......................14 COMPONENTS REMOTE CONTROL ......................15 Remote control......................15 Remote control keys ....................16 Remote control alpha-numeric symbols to keys association........18 CABLING SCHEME ....................... 19 VIDEOCONFERENCE TIPS....................20 SYSTEM POSITIONING AND INSTALLATION ............... 21 POD ....................22 ONNECTING THE ETHRA OPERATION AND USE......................
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Dual Video Disconnection ....................32 ..........................33 HONEBOOK Entering Names in the Phonebook..................33 Modifying and Erasing Phonebook Entries ................ 34 Connecting to a global Remote Phonebook ................ 34 ....................35 IDEO NPUT ANAGEMENT ........................36 IDEO RIVACY ....................... 36 ONTROLLING AUDIO ......................
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Licenses ..........................72 Encryption .......................... 73 Password ..........................74 ........................75 RESENTATIONS Slides storage........................76 Slides recall via WEB client....................76 Saving slides on a PC ......................76 – MCU – ( ) ............ 77 NTEGRATED ULTI ONFERENCE OPTION MCU Technical Specifications.................... 77 Multiconference Setup ......................
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APPENDICES........................... 96 IP N ............96 ETWORK EQUIREMENTS FOR IDEOCOMMUNICATION NAT – FIREWALL I .................. 96 NTEROPERABILITY ........................100 IRELESS ARDS ......................101 ECHNICAL SPECIFICS TROUBLESHOOTING ......................102 GLOSSARY ..........................103 USE AND STORAGE CONDITIONS .................. 104...
CAUTION: contact an authorized technician/consultant for assistance. CLEANING To clean the device use a dry soft cloth (or with a CAUTION: when making repairs, disconnect the little bit of gentle detergent). Never use solvents, device from the power supply.
This equipment has been tested and found to out battery (this may vary form country to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, country). pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits •...
_ Instructions in a enumerated list must be accomplished following the reported order. A) . _ The list preceded by capital letters denotes possible choices at a main level. B) . _ The list preceded by small letters denotes possible choices at a secondary level.
Status Bar Active icon Inside a Menu you can: SELECT AN ICON – to choose an icon use arrow keys, yellow frame showing the selection. To activate the desired functionality, press OK. Main functions of the system can be performed using: icons in the graphical user interface.
Some functionalities, being optional, need to be activated by a licence. General introduction Vega® X7 is a very high-performance system at the cutting-edge of set-top technology. It is ideal for medium and large-sized videoconferencing sessions that require HD audio and video quality.
Audio-video cables for connection to a further monitor SCART adapter PC serial cable adapter LAN cables. Packaging The peripherals visible in the wiring system (see relevant chapter) that are not included in the above list are included as examples only.
Remote control controls all system functions (see “Remote control” chapter) Remote control uses 2 (two) 1.5V AAA alkaline batteries, and an alert appears on the status bar when batteries are low; user can change the batteries opening the cover on the remote control rear.
Activates/deactivates PiP (left upper corner being the PiP default position). If enabled, moves the PiP ( See “Control panel” paragraph). “PRIVACY” Key Once in connection the system does no send any more video live but the customizable video privacy image. Not in connection activates/deactivates: Video privacy.
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“(- / +)” Keys “VOL”: sets the audio level. “Mute” Key Activates/deactivates audio transmission. “Arrow Keys”: allow navigation inside interface pages and camera movements. “OK” Key: confirms actual selection. “Call” Key: Allows to call or receive an incoming call. “Disconnect” Key: Disconnects a call.
Insertion of the characters in the alphanumeric fields For numbers or letters insertion it is possible to use the alphanumeric keyboard of the remote control or, alternatively, the virtual keyboard by pressing the “OK” key once positioned on the alphanumeric field.
Try to fill the screen as much as possible with persons, not backgrounds Optimal Audio • Place the microphone on the table in front of people (use 2 microphones in case of big tables) • Do not place papers or other objects in front of the microphone •...
Connect the “Aethra High Band POD” (see “Cabling Scheme”, cable Connect: “Audio Line Out” audio outputs to audio inputs of main monitor or to an amplifier, “VGA/DVI-I” system main video output to main monitor input, (see “Cabling Scheme”, cable Connect the LAN input to the network.
How to connect, the High Band Pod microphone. High Band POD Connect the High Band POD output to the rear panel of the System. In case a second High Band POD is used: connect second POD output to first POD input.
