connected to and make
20. e instructions that come up in the dialog boxes NOTE When prompted by Conference Composer to perform a STANDARD UPDATE or THOR OUGH UPDATE we recommend choosing THOROUGH This option will reinitialize the non volatile memory both before and after the update If you choose this option be sure to Autoscan before you begin the update Conference Composer will automati cally load your settings including presets and macros back to your Vortex after updating the firmware Conference Composer User Guide 24 Technical Support 800 932 2774 MODEM USE WITH THE VORTEX MODEM USE WITH THE VORTEX CONFERENCE COMPOSER ON SITE WITH THE VORTEX F2280 04 Options lp You will need Conference Composer version 1 62 or later You can find the latest version of the software on our website at www aspi com on the Vortex page At the local site with the Vortex use Conference Composer to enable the modem to auto answer System Options Mic Line Inputs Input Filters AutoMixer EF Bus Matrix Mixer Outputs Logic Input Logic Output Presets Macros Diagnostics olx m Modem General Enable E Online Device Name Vortex HE ID fa y Safety Mute als far EORI S0 El Firmware Version Unknown m Non Volatile Memory m Screen Saver Locked Change Password Enable Screen Display rm Figure 19 Modem settings on Conference Composer OPTIONS page On the OPTIONS page choose the def
21. ed on MANUAL THRESHOLD allows you to set an absolute threshold that the signal needs to be greater than in order to gate on GATE PRIORITY can be configured for each microphone Priority 1 is the highest pri ority and Priority 4 is the lowest priority A higher priority input takes precedence over a lower priority input if the maximum number of open microphones Max NOM 1s set to be less than the number of microphones assigned to that automixer The EF Bus page allows the user to configure how to combine the bus signals from the other linked Vortexes and control which echo canceller reference is sent to other devices as the Bus Reference Since there can be up to 8 Vortexes linked together and each device can put 4 different signals on the bus W X Y and Z there are 4 subma trices to allow flexibility in how the signals from other devices get mixed together and get presented to the main matrix Figure 11 shows the EF BUS submatrix and the fact that there are 4 submatrices and the inputs are WBO WB7 for the W bus XBO XB7 from the X bus and the same for the Y and Z busses The cross points can be changed by left clicking on the cell and adjusting the gain Cross points can be muted by right clicking on the cell an unmuted crosspoint is indicated by a bolded black value muted is indicated by a gray value Any of the rows of the matrices can be configured as a mix minus which allows the user to work with a simple mix minus sum of all
22. f you would like all the presets to be included in the reports Select No if you do not want the preset information to be included in the report In this case you will only report the current operating settings of the device Reports may be customized by allowing you to put in a company name and address information You can enter this information by selecting the Project and type Report tab To print the report you have the option to print directly to a printer and or to create a Portable Disk Format PDF file Polycom Inc 21 Conference Composer User Guide THE CONSOLE WINDOW THE CONSOLE WINDOW CONSOLE TAB The Console Window provides communication information between your PC and the EF Device There are two tabs in this window the Console Tab and the Properties Tab The Console Tab is a terminal program that allows you to send commands to the EF Device and monitor the acknowledgements The PROPERTIES Tab allows you to change the settings on flow control and also includes the capability to update firm ware To open a Console Window right click on the COM port in Conference Composer s Explorer menu and choose CONSOLE from the pull down menu that appears xl This dialog facilitates interaction with the low level communications port Select the Console tab to view the send and receive data or select the properties tab to change settings Console Properties PING FOOPONG SWVER Settings
