Synoptic Microphone Control; Configuration Procedure - Bosch DICENTIS Software Manual

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Synoptic Microphone Control

Background information
A chairperson or clerk can have more control over a meeting by granting or stopping speech
via a visual layout of the speakers' room, thus making the discussion more productive. The
functionality consists of two parts:
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Configuration Procedure

Synoptic Microphone Control is automatically installed with the server software on the server
PC. A user account called "Synoptic" has been created automatically. This user is necessary
for the communication between the web application and the DICENTIS server.
Precondition
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To configure synoptic control in the Meeting Application:
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Bosch Security Systems B.V.
Configure Synoptic Microphone Control
Manage Synoptic Microphone Control
To use this page, the logged in user must belong to a User Group that has the right
Configure System (for example, Admin User).
Navigate to Configure > Users.
– Check if the user account "Synoptic" has been created successfully.
– The Password for the synoptic user is "synoptic".
Use the Synoptic view button in the Meeting Application to navigate to the web address:
http://<serverpc>/synopticcontrol
– Add the exception, and accept the proposed certificates for all clients that you want
to run Synoptic Microphone Control on.
Log in with the user "Admin" in the synoptic application.
– Click the Select background button, and select a suitable background for the room.
– Click the Start configuration button.
– Drag and drop the synoptic icons to the place where they are physically sitting in the
room. Use Show grid and Snap to grid for easier placement in a (large) room.
Note: If Start illuminate device has been selected in the synoptic application, the
microphone LED illuminates when moving the device icon in the synoptic layout, so it can
be easily identified in the room. If the Select device or Microphone button on the device
is selected, the icon in the synoptic layout turns red.
– Adjust the size of the icons using the blue plus and minus sign.
– Once you are satisfied with the layout, click Stop configuration.
The synoptic layout can automatically switch to displaying voting results when a voting
round is open. This can be configured via the Manual / Auto switch button. The Web
client seat requires a voting license to display the voting results.
Navigate to Seats and devices in the Meeting Application.
– Create a seat for the device <serverpc> Webclient.
– Give the seat a logical name, for example, Synoptic control.
– Grant "Manage meeting" rights to the seat. This is needed for synoptic to be able to
switch the microphones on and off.
– If the synoptic layout is also used to display the individual voting results in a synoptic
layout, a voting license should be assigned to the seat for the synoptic layout.
– If the synoptic layout is also used to power on and off the devices, the Web client
device should be granted Has power off capabilities.
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