ATTENTION !!! You have to insert SW licence enabling code (AETHRA SOFTWARE LICENCE KEY) When the equipment is switched on for the first time, the “Licences” page will appear on the screen, and you can insert the licence code. Now several choices are available: A) You can insert the licence code and enable it by pressing the “Enable licence”...
Home Page Once switched on, the System shows main user interface, the “Home Page”; from here you can place a Call, modify system Settings, and control system status by means of Status Bar. Video window - to Active icons to place a control local camera call.
How to make a call from Phonebook To enable the quick selection of a number to call, a phonebook is available to store data about terminals that are frequently called. To call one of these numbers, users need only select the entry in a list.
4. To close the virtual keypad, select the ESC key and press OK Move to the CALL icon and press OK to make the call. The same function can be achieved by pressing the “CALL “ key on the remote control.
To Reselect an Incoming or Outgoing Call Incoming calls are indicated with a red arrow while outgoing ones are indicated with a green one; a cyclic buffer of 60 numbers is available to store calls. To reselect a called number press the CALL remote control key twice. A list will appear, and numbers can be selected and modified.
If the automatic answer function (described in a later section) is not enabled, you will be asked whether or not to accept the call. If you are in a different page, you will be asked to accept or reject...
Move to the YES icon and press OK. Once Dual Video is activated, if the receiving terminal is set up with two monitors, the user will be able to see the two video streams simultaneously. If there is only one monitor, the user can switch between the...
Dual Video Disconnection To disconnect Dual Video only: Press the “Dual” key on the remote control. Move to the icon “Yes” and press OK. Note To disconnect the whole Videoconference press the “Disconnect” key on the remote control.
Move the arrow keys to the ENTER icon and press OK. The following page will be displayed: Enter data in the phonebook by using the remote control alphanumeric keys or the virtual keypad to fill out the available fields. Choose the call configuration to record the connection details for this user (“Type of call”...
To correctly configure remote server connection parameters, please contact your network administrator. To connect to the remote server, from “Phonebook” page move to the drop down menu and select the desired server IP address. To activate the connection select the “Connect” icon and press OK.
OK on the remote control. • From the Home Page, go to the “Magnifier” icon on the status bar and press OK. You will see a full screen display with the camera under your control. To release camera control, press OK.
The “VOLUME (+ and )” keys allow you to adjust the level of received audio. By pressing MUTE key you can activate the mute function, that is local audio will no longer be transmitted. On both the local and remote displays, the icon will appear, indicating that the mute function is active.
System Configuration - Settings This section describes the procedures to properly configure the System. Note that some configuration parameters can be modified only when no connection is active. User preferences From the “Home page” select: Settings User Settings The following page will be displayed: From here you can access the following submenus: Control Panel.
Disable or enable and configure TFTP server (to obtain server IP address, please contact your network administrator). If enabled, still images can be sent and stored in a TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) server. These still images will be available for future use.
Enable\Disable alphabetical digits only on the remote control. ID code (1-99): In order to control more systems with only one remote control, you can assign to each system a numeric code (01 to 99), and then consequently set the remote control.
General This menu contains the following configuration settings: Mute selected, at the start-up and after each disconnection system will not transmit audio, an icon will be displayed in the local and remote terminals. Do Not Disturb selected, at the start-up and after each disconnection system will not accept incoming calls, an icon will be displayed in the local terminal.
In a non-aggregated ISDN call, the audio number may be different from the video number. If this checkbox is not selected, the System will request the video number and offer by default the same number as the one used by audio.
Date and Time, selected camera, channel status, charges, and data channel. • TRASPARENCY: Allows you to add transparency to graphical pages where the video window is not reduced in size. This transparency can be set to four different preset levels (high=75% transparency, medium=50%, low=25%, opaque=0%).
Audio – Video – Data From the Home Page select: Settings Audio Video Data The following page will be displayed: You can access the following submenus: Audio Video Quality Cameras Monitor Data channel...
Outputs In this page you can configure audio flows sent to the System Audio outputs. You can first select Audio outputs from drop down menu, and then select the audio flow you want to send to the desired output. To restore factory values click on “Load default values” icon.
• “Audio Delay Automatic”: You can also synchronize audio with video. The audio delay represents the value in milliseconds by which received audio is delayed. In order to have perfect synchronization between audio and video, it is necessary to adjust these parameters according to the connection type.
Enable/disable the “remote control” of the local camera. • Enable/disable the “Bring Back to place button” of the local camera. The last position of the Main camera, in case of stand-by of the set top, will be memorized for being restored to wake up again. •...
