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8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+
with optional 1198 Satellite Speakers
Document 90-00109
2020-09-21
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User Guide
Order Codes
8198
Algo Communication Products Ltd
4500 Beedie St Burnaby BC Canada V5J 5L2
www.algosolutions.com
SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+
8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+
(604) 454-3792
support@algosolutions.com

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  • Page 1 8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ 8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ with optional 1198 Satellite Speakers User Guide Order Codes 8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ Document 90-00109 Algo Communication Products Ltd (604) 454-3792 2020-09-21 4500 Beedie St Burnaby BC Canada V5J 5L2 support@algosolutions.com...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Air Handling Spaces UL2043 ......................11 Suspended Installation ......................... 11 Wiring Connections ......................11 Connecting Input Devices ......................12 Connecting 1198 satellite speakers (One 8198 with up to three 1198) ..........13 Reset............................14 Programming and Configuration ....................14 Features ..........................15 SIP Paging: One 8198 (with or without Satellites) ................
  • Page 3 8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ Advanced Settings Tab – Admin ....................43 Advanced Settings Tab – Time ...................... 47 Advanced Settings Tab – Provisioning ................... 48 Advanced Settings Tab – Advanced Audio ..................50 Advanced Settings Tab – Advanced SIP ..................52 Advanced Settings Tab –...

  • Page 4: Important Safety Information

    à l’intérieur. Tout le câblage rattaché au produit doit se trouver dans le même édifice. Si le produit est installé au-delà du périmètre de l’édifice ou utilisé pour plusieurs édifices, le câblage doit être protégé des surtensions transitoires. Algo recommande qu’un électricien qualifié se charge de l’installation de ce produit.
  • Page 5 。 INSTALLATION An improperly installed 8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker could fall from the ceiling and cause serious injury or death. The four screw mounting clamps will adequately support the speaker if the ceiling material is sufficiently strong. An optional T-bar mounting bracket (Algo 8188TBR) or Ceiling Tile 2’x2’...
  • Page 6 8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ DRY INDOOR LOCATION ONLY The 8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker is intended for dry indoor locations only. For outdoor locations, Algo offers weatherproof speakers and strobe lights. CAT5 or CAT6 connection wiring to an IEEE 802.3af compliant network PoE switch must not leave the building perimeter without adequate lightning protection.

  • Page 7: Overview

    The 8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker allows up to three 1198 Satellite Speakers to be connected, which allows it to cover a large area with only one 8198. This reduces the number of network connections that are required, which can reduce the total cost of installation.
  • Page 8 8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ • Optional white Ceiling Tile 2’x2’ Panel (8188T2x2) • Optional Hydrophobic Membrane Screen (8188MEM) • Optional wall switch (Algo 1202, 1203 or 1204) • Hardware for cable or chain suspension • This User Guide (www.algosolutions.com/8198/guide) Document 90-00109...

  • Page 9: Setup And Installation

    7. Verify the extension is properly registered with the SIP server in the Status tab. Ensure the SIP Registration is “Successful”. 8. Make a call to the speaker by dialing the page SIP extension of the 8198 from a telephone. The speaker should auto-answer, play the default pre-annouce audio file, and open a speech path.

  • Page 10: Ceiling Installation

    8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ Ceiling Installation The 8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker is intended to be mounted in a T-bar acoustic tile, gypsum ceiling, or suspended from a ceiling or truss. The speaker can be secured to the ceiling tile by itself, however, for additional support the speaker may also be tethered using a chain or cable via a 1/4”...

  • Page 11: Air Handling Spaces Ul2043

    A tool supplied with the 8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker can be used to remove the grill. If lost, a small Allen key or heavy duty paperclip bent into an L shape can be used to remove the grill by pulling close to the edge.

  • Page 12: Connecting Input Devices

    Connecting Input Devices The input relay to the 8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker can be prompted by any normally open, normally closed switch, Algo 1202 Call Button, Algo 1203 Call Switch, or Algo 1204 Volume Control Switch.

  • Page 13: Connecting 1198 Satellite Speakers (One 8198 With Up To Three 1198)

    Connecting 1198 satellite speakers (One 8198 with up to three 1198) The 8198 SIP ceiling speaker is able to drive up to three 1198 satellite speakers. Use an industry standard network cable to connect between the "Satellite" port on the 8198, and the "In"...

  • Page 14: Reset

    <The 8198 and the 1198 termination plug – left to right> Reset A recessed reset button (RST) next to the blue LED can only be used to reset the 8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker at time of power up. To return all the settings to the factory default for the 8198, reboot or power cycle the 8198.

