Aiphone IS-SOFT manual

Thank you for selecting Aiphone for your communication and security needs. Please read this manual and the separate “SETTING MANUAL” carefully before setting and using the PC master station. Please note that images and illustrations depicted in this manual may differ from the actual ones. IS SERIES Commer cial & Secur ity IP Video Inter com[...]

2 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .......................... 4 PRECAUTIONS ........................... 4 General precautions ..................... 4 Notes on using this product ........ 4 Notes on communication ............. 4 Notices ........................................... 4 GETTING ST ARTED ....................... 5 P ART NAMES AND THEIR FUNCTIONS ....[...]

3 PLA Y .......................................... 30 Playing recorded image (and/or sound) ............................. 30 Deleting a recorded fi le .............. 31 APPENDIX ..................................... 32 TECHNICAL PRECAUTIONS ... 32 A V AILABLE CHARACTER LIST ........................................... 32 SPECIFICA TIONS ...........[...]

4 INTRODUCTION The IS system is a video security communication system especially designed for applications in facilities such as of fi ce buildings, factories, schools, hospitals, and prisons. This product is an application to be installed in a PC to use it as a PC master station in the IS system. The PC master station can be used almost as the sa[...]

5 GETTING STARTED APPENDIX USING THE PC MASTER STATION P ART NAMES AND THEIR FUNCTIONS NO TE: Confi rm the icon on the task bar at the bottom-right of the PC screen is blue. If the icon is gray , the settings ha ve not been made correctly . ( → “SETTING MANU AL”) Main window Minimize button Minimizes the main window . Status display icons (R[...]

6 Status display icons The following icons are displayed here depending on the status of the PC master station. The color of an icon changes according to the priority level. * Normal: green Priority: yellow Urgent: red List of the mainly-used icons Icons The status when the icon appears Appears while talking to the target station, being called from[...]

7 GETTING STARTED APPENDIX USING THE PC MASTER STATION V olume control window NO TE: Sudden rise of the tone volume and speak er volume may damage your eardrum(s). Be sure to lower the v olume fi rst, and then rise the v olume little by little to adjust it. Dial keys window Close button Closes the V olume control window . Minimize button Minimizes[...]

8 Speed dial window Play window Station Select tab Selects the target station type or remote site for searching for recorded fi les. Prior fi le button Displays the previous fi les in the fi le display area. Stop button Stops play . Play button Plays a selected fi le. Pause button T emporarily stops play . Slow button Makes play in slow motion[...]

9 GETTING STARTED APPENDIX USING THE PC MASTER STATION OUTLINE OF OPERA TIONS The following describes the outline of operations you can perform with a PC master station. Communication On a sub station (door station or room sub station), you can call up to 20 preset (PC) master stations in your site at the same time. • Or you can call up to19 (PC)[...]

10 Paging On a PC master station, you can initiate paging or chime paging to the selected zone(s). All the stations previously registered to the zone(s) receive the paging or chime. ( → P . 27) Y ou can also call another (PC) master station or a sub station individually by direct voice call. The receiver can reply in the hands- * free mode. Y ou [...]

11 GETTING STARTED APPENDIX USING THE PC MASTER STATION Door release On a PC master station, you can unlock the door associated with a sub station call in which a door release device is connected. ( → P . 18) Y ou can also unlock the door (door release device) connected to a sub station in a remote site depending on the setting. * NO TE: If the d[...]

12 RECEIVING AND ANSWERING A CALL ON THE PC MASTER ST A TION The following describes the communication method using a PC master station. When receiving a call from a remote site, the operation methods are the same as described below , however it may take a longer * time for some operations and their responses. For example, there may be a time diffe[...]

13 GETTING STARTED APPENDIX USING THE PC MASTER STATION Answering a call The maximum duration of communication is preset in the System setting. (It can be set to a maximum of 10 minutes.) Answer the call in one of the following ways. 1 ■ Communication in the hands-free mode (A vailable when “Communication method” is set to “Hands-free” in[...]

14 About the priority The order of priority for actions (communication, calling, paging, monitoring, etc.) is as follows, depending on the priority setting. Priority Setting Action 1 (high) [URGENT], [BROADCAST]* 1 Communication, calling, paging, chime paging. 2 [PRIORITY] 3 [NORMAL] 4 (low) - Monitoring, scan- monitoring Earlier call has priority [...]

15 GETTING STARTED APPENDIX USING THE PC MASTER STATION Wide Zoom Viewing video images at a video door station Y ou can view video images at the target station when receiving a call from or communicating with a video door station, or monitoring a video door station in your site. The video images can be adjusted as necessary by using the following f[...]

16 ■ Adjusting images If the image on the monitor is dif fi cult to see, you can adjust the image. Click 1 when the image is dif fi cult to see. The backlight or night sensitivity is automatically adjusted. The button stays lit during adjustment. * The discrimination between day and night is performed * automatically by the door station. The ad[...]

