Using TalkMaster

Selected - refers to the intercom currently highlighted in blue in the Intercom View / Custom View list. This option allows 2-way communication with a single Intercom.

Group - refers to any Intercom or Paging Group that has an X in the Grp column of the Intercom View / Custom View list. This option allows 1-way communication with any number of Intercoms.

All Active - refers to all currently connected Intercoms in the Intercom View / Custom View list. This option allows 1-way communication with all Intercoms.

Switching from Selected to either Group or All Active will automatically disables the Listen function and changes the Talk button to a blue Page button.

When using Selected mode, audio is sent to the Intercom using a single TCP/IP stream. This allows you to communicate with an Intercom located anywhere that you can connect to through TCP/IP.

When using Group or All Active modes, audio is sent to the Intercoms using a single UDP Broadcast stream. Since UDP Broadcasts are filtered by many routers, the Group and All Active options may only work on the current segment of a Local Area Network. Please refer to the TalkMaster installation CD for instructions on installing the UBAM™ software if you need to broadcast on multiple network segments.

Pressing the Talk/Page, Chime, or Play File button will send audio to the intercom(s) you have indicated.

Play File - Brings up the Paging Messages dialog. Play File changes to Stop File while a file is being set one or more intercoms. You can terminate the active file by clicking Stop File

To play a .wav file on the Intercom(s), audio files must be encoded in either 8khz 8-bit PCM or 16-bit uLaw format. Commercial or free software is available to create these formats.

Chime - plays the page.wav file from the iSupport subdirectory located under the TalkMaster™-ii3 program directory. Page.wav is a recording of four successive beeps that you can play to get someone’s attention at an intercom(s).