  • Page 15: Features

    Multicast Overview In addition to the ring and page features, the 8198 is able to send and receive IP audio multicast messages over the network to support larger deployment for both paging and ring/notification.

  • Page 16: Sip Paging: Multiple Algo Sip Endpoints (Using Multicast)

    8198, 8128, 8201, 8301, and 8373). SIP Paging: Multiple Algo SIP Endpoints (Using Multicast) Multicast features in the 8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker require that only the ONE of the speaker be registered as a SIP extension. Additional Algo SIP endpoints, including any...

  • Page 17: Background Music Streaming

    Audio files can be sotred in speaker memory and played over the speaker in response to an event such as a ring or relay input, and also multicast to other Algo SIP endpoints on the network, See Additional Feature > Emergency Alets and Additional Features >...
  • Page 18 2. Rename the public certificate ‘siptrusted’ with any of supported formats (.pem, .cert, or .cer). 3. In the web interface of the Algo device, navigate to the System > File Manager tab. 4. Upload the certificate files into the ‘certs’ directory. Click the Upload button in the top left corner of the file manager and browser to the certificate.
  • Page 19 8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ Important: To verify the server you must ‘Enable’ the ‘Validate Server Certificate’ option. This then checks if the certificate that is provided by the server is signed by any of the CAs included in the list of trusted CAs (used by the Debian infrastructure and Mozilla browsers).
  • Page 20 ‘SDP SRTP Offer’ to ‘Standard’. In this case, if the other party does not support audio encryption, then the call attempt will be rejected. Important: In order for a SIP server to validate the Algo device, an additional certificate has to be installed on the Algo device manually. For Firmware v1.7, the only way to add this user certificate file is to use a ‘.pem’, ‘.crt’, or ‘.cer’...

  • Page 21: Web Interface Status And Login

    8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ Web Interface Status and Login Web Interface Login The web interface requires a password which is ‘algo’ by default. This password can be changed in the Admin tab after logging in the first time. Document 90-00109...

  • Page 22: Status

    8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ The Web Interface is accessed by entering the 8198’s IP Address into a web browser. Important: It is highly recommended to change the default password if the device is directly connected to a public network.

  • Page 23: Web Interface Basic Settings

    8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ Web Interface Basic Settings Basic Settings Tab – SIP SIP Server information and Credentials should be obtained from your telephone system administrator or hosted account provider. After saving the settings, see the Status tab to confirm the registration was successful.
  • Page 24 Ring Extension This is the SIP extension for the 8198 speaker’s Ring parameter. The device will detect inbound ring events on this extension and play the alerting tone (and multicast if required) until the inbound call stops ringing. It will not answer the call on this extension.

  • Page 25: Basic Settings Tab - Features

    8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ Basic Settings Tab – Features Ring/Alert Tone Select an audio file to play when a ring event is detected on the SIP Ring extension. The file may be played immediately to the speaker from the web interface for test purposes using the Play, Loop, and Stop buttons.
  • Page 26 8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ Ring/Alert Volume Set speaker volume for SIP ring event. This setting is an amplifier gain control and the output level will also depend on the levels recorded into the source audio file played from memory. This setting is only used for local tones, and not when receiving multicast (see Page Speaker Volume below).

  • Page 27: Basic Settings Tab - Multicast

    Basic Settings Tab – Multicast Multicast IP Addresses Each 8198 Ceiling Speaker has its own IP address, and shares a common multicast IP and port number (multicast zone) for multicast packets. The master transmits to a configurable multicast zone, and the slave units listen to all the multicast zones assigned to them.
  • Page 28 Multicast Mode (Master/Sender Selected) If master mode is enabled the 8198 will broadcast an IP stream when activated in addition to playing the audio over its own speaker. (Note that the 8198 cannot be both a multicast Master and Slave simultaneously).
  • Page 29 To multicast page announcements solely to Polycom phones, select “Polycom Group Page” or “Push-to-Talk”. Then, configure the 8198 with the “Polycom Zone” (IP Address and Port) and “Polycom Default Channel”. Note: always ensure that the multicast settings on all Slaves match those of the Master.
  • Page 30 8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ In ‘DTMF Selectable Mode’, to page, dial the SIP extension of the master device: ####, then dial the desired DTMF page zone (e.g. 1, 2, etc.) on the keypad when prompted. 1. Press DTMF Extension 9 for Priority Call 2.

