Extron Electronics IPI 200 Series User Guide - Manual (Page 20)

Installation, cont’d
IPI 100 and IPI 200 Series • Installation 2-6
Multiple PCs to panel
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.
TCP/IP
Network
Straight-through
Network Cable
IP 10.XX.XX.03
Audio
Card
Chem Lab
Stockroom
IP 10.XX.XX.02
Audio
Card
Campus
Police
IP 10.XX.XX.01
Audio
Card
MIS
Help Desk
Lab
IP 10.XX.XX.06
IPI 204 AAP
Office
IP 10.XX.XX.07
IPI 201 AAP
MLC 226 IP
Classroom
IP 10.XX.XX.05
MLC 226 IP AAP IPI 104 AAP
PROJECTOR
1 2 3 4 5 6 VOLUME
CONFIG IR
ON OFF AUTO IMAGE
MUTE
LAPTOP
VCR DVD AUX VIDEO
PC
Classroom
IP 10.XX.XX.04
MLC 226 IP AAP IPI 101 AAP
PROJECTOR
1 2 3 4 5 6 VOLUME
CONFIG IR
ON OFF AUTO IMAGE
MUTE
LAPTOP
VCR DVD AUX VIDEO
PC
MLC 226 IP
INTERCOM MONITOR
LEVEL HIGH MED LOW
IPI 101
PUSH TO TALK HELP
DESK
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.