23. icator is independent of the gating indicators it simply indicates when the input or output has signal level above the Activity Threshold The Activity Threshold for what consti tutes activity is set on the OPTIONS Page it is in the MISCELLANEOUS section If you set this level too high the threshold may be too high and the signal activity LED will Conference Composer User Guide 8 Technical Support 800 932 2774 DEVICE PARAM ETERS be difficult to light If you set the signal activity level too low the ambient room noise may light the signal activity LED too easily Figure 7 Signal Activity LED of Inputs and Outputs The ability to follow signal flow and the Signal Activity LED can provide useful tools to ensure that the proper input to output mappings have been setup OPTIONS Figure 8 Options Tab The OPTIONS tab allows the user to set the following parameters MODEM INITIALIZATION STRING The modem initialization string if enabled Polycom Inc 9 Conference Composer User Guide DEVICE PARAM ETERS will send the desired string to the modem or any device connected to the RS 232 port each time the Vortex is reset either through power up or a software reset This allows the Vortex to put the modem into an Auto Answer Mode and set the baud rate to 9600 bps The default string is set to ATEOF1 amp B1S0 2 e NON VOLATILE MEMORY LOCK AND PASSWORD Locking the Non Volatile memory will preve
24. in in dB applied from 100 dB to 20 dB Muted cells are shown in light gray while unmuted cells are shown in bold To set the gain of a single cross point left click on the cell To set the gain of a collection of cross points click and drag to select a rectangular area A slider control with a text box will appear to allow you to change the gain select mute unmute or on Inputs 1 8 choose the gated version of the Input If you are using signals for reinforcement and specifically want the gated signals at an attenuated level then set the gated crosspoint to the desired level such as 15 dB In general the gain of gated signals should be set to O dB since the matrix will sum the automixed signals and use the appropriate weightings of the signals based on the information from the automixer O Polycom Inc 15 Conference Composer User Guide DEVICE PARAM ETERS To change the gain of an entire row or column you may simply click on the column or row header any of the labels 1 D on the columns or the rows to see a collection of sliders as shown in Figure 13 OUTPUTS Left Reco td Right Reco To Phon To rd je c Code ne jne jne Local Front Local Front nc ne Refer ence 1 Safety Mute IN 2 w 4 5 E 7 8 JAJ B C D W X Y Z R1 R2 Mixer AEC 1 OUT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NOM On On On On Off Off Off Off Off Off Off Off Mic 1 1 1
25. include settings for all the devices To save the file to a different name select SAVE AS from the FILE menu Presets for the devices in the Project are also stored to the file when working off line You can easily restore the settings from a file to actual EF devices To restore a Project first open the Project from the FILE menu Then when connected to the EF Devices left click on the Project and select the ONLINE button This will present a window with the following options DOWNLOAD SETTINGS FROM THE DEVICE UPLOAD SETTINGS TO DEVICE or CANCEL Select UPLOAD SETTINGS TO DEVICE to upload the Project settings to the device You should set the Device IDs on the actual devices to match those in the project before uploading the Project Once uploading has started the display will present a status bar of the progress of uploading All Presets in the Project will be uploaded along with Project settings CREATING REPORTS Conference Composer can automatically generate reports of a Project Device Chain or Device which show all the settings configured for the device A Project report will consist of the device chains and any devices that are part of the device chain A device chain report will only include the devices included in the device chain A device report only includes the settings for that particular device Once a report has been selected the system prompts for whether all the presets should be included in the reports Select Yes i
26. low in Table 1 UPDATE Your BF DEVICE ECHOFREE DEVICE LATEST FIRMWARE VERSION EF2280 Vortex version 1 18 EF1210 version 1 05 EF200 version 1 13 Table 1 Latest firmware versions of EchoFree devices as of 11 15 01 In Conference Composer software 1 Connect the RS 232 cable from your computer to the EchoFree device that you are updating Ensure that your serial port cable is wired with RTS and CTS for hardware flow control If you do not have RTS and CTS this process will not work and error messages will be displayed You can keep the device con Polycom Inc 23 Conference Composer User Guide THE CONSOLE WINDOW nected to other devices through the ASPI Bus or EF Bus 2 Inthe PROJECT menu select AUTOSCAN to synchronize the device settings with Conference Composer 3 Open a CONSOLE window by right clicking on the Serial Port connected to your EchoFree device in the Explorer type menu on the left side of the Conference Composer window Choose CONSOLE from the menu that appears 4 In the CONSOLE window click on the PROPERTIES tab Make sure that the ASPI DEVICE FOUND LED is blue which indicates that your computer is communicat ing with the EF device Click on the UPDATE MICROCODE button 5 Inthe dialog box that comes up choose the EFB file for your appropriate device These EFB files are found in the directory where Conference Composer is installed Follow th
