Polycom RS-232 manual Amchair -- Enable Chairman Mode for Specified Automixer

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This command is a channel integer command. See Section 6.3 and Section 6.2 for more information

on this type of command. The minimum and maximum values for this command are 0 and 8, respectively.

This command is saved to non-volatile memory only as part of a preset. The state of this command will be restored after power-up only if a preset is saved and that preset is set to be the power-on preset.

Example

S01AMBUSID12

S01AMBUSID10

S01AMBUSID1?

Description

Configure the automixer to be part of the Bus Automixer having Bus ID 2.

Configure the automixer to be part of the Bus Automixer having Bus D

0.This means that the automixer is not part of any Bus Automixer.

Query the current Bus ID of the automixer.

Status Message

S01AMBUSID12

S01AMBUSID10

S01AMBUSID1x , where x is a number between 0 and 8 indicating the current Bus ID of the automixer.

8.14.AMCHAIR -- Enable Chairman Mode for Specified Automixer

This command enables, disables, or queries the chairman mode feature for the specified automixer. The first argument in the command specifies the automixer number (always 1 for the EF2211) and the second argument specifies whether chairman mode should be enabled, disabled, toggled, or queried.

Even though this is a channel boolean command, use of the wildcard character for the automixer number is not supported.

This command is a channel boolean command. See Section 6.3 and Section 6.1 for more information on this type of command.

This command is saved to non-volatile memory only as part of a preset. The state of this command will be restored after power-up only if a preset is saved and that preset is set to be the power-on preset.

Example Description

Disable chairman mode for the S01AMCHAIR10 automixer.

Enable chairman mode for the S01AMCHAIR11 automixer.

Query current setting of chairman

S01AMCHAIR1? mode for the automixer.

Status Message

S01AMCHAIR10

S01AMCHAIR11

S01AMCHAIR1x , where x is 0 or 1

depending on the current setting of chairman mode for the automixer.

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Polycom RS-232 manual Amchair -- Enable Chairman Mode for Specified Automixer

RS-232 specifications

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