Removing Events With Studio; Soundstructure Studio Automatically Creates Events - Polycom SoundStructure C16 Design Manual

Removing Events With Studio

Events may be removed by selecting one or more events and choosing the Remove Event button on the
events page.

SoundStructure Studio Automatically Creates Events

When a new project is created, SoundStructure Studio automatically creates events depending on the input
and output options selected. For example,
● If a Polycom Video Codec is added to a project, new events for volume control and mute are created.
These new events replace the pre-1.3 requirement to use the virtual channel names "Mics" and
"Amplifier".
● If PSTN interfaces are added to a project, events for tracking the call active state (onhook/offhook)
are created.
● If push-to-talk microphones are added, events for muting the microphones and for illuminating status
LED's are created.
● If an Polycom IR remote is selected, events mapping the key presses on the IR remote to the
appropriate functions within SoundStructure are created.
Backwards Compatibility with Earlier SoundStructure Firmware
As described in this section, SoundStructure device firmware 1.3 uses events to handle the muting and
volume control integration between a Polycom Video Codec and a SoundStructure device. In pre-1.3
versions of SoundStructure firmware, the names "Mics" and "Amplifier" were required for integrating the
Codec Mute and Volume control to SoundStructure devices. If those names were not defined in the
SoundStructure device, the Polycom Video Codec was not able to control the SoundStructure device.
SoundStructure device version 1.3 firmware uses a different and better way to handle the codec muting and
volume control.
1 If there are no events defined for the SoundStructure device, the earlier firmware behavior is
retained and the names "Mics" and "Amplifier" are required for the Polycom Video Codec to control
the SoundStructure device. This backward compatibility mode means that the SoundStructure
system behaves as it did prior to the firmware upgrade when there were no events defined.
2 When the SoundStructure device is upgraded to the 1.3 or later firmware, defining any events using
the Add Events feature causes SoundStructure Studio to automatically create the necessary
SoundStructure events for the Polycom Video Codec and SoundStructure device integration.
The following figure shows that the "Mics" and "Amplifier" names from earlier firmware are required until any
event is added. At that point, SoundStructure Studio creates all the necessary events to support the
integration with events.
Once the new events are created, the new events are used for the integration and the name "Mics" and
"Amplifier" are no longer required for Polycom Video Codec integration.
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