Annuncicom PS Touch 400 IC Paging Evo Manual

APPLICATION STATUS

• BARP Station ID: Shows the current BARP station ID number.

• Current Status: Shows the current application status.

AUDIO LEVELS

• Input Level: Shows the current audio input level, measured at the encoding stage, in dB full-scale, max. value is 0 dB.

• Output Level: Shows the current audio input level, measured at the decoding stage, in dB full-scale, max. value is 0 dB.

KEYBOARD LAYOUT: Shows a picture with the location and the functionality of the buttons, for the IC Paging application.

APPLICATION STATUS

• BARP Station ID: Shows the current BARP station ID number.

• Current Status: Shows the current application status.

AUDIO LEVELS

• Input Level: Shows the current audio input level, measured at the encoding stage, in dB full-scale, max. value is 0 dB.

• Output Level: Shows the current audio input level, measured at the decoding stage, in dB full-scale, max. value is 0 dB.

KEYBOARD LAYOUT: Shows a picture with the location and the functionality of the buttons, for the Simple Paging application.

Station 1 ➡️ Station 48: select the target station(s) to page.
Station 1 to Station 48 buttons have fixed ID numbers that correspond to ID 17 ➡️ ID 64.

If it’s selected the 112 keys option (see below on Touch Panel Settings) the red arrow on top right opens a further page with Station 49 ➡️ Station 96 keys (ID 65 ➡️ ID 112). With the top left red arrow you can shift back to the main page.
Click to select one or several stations to page. When selected, Station button turns green.

Group 1 ➡️ Group 14: select to page the corresponding target Group(s).
The assignment of these buttons is configured in the Web Interface ➡️ Paging Settings ➡️ Groups
”Unconfigured” Group buttons are not selectable for paging.

Buttons are colored according to the following Group configuration status.

Group 1 ➡️ Group 8: select to page the corresponding target Group(s).

The assignment of these buttons is configured in the Web Interface ➡️ Paging Settings ➡️ Groups.
Click to select one or several Groups to page. When selected, the Group button turns green.

Select All Groups: select all Groups.
Selects all configured Groups to be paged, including “unavailable” Groups.
Unconfigured Groups are not selectable.

Cancel Selection: clear current target/group selection.

PTT (Push-To-Talk) Button: the physical button under the display.
Use this button for paging and HDX (half-duplex) intercom.

1. Select the target Group(s) you want to page. Selected keys turn blue.

2. Press and hold the PTT button - the LED ring turns on, and the chime sound is played (if enabled).

3. Speak; if chime is enabled speak after the chime sound is played.

4. Release the button to stop paging.

Accept Call: accept an incoming call. Light yellow (Active Call) when the call is accepted.

Close Call: hang-up current call; pressing this key will also cancel an incoming call.

Relay: triggers the connected client's relay (door open) for the Relay Activation Time if a call is in progress.
You can adjust the time in the Web Interface ➡️ Paging Settings ➡️ BARP Settings ➡️ Relay Activation Time

• Default = 1000 ms

Away: enables/disables the Away and Call Reject “unattended” modes.

When the Away mode is enabled, any client attempting to call the master will hear the recorded “Away Message”, after which the call is automatically terminated. To activate this mode:

1. Press the Away button; the button turns yellow.

2. The PTT button LED ring turns on.

3. The message “Automatic answer to calls…” is displayed.

4. Press the Away button again to cancel this mode.

In the Call Reject mode, instead of playing the unattended message or opening a call session, the master sends a special signal to the client indicating that it is unavailable. In this case the client should call the next master in its list. To activate this mode:

1. Press and hold the Away button for 4 seconds.

2. The PTT button LED ring turns on.

3. The message “All incoming calls will be rejected!!” is displayed.

4. Press the Away button again to cancel this mode.

Away Message: allows to listen the unattended message locally.

Custom Message: opens the messages tab (16 messages). Allows listening the selected message locally when there is no target selection. When targets are selected, the selected message is sent to the selected destination/s.

Record: record Custom or Away messages.

1. Press the Record key and then press the Away Message or Custom Message key to record the Away or one of the sixteen custom messages.

2. Press the PTT button to start/stop recording.

⚙ (settings icon): use to access the “Single Target Buttons Name Configuration Page”.

1. Press a target “Station” button.

2. Use the keyboard to type the name you want to assign.

3. Press SAVE.

4. Press the green check button.

PTT (Push-To-Talk) Button: the physical button under the display.
Use this button for paging and HDX (half-duplex) intercom.

1. Select the Station(s) and/or Group(s) you want to page.

2. Press and hold the PTT button - the LED ring turns on, and the chime sound is played (if enabled).

3. Speak; if chime is enabled speak after the chime sound is played.

4. Release the button to stop paging.

Device Alias

Device Alias: Define an alias for the device. This is useful for distinguishing multiple devices on the same network and browse favorites. Need to reload page to view changes.