  • Page 31: Basic Settings Tab - Multicast (Slave Settings)

    Basic Settings Tab – Multicast (Slave Settings) Multicast Mode (Slave Selected) If Slave mode is enabled the 8198 will activate when receiving a multicast message. It will mimic the audio stream, but use local volume settings (‘Page Speaker Volume’ in Basic Settings >...
  • Page 32 Polycom Groups configured on the Algo device. If an Algo device is used as a Multicast master, a tone does not have to be set as the Algo master will provide its own tone. Polycom Group Tones can be set in Advanced Settings > Advanced Multicast tab.

  • Page 33: Web Interface Additional Features

    Web Interface Additional Features Additional Features Tab – Input/Output When triggered by an input relay, the 8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker can perform actions such as playing a pre-recorded announcement over the speaker(s), sending the announcement as a private message to a phone, or initiating a two-way conversation between the speaker and a phone.
  • Page 34 While the 8198 can be configured to play the WAV file only once, it can also be enabled to play it continuously with just one touch on the 1202 Call Button. The action can then be stopped via the smaller oval cancel button located below the main call button on the 1202 Call Button.
  • Page 35 Action – Play Tone When the 8198 input is triggered, a tone or a pre-recorded WAV file will play over the speaker via the Line Out, or multicast if enabled. This function can be used to call...
  • Page 36 Select the maximum call length. The call will be terminated once the maximum time is reached. In the event that a call inadvertently reaches voicemail or gets accidentally left on hold, this setting ensures that the 8198 returns on-hook. Output Light Enable/Disable the blue light on the speaker entirely (keep the light off even when the speaker is active).

  • Page 37: Additional Features Tab - Emergency Alerts

    8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ Additional Features Tab – Emergency Alerts Document 90-00109 Algo Communication Products Ltd (604) 454-3792 2020-09-21 4500 Beedie St Burnaby BC Canada V5J 5L2 support@algosolutions.com Page 37 www.algosolutions.com...
  • Page 38 8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ Emergency Alerts allow for an announcement to be triggered & latched by calling a preconfigured Emergency extension and hanging up. The announcement can be chosen to play once or to play until cancel. “Play Once” mode will play a single cycle of the chosen tone file, despite of its duration.

  • Page 39: Additional Features Tab - More Page Extensions

    Extension, Authentication ID, and Authentication password. The 8198 will auto-answer any inbound calls received on these numbers and provide a voice paging path and multicast if configured. Note that only a single call can be active at a time.

  • Page 40: Additional Features Tab - More Ring Extensions

    8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ Additional Features Tab – More Ring Extensions Up to 10 SIP Ring extensions can be registered. To configure additional ring extensions, click “Enable” beside the target extension and enter the Extension, Authentication ID, and Authentication password. A unique Ring Tone and Multicast Zone can be assigned to each extension if desired.

  • Page 41: Web Interface Advanced Settings

    8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ Web Interface Advanced Settings Advanced Settings Tab – Network Document 90-00109 Algo Communication Products Ltd (604) 454-3792 2020-09-21 4500 Beedie St Burnaby BC Canada V5J 5L2 support@algosolutions.com Page 41 www.algosolutions.com...
  • Page 42 8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ Internet Protocol The 8198 can be set to have IPv4 only or both IPv4 and IPv6 method as its internet protocol. IPv4/IPv6 Method The 8198 can be set to a DHCP or a static IP address. When DHCP is selected, DHCP will automatically configure IP addresses for each 8198 Ceiling Speaker on the network.

  • Page 43: Advanced Settings Tab - Admin

    Advanced Settings Tab – Admin Password Password to log into the 8198 Ceiling Speaker web interface. You should change the default password algo in order to secure the device on the network. If you have forgotten your password, you will need to perform a reset using the Reset Button in order to restore the password (as well as all other settings) back to the original factory default conditions.
  • Page 44 Log Level Use on the advice of Algo technical support only. Log Method Allows the 8198 to write to external Syslog server if the option for external (or both) is selected. Log Server If “Network” or “Both” is selected this is the address of the Syslog server on the network.
  • Page 45 8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ Web Interface Protocol The HTTPS is always enabled on the device. Use ‘HTTPS Only’ to disable HTTP, then requests will be automatically redirected to HTTPS. Also note that since the device can have any address on the local network, no security certificate exists, and thus most browsers will provide a warning when using HTTPS.
  • Page 46 Syn-Apps Revolution paging application converts unicast streams to multicast and delivers them to the target endpoints. The feature can only be used on the 8198 when Multicast Master Mode is disabled (set to ‘None’) in the Basic Settings > Multicast tab.

  • Page 47: Advanced Settings Tab - Time

    8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ Advanced Settings Tab – Time Network time is used for logging events into memory for troubleshooting. Timezone Select time zone. NTP Time Servers 1/2/3/4 The interface will attempt to use Timer Server 1 and work down the list if one or more of the time servers become unresponsive.

