Using TalkMaster
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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).