Touch Panel Settings

Panel Firmware Information: this field shows information about the touch panel firmware version and date.

Inactivity Timeout: time after which the screen enters stand-by mode.

• Values: between 5s and 240s

• Default = 10s

Number of keys: select the 64/112 keys panel layout.

Panel Clock: shows a clock on the PS Touch 400 touchscreen, right above the text box. It is synchronized to the device time. The time zone can be configured from “Time Settings” section.

• Values: Disabled, Enabled

• Default =Enabled

Keep Selection: after paging, the selected groups/client keys remains active.

• Values: Disabled, Enabled
  When disabled, Group/ Client selection is reset after paging.
  When enabled, Group/Client selection remains active after paging.

• Default = Enabled

Touch Panel Upload Image: upload a background JPG image to the touch panel.

1. Click the “Upload Image File” button.

2. Browse your local drive and select an JPG image file.

3. Click the “Upload” button.

4. Wait until the upload ends and the device restarts.

Notes:

Prepare the background image using your favorite picture tool (ex. PhotoShop, GIMP, Paint, etc) taking into account the following information.

1. The image size has to be 1024x600 pixels, exported in JPG format and not more than 2MB.

2. Before uploading the file, convert it using the convert option of the ImageMagick package (convert original.jpg target.jpg).

3. If the image is broken, or not in the proper format, the panel may display “Picture display error!” message. In this case correct the picture, and repeat the upload procedure.

4. Larger images take a considerable amount of time. You can see the time needed for an image upload under the Logs tab. The uploaded JPG image cannot be deleted. If you want to clear it, create 1×1 pixels JPG image, and upload it.

5. The status text box at the top of the screen has a size of 464x84 pixels, and is located at coordinates (x=287, y=37) counting from the top left corner of the image; it cannot be moved, so design your background image in a way so that the text box does not cover a significant part from it.

6. The dark gray horizontal separator under groups buttons (x=0, y=491), the two vertical separators at the sides of Relay and Away buttons (x=331, y=519 and x=613, y=519) and the vertical separator on the left of Cancel Selection button (x= 867, y=410) cannot be hidden or moved.

7. Once uploaded, the background image cannot be deleted by resetting to factory defaults; if you like to remove it, then you can prepare a fake image in size 1x1 pixels, and upload it.

Panel Firmware Information: this field shows information about the touch panel firmware version and date.

Inactivity Timeout: time after which the screen enters stand-by mode.

• Values: between 5s and 240s

• Default = 10s

Panel Clock: shows a clock on the PS Touch 400 touchscreen, right above the text box. It is synchronized to the device time. The time zone can be configured from the “Time Settings” section.

• Values: Disabled, Enabled

• Default = Enabled

Keep Selection: after paging, the selected groups/client keys remains active.

• Values: Disabled, Enabled
  When disabled, Group/ Client selection is reset after paging.
  When enabled, Group/Client selection remains active after paging.

• Default = Enabled

Audio Settings

Master Volume: Set the main speaker volume.

• Values: between 0% and 100%.

• Default = 50%

Mic Boost: Set the value for “Mic Boost”

• Values: Off, 24dB - 42dB.

• Default = 24dB

You might need to change this value when switching from internal (XLR) to external microphone.

ADC Gain: Input audio range. It is additional to the Mic Boost.

• Values: between -4.5dB and +6dB.

• Default = 0db

Speaker Output: Select the speaker for audio output.

• Values: Both, External, Built-in

• Default = Both

Microphone Selection: Select the microphone used for the audio input.

• Values: Built-in/XLR, External

• Default = Built-in/XLR

Network Settings

SonicIP: when booting, the device announces its IP address through audio output.

• Values: Disabled, Enabled

• Default = Enabled

SonicIP Volume: sets the volume at which the SonicIP will be announced at boot.

• Values: between 0% and 100%.

• Default = 50%

Web Protocol: changes the web communication protocol used.

• Values: HTTP, HTTPS
  HTTP is the basic protocol for web communication and it’s not encrypted.
  HTTPS secures the web connection with the device web interface (web server) encrypting the communication.

• Default = HTTP

After changing the protocol make sure to reload the page with the proper URL “http://” or “https://”

Ethernet

DHCP: “Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol” is used for automatic assignment of IP address, Netmask and Gateway.

• Values: Yes, No

  • Yes: enables DHCP. The following field is optional:
    DHCP Host Name: DHCP host name to be sent in the DHCP request.

  • No: disables DHCP. The following fields are mandatory:
    IP address
    Netmask
    Gateway IP

• Default = Yes

DNS: select the method to define the “Domain Name System”.

