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Contents
Notices............................................................................................................................... 2
Chapter 1: Introduction............................................................................... 7
CONVERGE Product Family Overview...............................................................................................8
Installing CONSOLE AI......................................................................................................................10
About Projects....................................................................................................................................13
Online Mode vs. Offline Mode...........................................................................................................14
About Workflow Checklist (CP2)....................................................................................................... 16
About Room Partitions.......................................................................................................................16
About Channel Groups...................................................................................................................... 17
About References.............................................................................................................................. 17
About Gating Groups.........................................................................................................................18
About Macros.....................................................................................................................................18
About Timers......................................................................................................................................19
About Presets.....................................................................................................................................19
About Digital Inputs/Outputs..............................................................................................................19
About Gain Optimization....................................................................................................................20
About Dialer....................................................................................................................................... 20
About CONVERGE Expanders..........................................................................................................21
About P-link Devices and Channels..................................................................................................21
About Long-distance P-link................................................................................................................23
About Templates................................................................................................................................ 23
Checking for Updates........................................................................................................................ 23
Chapter 2: Interface................................................................................... 25
Choosing Active Products..................................................................................................................26
About CONSOLE AI Interface........................................................................................................... 26
Changing the CONSOLE AI Interface Language..............................................................................28
Changing CONSOLE AI Preferences................................................................................................29
Launching the CONVERGE Pro 2 Dialer (CP2)............................................................................... 33
Updating DIALOG 20 Transmitter Firmware..................................................................................... 33
Using the Log Viewer........................................................................................................................ 36
Using Template Editor........................................................................................................................39
Updating Touch Panel Controller Firmware...................................................................................... 42
Using Workflow Checklist (CP2)........................................................................................................44
Using Project Audit (CP2)................................................................................................................. 46
Chapter 3: Project - Offline.......................................................................49
Creating a Project (CP2)................................................................................................................... 50
Creating a Project (Huddle)...............................................................................................................51
Adding Project Properties..................................................................................................................52
Adding Project Notes.........................................................................................................................54
Opening a Project.............................................................................................................................. 55
Saving a Project................................................................................................................................ 56
Adding or Modifying Presets (CP2)...................................................................................................57
Chapter 4: Configuration - Offline (Huddle)............................................ 59
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Changing Device Settings (Huddle).................................................................................................. 60
Naming Assets (Huddle)....................................................................................................................62
Connecting Channels Using FlowView (Huddle)...............................................................................63
Assigning Standard References (Huddle)......................................................................................... 66
Connecting Channels Using MatrixView (Huddle)............................................................................ 67
Changing Channel Properties - BMA CTH (Huddle).........................................................................70
Changing Channel Properties - Mic (Huddle)................................................................................... 77
Changing Channel Properties - Line Input (Huddle)......................................................................... 85
Changing Channel Properties - USB Rx (Huddle)............................................................................87
Changing Channel Properties - Mobile Phone Rx (Huddle)............................................................. 88
Changing Channel Properties - Bluetooth Rx (Huddle).................................................................... 89
Changing Channel Properties - Processing Block (Huddle)............................................................. 90
Changing Channel Properties - Output (Huddle).............................................................................. 96
Changing Channel Properties - BMA CTH Speaker (Huddle).......................................................... 99
Changing Channel Properties - Speaker (Huddle)..........................................................................101
Changing Channel Properties - USB Tx (Huddle).......................................................................... 104
Changing Channel Properties - Mobile Phone Tx (Huddle)............................................................105
Changing Channel Properties - Bluetooth Tx (Huddle)...................................................................106
Changing Gating Group Mics and Properties (Huddle).................................................................. 107
Chapter 5: Adding Devices (CP2).......................................................... 109
Adding a CONVERGE Pro 2 Device...............................................................................................110
Adding a Beamforming Microphone Array 2................................................................................... 111
Adding a BMA CT............................................................................................................................113
Adding a Bluetooth Expander..........................................................................................................114
Adding a GPIO Expander................................................................................................................116
Adding a USB Expander................................................................................................................. 119
Adding a DIALOG® 20 Wireless Mic............................................................................................... 121
Changing CP2 Device Settings - General.......................................................................................122
Changing CP2 Device Settings - Network...................................................................................... 124
Changing CP2 Device Settings - VoIP............................................................................................129
VoIP Dial Plan Syntax..................................................................................................................... 137
