Polycom ViewStation SP128 User manual

With Polycom’s ViewStation SP, business quality, standards-based video
communication is within your reach.
Polycom®ViewStation®SP
Video communications for small offices and home offices
Connect. Any Way You Want.
Benefits
High-quality video – Delivers clear video images
up to 768 Kbps over IP and 128 Kbps over ISDN
Easy to use – Simple installation and set up with
intuitive graphical user interface that’s very easy to
learn, especially for beginners
Broad communications – Strict support for
audio and video standards ensures industry-wide
interoperability
Embedded Web capabilities – Remote
system management, diagnostics and control –
all via the Web
Strict adherence to advanced industry standards
for audio and video ensures that the ViewStation
SP will interoperate with other standards-based
systems industry wide. The SP delivers business
quality video up to 30 frames per second, and
Polycom's market leading audio technology means
you will enjoy sound clarity that is just like
being there.
The ViewStation SP supports IP-based video con-
ferencing up to 768 Kbps and calls over ISDN up
to 128 Kbps. For calls over IP (H.323), the
iPriority™ QoS architecture enhances network and
traffic management, packet and jitter control and
passive asymmetric speed control enabling more
effective communication over broadband networks.
The unique system management architecture
allows on screen diagnostics, software upgrades
and secure system access anytime, anywhere via
the Web user interface.
The business quality of the ViewStation SP.
The power of Polycom conferencing and
collaboration solutions.
With integrated video, voice, data, and Web capabil-
ities, only Polycom solutions let you connect, confer-
ence, and collaborate any way you want. It's our
commitment to making distance communications as
natural and interactive as being there. Work faster,
smarter, and more efficiently with the Polycom
ViewStation SP and other Polycom conferencing
and collaboration solutions.

User Interface
• User-friendly graphical interface
• Customizable home screen
• Custom logo on main screen
• Administrator controlled speed dial numbers accessible from
custom logo
• Kiosk mode for custom applications
• Speed Dial List
• Alert Signal on home page
• Keypad audio dialing confirmation
• Do Not Disturb (On/Off)
• Web interface
• Picture-in-Picture (PIP) On/Off, Automatic
Remote Control
• Enhanced, grip-sensitive remote control
• Quick buttons for most common tasks
• Color-coded buttons grouped by functionality
Video Features
• Intelligently selects frame rate and video algorithm for best
performance video: Up to 30 fps
• Automatic Picture-in-Picture (PIP)
• See graphics content and far video on a single monitor
• MGC™ Click & View™ for individual screen layouts in MGC bridge calls
Video Standards & Annexes
• H.261: D
• H.263+: F, I, T
• H.263++
Video Inputs: Main camera + 1 Connector
• 1 x S-Video; 4-pin mini DIN (Document camera or VCR)
Video Outputs: 2 Connectors
• 1 x S-Video; 4-pin mini DIN (Main monitor)
• 1 x Composite; RCA/Phono (Main monitor)
Video Formats
• NTSC / PAL
Video Resolution
• 4CIF (704 x 576)
• CIF (352 x 288)
• QCIF (176 x 144)
• SQCIF (128 x 96)
• Display aspect ratios: 4:3
Main Camera
• Ultra-quiet, ultra-fast action pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ)
• Tilt Range: +/- 25° (Up/Down)
• Pan Range: +/- 100° (Left/Right)
• Zoom: 12x Zoom (10x optical & 1.2x digital); f=4.2 to 42mm
• Horizontal field of view: 65°
• Total horizontal field of view: 265°
• Auto focus
• Automatic white balance
• Camera presets: 20
- Local camera 10; Far-end camera 10
• Voice activated camera positioning to 10 presets
Audio Features
• Full-duplex audio
• Instant Adaptation Echo Cancellation
• Automatic Gain Control (AGC) – voice activated
• Automatic Noise Suppression (ANS)
• Built-in tonal speaker test
• Real-time audio level meter
• Audio mixer: Microphone and VCR
• Master volume control
• Ability to talk over VCR audio
• Headset support
Audio Protocols
• 7 kHz bandwidth with G.722 on IP/ISDN
• 3.4 kHz bandwidth with G.711, G.728 on IP/ISDN
Audio Inputs: 3 Connectors
• 1 x RJ-9 to microphone arrays
- Includes one microphone array
- Three total microphone elements
• 2 x RCA input for VCR (or mixer)
• Integrates with Polycom Vortex installed voice products
Audio Outputs: 3 Connectors
• 2 x RCA for main audio
• 1 x mini-phono to headset mic/speaker
• Integrates with Polycom Vortex installed voice products
Digital Tabletop Microphone Array
• 360 degree voice pick-up
• Cardioid elements per microphone array: 3
• Integrated mute button
• Can be mounted to ceiling or wall
• Number of microphone arrays in base unit: 1
• Maximum number of microphone arrays: 1
Other Collaboration Solutions
• PC Presents™ for Microsoft® PowerPoint®
• Polycom SNAP
• VisualConcert™ PC software
• T.120 Microsoft NetMeeting® support over ISDN calls
Content Resolutions
• Up to 4CIF with motion
• Up to 4CIF H.261 Annex D still images
