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Step 4 - Uploading Or Working Offline
In step 4, you can decide to either work offline or work online. When working online, you can select a set of
devices to upload the settings to via the Ethernet or RS-232 interfaces. As a best practice, Polycom
recommends you design the file offline, customize settings - including the wiring page as described in the
Customizing SoundStructure Designs
device for final online adjustments.
In this example, the design file is created offline for offline configuration and later uploaded to the device.
Creating Design Projects Offline
To find devices on the network:
1 Select Send configuration to devices.
SoundStructure Studio searches for devices on the local LAN as defined by the Ethernet interface's
subnet mask or the RS-232 interface. See
information on uploading and downloading configuration files and
to use the Address Book functionality.
2 Click Finish.
SoundStructure Studio creates a design file including defining all the virtual channels and virtual
channel groups such as those shown the following figure.
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if the system has already been cabled, and upload the settings to the
Installing SoundStructure Devices for additional
Appendix B: Address Book for how
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