Two analogical monitors and one XGA/DVI-I monitor. Dropdown Menu “Monitor Menu” (default setting: Automatic). In case the “TV1+ HighDefTV” configuration has been chosen, so to have two monitors connected to the system, is possible to choose where to see GUI (Graphical user interface).
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“Cabling Scheme” - RCA or Y/C connector, symbol 16:9 check box (use only with 16:9 monitors). If you select 16:9 check box, the system adds vertical side banners in order to scale full screen video image from 4:3 to 16:9.
In this page is possible to select “Multi Imagine” system functionalities: PIP: Picture In Picture Allows to see two overlapped images in one monitor, that is remote image in full-screen format, an local image in a smaller overlapped window. By means of remote control “Self” key you can switch windows content.
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(with precedence to remote ones). By selecting ON PIP and PaP functions are enabled if at least two video flows are available (in case of unique video flow you have a full screen image, e.g. when system is not connected) By selecting OFF PIP and PaP functions are disabled.
System. In the “Type” field, set the plasma model In the “Number of monitors” field, select the number of connected plasma monitors In the “Mode” field, select the default viewing mode from the pop-up menu. First time “Plasma type” is selected (usually factory done), a particular operations sequence must be followed: Do not connect the system and the monitor by means of serial cable.
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Once connected, an XGA remote signal automatically changes the viewing mode to BigLittleScreen mode; once in this mode, surfing inside menus will let back again to the MultiScreen viewing mode. To see a local XGA image select full-screen visualization, then you can switch to BigLittleScreen mode by pressing the “C”...
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Connected system that receives a remote XGA image (with 50” Pioneer plasma, you’ll obtain two 4:3 images, a big one (42”) with 1024 x 768 XGA resolution image and a small one (11”)). d) Connected system with remote XGA image, while local user looks at the menu.
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If this mode is selected, the system will show two video outputs in different-sized frames. The larger frame on the left will show the graphics relating to system management, while the video stream will appear in the smaller frame on the right.
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Connected system that receives an XGA image. d) Connected system while user browses the menu. e) Connected system that receive an XGA image on Dual Video XGA mode.
Data Channels In this menu you can: Enable or disable “Data” transmission. Select the transfer rate. Enable or disable “Modem function” (if activated allows AT commands usage). • Activate/de-activate the RS232 control. Choose the “data channel max rate” (only H.320).
“Bonding”. Determine if channels are to be bonded or not (ISDN only). Note: With audio and video encoder/decoder settings set to <Auto> the system choose the encoder/decoder based on the connection bit rate. Moreover you can explicitly enable/disable some functionalities, in order to have the system being...
Activate or deactivate the “Downspeed” function that is automatically called when one or more lines are dropped during a call. Activate the “FALLBACK” function in order to allow a phone call when the remote system is a basic telephone. Enable/disable the “Bonding Recovery” function in order to cope with a situation in which network errors (such as network SLIP errors) occur during a bonding connection.
If TEI Fixed is selected, then you must manually enter the TEI number. Conversely, by not selecting it, the parameter will be set as TEI Automatic. In this case, the TEI number will be automatically assigned by the exchange and no further operations in this menu are necessary.
> “Channel search from” starting from First or Last defined B channels. Note: It is appropriate here to stress that unless you have special needs, it is advisable to leave the “network” option selected, since incorrect configuration could create connection problems.
(see “X LINE NETWORK ADAPTER” §). G.703 interface configuration (option whit license) In order to use G.703, it is necessary to have a licence (see section on licensing for more information). In this menu you can: Choose either the “E1” or “T1” protocol...
NIC (V.35/RS449/RS530/X21) Interface Configuration (Licence Required—see “Licences” for more information) This section allows you to customize the NIC interface. The network type (X.21, V.35, RS449, RS530) is automatically recognized by the system. Available options: Select the maximum “Rate” from the drop-down menu.
IP Configuration. H.323 settings. SIP settings. Services. PPPoE. IP Configuration This menu is for Integrated LAN configurations; select “IP Configuration” and select the type of the desired LAN Network: • Select “IP Configuration” (Integrated LAN) • Select “IP Wireless Configuration”...
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DNS server IP address. Is possible to configure Ethernet port either for what concerns connection “LAN speed” (10Mbps / 100Mbps), or “Duplex Mode” (Half / Full), in order to optimally operate with HUB/Switch that do not support automatic configuration. Default configuration is <Auto> for both settings.