Network Features
• Automatic IP/ISDN calling
• Polycom OneDial™ intelligent call management attempts call on
preferred network (IP or ISDN) and automatically rolls over to secondary
network if needed
• Downspeeding over IP and ISDN
• IP address conflict warning
• Maximum call length digital timer
• Auto SPID detection and configuration
• Software upgradeable Inverse Multiplexer (IMUX)
• PathNavigator™ support for easy call placement and network
cost optimization
• TCP/IP, DNS, WINS, DHCP, ARP, HTTP, FTP, Telnet
• SNMP for enterprise management
• T120 interface for Microsoft NetMeeting
• Chair control from endpoints or host systems on IP and ISDN
Bandwidth
• Maximum Data Rate IP or Serial: Up to 768 kbps
• Maximum Data Rate ISDN: Up to 128 kbps
Network Interfaces Supported
• Ethernet port: Single (10/100 Mbps)
• ISDN BRI (Basic Rate Interface) support: Single BRI
• Wireless LAN support via Ethernet port*
- Compliant with IEEE 802.11b or 802.11g
- Support for 64-bit to128-bit encryption (WEP)
- Infrastructure or ad hoc mode
Conference on Demand
• Initiates unscheduled MGC calls from the endpoint
• Utilizes Polycom Office™ (PathNavigator and MGC)
• Dials all participants simultaneously
Quality of Service and Experience – iPriority™
• IP Precedence (ToS)
• Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation
• Proactive Network Monitoring
• Packet and jitter control
• Network Address Translation (NAT) support
• Automatic NAT discovery
• Configurable video/audio/FECC service value
• Asymmetric speed control
• TCP/UDP fixed-port firewall support
• Lip synchronization
• Echo cancellation and suppression
• Auto gatekeeper discovery
• Automatic gateway dialing profiles
• Specify outbound call routing for gateway/ISDN
• Closed captioning and text chat support both in and
out of calls
Security
• Account validation number entry
• Secure password authentication
• Unique factory default passwords
• Administrator password
• H.243 MCU password
• Do not disturb control for point-to-point calls
• Auto-Answer Point-to-Point (On/Off)
• Password protect individual menu screens
• SNMP security alerts for failed and successful password
authentication attempts
• Ability to disable remote interfaces: FTP, Telnet,
HTTP, SNMP
Directory Services
• 10,000+ number global directory*
• 1,000+ number local directory
• Limitless multipoint entries
• Live address book with Polycom Global Directory Services automatically
and quickly updates directory with address changes or new endpoints*
• Live address book with Polycom Global Directory Services
automatically and quickly removes endpoints from directory if they are
turned off*
• Polycom Global Directory Services integrates with Active
Directory/LDAP*
• Automatic ISDN localization of calls
System Management
• SNMP management
• Diagnostics and software upgrades via PC, LAN
• Software upgrades via ISDN call
• Integrated remote Web management
• Remote administrator video-only monitoring of room or calls from
integrated Web server (enabled/ disabled from endpoint for security)
• Place a call from Web interface
• System configuration from Web interface
• Call Detail Record (CDR) – Reports calls made from the system along
with call statistics
• Web interface for viewing CDR data
• Downloadable CDR files for processing
• Account number validation at call initiation integrated with Polycom
Global Management System™ for billing purposes*
• Administrator-configurable dialing speeds
• Complete support for The Polycom Office:
- Polycom Global Management System*
- Polycom OneDial*
- Polycom PathNavigator*
- Polycom Conference Suite*
- Polycom MGC*
Other ITU-Supported Standards
• H.221 communications
• H.224/H.281 far-end camera control
• H.225, H.245
• Bonding, Mode 1
Language Support
• Number of Languages Supported: 9
- Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian,
Portuguese, Spanish
• Translated documentation
• Translated user interface
• Translated keypad audio dialing confirmation
• Translated web interface
• Translated remote control
Electrical
• Electrical
• Auto sensing power supply
• Operating voltage/power: 90-260 VAC, 47-63 Hz/40 watts
Environmental Specifications
• Operating Temperature: 0 to 40° C
• Operating Humidity: 10 to 85% R.H. non-condensing
• Non-Operating Temperature: -40 to 70° C
• Non-Operating Humidity (Non-condensing): 10 to 90%
Physical Characteristics
• Base Unit Dimensions (WxHxD): 33 x 15 x 23 cm
• Base Unit Weight: 2.7 kg / 6.0 lbs
Warranty
• Parts and labor: One-year
*Optional
Polycom ViewStation SP Specifications
Part No. 3726-06383A Rev. 12/03
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Polycom, the Polycom logo and ViewStation are registered trademarks and MGC, Click & View, Polycom SNAP, PathNavigator, Polycom OneDial, VisualConcert, Polycom Office
Global Management System and iPriority are trademarks of Polycom, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Information in this document is subject to change without notice.