27. n da a mojan 0 ce NENE a uci 26 is Gap i gt a E Gn tou co pue 56 signal Generator WeOJEFBusWB0 pa we1 EFBusWB1 WB2JEFBus WB2 WB3 EFBusWB3 WB4 EFBus WB4 WBS EFBus W85 WBG JEFE us WES WB EFBuswB7 XBOJEFBusXB0 poe Seas X a Eee XB2 JEFBus XB2 XB3 JEFBus XB3 XB4 JEFBus XB4 XB5 EFBus XB5 XBE JEFBus XBE Sanm XB7 JEFBus XB YBOHEFBus YBO_ ERES EFBus YB1 82 JEFBus Y82 YB3 EFBus YB3 YB4 JEFBus YB4 E YB5 JEFBus YB5 E BG 4EFBus YB6 lt lt ia YB EFBusYB7 T gon Teco 700 Figure 6 Vortex System tab shows the block diagram of the device The SYSTEM Page presents you with a block diagram of the Vortex It allows you to quickly enter text labels for inputs and outputs this can also be done on all the other pages too and see the signal flow from inputs to outputs Holding the cursor over a particular block in the block diagram will show signal flow information from inputs to outputs or outputs to inputs depending on where you hold the mouse By holding the cursor over any output block you can see the all the inputs that map to the partic ular output You may enable disable specific features by left clicking on the blocks in the SYSTEM Page Ifa block is grayed out it is turned off When connected to a device the Signal Activity LEDs mapped to the inputs and out puts of the SYSTEM Page See Figure 7 show the signal activity This ind
28. n the local Vortex In single Vortex applica tions this is the only control required to limit the number of open microphones When multiple Vortexes are linked together the GLOBAL MAX NOM can be used to limit the maximim number of open microphones that can be opened across all linked Vortexes Unless you want to specifically limit the number of microphones in a par ticular Vortex when using GLOBAL MAX NOM then you should leave the LOCAL O Polycom Inc 13 Conference Composer User Guide DEVICE PARAM ETERS EF Bus EXPORTING THE ECHO CANCELLER REFERENCE ON THE EF Bus MAX NOM set to 8 To link Vortexes together use the BUS MIXER number Put all the Vortexes you would like to operate as one large mixer together on the same BUS MIXER number with the exception of BUS MIXER 0 If the BUS MIXER is set to 0 the Automixer will work independently from other connected Vortexes Each of the eight signal channels going into the automixer can be configured to be part of a particular automixer Mixer 1 or Mixer 2 If set to NONE it is not part of an automixer and does not affect gating decisions The gating for each channel can be set to to FORCE ON FORCE OFF or AUTO The THRESHOLD TYPE can either be ADAPTIVE or MANUAL The default is ADAPTIVE THRESHOLD The ADPATIVE THRESHOLD can be set when the THRESHOLD TYPE is set to Adaptive This represents how much louder the signal needs to be over the noise floor before the microphone should be gat
29. nt users from overwriting presets that have been saved and will also prevent the end user from changing the power up default preset FRONT PANEL LOCK AND PASSWORD Locking the Front Panel will prevent users from changing settings of the Vortex from the front panel LCD menu Users will be able to see what the settings in the device are but will not be able to change the device settings METER DISPLAY ON THE FRONT PANEL This parameter allows you to select which input output or reference is displayed on the front panel meter e DEVICE NAME DEVICE ID when working off line The Vortex Device ID can be changed from the OPTIONS page only if the device is off line To change the Device ID of an online Vortex you should change the Device ID from the front panel LCD menu and then AUTOSCAN again SCREEN SAVER TEXT AND OPTIONS The Screen Saver allows the designer to cre ate 4 sets of messages that can be displayed on the Front Panel LCD on the Vor tex START TIME is how long after the last front panel button has been pressed before the messages begin displaying DELAY TIME controls how much time elapses before the next message is shown Conference Composer User Guide 10 Technical Support 800 932 2774 DEVICE PARAM ETERS Mic LINE INPUTS Gate M Gain dB Gain dB Gain dB 20 M 20 W lz mre AGC Enable Noise Type AGC Max Gain Teee a Pini MM ae AGC Rate sy aw Bobs AEC Enable