Changing CP2 Device Settings - IP Phone (VoIP/SIP)...................................................................138
Changing CP2 Device Settings - Telco........................................................................................... 141
Changing Device Properties -DIALOG 20.......................................................................................144
Performing an RF Scan for DIALOG 20......................................................................................... 149
Changing Stack Settings (CP2).......................................................................................................152
Opening the Serial Commands Reference Manual (CP2).............................................................. 155
Chapter 6: Adding Partitions, Channels, and GPIO Settings (CP2)....156
Using Partition Manager (CP2)....................................................................................................... 157
Adding Channels to a Project......................................................................................................... 159
Releasing Channels from a Project.................................................................................................161
Naming Channels using Channel Names/Naming Tool (CP2)........................................................163
Assigning Channels to Channel Groups......................................................................................... 165
Changing GPIO Configuration......................................................................................................... 166
Chapter 7: Macros and Timers (CP2).................................................... 171
Recording Macros............................................................................................................................172
Adding Macros................................................................................................................................. 174
Cloning a Macro.............................................................................................................................. 177
Deleting Macros............................................................................................................................... 178
Adding and Modifying Timers.......................................................................................................... 179
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Chapter 8: Managing Channels (CP2)................................................... 183
Connecting Channels Using FlowView™ (CP2)............................................................................... 185
Connecting Channels Using MatrixView™ (CP2).............................................................................194
Adding Standard References (CP2)................................................................................................198
Adding Custom References (CP2).................................................................................................. 200
Assigning References (CP2)........................................................................................................... 201
Using MatrixView Modes................................................................................................................. 205
Changing Channel Properties - Mic/Line Input AEC (CP2)............................................................ 210
Changing Channel Properties - Beamforming Mic (CP2)............................................................... 218
Changing Channel Properties - BMA CT (CP2)............................................................................. 225
Changing Channel Properties - DIALOG® Microphone (CP2).........................................................230
Changing Channel Properties - USB Rx and xUSB Rx (CP2)........................................................235
Changing Channel Properties - Telco Rx (CP2)............................................................................. 236
Changing Channel Properties - VoIP Rx (CP2).............................................................................. 239
Changing Channel Properties - Bluetooth Rx (CP2).......................................................................241
Changing Channel Properties - Processing Block (CP2)................................................................242
Changing Channel Properties - Fader (CP2)..................................................................................250
Changing Channel Properties - Mic/Line Output (CP2).................................................................. 251
Changing Channel Properties - Speaker (CP2)..............................................................................258
Changing Channel Properties - BMA CT Speaker (CP2)............................................................... 266
Changing Channel Properties - USB Tx and xUSB Tx (CP2)........................................................ 269
Changing Channel Properties - Telco Tx (CP2)..............................................................................269
Changing Channel Properties - VoIP Tx (CP2).............................................................................. 270
Changing Channel Properties - Bluetooth Tx (CP2)....................................................................... 271
Chapter 9: Online Mode (Huddle).......................................................... 273
Connecting to a Device (Huddle).................................................................................................... 274
View Network Info (Huddle).............................................................................................................276
Send Project File to a Device (Huddle).......................................................................................... 277
Save Project to PC (Huddle)...........................................................................................................278
Restarting a Device (Huddle).......................................................................................................... 279
Restoring a Device to Factory Defaults (Huddle)............................................................................280
Retrieving and Monitoring Log Files (Huddle).................................................................................281
Updating Device Firmware (Huddle)............................................................................................... 283
Downloading Updates (Huddle).......................................................................................................285
Turning on Safety Mute................................................................................................................... 286
Chapter 10: Online Mode (CP2)..............................................................287
Connecting to a Device or Stack (CP2)..........................................................................................288
Live Control (CP2)........................................................................................................................... 290
Viewing Equipment Information (CP2)............................................................................................ 291
Viewing Network Information (CP2)................................................................................................ 293
Loading a Project File to a Device or Stack (CP2).........................................................................294
Commit Changes to Hardware (CP2)............................................................................................. 296
Retrieving or Monitoring Log Files (CP2)........................................................................................297
Setting the Stack Time (CP2)..........................................................................................................298
Restarting a Stack (CP2).................................................................................................................299
Restoring a Stack to Factory Defaults (CP2)..................................................................................300
Retrieving Project from Hardware and Save to Disk (CP2)............................................................ 301
Downloading Updates (CP2)........................................................................................................... 302
Updating Device Firmware (CP2)....................................................................................................303
Turning on Safety Mute................................................................................................................... 305
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Disconnecting from a Stack.............................................................................................................305
Chapter 11: Glossary...............................................................................307
Contact Information............................................................................ cccxvi

Chapter 1
Introduction
Topics:
•CONVERGE Product Family
Overview
•Installing CONSOLE AI
•About Projects
•Online Mode vs. Offline Mode
•About Workflow Checklist (CP2)
•About Room Partitions
•About Channel Groups
•About References
•About Gating Groups
•About Macros
•About Timers
•About Presets
•About Digital Inputs/Outputs
•About Gain Optimization
•About Dialer
•About CONVERGE Expanders
•About P-link Devices and
Channels
•About Long-distance P-link
•About Templates
•Checking for Updates
This chapter contains some basic concepts and tasks important to
understanding and using the CONSOLE AI application.

