Linking Multiple Soundstructure Devices With One Big Audio Matrix; Introduction; Preparing Units For Linking With Obam; Updating Soundstructure Device Firmware - Polycom SoundStructure C16 Design Manual

Linking Multiple SoundStructure Devices
with One Big Audio Matrix
This chapter describes how to
● link up to eight SoundStructure devices together with One Big Audio Matrix,
● create a configuration file for multiple SoundStructure devices,
● upload and confirm that the SoundStructure system is functional, and
● control a SoundStructure system.

Introduction

Up to eight SoundStructure devices may be linked together using the SoundStructure One Big Audio Matrix
(OBAM) interfaces. Each of these SoundStructure devices may also have one telephony card installed for
up to 8 telephone cards and support for 16 independent phone lines. Any C-series or SR-series
SoundStructure devices may be linked together.
When multiple SoundStructure devices are linked the SoundStructure system displays as one large system
with one matrix and one set of input and output channels to configure. SoundStructure Studio version 1.2
or higher and SoundStructure firmware version 1.2 or higher is required to configure a SoundStructure
system that is comprised of multiple SoundStructure devices.

Preparing Units for Linking with OBAM

Updating SoundStructure Device Firmware

Before linking multiple SoundStructure devices, the firmware in each SoundStructure device must be
updated to version 1.2 or higher. SoundStructure devices with firmware earlier than version 1.2 must be
updated one device at a time. For SoundStructure devices with firmware 1.2 and later, the OBAM interface
enables multiple SoundStructure devices to have their firmware updated simultaneously.
The steps to update a SoundStructure device's firmware are described in detail in
Devices and are summarized here for convenience.
1 Copy the firmware file to a local folder on your computer
2 Connect to the SoundStructure device via Ethernet (recommended) or RS-232 (select a baud-rate
of 115,200 due to the size of the firmware file and the subsequent long file transfer times at lower
baud rates)
3 Once connected, left-click on the system name to show the firmware update option. Select 'Open' to
find the firmware file from your desktop.
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