• Using NetMeeting: If a T.120 connection is available, a data conference using NetMeeting can be started by entering the IP address of the application host server. To enable this function: Check the box next to “Use NetMeeting” Enter a server IP address where the application is hosted.
The System is able to transmit to networks in either unicast or multicast. If the streaming is unicast, only one client at a time is allowed to connect to the stream. If it is multicast, there is no theoretical limit to the number of connected clients.
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“TTL” can be modified by an external application (e.g. from the Web). If this option is not selected and a unicast IP address is present in the “Address”, then only the system identified by that IP address would be able to view the stream.
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RTP information corresponding to both streams. Therefore, starting with an audio port number, it is implied that the audio data will be sent to this port number, video data will be sent to the audio port number plus two, and the odd port numbers before and after the video port will be used for RTP data.
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“Activate” key will enable the machine to begin the transmission of audio-video packets to the player. If you use QuickTime as a player, you can simply select “File” from the menu, then “Open URL in new player” and enter http://aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd/stream.sdp where aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd is the IP address of the System that is to send the stream.
• On call “Bandwidth” By selecting the “BANDWIDTH” icon, it is possible to enable and set maximum bandwidth usage limits (in Kbps). These limits can be different in transmission and reception, a very useful function for ADSL networks. On the PPPoE configuration page there is a PPPoE status LED:...
Video Standard: Select the video standard (PAL/NTSC), depending on the peripheral connected to Video Out. Selection Tone: Select the desired tone. Camera Frequency: <Auto> or 50Hz (NTSC). Date and time settings By means of arrow keys select time on the control bar, and press OK: insert date and time.
Installation Licenses This page is dedicated to supplementary functions not offered by default. In order to obtain information on the activation of these functions, please contact your system supplier. To insert a licence key by means of the remote control: Enter the licence key.
The configuration menu will be displayed; here you can set the following parameters: Use Encryption: If encryption is activated, the System will use encryption in either H.323 or H.320. It is also possible to enable/disable the encryption from the toolbar: select the padlock icon, and press OK.
Length of Prime DH Number Key (ISDN Only) The encryption protocol requires the simultaneous exchange of a prime number and an AES private key between terminals. For H.320 calls you can choose between two prime number lengths: • High Security (length 1024 bits) •...
Presentations During a call, the system allows to send slides or still images in Jpeg format that have been previously loaded on the system using a PC. • To load files onto the system, a PC with the AePPtManager program installed must be used.
A list will be opened, containing slides named SnapshotXX.jpg. Saving slides on a PC When a file is selected, the image will be uploaded to the PC and shown by the browser. Do not forget to save it on the PC.
Integrated Multi Conference Unit – MCU – (option) This section is dedicated to the functional description of the MCU (Multipoint Control Unit) integrated in the System. The MCU, if not enabled by default, must be enabled by entering an enabling code supplied by the manufacturer.
Preferred “Audio Coding” Preferred “Video Coding” Go to the corresponding drop-down menu, press OK, with the aid of the arrow keys on the remote control make your selection and press OK again to confirm. <Auto> is the default setting. In addition, you can select the following options: “Dual Video H.239”...
“Cascade Role”, “Master” or “Slave” This option allows you to set up cascaded MCUs in a two-level hierarchy tree. Corresponding to the base node of the cascade there is the Master System, with Slave Systems for the child nodes. Note In a mixed-mode MCU session, the user can choose to substitute NIC protocol for ISDN.
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With MCU on and various connected terminals, is possible to choose disposition and how many video flows should be displayed. From the full screen page of the manager, press right or left keys to select the “terminals disposition” icon, and press OK.
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! Note: This disposition enables Continuous Presence Active 2 Terminals speaker does not see its video. Shows (vertically tiled) two terminals video flows only, active speaker and previous speaker, independently from connected terminals number. ! Note: This disposition enables Continuous Presence Active 2 Terminals speaker does not see its video.
Multiconference Management Once the first 6 steps of paragraph “How to start a multiconference” have been accomplished, press the HOME key on the remote control to display the multiconference management interface. The window in the centre displays current local video. The following table shows various information icons for the local terminal (the MCU manager).
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Channel is connecting Channel connected Terminal connected For terminal disconnection Terminal not connected To make a call Microphone active For Mute activation (The audio is not transmitted) Microphone in For Mute deactivation MUTE Video active For broadcast activation Video not active...
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Active speaker terminal receives video of previous speaker. Broadcasted Video MCU manager sends selected video to all participants. In any case MCU manager can switch among the three modes by means of the dedicated icons in the MCU control page.