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CONVERGE Product Family Overview
Congratulations! You have purchased a ClearOne® CONVERGE® Pro 2 (CP2) or CONVERGE Huddle
audio conferencing solution. The CONVERGE Pro and CONVERGE Huddle product families represents
a revolutionary advance in state-of-the-art audio technology for both large- and small-scale conferencing
applications. ClearOne products are used in the most demanding conferencing applications, where they
consistently deliver industry-leading audio quality and unsurpassed reliability. ClearOne’s proprietary
Acoustic Echo Cancellation® (AEC) technology forms the foundation of the CONVERGE Pro and
CONVERGE Huddle product families, and provides optimal audio quality for today’s distributed
conferencing environments. In addition to AEC, other ClearOne innovations – including noise cancellation,
automatic gain and level control, advanced microphone gating, adaptive ambient, and ClearEffect™
wideband audio emulation–produce crystal clear audio that is equivalent to conference participants being
in the same room.
Applications
The CONVERGE Pro and CONVERGE Huddle product families provides scalable conferencing solutions
for any size venue. Some common applications include:
• Boardrooms
• Training rooms
• Courtrooms
• Multimedia rooms
• Distance learning
• Auditoriums
• Houses of worship
• Sound reinforcement
• Large meeting venues
• Huddle rooms
Models
The CP2 product family and associated products include the following:
• CONVERGE Pro 2 128
• CONVERGE Pro 2 128D
• CONVERGE Pro 2 128T
• CONVERGE Pro 2 128TD
• CONVERGE Pro 2 128V
• CONVERGE Pro 2 128VD
• CONVERGE Pro 2 128VT
• CONVERGE Pro 2 128VTD
• CONVERGE Pro 2 48T
• CONVERGE Pro 2 48V
• CONVERGE Pro 2 48VT
• CONVERGE Pro 2 48VTD
• CONVERGE Pro 2 120
• CONVERGE Pro 2 012
• CONVERGE Pro 2 128SR
• CONVERGE Pro 2 128SRD
• CONVERGE USB Expander
• CONVERGE GPIO Expander
• CONVERGE Bluetooth Expander
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• CP2 Touch Panel Controller
• Beamforming Microphone Array 2
• BMA CT
The CONVERGE Huddle product family and associated products include the following:
• CONVERGE Huddle
• BMA CTH
• Bluetooth Expander
CONVERGE Pro 2 Feature Matrix
Conferencing
Sound
Reinforcement
CONVERGE Pro 2 128 128D 128T 128TD 128V 128VD 128VT 128VTD 48T 48V 48VT 48VTD 120 012 128SR 128SRD
Mic/Line Inputs 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 4 4 4 4 12 12 12
Mic/Line Outputs 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 12 8 8
AEC
C-Link Expansion Bus
P-Link Peripheral Bus
USB Audio Interface
Ethernet, RS-232, GPIO Interface
Built-in USB for PC-based Conferencing
Built-in Telco for Teleconferencing
Built-in VoIP for VoIP Conferencing
Sound Reinforcement Applications
Built-in Dante for Audio Networking
Beamforming Microphone Array 2
Beamforming Microphone Array CT
DIALOG 20 Wireless Mic System
GPIO Expander
USB Expander
Bluetooth Expander
New CONSOLE AI Software
Dialer App-Win, Mac, iOS, Android
Touch Panel Controller
Third-party Control Modules
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Common Benefits
Each product in the CONVERGE Pro 2 product family offers the following benefits:
• Superior audio quality
• ClearOne’s next generation signal processing algorithms
• Field-proven conferencing technology
• Flexible configuration and expandability
• Improved configuration and management software
• Simplified programming
• Reduced installation times
• Best-in-class processing speed
• ClearOne’s world-class technical support and field engineering services
Common Features
The leading-edge features in the CONVERGE Pro 2 family include:
• USB connector on front panel for easy connectivity with a laptop or PC
Note:
The USB connector on the front panel can be used for network connectivity and programming
but cannot be used for audio.
