Viewing Soundstructure Command Logs; Understanding Soundstructure System Compatibility Considerations - Polycom SoundStructure C16 Design Manual

Once the system is set to open, the appearance of the system in SoundStructure Studio will change from
the authenticated view on the left side of the following figure to the default open view shown on the right.
Default Open View in SoundStructure Studio

Viewing SoundStructure Command Logs

SoundStructure system logs show that a system has authentication enabled and will show that an
authenticate command has been sent as shown below.
Dec 22 17:18:29 gcp: cmd: [1:5:192.168.1.200] authenticate "admin" "****"
Dec 22 17:18:29 gcp: ack: [1:5:192.168.1.200] authenticated
Passwords are replaced with "****" in the log and in command acknowledgements to prevent unintended
disclosure of the system password.
Understanding SoundStructure System Compatibility
Considerations
Using SoundStructure System Control with Third-party Control Systems
Control of a SoundStructure system over RS-232 does not require authentication. The RS-232 interface
always operates in an open mode.
For network control, the control system can detect whether authentication is enabled by trying to connect to
port 52774. If the session does not connect, the control system should try to connect over port 52775. If the
connection succeeds then the SoundStructure system has authentication enabled.
If authentication is enabled, the control system connected to a SoundStructure system over the network at
port 52775 can authenticate as follows, assuming the password of the system is 456:
authenticate "admin" "456"
The SoundStructure device will send back the response:
authenticated
Once authenticated, SoundStructure API commands can be sent and the associated command
acknowledgements will be received.
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