30. ogic Output Presets Macros ES Diagnostics p 1B i Figure 4 Project gen erated when connected to a Vortex OFF LINE OPERATING WITHOUT AN EF DEVICE Figure 3 Select AUTOSCAN to have Conference Composer automatically find online devices If you have any devices currently using the serial port on your PC such as a PalmPi lot s HotSync please close those programs to free the COM port before running AUTOSCAN AUTOSCAN will automatically find all EF devices EF2280 EF1210 EF200 attached to the RS 232 port and then automatically download all the settings into Conference Composer Once the settings have been downloaded to the PC any changes you make to the device through Conference Composer will be sent automatically to the device updating its configuration in real time Once Conference Composer has finished downloading the settings from the con nected devices you will see the Navigation area look like Figure 4 The amount of time it takes to sync with the Vortex depends on the number of presets that have valid data More presets means more data must be sent to the PC To operate without any devices connected to the computer you can select NEW gt DEVICE gt EF2280 to create a sample Vortex system to configure This will automati cally create a Project Once you have a Vortex installed your navigation tab should Conference Composer User Guide 6 Technical Support 800 932 2774 OPERATING CONFERENCE COMPOSE
31. ose either MOVE COMMAND Up or MOVE COMMAND DOWN Use DELETE COMMAND to delete a command and DELETE ALL COMMANDS to delete all commands from the current macro CLEAR MACRO will erase all commands from a macro and CLEAR ALL MACROS will delete all commands and macros DIAGNOSTICS The DIAGNOSTICS page allows you to adjust Gain levels and enable disable Mute on Inputs 1 8 A D and Outputs 1 8 A D On Input 1 8 you can also check the status of gating AEC state information shown by the LEDs marked XMIT and RECV AGC and Room Gain as well as enable disable AGC and Noise Cancellation Levels of the echo canceller References R1 and R2 are also displayed on this page To turn on the meter information select the LEVELS button Conference Composer User Guide 20 Technical Support 800 932 2774 PROJECT FILES AND CREATING REPORTS PROJECT FILES AND CREATING REPORTS FILE SAVING FILE RESTORING When working off line you may find it useful to save Project files for archival pur poses or to allow you to send the configuration to another person To save a Project file either left click on the Project and then right click to select SAVE or from the FILE menu select SAVE PROJECT Once you enter a file name you can save the selected Project to disk A Project file includes all the devices that make up the project For instance if you have a Project that includes multiple Vortexes and an EF200 then the Project file that is saved to disk will
32. oser User Guide DEVICE PARAM ETERS 33dB of gain is added to the signal e PHANTOM POWER 24 V phantom power can be enabled or disabled it is enabled in Figure 9 MUTE This button is used to mute or unmute the input signal MUTE is disabled in Figure 9 AGC ENABLE This will enable disable the automatic gain control AGC e AGC MAX GAIN This can be used to limit the total amount of gain the AGC can apply to the signal e AGC MIN GAIN This can be used to limit the total amount of attenuation the AGC can apply to the signal For example setting the AGC MIN GAIN to 10 dB will keep the AGC from attenuating the signal too much if someone taps on the microphone e AGC RATE This limits the rate of change of the AGC from between 1 to 5 dB sec AEC ENABLE This will enable or disable the acoustic echo canceller AEC AEC is enabled in Figure 9 If enabled the user can select the reference signal to use either REF 1 REF 2 or the BUS REFERENCE SUPPRESION The user can also control the amount of suppression that is applied by the echo canceller during a double talk situation Suppression ranges from NONE no suppression to YIKES mode half duplex e NC ENABLE This will enable disable noise cancellation NC If enabled the user can select the amount of noise cancellation using NC LEVEL NC LEVEL ranges from 0 to 15 dB of cancellation The controls for the line level Inputs A D are simpler than the mic line inputs The
33. ram simply follow the instructions for installing Con ference Composer When using the Conference Composer software with the Vortex and the EF200 plug the RS 232 into the Vortex If you plug into the EF200 you may not be able to get Level information because the EF200 will not know how to interpret the data from the software that will display metering information Conference Composer User Guide 2 Technical Support 800 932 2774 CONFERENCE COMPOSERTM SOFTWARE FEATURES OF THE CONFERENCE COMPOSER WINDOW Conference Composer EF2280 00 System File Project UserMode Help Project1 a E Comm 1 B J EF2280 02 El System G Options 24 Mic Line Inpu Input Filters 1 th AutoMixer sue EF Bus E Matrix Mixer EY Output Filters Y Outputs fe Logic Input 2 Logic Output ES Presets Diagnostics EL Bus AutoMixer B J EF2280 01 BP System G Options Sue Mic Line Inpu Input Filters th AutoMixer sue EF Bus E Matrix Mixer Dutput Filters Y Outputs swf Logic Input amp Logic Output E Presets E Macros ES Diagnostics 2 8 EF2280 00 Input Filters The AutoMixer sie EF Bus 4 Matrix Mixer Output Filters aa Nutouts hd 4 INPUTS EEE E Ea TA Ga mopo hH ea ms ret Gah fo eHe Ea My Te Ea mrpr an wo EHH Edi m Mic 8 Gain mATCodecIn Gaina m E From EF20 _ Gain A D