• Ethernet port
• Pair of RJ-45 ports for C-Link Expansion bus to connect multiple CONVERGE Pro 2 units
• Pair of RJ-45 ports for P-Link Peripheral bus to connect peripheral devices like Beamforming Mic Array
2, BMA CT, DIALOG 20 Receiver, CP2 USB Expander, CP2 GPIO Expander, Bluetooth Expander, etc.
• RS-232 serial port (up to 115200 BPS)
• Mini-phoenix audio input/output connectors (color-coded by channel type)
• Differential inputs and outputs
Installing CONSOLE AI
You can install the CONSOLE AI on any Windows 7 (or greater) PC that meets the following requirements:
• 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
• 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
To install the CONSOLE AI application:
1. Run the installation application, Setup_ConsoleAI_Vx.x.x.x.exe (where the x’s represent the version
number).
2. If you receive a User Account Control message from Windows asking you if you want to allow the
installation program to make changes to your computer, click Yes.
The CONSOLE AI Setup wizard begins, and the Setup License Agreement screen appears:
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3. Read the license agreement.
4. If you agree to the terms, select the I accept the agreement option, and then click Next.
The Dialer Installation Wizard opens and completes.
5. Click Finish.
The Device Driver Installation Wizard opens:
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6. Click Next to start install the necessary device drivers.
When the device driver installation is complete, the following screen appears:
7. Click Finish.
The Installing screen appears. When the CONSOLE AI installation is complete the following screen
appears:
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8. Click Finish.
Setup is complete.
About Projects
The CONSOLE AI application lets you change the settings for a CONVERGE Pro 2 or CONVERGE
Huddle device, to specify how they interact with audio and control devices.
These settings can be saved together as a project. A project contains all the settings for one or more
devices. In the case of a CONVERGE Pro 2, you can save the settings for a single CP2 device or for a
stack of CP2 devices, along with related peripherals (Beamforming Microphone Array 2 mics, DIALOG
20 mics, BMA CT or CTH mic/speakers, or Expanders). In the case of Huddle, a project contains only the
settings for one Huddle device. The settings are saved in a project file. You can create and save multiple
projects and then load them in the CONSOLE AI application as needed.
Project File Versions
When you are working in the CONSOLE AI application, there is not just one version of a project file. For
any given project file, three versions of the file could exist, and they may not always be synchronized with
one another:
Version Description How to Change
On a Drive If you have saved a project file, a version
of the file exists on a local hard drive or
network drive, depending on where you
have saved the file.
Use Save or Save As to save
the version of the project in the
CONSOLE AI to the drive.
CONSOLE AI application
(offline mode)
When you create a new project file or load
an existing project file from disk, a version
of that project file exists loaded within the
CONSOLE AI application.
Make changes to the project
settings while in CONSOLE AI.
Note:
Changes you make to
this project file have no
effect unless the project
is loaded to a CP2 or
Huddle device.
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Version Description How to Change
CP2 Device/Huddle
Device
When you commit a project file to a
CONVERGE Pro 2 or Huddle device, a
version of the project file exists on the
device and is reflected in the CONSOLE
AI online mode.