” icon, with connected terminals only, to visualize connection diagnostics Choose between “Always accept” or “Refuse” incoming IP or ISDN calls, with disconnected terminals only. Choose “Control Number” for ISDN, to insert the only number allowed to join the conference for that terminal. The “OK” icon closes the page.
Dual Video in MCU Dual Video functionality, based on H.239 standard, is available for multiconference calls, even in mixed mode (only SIP participants will not see the dual stream). To start a Dual Video session in a multiconference: Start a multiconference (see the “How to Start a Multiconference” section)
Finally, it is possible to generate a tone (Tone Loc.) to test the speaker volume, and the selection of “Tx Tone” during a connection will generate an audible tone at the remote system.
ISDN accesses. For each access you can see whether it is configured or not, whether it is active or not, and for each single access channel you can gain information such as the state, the number, cause of disconnection, “Error H.221”...
Connecting a personal computer The System can be connected to a personal computer either directly or via a network (LAN) in order to update software, change remote settings or perform diagnostic tests. Connecting a PC to the System without LAN...
” (XLNA) implements networking functions, increasing the number of ETWORK DAPTER ISDN BRI accesses (n° 4 ports) available on the set-top, making connections up to 512 Kbit/s possible. The module is plug&play. For installation, please refer to the manual provided with the module.
Access to the web page Start a web browser on your PC. Enter the System’s IP address in the address bar of the browser. A request to enter the system password will be displayed. Always enter “Aethra” in the User Name field.
Text field. Field for digit the messages. Text History filed. Field for read the old messages. “Alert” icon. It allows sending the label of the terminal and the text. The message sent will be shown as a text overlay with red color on the system monitor.
Download the update to a folder on a connected PC. When executed, the program will display the following: Enter the IP address of the system to be updated in the field labeled “Host IP Address.” Press Start to begin the download.
NetMeeting and allows you to connect via a LAN the System to a PC hosting NetMeeting. This enables a user on a local network to exploit the System as a kind of bridge in order to manage T.120 videoconference data traffic on ISDN, LAN or NIC.
Once the connection has been established, NetMeeting 3.xx is displayed in the foreground and you can perform all data conference management operations. If you desire to change the IP address of the System, you have to disconnect, press the key “Configure” and enter the new address to use.
This is necessary for the handling of increasing numbers of simultaneous connections or a network that is already loaded. The network needs to be set up so that latency and jitter are as low as possible. Extended times for latency and variable jitter can create serious problems, especially in video quality.
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A second solution is the improvement of the network by the introduction of an ALG, but this is intrusive and potentially expensive. ALGs are software packages specifically designed for firewalls from various producers that examine every packet attempting to pass through the firewall in order to determine whether it concerns a known protocol like H.323 or SIP.
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“listen” for incoming calls to establish IP connections, but the firewall is generally configured in such a way as not to allow packets past that are not expressly requested. Even if the network administrator left a port open for the terminal to receive notification of a call (port 1720, designated as a “well-known TCP port”) the video and voice communication protocols for IP necessitate the opening of...
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The NAT device substitutes the static IP address in the payload and header setup packet sent from the internal terminal to the external terminal. The destination terminal uses that address for addressing the reply packets, which are routed through the NAT device to the internal terminal.
Wireless Cards The minimal cards wireless requirement to use the system in wireless nets is standard Wi-Fi PCMCIA IEEE 802.11b. Some models of cards wireless supported: • BENQ AWL100 • CISCO/AIRONET AIRPCM 350 • All AGERE/ORINOCO compatible cards. For other information relative to the compatibility Wi-Fi 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11a please contact Help Desk Aethra Telecomunicazioni SpA.
Check that the data channel is enabled (see related section in between the two systems. this manual). Check that the IP of the DataConf is the same as that of the system to be connected. If the connection is IP, make sure that the check box “Use NetMeeting”...
QCIF Quarter Common Intermediate Format CIF Common Intermediate Format QoS Quality of Service CLIR Calling Line Identity Restriction Router A device that attaches two or more network devices and forwards data accordingly. CODEC Coder/Decoder RTS Ready To Send COLR Connected Line Identity Restriction...
Hereby, Aethra S.p.A. declares that this device complies with essential requirements and other relevant notes of R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC. The declaration of conformity maybe obtained from: Aethra S.p.A. - Via Matteo Ricci, 10 - 60126 Ancona - Italy www.aethra.com info.aethra@aethra.com...