• Values: Auto, Manual
  Auto: the DNS and Alternative DNS are set automatically.
  Manual: set the Primary DNS and Alternative DNS fields manually.

• Default = Auto

Time Settings

Timezone: select the appropriate timezone/ region for the device from the drop-down list.

• Default = UTC

NTP Server 1, 2, 3: you can set up to 3 “Network Time Protocol” servers for Internet time adjustment.

• Default = barix.pool.ntp.org

Security Settings

Reset factory defaults: disable or enable the “Reset Factory Defaults” function from both Web Interface “Defaults” tab and from the device RESET button.

• Default = Enabled

Update function: disable or enable the Update function from the Web Interface tab.

• Default = Enabled

Reboot Function: disable or enable the “Reboot” function from the Web Interface “Reboot” tab.

• Default = Enabled

SSH Access: disable or enable SSH protocol access. This might be useful in some support cases. Enable it only when Barix support asks you to do so. Leave it disabled to avoid having the device listening on the SSH port while operating.

• Default = Disabled

Web UI password: This group of fields is visible as long as no password is set.

1. Enter the admin password (up to 16 characters) both in the “Password” and “Confirm Password” fields.

2. Click the “Submit” button.

3. After restart, close the browser window and open a new one. You will be asked to supply a username and password.

4. Use the default “admin” username and the password that you have just set in order to access the Web Interface.

Additional Certificates: Install additional Certificates (.crt file) that might be required to secure the connection with the device:

1. Click on the “Install certificate” button

2. Click “Browse” and select the .crt file from your local drive

3. Click “Upload and install certificates”

Application

Paging Application: Select the paging application you want to use from the dropdown list.

• Values: IC Paging, Simple Paging.

• Default = IC Paging

Changing the application type forces a panel firmware update. This can take a considerable amount of time to complete. Please be patient when doing it.

BARP Settings

BARP IP Address: If set to 0.0.0.0 or an invalid multicast address, then BARP messages are broadcasted. In any other case, BARP messages are multicasted.

• Default = 0.0.0.0

BARP ID Paging master ID number as visible to clients and masters on the network.

• Default = 1

Paging Priority: Enter the priority of the audio messages sent by the master station.
This setting is useful in a multi-master environment when a client receives audio messages from many masters simultaneously. In this case, the client will play the stream with the highest priority.

• Values: between 1 and 254
  Priority = 0 (the highest) is reserved for emergency priority port.
  Priority = 255” (the lowest) is reserved for BGM (background music).

• Default = 127

Audio Port: Sets the UDP port at which paging audio packets will be sent. It is overwritten by Master Audio Port (if configured). Clients should be configured with the same port.

• Default = 5555

Control Port: Sets the UDP port to which all control messages from the master will be sent. Clients should be configured with the same port.

• Default = 5556

Status Port: Sets the UDP port at which all status messages from clients/masters are received. All clients and masters should be configured with the same port.

• Default = 5557

Master Audio Port: Sets the port to be used when paging audio. If set to “0” the “BARP Audio Port” will be used.

• Default = 4894

Audio Multicast Group: Multicast group address for paging the audio.

• Default = 225.1.2.3

Relay Activation Time (ms): Sets the time duration (ms) for the relay activation. This time is sent to the client.
Values between 0 and 99 ms are interpreted as relay OFF. Value of 25500 ms is interpreted as relay ON.

• Default = 1000 ms

Allow call by IP
Instead of calling by BARP ID, the client can select a local network IP address for its Outgoing calls.
Having this option enabled, the master station will be able to receive the call. Otherwise, all such calls will be ignored.

• Default = Disabled

BARP IP Address: If set to 0.0.0.0 or an invalid multicast address, then BARP messages are broadcasted. In any other case, BARP messages are multicasted.

• Default = 0.0.0.0

BARP ID Paging master ID number as visible to clients and masters on the network.

• Default = 1

Audio Settings

Chime: Plays a short tone before paging starts.

• Values: Disabled, Enabled

• Default = Enabled

Sample Rate: Frequency of audio capture and playback.

• Values: 24KHz, 8KHz

• Default = 8KHz

Audio Format: Codec of capture and playback.

• Values: mu-law, a-law.

• Default = u-law

Duplex Mode: Choose the desired mode of operation for paging.

• Values: Full, Half
  In “Full” mode, communication happens in both directions at the same time.
  In “Half” mode, communication only happens in one direction at a time — either sending or receiving.

• Default = Full

Chime: Plays a short tone before paging starts.

• Values: Disabled, Enabled

• Default = Enabled

Paging Stations Custom Ringtones

You can upload audio files to a paging station. These will be available to play as a “Local File”.

