Axis Audio Manager Pro User manual

AXISAudioManagerPro
AXISAudioManagerC7050
AXISAudioManagerProC7050MkII
AXISAudioManagerPro4
UserManual

AXISAudioManagerPro
TableofContents
Solutionoverview...........................................3
Systemrequirements.............................................3
Getstarted................................................4
Installation....................................................4
Starttheapplication.............................................4
Congurethenetwork...........................................4
Prepareyourdevices.............................................5
Setupyourrstsite.............................................7
ctivateyourlicense.............................................7
Addandorganizedevices.....................................9
Identifyadevice................................................9
Schedulecontent...........................................10
Scheduleannouncements.........................................10
Schedulemusic.................................................11
Editevents.....................................................13
Setyouropeninghours......................................14
Setuppaging..............................................15
Pagingwitha2NSIPMic.........................................15
PagingwithSIPtrunk............................................17
Setpriorityforpaging............................................18
Talkbacktoanxisdevice........................................18
Setvolumes................................................19
Calibratemastervolumes.........................................19
Setvolumelevels...............................................19
Manageyourdatabase.......................................21
Migratetoversion4.........................................22
Needmorehelp?............................................25
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Solutionoverview
Solutionoverview
WithXISudioManagerProyoucancontrollargeandadvancedaudioinstallationsfromasinglepoint.Youcansetupzones,
audiosourcesandschedules.
AreyoucurrentlyusingAXISAudioManagerroversion3?
•Toupgradetoversion4,seeMigratetoversion4onpage22
•Forinstructiononhowtousetheproduct,seeAXISAudioManagerPro3-UserManual
Systemrequirements
IfyouarenotusingXISudioManagerProC7050,thenwerecommendthefollowingforyourserver:
•Processor:Intel®Core™i3
•Memory:8GB
•Storage:128GBSDD
•Operatingsystem:MicrosoftWindows10,Windows10IoT2016LTSB,WindowsServer2016,2019
•Virtualmachinesupport:VMwareESXi,MicrosoftHyper-V,andMicrosoftWindowsDatacenterwithcongurationand
resourcesallocatedsimilartotheminimumhardwarerequirements.
Recommendedbrowsersfortheclient:
•Chrome
•Firefox
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Getstarted
Installation
InstallXISudioManagerPro:
1.Gotoaxis.com/products/axis-audio-manager-pro.
2.Downloadandruntheinstallationle.
3.SelectacerticateandclickNext.
-Ifyoudon’thaveacerticate,thenselectSelf-signedcerticate.
Note
Whenusingaself-signedcerticateyouwillbepromptedthersttimeyoustartXISudioManagerPro4andaskedtoadd
asecurityexceptioninyourbrowser.llyouneedtodoistoacceptthesecurityexceptionandyouwillnotbepromptedagain.
Ifyouwanttoreplaceyourcerticateinthefuture,gotoSystemsettings>Securityinthewebclient.
Formoreinformationaboutcerticates,seeCerticatemanagement.
4.ClickFinish.
Starttheappliation
1.OntheWindowssystemtray,click>>OpenAXISAudioManagerroClient.
2.Enterpasswordandlogin.
Congurethenetwork
lldevicesmustbeconnectedtothesamemulticastdomainastheserverthatXISudioManagerProisinstalledon.
udiostreamingbetweentheserverandallthedevicesusemulticast.Thedefaultrangeis239.0.0.0-239.0.0.254.
Makesureyouhavereservedenoughbandwidth.Themaximumconsumptionforeachmulticaststreamis443kbps.
ortTCUDAdjustableDescription
443xxWebUI1
5433xxSystemport2
6992xSystemport3
6999xSystemport
6999xSystemport(multicast
audiostreaming)
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7010xxSystemport2
5060xxxSIP4
30000–31999xxRTPstreamforSIPcalls
1Ifthedefaultportisalreadyinuse,theusermustchooseadifferentportwheninstallingXISudioManagerPro.
2Ifthedefaultportisalreadyinuse,thenthenextavailableportwillbeused.
3Ifthedefaultportisalreadyinuse,thentheTraceviewapplicationforcapturingserverlogswillnotbeabletoconnecttothe
XISudioManagerProserver.
4ThedefaultportfortheSIPserveris5060.Youcanchooseadifferentport.IfyousetupseveralSIPservers,youneedoneportfor
eachserver.
