Conference Composer Software - Polycom EF2201 Brochure & Specs

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Conference Composer is the design and configuration software that is supplied with the Vortex. Its purpose is to make it easy and
intuitive to configure the Vortex, share configuration files, create presets, create macros, and assign events to logic input and
output pins. Conference Composer makes using the Vortex simple and intuitive. Conference Composer operates under Windows™
NT, 2000, and XP.
A powerful addition to Conference Composer is our InstantDesigner setup wizard. For more information on the Polycom
InstantDesigner, see the next section or check out our application
note on InstantDesigner.
Conference Composer may either be run online (connected via
RS-232) with a Vortex or off-line (not connected to a Vortex)
depending on how you would like to use it. If you work off-line it is
easy to save the settings to a file (with CCP file extension), share the
files with others, and then upload the settings into a Vortex when
you go online. The online or off-line operation of Conference
Composer is the same, although if you are operating off-line you will
need to add devices to the project before you can start working with
the devices.
Conference Composer organizes your projects into a hierarchy of
Project, Device Chain, and Device. Starting from the bottom of the
list, a device is simply that – some piece of equipment that will be
used in the installation. A Device Chain is a collection of devices
that are linked together through the EF Bus (that's where the name
device chain comes from). Typically these represent all the devices
that are tied to a particular serial port on your computer or controller.
The project represents a collection of device chains. Multiple
projects may be open at the same time.
Each device in Conference Composer is represented by a list of sub-
entries or tabs for that device. For the Vortex, those fields are
System, Mic/Line Inputs, etc. as shown in Figure 16. Clicking on either a tab or the
field name will bring you to a page with specific controls for that set of functions.
Figure 17 shows some of the controls that are available to configure mic/line inputs
1-8, line inputs A-D, and the signal generator.
There are similar controls for the parametric EQ capabilities, the automixer, the
matrixer, the outputs, etc. See the Conference Composer documentation for more
information about using Conference Composer.
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Figure 16. Project with an EF2201 at device ID 0 and an EF2280
at device ID 0.
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