1. Click the“Upload Audio Files” button.

2. Click “Browse” to select files from your local drive.

3. Click Upload.

4. From this windows you can manage your local audio files and get some useful information:

• Use the “Search” bar to search for files.

• Click the ▶ play icon to play the file locally. The file will play till the end.
  Press the ■ stop icon to stop playing the file.
  Note: For the moment please always press “stop” to ensure proper operation.

• Click the pencil icon to edit audio file details like:

  • Station number

  • File name

  • Notes

    • Click the Save button to save your changes

• To delete audio files:

  1. Click the ☑️ check box to select files.

  2. Click the BIN icon to delete the selected files.

  3. Confirm clicking OK

Please take in consideration:

• The supported audio formats are: MP3, WAV, OGG and ZIP.

• The maximum size upload is 256 MB.

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Custom Message Files

You can upload audio files to a paging station. These will be available to play as a “Local File”.

1. Click the“Upload Audio Files” button.

2. Click “Browse” to select files from your local drive.

3. Click Upload.

4. From this windows you can manage your local audio files and get some useful information:

IC Paging: Custom Messages Upload

• Use the “Search” bar to search for files.

• Click the ▶ play icon to play the file locally. The file will play till the end.
  Press the ■ stop icon to stop playing the file.
  Note: For the moment please always press “stop” to ensure proper operation.

• Click the pencil icon to edit audio file details like:

  • File name

  • Notes

    • Click the Save button to save your changes

• Read Only: When selected, the panel operator is unable to change the recording from the panel. Changes are only possible from the web interface.

• To delete audio files:

  1. Click the ☑️ check box to select files.

  2. Click the BIN icon to delete the selected files.

  3. Confirm clicking OK

Please take in consideration:

• The supported audio formats are: MP3, WAV, OGG and ZIP.

• The maximum size upload is 256MB.

• The maximum duration is 2 minutes.

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Groups

In this window, you can configure your paging Groups - 8 Groups for IC Paging, 14 Groups for Simple Paging. Each Group can page 128 clients.

Click on the Group number you want to configure. You can see paging zones described as:

• ■ - “Zone unavailable” displayed in grey.

• ■ - “Zone available” displayed in green.

• ■ - “My zone” displayed in yellow. This is your actual device ID number.

To configure a Group, click the station ID numbers you want to include in the Group to select them. Click again to deselect.
Clicking the “Select all” button, selects all 128 ID numbers simultaneously. Clicking again deselects all.

You can also change the Group name if needed:

1. Click the 🖉 pencil icon.

2. Edit the Button Name: type the name for this Group.

3. Click “Save” to save the group name.

The Group name changes will only apply to the PS Touch 400 display after submitting.

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This page shows the components of the Simple Paging system that have responded to this device.

• ■ - Idle devices are displayed in black text.

• ■ - Unavailable devices are shown in grey.

• ■ - Busy devices are displayed in red text.

Devices are remembered and only forgotten on reboot. A device that is no longer in the system will be displayed here as unavailable until reboot.

This is a general information page about your System Status. Click the + icon to expand fields and see information about:

• Device information

• Network

• System

• Licenses

• Mass storage devices

In this page you can check device logs.

Click the “Download all logs” button to create a log file on your local drive.

Click the “Refresh button” to refresh the screen.

Click the “Reset Factory Defaults” button to revert all settings except “Network settings” to the factory defaults.
Any uploaded or recorded audio files will be deleted.
The page will be automatically reloaded after reboot is finished.

A local user can completely reset the device to factory defaults (hardware reset), including Network settings, by pressing the RESET button of the device during approximately 10 seconds.

• If the IP Address of the device changed after reboot, please insert the new URL in the browser.

• The button will be grayed if the "Reset Factory Defaults" function is disabled from the Security Settings page.

Please read the instructions before updating.
To update your device to the latest firmware version follow these steps:

1. Go to https://help.barix.com/pstouch/ and download the latest update package for your device to your local drive.

2. Click the “Browse” button and select the Firmware Update image file (.tar) from your local drive.

3. Click on “Upload” and wait until the update completes.

This operation can take several minutes. Do not interrupt the update process nor power off the device while updating to avoid permanent damage.

4. Once the update process has finished successfully, the device will reboot and the new firmware will be started.

5. In case of failure, please reboot the device and retry.

If the "Reset" function is disabled from the Security Settings page the message “ Update function is currently disabled” is displayed.

Currently Loaded Version:
In this section you can check information about the Firmware and Kernel versions that are currently installed on the device.

Click the "Reboot the device" button to restart the device.
The page will be automatically reloaded after reboot is finished.

A local user can also reboot the device by pressing shortly the "RESET" button of the device.

• If the IP Address of the device changed after reboot, please insert the new URL in the browser.

• The button will be grayed (not available) if the "Reset" function is disabled from the Security Settings page.