34. t click in the cell and then pick the function off the list Alternatively you can type the associ ated RS232 command in directly Clicking the SHow ACTUAL COMMAND button translates the command to the actual RS232 command You can also change the polarity of the pin by right clicking on the pin number This will cause an underline to appear under the pin number When the polarity is changed what normally happened when the command was activated 1 e contact was Conference Composer User Guide 18 Technical Support 800 932 2774 DEVICE PARAM ETERS closed will happen when the contact is open The LED status will also update to reflect polarity status Figure 16 shows an assignment of Pin 1 to mute Input 1 when active i e the contact closed and to unmute when inactive contact open Control Port Ranma is ees Ea E _ Unassigned _ Group 0 Group 2 Safety Mute 16 Pin Assigned Group 1 Group 3 X Polarity Reversed right click a pin to reverse polarity Pin Assignments Pin Label Activated Command Deactivated Command Held Command 1 logic Input Input 1 Mic 1 Mute On Input 1 Mic 1 Mute OF 2 LosicInput2 n eee 4 Logic Input 4 5 logiemprs gt 7 Logic Input 7 H ee EE A E 5em Input 10 Group Assignments Show Actual Commands I Group Label PinsUsed Pin Pattem Activated Command Figure 16 Logic pin 1 is assigned to mute input 1
35. ute e NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM Enable Enable Enable Enable Enable Ee Eee A J al i al Figure 14 Output control for each of the 12 output channels is available on the Outputs Tab Channels can be hidden from view from the VIEW OUTPUTS con trol The OUTPUTS page allows the user to adjust the output level select NOM attenuation and mute outputs A typical output control is shown in Figure 14 NOM attenuation Polycom Inc 17 Conference Composer User Guide DEVICE PARAM ETERS labelled NOM enabled will reduce the gain of the output signal by 3dB for each doubling of the number of open microphones NOM attenuation is computed sepa rately for each output depending on the inputs that are used to build each output The output levels will be displayed in real time if the LEVELS function is enabled click the LEVELS button to enable the levels LOGIC INPUT The LOGIC INPUTS page allows the user to assign individual logic input pins to trigger specific functions macros or complete presets The types of functions that can be executed include any function that can be controlled with an RS232 command such as changing or ramping gains muting enable disable the AEC set AEC Mode choose AEC Reference enable disable AGC set AGC Max set AGC Rate enable disable Noise Cancellation set Noise Cancellation Level set Mic or Line Level or turn Phantom Power On or Off Within Conference Composer the
36. when activated and unmute when deactivated LOGIC OUTPUT The LOGIC OUTPUT page allows the user to assign a status function to one of the 20 logic status outputs The status functions could include AEC On or Off AGC On or Off NOM Attenuation Camera Gating Gating Mic or Line Level Muting Noise Cancellation and Phantom Power On or Off To assign a status function to the status pin click on the pin This will enable the ACTIVATED and DEACTIVATED control win dows Right click in the ACTIVATED or DEACTIVATED field to pick a status off the menu list or type the command in directly As with the Logic Input pins the SHOW ACTUAL COMMAND button will show the command syntax To create status output that is a logical combination of particular inputs or outputs use the logical syntax 0 or 1 For instance to create a status output that will be set when Input Channels 1 AND 3 are muted the syntax is MUTE 1 1 To create a muting status output that will be set when Input Channels 1 OR 3 are muted the syntax is MUTE Notice that the MUTE status command can take up to 12 arguments one for each input The gating status command GATE takes 8 arguments since only Inputs 1 8 can be gated The polarity of the outputs can also be changed by right clicking on the pin number Polycom Inc 19 Conference Composer User Guide DEVICE PARAM ETERS PRESETS The Vortex supports 16 factory presets meaning
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