the HelpDesk’s Listen button is first activated or when the intercom user presses a Push to Talk button and connects with a help desk. The intercom plays a 2-tone beep when the Listen button is deactivated or the Push to Talk button is pressed and released to end a call. If this check box is cleared, the intercom does not sound to indicate an incoming call.

Input meter enabled only during TALK — When this box

is checked, the PC (console) microphone audio level (VU) meter is disabled until the help desk operator clicks the Talk button and activates the microphone at the PC.

Place HelpDesk utility in system tray when minimized — If this

 

check box is selected, when the help desk software is

 

minimized, it is put into the Windows notification area

 

(formerly known as the system tray), in the taskbar in the

 

lower right corner of the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Push to Talk (PTT) Options — These settings affect the

 

HelpDesk Talk button, and only one of these options can be

 

selected at a time.

 

PTT (Push-To-Talk)— When PTT is selected, the console’s Talk

 

and Listen buttons and microphone can be activated by

 

pressing and holding the space bar or by clicking the Talk

 

and Listen buttons and holding down the left mouse button.

 

Toggle (Push On/Push Off) — When Toggle is selected, you

 

activate and deactivate the Talk and Listen buttons and

 

microphone by clicking on the Talk and Listen buttons and

 

releasing it or by pressing and releasing the keyboard’s

 

spacebar.

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Incoming Call Alert — These settings determine whether

 

or not the help desk operator sees and/or hears an alert

 

that an intercom is calling. Select one or both types of call

 

announcement.

 

N If more than one intercom is calling the help desk, the pop-

 

up window for the first call is the only pop-up window

 

displayed.

 

 

Visual Popup Notification — If

 

 

 

you select this option, when

 

 

an intercom user presses a

 

 

button, the help desk operator

 

 

sees a pop-up alert like the one

 

 

shown here, and the intercom

 

 

 

user hears a “please hold”

 

 

message.

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Extron electronic IPI 100 Series, IPI 200 Series manual Push to Talk PTT Options These settings affect