Connecting Multiple Polycom Video Codec Conferencing Systems - Polycom SoundStructure C16 Design Manual

Design Guide for Polycom SoundStructure Studio C16, C12, C8, and SR12 SoundStructure Studio 1.9.0
A Polycom digital microphone may be moved between SoundStructure devices by moving the individual
elements on the wiring page and also by connecting the Polycom digital microphone physically to a different
SoundStructure device. The three elements A, B, and C, of each Polycom digital microphones must all
reside on the same SoundStructure device where the digital microphone is plugged into. It is not possible
to allocate a digital microphone's elements across SoundStructure device boundaries where for example
element A is one SoundStructure device and element B and C are on a different SoundStructure system.
As with any application that uses Polycom microphones, update the microphones to the latest microphone
firmware by connecting each microphone, one at a time, to the SoundStructure device. If there is an
Polycom Video Codec in the system, disconnect the Polycom Video Codec from the SoundStructure
device's other CLink2 port. The SoundStructure device compares the version of firmware in the
SoundStructure device with that in the microphone and if the SoundStructure device contains a newer
version of microphone firmware, the Polycom microphone is updated with the new firmware. This process
takes less than 10 seconds per microphone and while the microphone firmware is being updated, the LED's
inside the Polycom microphone turns orange.

Connecting Multiple Polycom Video Codec Conferencing Systems

Using OBAM -linked SoundStructure devices, it is possible for each SoundStructure device to be digitally
connected to a Polycom Video Codec conferencing system as shown in the following figure.
Each Polycom Video Codec requires one connection to an available CLink2 port on the rear panel of a
SoundStructure device and only one Polycom Video Codec may be connected per SoundStructure device.
The first Polycom Video Codec should be connected to the master SoundStructure device and then
subsequent Polycom Video Codecs connected to other SoundStructure devices. In the following figure,
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