Operation; Panel Turn-On; Initialization. Operational Panel; Number Of Channels - Altair IPcom Series User Manual

OPERATION

Operation
Units are pre-configured from factory as a simple two groups (party-line) system. Find bellow a guideline for
basic Panel operation. Additional information about channel configuration and operation is found in NEBULA
Configuration Manual.

Panel turn-on

The IPF Panel Station as well as the rest of the devices of the Ipcom series do not have a power button and
their operation is subject to the switch-on of the network switch to which they belong. Devices equipped with
power over Ethernet -PoE- ports, usually lack of this power switch running all time.
In many installations that do not require a 24/7 intercom system, a power button will be needed to turn on/off
the switch or switches dedicated to the intercom system for this purpose.
The power indication corresponds to display screen light that is always active in this device.

Initialization. Operational Panel

In the initialization process the Panel Station will first show the ALTAIR logo followed by the company logo if
it has been included (see BRAND LOGO in the NEBULA software).
Subsequently, a label in the right side of the display -channel 16- appears indicating that the unit does not yet
have a connection to the network "ETHERNET LINK DOWN" that will disappear in a few seconds.
At the end of the power on phase the display will show two channels with their corresponding assignments
within the system such as GROUP name, PRIVATE, CUE Standby, GPIO, etc.
Boot time may vary depending on the configured IP mode and configuration as well as other network factors.
This start time is around 60 seconds during which the unit will not be operational.

Number of Channels

The Panel Station allows operation with up to 32 simultaneous channels. The channels are accessible by
page change that is done by pressing the correspondent PAGE key.
The configuration of the number of channels is done from the NEBULA configuration software and by default
is 16 channels. See section "ADVANCED SETTINGS" page.
Iit is recommended to work in the 16 channel mode when possible, taking into account that channel 16 is
shared with general info of the system and MENU operations.
ALTAIR IPcom Series: Model IPF-316
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