There are a few changes you
can make while in online mode
(connected to a device), but
you cannot make many of the
same changes as you can while
in offline mode. Use Commit to
hardware to load changes you
have made in CONSOLE AI to
a device. See Commit Changes
to Hardware (CP2) for more
information. Use Save Project
+ Changes to save the state of
a project in the device to disk,
along with any changes you have
made while connected to the
device.
The following illustration shows the relationships between the various project file versions, and the ways
you can use to synchronize these versions with one another:
Online Mode vs. Offline Mode on page 14
Commit Changes to Hardware (CP2) on page 296
Send Project File to a Device (Huddle) on page 277
Opening a Project on page 55
Saving a Project on page 56
Online Mode vs. Offline Mode
The CONSOLE AI application can be in one of two possible modes: online mode (connected to a device
or stack) or offline mode (not connected to a device or stack). When you start CONSOLE AI, it begins in
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offline mode. In order to see online mode, you have to connect to a Huddle or CP2 device or stack. See
Connecting to a Device or Stack (CP2) and Connecting to a Device (Huddle) for more information.
Note: It’s important to understand that the CONSOLE AI application does not have all the same
interface options available in online mode that it has in offline mode. There are some interface
options that are available in both modes, but there are some options that are unique to one or the
other of the two modes.
Online Mode
The CONSOLE AI application is in online mode when you have connected to a Huddle or CONVERGE Pro
2 device and the application is actively communicating with the device or device stack.
Important: When you’re in online mode, you are seeing the state of the device or devices to which
you are connected. When you make changes while in online mode, you’re making changes to the
device(s) to which you are connected. Those changes are not automatically synchronized to the
version of the project that is loaded in the CONSOLE AI application. For more information about the
different versions of a project file and how to synchronize online mode changes to a project, see
About Projects and Commit Changes to Hardware (CP2).
Being in online mode gives you some capabilities that are unavailable in offline mode. For example, here is
the channel properties block for a Mic/Line Input AEC channel named MIC1:
Notice that the property block is surrounded by a dashed light green border, which tells you that the
CONSOLE AI application is in online mode. This properties block has several meters to help you make
properties adjustments. For example, it has a Pre-Gain meter immediately after the PPWR button and a
Post-Gain meter immediately after the Coarse Gain and Gain sliders. These meters are designed to let you
see the effect of making gain changes, before and afterwards. These meters appear, however, only if you
are in online mode.
Offline Mode
The CONSOLE AI application is in offline mode when you have opened a project file but are not connected
to a device.
Important: When you’re in offline mode, you are seeing the state of the project as loaded in
the CONSOLE AI application. When you make changes to a project while in offline mode, those
changes are not reflected on any device unless you load the changes to the device or stack.
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For more information about the different versions of a project file and how to synchronize project
changes, see About Projects and Commit Changes to Hardware (CP2).
The following figure shows the same channel properties block, for a Mic/Line Input AEC channel, but in
offline mode:
Notice that the meters are missing, because the application can’t display any meter information when it
isn’t connected to a device.
There are a number of features that are unavailable when in offline mode. However, there are some
features that are available only when in offline mode.
About Workflow Checklist (CP2)
The Workflow Checklist gives you a simple way to:
• See the workflow used to configure a project
• Have quick and easy shortcuts to the parts of the CONSOLE AI interface used to complete each step
• Keep track of which steps you have completed by checking them off
Note:
The Workflow Checklist is available only for CONVERGE Pro 2 projects.
For more information about using the Workflow Checklist, see Using Workflow Checklist (CP2).
About Room Partitions
Rooms that have dividers can be divided into a number of room segments, called partitions.
The illustration below shows a top view of a room with two dividers:
By opening and closing the dividers, this room can be divided into six possible room partitions: ABC, AB,
BC, A, B, and C.
A room with three dividers has 10 possible room partitions: ABCD, ABC, BCD, AB, BC, CD, A, B, C, and D.
The CONSOLE AI application lets you specify how many partitions are in a room, but you must switch
the Operation Mode to Advanced Room (as opposed to Simple Room, which does not use partitions).
For more information about configuring an Advanced Room and managing partitions, see Using Partition
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Manager (CP2). If you are using Advanced Room mode and have created partitions, when you add
assets, you add them to a particular partition. Then when you want to connect assets, using FlowView or
MatrixView, you can create different configurations for different partitions.
