Extron electronic IPI 100 Series - Manual (Page 25)

IPI 100 Series, IPI 200 Series • Installation 2-11
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 this example, 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, and another 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.
5. The user speaks into the intercom. Audio plays through
the speakers or headset at the console the pressed button
was configured to call.
6. The intercom user releases the button when done speaking.
7. The console operator clicks the Talk button (in the
software) or presses the PC’s space bar to reply.
Panel-to-panel mode
You do not need to include a console PC as a permanent part of
an IP Intercom System. Here is an example in which panels are
configured to “talk” to each other. The software does not need
to be running during intercom system operation.
N Panel to panel mode will only work when both panels are
in the same network subnet.
1. Connect two IPI 101 AAPs and their MLC 226 IPs to a
network using straight-through cable.
2. Using a PC connected to the same network (as shown in
the following figure), configure the two IPI systems. Read
chapter 4 for instructions on how to use the software for
configuration.
3. Close the configuration program. The PC can be
disconnected from the network or used for other functions.
4. Push the button on one IPI to contact the other IPI. On the
calling IPI, the microphone is enabled, the Mic On LED
lights, and the button’s light changes from low amber to
bright/high amber. On the IPI being called, the button’s
light changes from low amber to bright/high amber.