Congurethenetworksettings:
1.GototheXISudioManagerProclient.
-SeeStarttheapplicationonpage4
2.GotoSystemsettings>Network.
3.Changethemulticastrangeifneeded.
Note
Ifyouwanttosetmulticastorunicastforaphysicalzone,gotohysicalzones,clickazone,andthengotoNETWORK
COMMUNICATION.
4.UnderNetworkinterface,selectthesameIPaddressasyourserver.
5.Ifyouintendtostreamcontentfromtheweb,gotoSystemsettings>roxyandsetupyourproxysettings.
Prepareyourdevies
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
help.axis.com/?&piaId=44524&section=prepare-your-devices
Prepareyourxisdevices:
1.RunXISDeviceManagerClient.
-TodownloadandinstallXISDeviceManager,gotoaxis.com/products/axis-device-manager.
2.WhenXISDeviceManagerstarts,itwillautomaticallysearchfordevices.
-Tostartthesearchmanually,click.
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-Ifnodevicesarefound,checkyournetworkconguration.SeeCongurethenetworkonpage4.
-Iftheapplicationinformsyouthatsomedeviceshaveoldrmware,thenclickthelinktoupgradetothe
latestrmware.
-Selectthedevicesyouwanttoadd,clickNext,andthenclickFinish.
3.Setapasswordforthedevices:
3.1Selectallyourdevicesandclick.
3.2Enterusernameandpassword,andclickOK.
4.Installtheapplicationlesonyourdevices:
4.1Selectallyourdevicesinthelist.
4.2Right-clicktheselectionandchooseInstallCameraApplication....
4.3Browsetothisfolderontheserver:
\Programfiles\AxisCommunications\AXISAudioManagerPro\Manager
\Firmware\
4.4SelecttheleAXIS_Audio_Manager_Pro_*_mipsisa32r2el.eapandclickOK.
Thiswillinstalltheapplicationonthefollowingdevices:
-XISC8033NetworkudioBridge
-XISC2005NetworkCeilingSpeaker
-XISC1004-ENetworkCabinetSpeaker
Note
Ifyouhaveothertypesofdevices,thenyouwillgetanerrormessage,sincetheyuseadifferentapplication.Thisis
notaproblem.Justclosetheerrormessageandcontinue.
Thereasonwerecommendthissolution,isthatitissimplyeasiertoselectalldevicesthantoselectonlythose
thatapplytotheselectedapplicationle.
4.4ClickNext.
4.5ClickNoandNext.
4.6ClickFinish.
4.7Selectallyourdevicesagain,right-clickandchooseInstallCameraApplication....
4.8Browsetothisfolderonyourcomputer:
\Programfiles\AxisCommunications\AXISAudioManagerPro\Manager
\Firmware\
4.9SelecttheleAXIS_Audio_Manager_Pro_*_armv7hf.eapandclickOK.
Thiswillinstalltheapplicationonthefollowingdevices:
-XISC8210Networkudiomplier
-XISC1310–ENetworkHornSpeaker
-XISC1410NetworkMiniSpeaker
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-XISC8110NetworkudioBridge
-XISC1210-ENetworkCeilingSpeaker
-XISC1211-ENetworkCeilingSpeaker
-XISD3110ConnectivityHub
Note
Ifyouhaveothertypesofdevices,thenyouwillgetanerrormessage,sincetheyuseadifferentapplication.Thisis
notaproblem.Justclosetheerrormessageandcontinue.
Thereasonwerecommendthissolution,isthatitissimplyeasiertoselectalldevicesthantoselectonlythose
thatapplytotheselectedapplicationle.
4.8ClickNext.
4.9ClickNoandFinish.
5.Restartthedevices:
5.1Selectallthedevicesyouwanttouse.
5.2Right-clicktheselectionandclickRestart.
5.3ClickYestoconrm.
6.ConguretheXISudioManagerProapplication:
6.1Selectallthedevicesyouwanttouse.
6.2Right-clicktheselectionandchooseCongureDevices>Congure....
6.3Inthesearcheld,type‘audiomanagerpro’.
6.4Intherimaryserveripaddresseld,entertheIPaddressoftheserverthatXISudioManagerProis
runningon.
6.5ClickNextandFinish.
Tousea2NSIPMic,youneedtoupgradetormwareversion1.17.0orlater.
Formoreinformation,seethe2NSIPMicusermanual.