17 GETTING STARTED APPENDIX USING THE PC MASTER STATION T ransferring to another (PC) master station Y ou can transfer a call received from a sub station to another (PC) master station while communicating with it (communication transferring), as well as setting calls to be automatically transferred in the “Setting window”. For a call from anoth[...]

18 Door release Y ou can release the door while being called from, communicating with, or monitoring a sub station if a door release device is connected to the station. Click while being called from, communicating with, or monitoring the sub station. The door is released for the time set in the System setting on a PC. * is lit while the door is rel[...]

19 GETTING STARTED APPENDIX USING THE PC MASTER STATION Searching for a station, zone or remote site Read this section before you perform calling, monitoring, paging or chime paging on a PC master station for the fi rst time to learn how to search for stations, zones or remote sites. The search can be performed in the following search methods by u[...]

20 [In the SEARCH LIST] The search items are shown in the SEARCH LIST . Click 1 in the standby mode. The search items are shown in the list area. Click 2 repeatedly to select the target search item A to F (so that it is highlighted). Click 3 to decide on the selected one. SEARCH LIST (page 1/2) (Click ◄ or ► .) (Click ◄ or ► .) SEARCH LIST [...]

21 GETTING STARTED APPENDIX USING THE PC MASTER STATION Searching for a station, zone or remote site from the list A Searching for a station or zone in your site by entering the name [NAME SEARCH] Select [NAME SEARCH] either in the standby mode 1 ( → P . 19) or the SEARCH LIST . ( → P . 20) Click 2 to display the Dial keys window . Enter a name[...]

22 B Searching for a station in your site by designating an area [ST A TIONS BY AREA] Select [ST A TIONS BY AREA] either in the standby 1 mode ( → P . 19) or the SEARCH LIST . ( → P . 20) Click 2 to select the target area in your site from the list (so that it is highlighted), and then click to select. All the stations in the area are displayed[...]

23 GETTING STARTED APPENDIX USING THE PC MASTER STATION F Searching for a remote site as the target of calling, paging or chime paging from the list [REMOTE SITE] Select [REMOTE SITE] from the SEARCH LIST . 1 All the registered remote sites are displayed in the list. Click 2 to select the target site (so that it is highlighted). After this step, yo[...]

24 Searching for a station, zone or remote site from the placed call or received call list Y ou can search for a station, zone or remote site from the most recent 20 items of the call and/or (chime) paging record or reception record. The items are displayed in the list in chronological order . * G Searching for a station, zone or remote site from t[...]

25 GETTING STARTED APPENDIX USING THE PC MASTER STATION Calling another station (direct voice call) Follow the steps below to call a desired door station, room sub station or master station in your site, or remote site. Search for and select the station or remote site you 1 want to call (so that it is highlighted) in one of the search methods. ( ?[...]

26 Monitoring Y ou can monitor a sub station or multiple sub stations in your site sequentially (scan-monitoring) with a PC master station. When monitoring a video door station, you can view the * image at the station and hear the sound. When monitoring an audio door station or room sub station, you can only hear the sound at the station. ■ Monit[...]

27 GETTING STARTED APPENDIX USING THE PC MASTER STATION Paging The system allows you to page (transmit an announcement) the selected zone(s) and/or station(s) simultaneously . For paging a remote site, you can page the zone registered * as the target in the site. NO TE: If you use zones, register zones in the System setting on a PC in advance. Sear[...]

28 RECORDING The PC master station can record images and/or sounds from other stations automatically or manually . The recording operation differs from the settings in the Setting window as listed below . Refer to the SETTING MANUAL for the * recording settings, and change the settings as needed. Setting Description Picture Recording Mode Auto Reco[...]

29 GETTING STARTED APPENDIX USING THE PC MASTER STATION Auto recording When the call button is pressed at a video door station, a snapshot or video of the image at the door is recorded automatically . When [Audio Recording] is set to ON: When called from a sub station, recording of the sounds at • the station automatically starts when a communica[...]

30 PLA Y Y ou can play the recorded images with the PC master station. Y ou can also delete any unnecessary recorded fi les. Playing recorded image (and/or sound) Click 1 on the Main window . The Play window opens and the list of recorded fi les is displayed. When necessary , you can search for the target 2 fi le(s) by designating the period of [...]

31 GETTING STARTED APPENDIX USING THE PC MASTER STATION Play operation list These operations can also be performed while paused or stopped. Operation Button Remarks T o play in normal speed (Play) - T o stop play (Stop) - T o stop play temporarily (Pause) While paused, clicking • moves the recorded images by one frame whenever clicked. When the p[...]

32 TECHNICAL PRECAUTIONS If you are experiencing dif fi culties in the use of the system, please check our web site at http://www .aiphone.net/. • A V AILABLE CHARACTER LIST The following are the characters that can be entered with each of the dial keys on the master station for station or zone names and numbers. Some characters are available wi[...]

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