  • Page 48: Advanced Settings Tab - Provisioning

    This will prevent unauthorized re-configuration of the device if DHCP is used. Provisioning allows installers to pre-configure the 8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ units prior to installation on a network. It is typically used for large deployments to save time and ensure consistent setups.
  • Page 49 “Provisioning Server”: TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol), FTP, HTTP, or HTTPS. For example, the 8198 configuration files can be automatically downloaded from a TFTP server using DHCP Option 66. This option code (when set) supplies a TFTP boot server address to the DHCP client to boot from.

  • Page 50: Advanced Settings Tab - Advanced Audio

    Since all the necessary settings can be included in this file, the 8198 will be ready to work immediately after the configuration file is downloaded. The MAC address of each 8198 can be found on the back label of the unit.
  • Page 51 8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ Always Send RTP Media If enabled, audio packets will be sent at all times, even during one-way paging mode. This option is needed in cases when the server expects to see audio packets at all times.

  • Page 52: Advanced Settings Tab - Advanced Sip

    8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ Advanced Settings Tab – Advanced SIP SIP Transportation Which transport layer protocol to use for SIP messages. Setting ‘SIP Transportation’ to ‘TLS’, ensures the encryption of SIP traffic. SIPS Scheme Only visible when ‘SIP Transportation’ set to ‘TLS’. Enabling SIPS Scheme requires the SIP connection from endpoint to endpoint to be secure.
  • Page 53 SIP Outbound Support (RFC 5626) Enable this option to support best networking practices according to RFC 5626. This option should generally be enabled if the Algo device is being registered with a hosted server or if TLS is being used for SIP Transportation.
  • Page 54 If Server Redundancy is selected the web page will expand as shown below. Backup Server #1 If the primary server is unreachable the 8198 will attempt to register with the backup servers. If enabled, the 8198 will always attempt to register with the highest priority server.
  • Page 55 8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ Backup Server #2 If backup server #1 is unreachable the 8198 will attempt to register with the 2nd backup server. If enabled, the 8198 will always attempt to register with the highest priority server. Polling Intervals (seconds) Time period between sending monitoring packets to each server.

  • Page 56: Advanced Settings Tab - Advanced Multicast

    When using multicast with other third-party devices that have a delay in their audio path, the audio on the 8198 may be heard slightly earlier than on these other devices. By adding audio delay up to one second, the 8198 may be synchronized with other speakers or telephones that have greater latency.
  • Page 57 Settings > Features tab. Unique paging tones may be revised for any given slave zone in the table above. Slave Mode: When an Algo device is the multicast Master, a page tone will play on the Slave device, so it is recommended to set the Slave tone to “None”. If a page is received from a non-Algo device that doesn’t send a tone, a tone can be inserted on the Slaves...

  • Page 58: Web Interface System

    Restore Configuration File Restore settings from a backup file. Restore Configuration to Defaults Resets all 8198 Paging Adapter & Scheduler device settings to factory default values. Download Backup File Saves the device settings (configuration) and all the files in File Manager: certificates, licenses, and tones to a backup zip file.

  • Page 59: System Tab - Firmware

    How to upgrade the 8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker Firmware 1. From the top menu, click on System, then Maintenance. 2. In the Upgrade section, click on Choose File and select the 8198 firmware file to upload. Note that a SFW file must be loaded.

  • Page 60: System Tab - File Manager

    8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ System Tab – File Manager Files must be uploaded on to the designated folder, unless the 8198 will not recognize the file. For TLS provisioning and SIP signaling, a certificate file must be uploaded on to the ‘certs’...

  • Page 61: System Tab - Tones

    8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ Tone Files Included in Memory The 8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ includes several pre-loaded audio files that can be selected to play for various events. The web interface allows selection of the audio file and also the ability to play the audio file immediately over the speaker for testing. Files may also be deleted or renamed.

  • Page 62: System Tab - System Log

    8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ System Tab – System Log System log files are automatically created and assist with troubleshooting in the event the 8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ does not behave as expected. Document 90-00109 Algo Communication Products Ltd...

  • Page 63: Specifications

    1 to 1000 ms selectable for synchronization Audio Memory: 1 GByte available Speech Processing: ALC, filtering, compression Relay Input: Normally open or normally closed dry contact supervision. Algo 1202 CallBox, Algo 1203 Wall Switch, EOL termination Relay Input Current Active Idle Tamper Draw Detection Normally Open >4mA...

  • Page 64: Fcc Compliance Statement

    8198 SIP Ceiling Speaker PoE+ FCC Compliance Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.

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