For information about using GPIO logic input pins to set divider states, see Changing GPIO Configuration.
About Channel Groups
Channel groups let you group channels together under a name of your choosing.
Channel groups are a very convenient way to configure related or similar audio assets. You can name
each group, to help you keep track of your assets, and you can make configuration changes to the entire
group. For example, if you have a conference room with several microphones, you could have one group
for podium mics, another for ceiling mics, and still another for handheld mics. Or, if you wanted, you could
make a group for mics in the front half of the room, and another for the mics in the back half of the room.
You can apply settings to a channel group just as you would an individual asset, and you can also create
audio paths that involve entire groups, to make audio routing simpler.
About References
Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC) uses audio references to determine which signals to cancel. You can
also use custom references when you want to cancel some channels but permit others to be used. This
topic explains AEC and how it uses standard and custom references to cancel echo.
For information about adding standard references to a room partition, see Adding Standard References
(CP2) and Adding Custom References (CP2).
For information about making reference associations (between inputs and outputs), see Assigning
References (CP2).
Note:
CONVERGE Huddle uses only standard references, and has the references already created, but
you can make standard reference assignments. See Assigning Standard References (Huddle) for
more information.
Echo and AEC Explained
Acoustic echo occurs when audio from a remote source comes out of the speakers in a room, is picked up
by the microphone(s) in a room, and sent back to the remote source, as shown in the diagram below:
In the diagram above, the speaker in ROOM A speaks into a microphone, and the signal is carried across
a network or telephone line to ROOM B and is played from the BMA CT speaker at the top of ROOM B, as
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shown by the solid blue line. The BMA CT mic in ROOM B picks up the signal from the speaker and sends
it back to ROOM A, where it’s played from the speaker in ROOM A, as shown by the dotted blue line. The
dotted blue line represents the echo. Acoustic Echo Cancellation is designed to recognize and cancel the
kind of echo represented by the dotted blue line in the diagram.
Standard and Custom References
Standard References
AEC works by knowing which output signal to exclude from a particular input. This is called a standard
reference.
In the diagram above, to eliminate the echo, we would add the BMA CT speaker at the top of ROOM B
(which we’ll call SPEAKER 1) as a reference for the microphone in the BMA CT in ROOM B (which we’ll
call MIC 1). This tells the system to eliminate the signal from SPEAKER 1 when it’s picked up by MIC 1, so
that the signal does not get returned to ROOM A.
Custom References
There are times, however, when you want to create a reference but exclude certain channels from being
suppressed. To continue with the simple example shown in the diagram above, we may have a BMA CT
in ROOM B, and we want to create a standard reference as described earlier, to keep the output from the
BMA CT from going right back in to the BMA CT speakers, but we may have in the same room a handheld
mic that gets passed from speaker to speaker. In this case, we might want to create a custom reference
for the BMA CT speaker that excludes (or in other words does not block) the signal for the input channel
coming from the handheld mic. As we can see in this example, standard and custom references can be
used in the same room.
About Gating Groups
You can use gating groups to control the way microphones behave in relation to one another.
For example, when you are using several microphones, you may want only the mic into which someone
is currently speaking to be active (i.e., gated on), and for the rest of the microphones to be temporarily
attenuated down (i.e., gated off), to avoid introducing extraneous noise (a gating group feature called First
Mic Priority). Gating groups let you control these kind of relationships between several microphones.
Some gating settings are set on each microphone channel (see Changing Channel Properties - Mic/Line
Input AEC (CP2) for more information) and some are set using the gating group settings (see Changing
Gating Group Properties (CP2) for more information).
About Macros
A macro is a group of CONVERGE Pro 2 actions (called commands) stored together under a name you
choose. You can then execute all the commands stored in the macro. See Running a Macro for more
information.
Note:
You can also execute macros at a specified time, or times, using a Timer. See About Timers for
more information.
Command Types
The following list shows the kinds of commands that can be included in a macro:
• Set a route between audio devices (such as a microphone and a speaker) or groups of devices
• Change the properties of a channel
• Run another macro
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• Wait a specified amount of time
• Delete a route between audio devices or groups of devices
Ways to Create Macros
There are three ways to create macros:
• Record macro commands (see Recording Macros for more information)
Note:
Recording macro commands is the easiest way to create macros, and the way that ClearOne
recommends.
