Extron electronic IPI 100, IPI 200 manual Multiple PCs to panel, Network

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Multiple PCs to panel

IP 10.XX.XX.01

Audio

Card

Some facilities may require a system with two or more console PCs. One may be staffed by a computer applications expert, another by security personnel, and a third by resource aides or lab stockroom staff. Each console is configured to connect with several intercoms, and each intercom is configured to contact up to four consoles.

		IP 10.XX.XX.02		IP 10.XX.XX.03
	MIS	Audio	Campus	Audio	Chem Lab
		Card		Card
Help Desk			Police		Stockroom

				TCP/IP
				Network
Classroom			Classroom	Lab
IP 10.XX.XX.04			IP 10.XX.XX.05	IP 10.XX.XX.06
PROJECTOR	INTERCOM	MONITOR	PROJECTOR

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OFF

AUTO

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VCR

DVD

AUX

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VCR

DVD

AUX

VIDEO

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VIDEO

VOLUME	MUTE			VOLUME	MUTE
	LAPTOP	PC	PUSH TO	HELP	LAPTOP	PC
			TALK	DESK

IPI 101

MLC 226 IP
MLC 226 IP AAP IPI 101 AAP	MLC 226 IP AAP IPI 104 AAP	IPI 204 AAP

Straight-through Network Cable

Office IP 10.XX.XX.07

IPI 201 AAP

1.Connect one or more PCs to the network and install the IP Intercom HelpDesk

Software on each PC. If call forwarding is used, Extron recommends that no more than six PCs should be set up for call forwarding.

See chapter 5 for instructions on how to install and use the software.

2.Connect up to a maximum of 250 intercoms (per help desk PC) to a network using straight-through cable. Extron recommends that large systems should be segmented, so that no more than 60 intercoms are associated with a single help desk.

3.Configure the intercoms and set up the intercom list for each console PC. Each console could be set up to monitor a different group of intercoms, but most likely the lists will overlap.

In the example shown above, an installation in one building of a college campus, each room (classroom, lab, or office) contains an intercom. Configure one button on each intercom to contact the computer help desk. For IPI 104 or IPI 204 models, configure a second button on each intercom to contact the campus security department. However, only the intercoms located in physical sciences classrooms and laboratories have a third button configured to contact the PC console in the lab stockroom. Only the intercoms installed in offices have a button configured to call the registration department’s console.

4.Once the system is configured, each intercom user presses and holds a button to initiate talk mode. The button glows bright amber, and the Monitor LED lights.

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