Setupyourrstsite
Onceyouhaveconguredthenetworkandpreparedyourdevices,youarereadytosetupasite.
Suggestedworkow:
1.Addandorganizedevicesonpage9
2.Setvolumesonpage19
3.Setyouropeninghoursonpage14
4.Schedulecontentonpage10
5.Setuppagingonpage15
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Ativateyourliense
Note
IfyouhaveanexistinginstallationofXISudioManagerPro3,thenyoursystemcanbemigratedto
XISudioManagerPro4.0.Inthiscase,youdon’tneedtoactivatethelicense.
Formoreinformation,seeMigratetoversion4onpage22.
YoucanuseXISudioManagerPro4indemomodefor30days.fterthefreetrialperiod,youneedtobuyalicensefroman
xisreseller.
ctivateyourlicense:
1.GotoXISudioManagerPro>Systemsettings>License.
2.CopytheDeviceID.
3.Gotoaxis.com/products/camera-applications/license-key-registrationandsigninwithyourxisaccount.
4.UnderTypeintheIDofyourdevice,enteryourdeviceID.
5.SelectIhavealicensecode.
6.Enteryourlicensecode(#####-#####-#####-#####)andclickGenerate.
7.Downloadthelicensekeyle.
8.GotoXISudioManagerPro>Systemsettings>License.
9.ClickULOADLICENSEFILEanduploadthelicensekeyle.
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Addandorganizedevices
Addandorganizedevices
Beforeyoucanaddadevice,makesureitispreparedforuse.SeePrepareyourdevicesonpage5.
devicecanonlybeusedbythesystemifitbelongstoaphysicalzone.Physicalzonescanbecreatedinahierarchy.Ifyouclicka
zoneandcreateanewzone,thenthenewzonewillbecomeasub-zone.Thehierarchycanbeuptotenlevelsdeep.
Beforeyoucreateazonestructure,youshouldthinkabouthowyouwanttouseyouraudiosystem.Forinstance,inaschoolyoumight
wanttocreateonezonecalled“llclassrooms”.Inthiszoneyoucouldcreatesub-zonesforeachclassroom.Thiswillgiveyouthe
possibilitytoadjustthevolumeorplaycontentinalltheclassroomssimultaneouslybyworkingonlywiththe“llclassrooms”zone.
Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.
help.axis.com/?&piaId=44524&section=add-and-organize-devices
Setupthezonestructureforaschool.
1.Gotohysicalzones.
2.Ifyouwanttocreateasubzone,clicktheparentzoneinthetreestructure.
3.Clicktocreateanewphysicalzone.
4.Toaddadevicetothephysicalzone,gotoDEVICESandclick+ADD.
Identifyadevie
Youcanmakeadeviceplayatesttone,tomakeiteasyforyoutolocatethespeaker.
1.Gotohysicalzones.
2.Clickforthedeviceandselecthowlongtimethetesttonewillplay.
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Schedulecontent
Schedulecontent
Scheduling&destinationsiswhereyouplanyouraudiocontent.
Youcreateadestinationtodenewheretoplayyouraudiocontent.Youcanaddmultiplephysicalzonesaswellasindividualspeakers.
Onceyouhavecreatedyourdestination,youcanaddschedulesforplanningyourannouncementsandmusic.Ifyouintendtodo
paging,youaddpagingsourcestothedestination.
Sheduleannounements
Youcanschedulewhentoplayaplaylist.Thefullplaylistwillbeplayed.Ifyouwanttoplayonlyoneaudiole,thenyouneedto
createaplaylistcontainingonlythatle.
1.GotoAnnouncements.
2.Toaddsoundlestothelibrary,clickADDAUDIOFILES.
3.Createaplaylist:
3.1UnderLAYLISTS,click.
3.2ddaudiolestotheplaylist.
4.Createadestination.
4.1GotoScheduling&destinations.
4.2UnderDESTINATIONS,click.
4.3NamethedestinationandclickCREATE.
4.4Denewheretoplayyouraudioforthedestinationbyselectingpagingsources,physicalzonesorindividual
speakers.
5.Click+EDITSCHEDULE.
6.Click+EVENT.
7.UnderSourcetype,selectAnnouncement.
8.FillintheothereldsandclickSAVE.
Example
Inaschool,youwantabelltoringinthewholeschoolbuildingat8:30and16:30,everyweekdayfortherestofthesemester.
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