• Use the Command Wizard (see Adding Macros for more information)
• Type macro commands (see Adding Macros for more information)
About Timers
Timers allow you to run macros or reset a stack at a specified date and time. You can set timers to run
once or at specified intervals. You can also specify an expiration date for recurring timers.
For more information about creating and modifying timers, see Adding and Modifying Timers.
You can also execute a timer at any point. See Live Control (CP2) for more information.
About Presets
Presets are groups of settings that apply to all the devices in one partition. After configuring all the devices
in a partition, you can save those settings as a preset, and you can store multiple presets to be loaded
later.
Note:
Presets are available only for CONVERGE Pro 2 devices, not for CONVERGE Huddle.
For more information about creating presets, see Adding or Modifying Presets (CP2). For more information
about executing a preset, see Executing a Preset.
About Digital Inputs/Outputs
CONVERGE Pro 2 supports the use of digital audio signals for both inputs and outputs. For example,
you can use Dante™ channels as either inputs or outputs, and you can also use DIALOG 20 wireless
microphones as digital inputs.
Certain CONVERGE Pro 2 devices (the ones with a “D” in the model name) support the Dante networking
technology. If you have a device that supports Dante, you can add Dante input and output channels as
resources and then specify that Mic/Line Input channels or Output channels use digital inputs/outputs as
their sources.
CONVERGE Pro 2 devices that have Mic input channels (every model except the 012) can use DIALOG
20 digital input for Mic/Line Input channels (if you have attached a DIALOG 20 Wireless Mic system to the
CP2 via a P-link connection).
Note:
Using a Dante or DIALOG 20 channel as an input for a Mic/Line Input channel permits the use of
AEC on digital channels, since AEC cannot be applied to raw digital channels directly.
For information about adding a DIALOG 20 Wireless Mic system to a CP2, see Adding a DIALOG 20
Wireless Mic.
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For more information about adding Dante or DIALOG 20 Mic channels to a room partition, see Adding
Channels to a Project.
For more information about using digital sources for Mic/Line Input channels, see Changing Channel
Properties - Mic/Line Input AEC or Mic/Line Input AEC Group (CP2).
For more information about using digital sources for Mic/Line Output channels, see Changing Channel
Properties - Mic/Line Output or Mic/Line Output Group (CP2).
About Gain Optimization
This topic describes some general principles for optimizing gain values using the CONVERGE Pro 2 and
CONVERGE Huddle.
Note:
Specific information about optimizing gain for particular channel types can be found in the topics for
changing channel properties.
Keep the following principles in mind as you adjust gain across the system to achieve the desired result:
•Simplicity. Avoid complex gain structures. For example, avoid boosting the gain of an input audio at
one point along its audio path, then dropping it as another point, and boosting it again at a later point.
Also avoid unnecessarily complex audio routing, such as routing an audio signal through multiple
processing or fader blocks.
•Unity Gain. It is always best to set inputs to a similar gain level and maintain that same gain level
through the system, with a few exceptions:
• When mics are routed to local speakers for sound reinforcement this audio will typically need to be
reduced at crosspoints or on a processing block to prevent local feedback. Care should be taken to
keep this routing separate from the routing of mics to the far end of a teleconference.
• When audio is routed from a line output to a video conferencing system input, the line output gain
will need to be adjusted according to the requirements of the input on the video conferencing
system.
•Optimization Order. ClearOne recommends optimizing gain of your entire audio system in the
following order:
1. Microphones
2. Line Inputs
3. Audio/Video Conferencing Inputs
4. Amplifiers
5. Speech Lift
•User Gain Control. User control of room audio levels should be done within the CONVERGE Pro 2 or
Huddle. If the volume is controlled at an external amplifier or other external device, volumes changes
are likely to cause far end echo, at least until the system converges.
About Dialer
A Dialer application is available to CONVERGE Pro 2 users who have a telco-capable (a model that has a
“T” at the end of the name) or VoIP-capable (a model that has a “V” at the end of the name) device.
Using the Dialer application, you can:
• Place and receive calls via a SIP server
• Store contact information
• Designate contact favorites
• Forward calls
• Make conference calls
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